Vladimir A. Smiles (ブラディーミル・A・スマイルズ, Buradīmiru A Sumairuzu) is the president of Russia in 2620 and head of U-NASA 3rd Branch.
Appearance[]
A muscular man in his 40s with long hair and light eyes. Despiste his looks he's actually half American.
Personality[]
He's very inquisitive, and has a fondness for computers and neurochemistry. He also is determined and head strong as he came from nothing to Russian president. He doesn't have much of an ego though, as Ivan told him his terra formar experiment was dumb and he basically said he knows and was going to do Ivan's idea when he was done. Much to his own detriment his humility caused him to take a killing blow for Ivan, who was little more than some low ranking solider from an enemy nation. Although Vladimir himself claims he made the right choice.
History[]
Annex I Arc (2619 A.D.)[]
Before Sylvester Asimov departed for Mars, Vladimir order him to confirm some details on Mars at the mysterious Martian Pyramids. Later when Ichiro Hiruma revealed that Kou Honda was in the possession of the Japanese government, he supported Hiruma's proposal to have Honda's research be handled by Japan.
Powers and Abilities[]
He doesn't have an M.O operation. Despite this he's the strongest human without one. Vladimir is as strong as most sneakers(Eloine, Hannibal, Joseph) and knows Russian marital arts. As shown by him knocking an Invoker around a room. He can easily dodge a terraformar, meaning he's either faster than Joseph or has the same reaction time. His pectoral muscles are so strong a Japanese hornet terra formar cannot retrieve their stinger out of it. Vladmir also has pain resistence like Joseph or Hannibal as a regular Japanese Hornets gives people kidney failure and seizures yet Vladimir essientially didn't flinch at 300X that amount.
He has no inborn traits that a regular human wouldn't have he's just an American that used dirty means to become Russian president and pardoned himself afterwards. He even says himself all he had to do was train, study and eat healthy to attain his power.
Trivia[]
- His family name Smiles was also written as スミレス (Sumires).
- Its hinted that he may have a connection with the Newton Clan, as he recognized their motto left on the plans they sent to the Terraformars. Though his position with the family is unknown, its suggested to be adversarial as he declared humanity would surpass them.
- Only Vladimir's mother is Russian he lived in American until his father's death.
- Vladimir knows everything the Newton clan is up to. Although it's unknown who's keeping him in the loop.
- Vladimir is one of 6 humans known to U-Nasa(Sylvester, Michelle, Joseph, Tatsuhiro and Hiruma) that can kill terra formars with no transformation.