Vadim Orlov

Vadim Nikolayevich Orlov was a scientist working on experimental augmentations, like the TITAN aug and nanoblade technology.

Background
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 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 one his patients, 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.

However, like any other person, Orlov was still expendable. When Sarif started digging around for answers to help Jensen, Madame Photographe was informed to move Orlov to another location but, if he resisted, to eliminate him, ensuring Jensen could not get answers out of him on what happened at the Alaskan facility.