Goldberg

"'You don't get this far in life by being 'charitable' to every man and woman who begs at your feet. Take initiative, and grow the fuck up - because when I'm gone, no one will be able to protect you.' — Goldberg to his protégé Joseph Pearson" Robert Firestone Russell, known by his pseudonym Goldberg and also as the Meth Kingpin of Hyperion, is a powerful drug dealer and producer on the aforementioned planet. In control of the eponymous Goldberg Syndicate, Robert has risen to dominate the methamphetamine and greater narcotics industry of Hyperion, utilizing his veteran experience as Deputy Director of the Department of Biochemistry Initiatives within the VISTA Biotechnologies corporation as a means to exemplify his illegal products. He is currently one of the most wanted men on Hyperion for his role in the black market and drug industry, and is personally wanted by VISTA's parent company, the Stapleford Group, due to his knowledge of their top secret projects.

Based in the Domed District of the Atlantis Underwater Megasprawl of Hyperion, Robert has consolidated his assets and subsequently compartmentalized them to allow fast transport and relocation in the event of compromisation of his methamphetamine production facilities. He recognize how many want his head, and as a result, not many are privy to his true identity or his real-time location, even for those within his syndicate. However, Robert has been training an accomplice by the name of Joseph Pearson, previously a lab assistant at VISTA Biotechnologies, in his drug production efforts.