Marc Ibarra

History
Marc Ibarra is one of the main protagonists throughout the Ember War Universe. He is contacted by a Bastion probe (which he nicknames Jimmy) while studying at Arizona State University, and is given the task of protecting humanity from an incoming Xaros invasion of Earth.

Marc is the grandfather of Stacy Ibarra.

Over 60 years, Marc is morphed into the richest man on the planet, buoyed by the many innovations delivered from the probe, including the first robot control core, the human-machine interface used in the Armor Corp, the Gauss Rifle, the Ubiquitous Mini Tablet (Ubi) and the Slipcoil alcubierre drive, and the procedural generation tubes used to create the procees.

He has many contacts in and around government, and used espionage personnel such as Shannon Martel to control the spread of information.

Marc's true human body died sometime during or after the Xaros invasion of Earth, his mind being imprinted and stored within the drone from Bastion.