Gary Cline
Something about the CEO of Horizon Group just doesn’t sit right with me. You could probably say the same about a lot of corporate heads, especially those running the Big Ten, but Gary Cline, a semi-retired action-sim star, is a different level of unsettling. He’s got a winning smile, dashing good looks (something especially worth noting due to him being an ork), a flamboyant style, power, fans, fame, fortune—you name it. The world is his oyster. So what’s wrong with him? This is a textbook case of “too good to be true.” For starters, go look at Cline’s simography. It’s longer than my rap sheet (which is saying something)—sim flicks out the wazoo. But ask yourself, have you seen any of them? Or, more to the point: Have you seen any of them before Horizon stepped out onto the corporate stage? That’s because those films didn’t exist until after the fact. They were back- dated, and the public was merely told they were popular back then. And what do you know, it worked. But why would they do something like that? Just to prove that Cline’s powerful new mega could? Or is there something else at work? My vote is that he’s a a confidence man engaged in the most elaborate long con I’ve ever seen, and “Gary Cline” is a painstakingly crafted persona with a terrifically intricate backstory. He’s not actually an action star. Clever effects artists painted his face over a C-list actor, Horizon crafts a compelling and believable biography, and voila! A star is born. Hell, he might not even be an ork, as far as I know. But even if he is, you know he’s had some work done to make him look more human to breeders. More palatable to Horizon’s clients and customers. Less trog.
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