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Neil Tsiolkovsky
Aliases
Kovsky
Died
December 27, 2103
Age unknown
Phi-Tau Transport Line, PATHOS-II
Status
Deceased
Nationality
Unknown, possibly
Russia Russian

Actor
Tim Watson

Neil Tsiolkovsky (Нил Циолковский), commonly known by his nickname Kovsky, was a PATHOS-II operative stationed at Tau.

Biography[]

Neil Tsiolkovsky's name and accent suggests he's Russian, although it's unknown whether Russia still existed before the Impact Event.

When Tau's evacuation towards Omicron was ordered on September 13th, 2103, its staff failed to reach the climber due to being attacked by Structure Gel-infused marine life under the WAU's influence, resulting in loss of radio contact with Omicron. Many employees were killed during the failed evacuation attempt, but Kovsky was one of the survivors who remained stranded at Tau.

On December 25, 2103, a party from Theta, carrying the ARK, arrive in Tau, where they are joined by Tsiolkovsky but, along their way to Phi, Kovsky ends up dying in a landslide.

In SOMA[]

Kovsky's body can be found by Simon Jarrett under a pile of wreckage in the Phi-Tau Transport Line and his blackbox can be read.

Dialogue[]

Phi Access Tunnel

  • It's nothing to worry about, just the warden flexing his muscles.

  • Well down here he has many names, Warden, The Alpha.

  • Made up? Then someone should really fire Johan Ross, tell him there's no reason to walk these tunnels no more.

  • You should try spending some time in the abyss sweetheart, you know when shit's for real.

  • Hey, wait for me!

  • Take it easy, it's not going to-

  • For a moment I thought it was going to collapse.


Behind the Scenes[]

In Item #4540 it's mentioned that Kovsky, foreshadowing his own fate, used to say that being buried alive would be a better way of dying for the people at Tau since, in a situation of drowning in the Abyss, a glimpse of light could instigate a futile and persistent struggle for survival instead of accepting a peaceful death.

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