Michael Rosen

Michael Rosen is the eccentric Mayor of RacKoon City on Malchior IV.

History
Michael Rosen became the Mayor of RacKoon City some time before the outbreak of a mysterious plague turned the majority of the city's inhabitants into vampire-like creatures. When the plague was first identified, Rosen was informed by the heads of his precinct that it only affected the poorer areas of the province and was unlikely to reach RacKoon City. Unfortunately, it did. When reports came in that the plague had spread to RacKoon City, Rosen and his staff were evacuated immediately, along with many other citizens.

Not long after Rosen's evacuation, Zhofar went to the City Hall and saw that Rosen's doors and windows were boarded up. He wondered why the Mayor would leave the City Hall like that in the middle of a holiday.

Once he had reached a safe location, Rosen was contacted by Major General Klak, who asked for an update on the situation in RacKoon City. Rosen told Klak everything he knew, which admittedly wasn't much. He did, however, reveal that they had failed to prevent the plague from spreading, the city had been sealed off, and whoever wasn't evacuated was probably infected by that point. Klak told Rosen that he would take a task force into the city to investigate; Rosen thanked him in return.

Some time later, Michael Rosen was targeted by Rahn and Shadow Blade, who had been instructed to commit random acts of terrorism by F-Blackout. They decided that they would take Rosen hostage and then blow up the building he was in. After gaining access to the aforementioned building, Rahn sneaked up to Rosen's floor and eavesdropped on him having a conversation with Governor Harrybo: Rosen was worried about the ongoing plague crisis, but Harrybo reassured him that the plague hadn't spread far beyond RacKoon City. Rahn then walked in, shot dead their guards, and ordered Shadow Blade to get to his position via his commlink. To distract Rosen and Harrybo while he talked to Shadow Blade, Rahn pointed to the window behind them, exclaiming that there was a tree. Rosen and Harrybo both looked out of the window, fascinated.

Shadow Blade then made a planet-wide announcement informing the citizens of Malchior IV that Harrybo was being held hostage, and that they would kill him and thousands of others unless they exiled Makuta Klak from the planet. In response, Rosen told Rahn that he was willing to sacrifice himself and Harrybo to save the planet, but Harrybo contested this, which made Rahn laugh until a squad of armed guards burst into the building. While the terrorists were distracted by the guards, Rosen and Harrybo were rescued by a Malchiorian SWAT team and driven to safety.