Scott Ward/Biography

The following is Scott Ward's full biography.

## Life in Las Vegas

Scott ran a taco truck for Sin City Tacos before the zombie outbreak in Las Vegas. He was married to Laura Ward and they had a daughter, Kate Ward. His wife was unfortunately infected and became a zombie, forcing Scott to bury a knife in her skull. The constant reminder of his lost love that was instilled in him by his daughter made it hard to connect with her after that, so he pulled away in his grief. A rift formed between the two that wouldn't be repaired for years.

## Las Vegas outbreak

He took up the path of the zombie hunter out of necessity, and turned out to be quite good at it. He banded together with a group of survivors, and with his help at least part of the group managed to successfully make it out of Las Vegas alive. At some point his wife became infected and Scott was forced to put her down. The loss of his wife and the constant reminder of her that was brought on by his daughter made it hard to provide the emotional support she needed, and as a result the two became estranged. Scott believed Kate pulled away from him because he had killed her mother, so when he was ready to be there for her and noticed that she didn't want him around, he thought pulling away again was best. Meanwhile, what she really wanted was her father back.

He was awarded the Medal of Freedom for saving the Secretary of Defense in the chaos. In the safety of the outside world, Scott moved to a small apartment in Victorville and began cooking for the Lucky Boy diner.

## Götterdämmerung heist

One day, Bly Tanaka approached Scott at Lucky Boy and offered him $50 million to head back into zombie-infested Las Vegas with a safecracker and his own hand-picked team of mercenaries. The goal was to crack the Götterdämmerung vault under the Las Vegas Strip, retrieve the $200 million inside, and safely remove it from the city within 32 hours. He first approached Maria Cruz and Vanderohe, his fellow zombie outbreak survivors and Las Vengeance teammates. Each of them would receive a $15 million share of the $50 million bounty, with Scott's share intended for his daughter, Kate.

They also required a helicopter pilot and a safecracker, so Scott sought out Marianne Peters (another fellow survivor of the initial outbreak) to fly the helicopter, and Ludwig Dieter to crack the safe. They found Mikey Guzman through his YouTube channel, as he also had experience killing zombies, and the group headed to Vegas. Once in the refugee camp outside the city, they enlisted the help of Lilly to sneak beyond the wall. Realizing that Geeta had gone missing on the other side of the wall, Kate manipulated her father into allowing her to join the crew.

They ventured into the city, witnessing what had become of the zombies since they escaped all those years ago, and learning of the new culture that had grown among the alphas. Lilly chose the path to avoid coming into conflict with the Las Vegas horde, and the group made their way to Bly's Casino. Reaching the casino, the team split up to accomplish their various tasks, Scott and Kate heading to the roof with the backup generator so that they could turn on the power, which enabled access to the Götterdämmerung for the safecracking team. While on the roof, Scott attempted to break through to his daughter and end their estrangement. They had a heart to heart which helped along the healing process, but Kate wasn't quite ready for more than that.

Scott returned to the main floor of the casino and watched the latest news on the nuclear strike, only to find out that it'd been moved up to that day, leaving them less than an hour and a half to get out of the quarantine zone. The safe was soon cracked, and Scott joined the others in packing up the money. Talking with Cruz, he realized he'd missed a chance to be with her, and the two began to hope for a future together. Hope turned to worry when Scott realized Kate was no longer with the group, and he knew she'd gone to The Olympus to find her missing friend, Geeta. Enraged, Scott began to leave the group to bring Kate back. Cruz stopped him and convinced him to let her provide support, and the two turned to enter the elevator. As it ticked open, a small crowd of zombies lurched forward from within, one snapping Cruz's neck. A scuffle ensued, and with more zombies in the elevator shaft, Scott was forced to head for the roof.

The remaining team was split up again as they all fled from the attacking alphas. Guz and Lilly were the last two who stuck with Scott, and the trio fought their way back up to the roof, losing Guz along the way. Zeus chased after them, so Lilly stayed behind to hold him off as Peters and Scott took the helicopter to The Olympus to find Kate. He made his way down into the enormous hotel, as Zeus and the remaining alphas worked their way up to hunt him down. They crossed paths on Kate, who had found Geeta. Scott temporarily disabled Zeus with a grenade, then led the women up to the roof. Peters had left them, but had a change of heart and returned to take them from the city.

The final four survivors took off toward the beyond of the nuke's range, but Zeus leapt aboard as well. Scott and Zeus struggled, Zeus eventually biting into the nape of Scott's neck, while Scott managed to split Zeus' skull with a bullet. The nuclear bomb detonated and the helicopter was forced to the ground. Scott shared his final moments with his daughter, both of them surviving the crash. His infection spread, and when his time came, Kate was forced to put a bullet in his brain.

## Legacy

Scott left a large amount of cash from the cart in front of the Götterdämmerung to his daughter when he died, hoping that she would use it to attend college and to help her friend Geeta get her children out of the refugee camp - something he knew that Kate had wanted to do. Had he lived beyond the Götterdämmerung mission, he planned on running a food truck near wherever Kate decided to go to college. He considered artisan grilled cheese sandwiches, tofu, and then settled on lobster rolls. The lobster roll truck would never come to be, at least not by his hand.

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## References

Shay Hatten, Zack Snyder, Joby Harold (writers) & Zack Snyder (director) (May 14, 2021). *Army of the Dead*.
Shay Hatten (writer) & Jay Oliva, Zack Snyder (directors) (Spring 2022). *Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas*.