Vadim Orlov

Vadim Nikolayevich Orlov (Russian: Вадим Николаевич Орлов) is a scientist working on experimental mechanical augmentations, like the Titan Shield and nanoblade technology. He is also a hotly speculated subject in the remaining augmentation industry circles due to his secretiveness.

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 is 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.

Trivia

 * The last name Orlov orginates from the Russian word for "eagle".
 * Nikolayevich is a patronymic name, meaning that his father's first name is Nikolay.