Viktor Strake is Virodyne Labs’s top risk management officer, a ruthless enforcer tasked with protecting the corporation’s interests at any cost. A genetically modified human, he carries a spotless professional record and something of a reputation in Virodyne circles: “Everyone knows Victor.”
He’s easy to pick out of a crowd: shaven sides with long blond hair on top, brown eyes, a square-cut jaw, and a jet-black Virodyne Labs uniform trimmed in white. His manner is cocky and arrogant, with a theatrical streak: the kind of man who slow-claps and grins even while losing.
Strake is a recurring thorn in the crew’s side, and there’s a standing mystery around just how many of him there are. Felix Champlin killed a Strake on the bridge of The Scapegoat, only for what appeared to be the same man to be seen exiting a stealth fighter moments later. His ship, The Acceptable Loss, has been found carrying one or two duplicate bodies in stasis. Whether these are clones, backups, or something else has never been explained on-air.
He first appeared in Episodes 7-8, arriving at Wafisa aboard a triangular stealth ship with a small team of Omnitek Holdings soldiers, having traced the crew by following Dr. Elara Voss’s hack when her power went down. He caught up with them at Blackharbor shortly after.
In Episode 18, a Strake (or a duplicate) attacked the crew at the Helium Docks on The Spigot with a squad of drones.
He resurfaced in the Episode 20 epilogue, looming over an unconscious Haleyy as she briefly stirred, telling her “I had no idea how valuable you were” while the rest of the crew, bound nearby, could only watch.
In Episode 21, Strake captured the crew at Sibylen, seized Dr. Elara Voss’s orb, and locked the crew inside their own ship using Omnitek’s admin override codes.
By Episode 28, Causeway 3 transit logs (recovered by Felix from the first security layer of the Causeway 3 server room) confirmed that The Acceptable Loss had passed through the routing station en route to Prometheon Technologies, with Voss still aboard.
Strake’s known gear includes a laser pistol and a physical Virodyne admin key capable of locking down The Scapegoat and handing Virodyne control of the ship.
Appears in: Ep 7, Ep 8, Ep 18, Ep 20, Ep 21, Ep 28