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"He's not the first psycho to hire us. Nor the last. You think that's a commentary on us?"
Mal Reynolds
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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[]

  • Adelai Niska had an unnamed wife and an unnamed nephew, whom he had killed.

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