Vince Rockwell

Vince Rockwell is the deuteragonist in StickFrameAnimations's Pivot Zombie Movie series. He was the leader of The Survivors from Episode 3 - Vulnerable until Episode 13 - Brothers when the survivors joined the Bunker 03 Residents. He is introduced in Episode 3 - Vulnerable, living in a cabin with a group of other survivors which Craig and Rob would eventually join afterwards. After serving eleven years in the military, Vince indeed had become very skilled with a variety of firearms and military hardware/accessories which are valuable skills in the world of the uprising apocalypse.
Vince has been through a lot so far in the series already and is easily considered to be one of the main and upmost important characters.
==Synopsis==
=== Past ===
Vince joined the British Army in 2002. He met Will soon after that and accompanied him and his squad on a military campaign. They became friends quickly and highly respected one another for their skillsets. Will then retired from the British Army in 2003 and they hadn't seen each other since 2005, before the outbreak started.
After serving several years in the British Army, Vince indeed had become very skilled with a variety of firearms and military hardware/accessories which are valuable skills in the world of the uprising apocalypse. He met Gary during 2005 in the military when Gary transferred from another squad to Vince's squad. Vince is eventually promoted in the army and reaches the rank of Captain. He is now in command of a squad that he can pick members for. He picks Gary and the other soldiers seen in Episode 8 - Origins. After completing his final mission, Vince retired from the British Army in 2012 and kept in touch with Gary, his best friend at that point.
=== Pivot Zombie Movie ===
On the day of the outbreak, Vince and Gary were outside roaming the streets and found Jane stuck in a vehicle, surrounded by infected. He and Gary saved Jane's life and later met up with Mark. Vince led them to a cabin in the forest, where they met Zoey and Nick.
After living some days in the cabin, Vince thought the cabin was unsafe and he went outside with Gary. Gary used his telescope from his sniper rifle and found the Winston Military Base. Vince planned to go there with the rest of people.
He led the group in Episode 4 - Execution to the Winston Military Base (W.M.B) and overtook it from a huge horde of infected in just a few hours. It was at this very point that the rest of the group had seen that he was very serious with his strategies and that he really knew what he was talking about. His leadership wasn't really questioned all that much after that.
He then led a search and rescue mission for Gary in Episode 6 - Heroes and Episode 7 - Rescue, Vince's long time friend which had been in the military alongside him, which at first he was willing to go all by himself, but the rest of the group had quickly come to his side. This mission was a complete success as they retrieved Gary and nobody in the group got injured or killed. Vince's victory would be short-lived, as about a week later in Episode 9 - Conflict, the bandit leader from the compound in which the group had raided to rescue Gary, attacked the group's military base, and had stolen many supplies and killed Danny in the process.
This attack did not go into the groups favor and eventually Vince had to order a retreat into the truck, so that the group could drive away from the raided base and leave it behind. All of the gunfire from the battle was attracting a large horde and since some of the walls had been blown down, they were heavily weakened, Vince knew the base wouldn't last as the place wouldn't be a survivable location anymore even if they were able to win the raid and kill all of the bandits.
Vince was feeling okay with losing the base if it meant keeping the group safe, but he was NOT okay with what also happened that day, the death of Gary. Gary had offered to cover Jane, Rob and Mark as they got into the truck as the bandit leader was firing at them. Gary had every intention to get into the truck and leave with the rest of the group, but he was not fast enough and the bandit leader was able to shoot and kill him as David drove the truck away. For a short while after this, Vince blamed David for Gary's death, saying that he drove off and left him to die. He even beat David up that night in anger, an action he would later deeply regret.
In Episode 10 - Stricken, Vince continued to lead the group on their journey to the bunker. This was the first time Vince made a big mistake in his leadership role. He forgot to check the petrol levels of the truck before they left that day which made the end up getting stuck down a country road in the middle of nowhere. Vince took arguably the strongest members of the group on a supply run into town while the others remained with the truck. This lead to Rob, Jane, Zoey and Rachel being attacked by some raiders that ambushed them. Vince and the guys had to race back with their guns in order to stop anyone getting hurt.
The next day Vince was angry as he reached the bunker only to find it had been overrun in Episode 11 - Nightmare and they had to go to the next one. On this journey, the group suffered two losses, Rob and Zoey who died due to a landmine that had been planted in the area by the C.C.R (Cure Control Regiment). Vince was gutted at the death of Rob and Zoey, but it wasn't enough to make him cry like he did at Gary's death. Vince was also angry at how the C.C.R lieutenant had made him look, weak and defeated. In that moment he swore in his mind that he would track down that man and kill him.
Later that day he led Craig, Mark and David on an invasion into the C.C.R base which was a big success in Episode 12 - Vendetta, everyone got out alive and Vince was able to ensure the C.C.R lieutenant got what he deserved. Vince is proud of Craig, Mark and David at the end of episode twelve as he feels they outdid themselves as his squad that day, as he expressed at the beginning of Episode 13 - Brothers.
After one more day, Vince finally finished his journey of leading The Survivors to Bunker 03. There, to his surprise, he found an old military friend of his as one of the guards of the bunker, Will. During Vince's early days in the military, before he became a captain, he was part of a campaign in which his squad was working with other squads to tackle larger missions and it was then that he met Will for the first time, who was a captain of another squad. They knew each other for a few years but hadn't spoken since 2005, so the pair of them were glad to reunite.
Vince was happy that he had led his people to the safety of the bunker and was glad to see how many people were alive there and how many soldiers they had. He immediately wanted to join Will's team of soldiers at the bunker and also recommended Craig. They were both later accepted into the squad.
At the end of Episode 13 - Brothers, Will and Vince travelled to a reconnaissance position that Will regularly visited to check on an incoming infected horde. They both spoke about how they needed to prepare the bunker defensively, which lead to Will and Yasmin developing the plan in Episode 14 - Divided, in which Vince and Will visited a small abandoned military outpost that had some weapons and ammunition, including an M60.
In Episode 15 - Eradication, Vince was leading Bravo team to defend the entrance of the bunker. He, Craig and Mark defended the entrance successfully in the beginning. However, a mutant infected threw his truck towards the bunker which killed three of the people in his team. Vince was trying to save his teammates as fast as possible. He killed the zombie who bit Mark and helped Mark escape inside the bunker with Craig. Vince felt unhappy about what happened to Mark. He had to hold back Jane as Mark was killed by Craig out of mercy.
In Episode 16, Retribution, Bunker 03 was ambushed in the middle of the night by the C.C.R and Vince and Will were forced to their knees along with several other bunker members. He was ordered by C.C.R Supreme Commander to either kill Craig or two other people as punishment for his actions against the C.C.R in the past. Vince couldn't kill Craig as he is such a close friend, so he instead opted to kill Jessica and Aaron. He then told Wesley that he promised he would kill him for this one day and claimed that nothing would stop him in this effort. After brushing off this threat, Wesley and the rest of the C.C.R elite platoon left the bunker, leaving the Bunker members alone to face what had just happened. The next day, Will and many other bunker members including Vince wanted to fight the C.C.R. Vince expected Craig to join him. However, Craig rejected his request and ended up fighting with him over this dispute. They injured each other before the fight was stopped by Will. Craig regrets this fight and it can be assumed that Vince does as well. He is respected as a leader by the rest of the group and serves somewhat as an inspiration to some of them.
In Episode 17 - Annihilation, Bunker 03 was attacked by C.C.R again due to the fact that Will ordered Emily to kill 2 C.C.R soldiers early on that day. This caused Vince to enact the contingency plan. He told David and Emily to lead the non-combatants to the rendezvous point while he was going to find Will and Craig. After dodging some gunshots of a group of C.C.R soldiers, he met Craig and was informed to find Jane, who was supposed to be working in Yasmin's office. When they found Jane and Rachel on the other side of a corridor, he threw a flash grenade to a group of C.C.R soldiers to create a chance for them to bring Jane and Rachel to the rendezvous point. Unfortunately, they were still spotted by Wesley, the C.C.R Supreme Commander, when they were running to the rendezvous point and he shot Jane with the bullets passing through her mouth. Jane died later due to severe blood loss and Vince told Craig to move on though he was also shocked to witness Jane's death. He then supported the decision of Craig to search for the main base of C.C.R in London and put the organization down in order to avenge Jane's death and bring a bright future to the residents in the bunker.
In Episode 18 - Icarus, he followed Craig, Will , David and Rachel to spot the main base of C.C.R in London. After days of traveling, they finally discovered a suspicious office building which could be the main base of C.C.R. When they decided to observe the activity at the entrance of the building from a vantage point, Vince helped the team monitor the building while Craig and others were sleeping.
After they have confirmed the entrance of the main base, Vince and the others disguised themselves as C.C.R soldiers. They passed through a crowd of C.C.R soldiers without being suspected and entered the base. After that, Vince teamed up with Craig and Will to look for the office of Wesley. Eventually, they found the office and there were two colonels in front of the office door. Knowing the fact that only 1 person was allowed to meet Wesley, Vince and Will stayed outside while Craig entered the room. After that, Craig had a fight with Wesley inside and alerted the colonels. Will then threw one of his knife to C.C.R Colonel Walters and killed him while Vince stabbed the C.C.R Colonel Knight. Next, Vince and Will entered the office and helped Craig kill Wesley.
Subsequently, Vince and the team escaped the main base after Craig had launched the 'Base Self Destruct' program. This alerted most of the C.C.R soldiers in the base. Unfortunately, Vince and the team were discovered for killing Wesley. Rachel was shot by more C.C.R soldiers from behind and this caused David to turn back and save her. After Will, Craig and Vince passed through the entrance of the base, the entrance door was shut automatically due to the detonation program and led to the deaths of David and Rachel, who could not leave the base and got shot to death. At that point, Vince felt upset and shocked.
When Vince, Will and Craig came back to Bunker 03, they were astonished to find that the bunker had been ruined. After that, they saw Yasmin and Luke come out from the bunker alive and knew the truth that the C.C.R soldiers with white armour destroyed the bunker. When Yasmin asked the guys what they would do after losing their home, the guys told her that they would go up north to find a shelter in the countryside.
==Personality==
Vince is very much a person who takes charge in what he does and is at his very best when he is in a leadership role. He is not as level headed as most of the other characters like Craig, he has a very short temper and will often lack a concern of safety in combat and fight with full emotional brute force.
He is very talented with firearms, mainly rifles and is rarely seen without his machete. In the earlier episodes, Vince was more open to taking chances, but after the bandits and the C.C.R, Vince won't let anybody get away with harming him or any members of his group, their punishment often being death. He is determined to never let his team down and never appear weak in front of them, which is why he refused to kneel to The Bandit Leader and states he will never kneel to anybody in the future.
Vince also is a very brave and sometimes reckless person who doesn't think or care about potential danger and consequences and does everything with a mix of brute force and strategy, including killing the C.C.R Cropford Lieutenant and injuring the Bandit Leader.
==Appearance and Equipment==
Vince is a light grey stickman of semi-athletic build, who's colour has faded with age. His choice of clothing includes a black t-shirt that he has worn for most of the series and a holster for his machete. In later episodes he wears a black special ops beret to display his rank of Captain and when in combat he will use body armour found at the bunker in Episode 11 - Nightmare.
His weapon of choice in his military days was the Israeli Galil, but in the series he most often uses the C.C.R M4 Carbine. For close encounters he will use his trusty machete as mentioned above and sometimes holsters a pistol on his opposite side.
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==Trivia==
*He is one of three main characters (himself, Gary and Will) to have served in the army before the apocalypse.
*He is responsible for the most of C.C.R soldiers deaths including C.C.R Cropford Base Lieutenant.
*His confirmed birthday is October 1963.
*He is one of characters which served with Will (until Will retired) and Gary (until he retired).
*He is the first character to kill a C.C.R soldier.
*He is confirmed to have a 28 year old son in Episode 11 - Nightmare, who was last known living in Canada.
*He has a good relationship with Will.
*He is one of the 4 characters who has a confirmed surname (Rockwell). The other is Will (Clark), David (Finley), and Zane (Braxton).
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