If you had a choice, you'd be wise to get on his bad side." Adaptations His enemies die in smaller numbers than his buddies and allies. Everyone who's affiliated with him eventually ends up slaughtered.
Reception Īuthor Paul Di Filippo said of the character "Takeshi Kovacs has to be the worst friend you can have. The fear elicited by the mere mention of Envoys is often used by Kovacs to threaten and intimidate. Due to this training, most worlds prohibit past or present Envoys from holding any political or military office. Īnother aspect that figures prominently in an Envoy's training is the systematic removal of every violence-limiting instinct a human is born with. They are able to control their physiological and psychological responses, such as fear and anger, at will.
They possess a thorough understanding of body language and vocal tonality, such that they can discern intention and manipulate others with ease. Įnvoys possess total recall and are able to discern subtle patterns within seemingly unrelated events. He was eventually imprisoned, his cortical "stack" stored without a body (or "sleeve") for decades at a time as punishment, before being paroled or hired out to work high-risk situations. Īfter leaving the Envoys, Kovacs returned to criminal life and became a mercenary. Envoy training is actually a form of psychospiritual conditioning that operates at subconscious levels. Envoys are used by the governing Protectorate to infiltrate and crush planetary unrest and maintain political stability. Kovacs is a former Envoy, a member of an elite military force of futuristic soldiers, part intelligence operative and part shock trooper, trained to adapt quickly to new bodies and new environments. He is of Japanese and Eastern European (possibly Hungarian or Serbian) descent. Kovacs was human born in the city of Newpest, on Novemat the planet Harlan's World. Morgan, which take place in or around the 26th century. Takeshi Lev Kovacs is the protagonist in the books Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, and Woken Furies by Richard K.
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