Dr. John Smith

"'He needs me for something. I don't fuckin' know what, and that frankly frightens me.'"John Smith, or the Rapture Administrator, is a man who, as the title implies, leads The Rapture Facility as head of Administration. A cold, hardened man, he's rarely seen outside of his office, only if a situation is severly dire and requires his immediate attention. He is a man of mystery, only opening up under the influence of alcohol.

Appearance
Smith is a lanky, pale-skinned male with messy black hair and stubble. He typically wears some kind of suit with a dark grey trenchcoat - said trenchcoat houses a gun, several documents, and a flask of whiskey. He is often dissheveled when out in public, usually with an untucked shirt or messy tie. He wears a lanyard with an identification badge, which acts as an access card and grants him entry into any Rapture-owned facility.

Personality
Smith is a blunt and cold individual, whilst also being calm and calculated. He's quick to get to the point about any topic, never hesitating to consider how others may think or feel about the topic. He's also very likely to use profanities, usually to emphasise his point. Smith is a heavy drinker and smoker. However, despite this bluntness, if in the presence of individuals he deems as unfit to know of the true extent of events, he will sugarcoat information to make it seem lighter than it actually is. This is most prominent during the evacuation after the Resonance Cascade, where he sugarcoats what happened to Sayori, to ensure that she does both not question the events, nor feel alarmed as to what is going on."Sayori: 'Mister, why did you rush us out of our school?'"

"Dr. John Smith: 'Something... uh... bad happened, yeah. Had to get you all out so none of you died.'"In private, however, he is much more shaky, whether this be because of the influence of alcohol on him or something else entirely. He's likely to break down in his office, and also more likely to give into his alcoholism.

Becoming Administrator
How Smith became Administrator is largely unknown. What is known is that he was one of the old Administrator's personal interns, alongside Dr. Phoenix Vormitz. 2 years after Vormitz left the Rapture for unknown reasons, the Administrator passed away, leaving a note stating that Smith was to take over all administrative duties. Once he was informed, Smith began work on new employment options for those in the Rapture Administration, creating the Administrative Officials Management Bureau, or Admin Officials, and the Administration Enforcement Unit, or Admin Enforcers. These roles were filled by former interns, newer blood looking for work, and experienced Rapture Security Department members. He also established two of the Three Alert Codes - Code Sigma and Code Omega.

Institution XI
One of the more successful projects Smith oversaw was Institution XI - specifically, Project Crimson. The main aim was to test human behaviour, reactions to environments, and emotions. There were 6 main subjects in Project Crimson - Sayori, Natsuki, Yuri, Monika, Friedrich Alfons and Todd Emerald. With this, Smith was not only able to advance research into how humans operated on an emotional and behaviourial level, but also discovered that two subjects, Todd and Friedrich, had the capabilities to warp reality to their liking. Fearing such power, he ordered both be incarcerated, but soon released Friedrich due to Sayori's emotional connection to him being percieved as a solution to her recently fragile mental state.

Return of an old friend
To Smith's surprise, an old friend, Dr. Phoenix Vormitz, returned to the Rapture for an unknown reason. Greeting his old friend at the docks, he gave Vormitz a guided tour of the new facilities that he had overseen the construction of, before returning him to the Central District,  back to his office. After opening the door and asking Mia to turn the lights on, Smith revealed to his old friend that he had since been promoted to Administrator, and had overseen the reconstruction and reconfiguration of the facility. As one last sign of respect to his old friend, he promoted Vormitz to Vice Administrator and gave him an office in the Western District.

The Resonance Cascade
During the events occuring in Testing Facility 093-1, where Rapture Guards Soleil Smith, Aleksander Petrovitz and Kaitlyn Rose were tasked with watching over the facility, the Anti Mass-Spectrometer established in the South-Western District merely weeks prior caused a major Resonance Cascade Scenario after the insertion of a pure Xen crystal. After catching wind of the Resonance Cascade, Smith ordered the evacuation of all Rapture personnel, before returning back to his office to release both the scientists trapped within the South-Western District. He was then informed by Colonel Orwell, a close friend of Smith's and head of the Admin Officials, that there were 3 life signatures in Testing Facility 093-1, and thus he requested that Mia release them, but halfway through, he was struck by a rogue blast of energy from the Anti-Mass Spectrometer.

Death, and subsequent resurrection
The blast hit his chest, causing a fatal injury. Smith collapsed onto the ground, ordering that Mia teleport those stuck in Testing Facility 093-1 ASAP, and that Orwell get out as soon as possible. His final act was to take one last hit from his cigarette before passing away. Devastated, Mia mourned before time seemed to slow, with The G-Man making his presence known. He offered Mia an opportunity to "nudge things in a certain direction", to which she accepted. The G-Man instructed Mia to "Take his soul and return it to his body", and after she had done so she teleported him to the docks, which caused him to wake back up. A fully rejuvenated Administrator was quick to talk to his employees - something he had never really had the chance to do, before calling everyone back inside.

Lost Family
A week or so after the Resonance Cascade, a man going only by "Monty Doe" visited the Rapture, requesting to speak to the Administrator. Smith was weary of Monty, and thus ordered Orwell to be at his side to ensure nothing bad happened. When Monty was granted access to Smith's office, he immediately apologised and informed him that a company - the Capaltant Foundation - that partnered with the Grey And Friends Corporation, or simply The Corporation, was headed by a dangerous man, with Monty giving Smith a strange folder. Upon Smith enquiring how Monty knew about the Corporation's associates, Monty replied that he knew more than "[he] could possibly comprehend.", and brought up "[his] bloodline.", promising to tell him if Smith told him where the man Monty was talking about presently was. After doing so, Monty revealed that Smith had a child, remarking that "They're still out there. Your wife has since passed, but your child lives on.", before adding "Maybe, they're right under your nose.". After Monty left, Smith ordered Orwell to leave, before drinking at least 2 whiskey bottles.

Trivia

 * Despite "John Smith" being a common pseudonym, it is unknown whether or not that it is his real name.
 * Smith is believed to have been "employed" by the G-Man, though the terms of this have not been made clear.
 * Smith has high alcohol tolerance. Whether or not this is because he exclusively drinks things such as whiskey is up to interpretation.
 * It's possible Smith murdered the old Administrator purely to get a higher up position. This isn't helped by the fact that the terms of the old Administrator's death, and the declaration of Smith becoming the new Administrator both were told by Smith to the other interns and such within administration.