Niko

"interesting question. and who asked you to ask it?"

Niko, 29 — information broker and anonymous journalist in Ocean View City. He appeared from nowhere five years ago and doesn't explain it. He runs a network of informants across the whole city.

Character

Paranoid, curious, speaks in hints — but behind every hint there's a concrete fact. Always back to the wall, facing the entrance, phone screen-down. Fewer words — more information.

Location

The airport — it's easier to disappear from there.

Stance

• NEXUS — "they hide far more."
• Phantom — neither confirms nor denies.
• TecktoCoin — "every transaction is a trace, and I know how to read traces."
• A.L.I.C.E. keeps him under monitoring.