[@DJAtomika]
Indeed you did that was very helpful of you. It makes sense so yeah, we are covered on that front.

Mainly the reason Nik is there in the beginning at least is to bring everybody together. You know because he gets around a lot and has his hands dipped into many different spheres so he knows people. This as a result giving everybody a reasonable excuse to all come together. That and it adds to his enigmatic quality to him as everybody has a different story about him and a different "Nik" they essentially met first.