Fan:Robert Harmon

Robert Harmon is a fanfictional character in the Digimon Cinematic Sagas. He is a major character in the DigiDestined Saga and one of the main characters in DigiPast Chronicles.

Description
Robert was born in 1955. In his 20s in 1976, he started the Streamix Corporation in order to "accelerate the evolution of human civilizations". He also wanted to prove that the science fiction was not far from reality and therefore, in 1984, he started the Project: Digital Life to create computer simulations of real life. Before the start of the project he had married a woman named Laura and their first son, Kevin Harmon, was born in 1983. Their second son, Martin, was born two years after Kevin. Robert also befriended an open-minded and philosophic Soviet-born man named Grigory Shatalov who was also a gifted programmer. However, when finding out how the Digimon had evolved without humans' help, Robert used all his resources to prepare for possible invasion and established contacts with several notabilities to secure them. In 2010s, he started funding the operations of the DigiDestined and in his last years, he personally took part into the conflict.

Digimon: First Adventure
Robert only appears in the flashback of the opning scene where he has allowed Kevin to visit the Streamix Corporation for the first time. He witnesses how the first Digi-Gate between the worlds opened. After that the other workers of the project decided to quit. Robert agreed to tell his sons something that Kevin should never reveal to anyone. But in 2015, the truth about his project was revealed to the DigiDestined and the governments of the world.

DigiPast Chronicles
In the Arc 1, set in 1986–1990, it is explained how Robert finds out that the Digimon have become sentient and how he met Grigory Shatalov for the first time. It also tells how they solved the Key left behind by the Celestial Digimon and develop the Crystal Catalyst to give the Digimon power to Digivolve. In the end of the Arc 1, Robert also sees through the Digi-Gate apart of the battle between the Guardian Knights and the Seven Great Demon Lords. After the accident, he and Shatalov agree to continue the project on their own, without Streamix Corporation being part of it.

Trivia

 * Robert was the first character in the Cinematic Sagas who was never based on any existing character in the real-life anime.
 * Robert shares few ascepts of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. They have all been born in 1955, and they are all founders of multinational technology companies.
 * Robert is the first human without a Partner Digimon who has traveled into the Digital World.