Sebastian Schmidt

Ministerial Portrait of Sebastian Schmidt

## Lead Designer of Artemis

**Sebastian Schmidt** was the lead designer and first Minister of Transport of Artemis. Following Wallace Schmidt's death in 1968, Sebastian took over the Artemis project and worked with Sofia Haarsted and Eva Haarsted to finish the project for the Paris World Fair in 1969. The project performed well at the fair gaining the favor of billionaire investor Edward Bromswell, who sought to make Artemis City a reality by properly funding the team. Sebastian mobilized his Father's companies Schmidt Solutions and expanded it to make Schmidt Industries, a conglomerate that designed the mono-rails and cars that would be used on Artemis. When construction for Artemis ended, Claude Stewart asked Schmidt to join the first government as Minister of Transportation.

While on Artemis, Schmidt gained a notorious reputation for his wild parties he hosted in his Calypso Penthouse and his free-willed attitude towards work. Schmidt rarely attended to his ministerial work and as a result tram management suffered. Schmidt's private interests floundered as well after several vehicles designed by Schmidt Industries received poor safety ratings leading to a plunge in stock value.

In September 1986, Schmidt was contacted by the Outer Reich's director Lt. Hohenstein who threatened to kill Schmidt's family if he did not cooperate in their schemes. Schmidt failed in assassinating Chancellor Claude Stewart by the end of the year leading to he and his family to be massacred by the Outer Reich Militia in February 1987.

## Appearance

Schmidt had sandy blond hair with brilliant blue eyes and a small mustache. He was tall in stature and frequently wore custom designer suits. Schmidt sported designer glasses when he became older in age. During his elaborate parties he frequently wore flamboyant suits which ranged from white button downs to hot pink. Schmidt could never be seen going anywhere without a cigar or pipe in his mouth.

## Personality

A man of eccentric taste and persuasion, Schmidt was often described a free spirit compared to most of his contemporaries. Schmidt had peculiar habits such as attending the opera at precisely 7:00 every other Wednesday with Lillian Nuovion, a famous novelist from Aphrodite Galleria. Or hosting elaborate parties where one time he managed to fit an entire elephant into his Calypso Penthouse. Schmidt was easily impressionable and weak when it came to dealing with things that couldn't be bought off. Regardless of the amount of wealth he had, he was easily outclassed when someone implemented strategic plans against him. In these cases, Schmidt was known to have a poor temper, often attempting to leverage his wealth to spin rumors against these individuals in the upper-class circles.

When he was threatened with the ultimatum of killing the Chancellor or letting his entire family die at the hands of the Outer Reich, Schmidt fell to pieces. He was incapable of making a decision ultimately leading to the deaths of his family and himself. In the end, Schmidt was a talented creator, yet cowardice man.

## Life

### Early Life

Schmidt was born in Munich on the 30th of June to a middle-class German family, being the youngest of 4 children, he would earn his mother the Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter. He would live a normal childhood and would always be fascinated with the trains that connected Europe. Due to his high intelligence and very creative mind, he would be accepted in the prestigious university of Berlin and would major in Architecture. After 6 years later, he would achieve a PhD in Architecture and would be off to design very luxurious apartments in Berlin for the top officials and would be part of the Beauty of Labor board, designing very spacious working spaces in factories. Although Sebastian was living his dream, he decided to return to his father's company Schmidt Solutions and help him with designing his life's work: The Artemis Project. Schmidt which specialized in designing train cars for private and public use. In 1968, Schmidt inherited his father's company after his death and re-branded it Schmidt Industries and doubled down on creating the Artemis Project. In 1969, with the project mostly finished, he traveled to Paris to reserve a pavilion. While eating at a cafe, he would meet the two Haarsted sisters and converse with them, all 3 would decide to work together for the Fair and would design the city that was to be known as Artemis.

After nearly a year, they would be ready to present and Sebastian would design a pavilion hastily for the fair. It was an instant success, being fully booked up for many weeks, however, he was a bit saddened that he don't think it will come to life until the annocument that Artemis would receive funding from the English and Norwegian Government due to the lobbying of Edward Bromswell. Excited, he would start to finalize the designs of Artemis and would oversee the construction from photos coming from the moon. It was during this time that he would get close to one of the Haarsted sisters, Eva. The two would spend many outings together discussing the construction of Artemis and Schmidt would finally propose in 1972. In 1984 after finishing designing the final mono-rail carts for the tram system, he would be asked by Claude Stewart to join the Artemis Authority as Minister of Transportation. Nearly a year later, on January 1st, 1985, he would finally arrive.

### Life in Artemis

Sebastian Schmidt arrived with his wife on Artemis on January 1st, 1985 just in time for the Artemis Day Welcome Banquet. During the banquet, Sebastian became well acquainted with notable attendees such as Minister of Defense Samuel Elworthy, Minister of Justice Constance Bitteridge, and Emilia Stewart. The first few moments of Artemis were Schmidt's greatest as his prestige as the lead designer of the project led him to be a notable expert in the community allowing his company to thrive. Schmidt Industries announced several innovations in its automobile lines as well as a new tram model which could move even faster than the model in use in Artemis.

However, undeniably his weakest area was the political realm with the Ministry of Transport. Sebastian rarely visited his Ministerial offices or attended Authority Meetings which ultimately led him to be very unpopular in political circles. While, Schmidt remained a key advisor to Edward Bromswell frequently attending private gatherings with the First Family on weekends, his reliability slowly deteriorated as he became far more focused with his personal parties. The Schmidt Calypso Penthouse became a