Malakov Blavatnik

**Malakov Blavatnik** was the Secretary of Progress for the Empire of Alusia starting in 528 A.U..

## Personality

Ever the eccentric, Malakov tended towards bright and ostentatious clothing with a smile and charm to match his peacockish nature. He loved to be the center of attention at gatherings and was said to be rather amiable according to most in Alusian High Society. While his work was his true passion he managed to find time for his secondary interests, predominantly, any form of debauchery and hedonism he could get his hands on at the time. In particular, he has developed a penchant for stimulants of any kind due to his work habits and his early life spent around soldiers with access to military stimulants and mood regulators.

Malakov can often be heard lauding the accomplishments of the Alusian Null bomb program and openly advocates for an expansion of the program to allow Alusia to expand on the scientific and strategic merrits of Null space technology. Additionally, Malakov sees inadequacies in the Alusian production system and believes that although it is one of the finest beaurocracies in existence there is a human limit to resource management. He believes that technology could be used to predictively know what to produce, how much to produce, and where it needs to go in order to minimize labor, maximize profit, and reduce wasted raw materials.

## History

Malakov was born in 498 A.U. as the first child of Petrov Blavatnik and Evaline Kaldarin. His father was an Admiral in the Alusian navy and raised his children coldly and strictly, never sparing his children from punishment should they step even an inch outside of his standards. Evaline was a much more supportive parent and nurtured Malakov's tendency to build and learn. As a young child Malakov found his footing as a budding scientist. While he was never able to make many friends due to his father's job causing them to move frequently he doubled down in learning about natural philosophy. His penchant for engineering and science led him to entering regional science fairs where he did begin to make a few friends now having a place of common ground with a few of the other kids.

As a young man his treatis on "A Theoretical Basis for Stabilizing Etheric Condensates: Computational Catalyst Optimization for Additive Matter Generation and Propagation" garnered much attention among the Alusian scientific community allowing him to win a national award as well as a stipend to begin working on his proposed project. He began to rise through the ranks of the Alusian scientific community gaining a reputation as a cut-throat scientist who was not afraid to voice his concerns with other's works, often seen admonishing those in his cohort for sloppy methodology or crude analytical technique. He was known for his ability to juggle multiple projects at once with tiresome voracity and expected those who worked under him in his labs to do the same. While this tireless work ethic drove both Malakov and a number of those who worked under him to abuse stimulants, it became increasingly clear that if you were willing to sacrifice your labor on the alter of Blavatnik you could easily boost your reputation in the scientific community.

Due to connections his father had through the military, and his mother had through her socialite circles, Malakov became accustomed to brushing elbows with people of great import in Alusia. His social savvy and bombastic nature allowed him to tightly interweave himself into the good graces of those at the top. Additionally, his sister, Amilee Blavatnik, would aid in helping to tailor Malakov's public image, working as his public relations manager helping to sweep his indiscressions and faux-pas under the rug while promoting his accomplishments. Sadly, in the midst of his climb to the top, his mother passed away unexpectedly in a commercial spaceship crash between the ships the *Lycan* and the *Mirage* that killed 30 and wounded 89 more. His mother would never get to see Malakov finally achieve the status of Secretary of Progress 2 years later in 528 A.U.

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## Rumors

There is talk that Malakov has a personal hand in the the designer drug scene and that he works with dealers to distribute untested and unregulated drugs to users in the streets of Alusia and beyond. Current popular speculation says that he owes a debt to illicit dealers and he does this to fund his lavish lifestyle, some claim that it is part of a government operation, and others still will insist that he is using them as mind control tools to overthrow the Alusian government. Whatever baseless speculation there has been has yet to be proven, but critics of Malakov will often point out that he tends to lean into the rumors in the public eye to help fuel his "bad-boy scientist" persona.