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Kovacs's Stack was shipped from Millsport to [[Alcatraz Prison]] in [[Bay City]] on [[Earth]] and Resleeved in the body of [[Elias Ryker]], currently serving a prison sentence at the facility. The conditions of his parole leased him to [[Bancroft Industries]], run by {{TVchar|Laurens Bancroft}}. |
Kovacs's Stack was shipped from Millsport to [[Alcatraz Prison]] in [[Bay City]] on [[Earth]] and Resleeved in the body of [[Elias Ryker]], currently serving a prison sentence at the facility. The conditions of his parole leased him to [[Bancroft Industries]], run by {{TVchar|Laurens Bancroft}}. |
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Takeshi Lev Kovacs is a native of Harlan's World and a former member of the Colonial Tactical Assault Corps. Kovacs is of Japanese and Eastern-European descent. Growing up with his sister, Reileen, they suffered an abusive childhood. Their father killed their mother and hid the body. One day his father threatened Rei, causing Kovacs to shoot and kill him.
Taken into custody by the Colonial Tactical Assault Corps, Kovacs was given the option to enlist. He agreed as long as they promised to look after Reileen. Kovacs' original sleeve was kept in storage on Harlan's World while he was needlecast off-world to begin his training.
After several years, a mission to Harlan's World brought Kovacs back into his original sleeve. During a mission against the Yakuza, he encountered his sister who was working as an enforcer for them. Kovacs immediately turned on CTAC when they tried to kill Reileen, while she turned on her Yakuza masters. Both fugitives, they fled into the wilds of Harlan's World where they encountered Quellcrist Falconer and joined her Envoys.
Following the defeat of the Uprising, Kovacs returned to criminal life and became a mercenary, and was eventually imprisoned, his Cortical Stack stored without a body for decades at a time as punishment before being paroled or hired out to work high-risk situations. His consciousness was eventually imprinted back into a new sleeve in 2384.
Biography
Background
CTAC Praetorians caught up with Kovacs and a local mercenary, Sarah, after a mission to retrieve several Cortical Stacks. During the firefight, Sarah's Sleeve was killed and Kovacs was arrested by Jaeger. Because of their past and Kovacs' disrespectful attitude, Jaeger shot Sarah through the Stack. Kovacs attempted to fight back but his Sleeve was killed and his Stack retrieved. He was incarcerated at Millsport Maximum Security Prison, with Jaeger's report claiming that Kovacs had shot Sarah in the Stack prior to being arrested. Kovacs' sentence had no end date.
Throughout the series
Kovacs's Stack was shipped from Millsport to Alcatraz Prison in Bay City on Earth and Resleeved in the body of Elias Ryker, currently serving a prison sentence at the facility. The conditions of his parole leased him to Bancroft Industries, run by Laurens Bancroft.
Personality
Memorable quotes
Trivia
In "Fallen Angel", Kovacs is shown to have another seven known sleeves (including the ones played by Will Lee Yun and Byron Mann when entering Psychasec.