- "He's not the first psycho to hire us. Nor the last. You think that's a commentary on us?"
- ―Mal Reynolds
Adelai Niska | |
Continuity: | Firefly |
Notability: | Minor character |
Type: | Crime boss |
Gender: | Male |
Race: | Human |
Location: | Skyplex |
Status: | Alive |
First: | "The Train Job" |
Actor: | Michael Fairman |
Adelai Niska is a fictional crime boss and a minor character featured in the Fox Network television series Firefly. Played by actor Michael Fairman, he appeared in the first-run episode of the series, "The Train Job". He also appeared in "War Stories".
Biography[]
Adelai Niska was an elderly organized crime boss who trafficked in everything from narcotics to smuggling. Along with his crew of loyal henchmen, he was based out of a Skyplex satellite in the Georiga star system near the planet Ezra.
Niska hired Malcolm Reynolds and the crew of Serenity to hijack a shipment of medical supplies from a train en route from the town of Hancock to a mining community at Paradiso on the planet Regina. Niska had heard of Mal's reputation for getting a job done quickly and discretely, but also let him know in no uncertain terms that he was not a man to be trifled with. Mal didn't know the contents of the cargo he had been hired to steal and, as a rule, he never asked. [1]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Adelai Niska was created by director and writer Joss Whedon and co-writer Tim Minear.
- Adelai Niska had an unnamed wife and an unnamed nephew, whom he had killed.