Sergei Kolek

Sergei Kolek was a co-founder of defence contractor Veritec Industries alongside Kristine Ambrose. A genius computer programmer, mathematician, and engineer, Kolek's life was thrown off course when he contracted HIV. He grew to despise technology, and later sought to return humanity to a pre-technological existence by uploading his mind to cyberspace and becoming a sentient computer virus. He planned on travelling across the internet and sabotaging every defence deployed against the Y2K bug in order to bring civilization to a halt. His plot was foiled by the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research.
== Biography ==
=== Founding of Veritec ===
Kolek and Kristine Ambrose founded Veritec Industries in 1989. The pair also co-authored a book together about computer viruses, which was found by critics to be incredibly pessimistic. This earned the pair the nickname "the Cassandra Twins". (TV: Y2K)
Both became romantically involved at some point, and referred to each other as "Thing 1 and Thing 2". Their relationship fell apart after Ambrose hired Bob Yardley for the company; neither's visions for the company and themselves aligned anymore. (TV: Y2K)
=== Later Career and Retirement ===
Kolek later went on to teach advanced mathematics at McMaster University until 1997, when he contracted HIV. He left the university and went off the grid. (TV: Y2K)
Despite this he was tracked down and offered a job by Frank Elsinger at the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research. Kolek declined the offer because he considered Elsinger a bureaucrat. (TV: Y2K)
== Weapons and Abilities ==
=== Inherent Abilities ===
* Intelligence: Kolek possessed a genius-level intellect in the fields of computer programming, mathematics, and engineering. (TV: Y2K)
** Kolek was the first Chaos theorist to see computer code as random organisms. 
** Kolek successfully devised and constructed a method of mental transference that allowed him to upload his mind into digital space.
== Personality ==
At the time of his death, Kolek was a broken and vengeful man. He lamented the end of his relationship with Kristine Ambrose, and his contraction of HIV led him to see technology as the bane of mankind's existence. He sought out religion and adopted a Luddite philosophy, plotting on returning humanity to a pre-technological age. Despite his aversion to technology he was willing to use advanced technology of his own creation to achieve this end.
He had an affinity for the game Go because of its complex nature; he leapt at the chance to play with Matt Praeger instead of by himself and left references to it in the self-destruct program used in his home.
== Bibliography ==
* Y2K: The Collapse of Modern Technology (w. Kristine Ambrose)
* The Human-ifesto (1999, unpublished)
==Notes==
*Kolek was played by American actor Stephen Russell.Y2K - IMDB - Retrieved 10 July 2022Stephen Russell - IMDB - Retrieved 10 July 2022
== Appearances ==
* Y2K (First and final appearance)
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