Ekaterina Ivanova Smirnova

Ekaterina "Katya" Ivanova Smirnova was the wife of Dr. Vladimir Nikolaevich Kalashnikov.

History
Katya's death was described by Vladimir when he admitted to shooting her in the face with a laser pistol.

Clones
It appears that Katya is a clone of some sort after the party met another person almost identical to her who admitted that her interactions described with Vladimir as being "in another life".

Mubara Tibet
Mubara Tibet was a clone the party met on Nada who was captured for the theft of the Helix Database. She was killed by Vladimir after interrogation by corporation police and her body handed over to Vladimir.

Mubara's bone structure and body size was identical to Katya, but her skin and hair coloring was consistent with the Arabic ancestry of Nada and Phaistos. Scans showed no evidence of any previous head injuries which Katya died from. She appeared to possess memories of Katya's time with Vladimir, and also spoke to him in Russian. While speculating how a clone might have memories of another's death, Eleanora mentioned that telepathic mental links are sometimes sufficient to "stream" real-time.

Mubara had arrived on Nada almost six months previously on a smuggler ship that was said to have arrived from Phaistos. The ship was a Rafasian merchant named Petya i Volk, under a Captain Zoyka Valevach.