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"I once thought I could save the world... now look at it"
— Spoilers for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided follow!
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Vadim Nikolayevich Orlov (Russian: Вадим Николаевич Орлов) is a scientist working on experimental mechanical augmentations, like the Titan Shield and nanoblade technology.
Biography
According to David Sarif, Orlov was supposed to be a neuroscience prodigy. He got his Master's degree at one of the Moscow universities and did post-graduate study in the United States.
Sometime before 2027, he interviewed with David Sarif and Megan Reed about joining Sarif Industries. However, he rubbed Sarif the wrong way, coming across as the type who did not like it when others questioned his ethically questionable choices, and was not hired as a result. Sometime after that though, he was picked up by Tai Yong Medical, where he helped develop several augments, like the nanoblade.
After the Aug Incident, he was stationed at 451, an Alaskan facility, and used the name Kasper McFadden. It appears he was involved in Adam Jensen's hidden augments but a month after he regained consciousness, Jensen escaped the facility. By 2028, Orlov was popping up time to time in the Baltic region, doing unknown work. At some point a TYM colleague, Nicholas Cipra, left the company and Orlov was put in charge of some of his patients, like Daria Myška. For reasons unknown, he gave her a TITAN aug.
By 2029, Orlov started making trips to Prague on a regular basis to keep an eye on Jensen, who was not aware of this surveillance. He used one of the Illuminati's safehouses, an apartment owned by Madame Photographe, who was also helping them by keeping notes on Jensen's activities when Orlov was away. Between these visits, he also went to G.A.R.M., conducting his own experiments with the Orchid and requesting more test subjects from Viktor Marchenko to study the effects.
However, like any other person, Orlov ia still expendable. If Sarif starts digging around for answers to help Jensen, Madame Photographe is informed to move Orlov to another location but, if he resists, to eliminate him, ensuring Jensen could not get answers out of him on what happened at the Alaskan facility.
Notes
- It is unclear if Orlov was knowingly working for the Illuminati by 2029, or being used secretly to meet their objectives.
- While Orlov will show up dead if one does The Mystery Augs side mission, he may still be alive if Jensen never called up Sarif, thus never setting off the chain of events that lead to Madame Photographe killing him.
- Orlov appears to have a reputation for not caring how his patients or augments turn out. As indicated by an e-mail, Cipra condescendingly states that Orlov's experiments always end in blood, referring to how Daria should have never been put in Orlov's care.