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{{Quote|Now for you, my reputation is not from gossip… my reputation is fact. Is solid.|Adelai Niska|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408113854/https://keepflying.com/game-play/tech-brief/tech-brief-reputation}}
'''Adelai Niska''' was one of the more dangerous enemies of [[Malcolm Reynolds]] and his crew. He was the leader of a criminal syndicate that dealt in murder, extortion, robbery, and drug dealing .
 
   
 
'''Adelai Niska''' was one of the most dangerous enemies of [[Malcolm Reynolds]] and his crew. He was the leader of a criminal syndicate that dealt in murder, extortion, robbery, smuggling, and drug trafficking.
Niska was an old man, grandfatherly in appearance, with an indeterminate Eastern European accent; he had an antique [[Wikipedia:Tiffany lamp|Tiffany lamp]] on his desk (which was worth a fortune if an authentic relic of [[Earth-That-Was]]). He had a henchman named [[Crow]], until Malcolm kicked him into the ship's engine intake.
 
   
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==Biography==
His center of business was on a satellite known as [[Skyplex]], in orbit around the world of [[Ezra]]. After he captured and tortured Reynolds and [[Hoban Washburne]], the rest of the ''[[Serenity]]''{{'s}} crew invaded the Skyplex and killed many of Niska's top people in the process of rescuing their comrades.<ref name="WS">{{Firefly|War Stories}}</ref>
 
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Niska was an old man, grandfatherly in appearance, with a Slavic accent (probably Czech<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4NhnoviltU Czech_sentence_in_Firefly]</ref>). His seemingly benign appearance masked a ruthless, sadistic and cunning personality. By the time he encountered the crew of the ''[[Serenity]]'', he had established a reputation for cruelty and violence. He seemed to take pleasure in torturing his victims, viewing the practice as an art form.<ref>[[War Stories]]</ref>
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He had an antique [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_lamp Tiffany lamp] on his desk (which was worth a fortune, being an authentic relic from [[Earth-That-Was]]). He had a henchman named [[Crow]], until Malcolm kicked him into the ship's engine intake.{{Ref|<ref name="The Train Job" />}}
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His center of business was on an artificial satellite known as [[skyplex]], in orbit around the world of [[Ezra]]. His assistant was a man named [[Viktor]] and he eventually found [[Unidentified torturer|a replacement]] for Crow as his torturer. After he captured and tortured Reynolds and [[Hoban Washburne]], the rest of the ''[[Serenity]]''{{'s}} crew invaded the Skyplex and killed many of Niska's top associates in the process of rescuing their comrades. Niska managed to escape the battle. {{Ref|<ref name="War Stories" />}}
   
 
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Niska
name
Biographical information
Gender

Male[1]

Occupation(s)

Crime syndicate boss

Statistics
Weapon(s)

Ornate dagger[2]

Ship(s) captained or crewed

Skyplex

Affiliation

Niska's syndicate

"Now for you, my reputation is not from gossip… my reputation is fact. Is solid."
―Adelai Niska[src]

Adelai Niska was one of the most dangerous enemies of Malcolm Reynolds and his crew. He was the leader of a criminal syndicate that dealt in murder, extortion, robbery, smuggling, and drug trafficking.

Biography

Niska was an old man, grandfatherly in appearance, with a Slavic accent (probably Czech[3]). His seemingly benign appearance masked a ruthless, sadistic and cunning personality. By the time he encountered the crew of the Serenity, he had established a reputation for cruelty and violence. He seemed to take pleasure in torturing his victims, viewing the practice as an art form.[4]

He had an antique Tiffany lamp on his desk (which was worth a fortune, being an authentic relic from Earth-That-Was). He had a henchman named Crow, until Malcolm kicked him into the ship's engine intake.[1]

His center of business was on an artificial satellite known as skyplex, in orbit around the world of Ezra. His assistant was a man named Viktor and he eventually found a replacement for Crow as his torturer. After he captured and tortured Reynolds and Hoban Washburne, the rest of the Serenity's crew invaded the Skyplex and killed many of Niska's top associates in the process of rescuing their comrades. Niska managed to escape the battle. [2]

Behind the scenes

Adelai Niska was portrayed by Michael Fairman.

Appearances

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