Vince Kilroy

Gunnery Sergeant **Vince Kilroy** is a character in Leviathan Lore. He is a high ranking soldier within the Leviathan Special Forces whom mainly uses submachine guns. He was involved in several incidents in the storyline, including Task Force Zeta's raid on a base and the attack on a Iron Clad Mercenary compound, where he largely ends up being an only survivor. He is a major character in the 2045 Arc, as he one of the main soldiers dispatched to fight for Leviathan.

## Biography

### Early life

Growing up in Devereux, Vince knew he wanted to be in a PMC due to his family's military roots and Broken Arrow's lack of a military. At the early age of 16, he began training with various firearms, and he came to enjoy using lightweight weapons, namely submachine guns and carbines. He graduated from the Devereux Elite Academy at the age of 19, and after that, Vince started working for the police for a brief period as a transfer, though left at the age of 20 because it didn't feel the same as what he was trained to do.

### Iron Clad and Leviathan

Initially, he was recommended to join the Iron Clad Mercenaries by the chief of police in the AVPD prior to leaving, to which he did so. He was then assigned to the Mercs, led by Edgar Valentine. He served with them for three years until at some point he witnessed the atrocities committed by his team. Vince was then dishonorably discharged from the Iron Clad Mercenaries in 2023 due to not complying with an order to kill an innocent he believed wasn't a threat. A few years afterwards, he was found by a LSF patrol operating as a lone wolf to kill off a few of his former teammates. Vince was approached by the patrol's leader, Thomas McCoy, whom offered him to join Leviathan. Initially Vince declined the offer, but after a few months, he eventually tracks down Thomas and accepts.

He aced his training assessment with relative ease and broke a record in the course previously held by Echo. He immediately qualified for the 11th Ranger Company which at that time was led by Colin. He eventually rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant and became the leader of his own squad, which he named Vince's Dragoons. Promotion after promotion, Vince became a very influential member of Leviathan, being known as an "example of what all special forces operators should be and more". He also received a medal for wounds sustained during an incursion on a Leviathan base and ended up being an only survivor. On this end, Vince earned the distinction for being at the wrong place at the right time and has the capability of walking out of any situation with very few injuries or wounds. He was also a role model for various recruits and up and coming squad leaders, including Sergeant Rory Sanborn, a rifleman, and Lance Corporal Corey Anderson, a sniper.

### Iron Clad infil

While Xandros and Zaria were having a meeting at an Iron Clad stronghold, Vince and an element of his team launched a stealth raid on it, killing off guards and other mercs who were stationed there and taking any intel they could. However, both caught wind of this and tried attacking the team only for one of them to be wounded, but both forced to retreat. Although both Xandros and Zaria were on site, the team could not capture or kill them, as Vince's second in command forbad him from doing so.

### Operation Freedom

Vince was one of the many soldiers who participated in Operation Freedom, an LSF operation to clear out Mafia presence in Brahms, a town located in the outskirts of Auren and led his Dragoons against the mafia members. Vince was known to have the highest kill count in the entire operation with only Sergeant Reigns in a distant second.

### Operation Stinger

Vince participated in the clandestine Operation Stinger, at this point now a Master Sergeant. However, he was reassigned to another team as a second in command, much to his dismay. He and the team were initially responsible for infiltrating a Task Force Zeta base to capture an HVT, though their objective was changed after they saw what they thought were other soldiers. When they failed to give them a countersign, the team engaged the soldiers and realized were Task Force Zeta operatives disguised as LSF soldiers, indirectly saving Orion Kadnikova, a double agent that was also stationed there, from an ambush set up by Xandros himself. This time, they managed to capture Xandros briefly but he managed to escape after pro-communist nationalist mercenaries rescued him from captivity.

## Personality

Vince is largely seen as calm, collected, and serious. However, he shows a softer side that only operatives who work closely with him know, and is concerned about others who work alongside him and cares about them deeply, considering fellow LSF operatives his brothers and sisters and becoming extremely agitated when one of them is killed in action and avenging them thereafter. Vince is known to be very strict when he wants to be and takes operations extremely seriously.

## Allies and Enemies

### Luna Leviathan

Vince and Luna have a very simple professional relationship as he is Vince's commanding officer. Although not friends nor enemies, Vince shows a sense of suspicion whenever Luna personally tasks him something that could possibly be seen as illegal. Nevertheless, Vince carries out anything Luna tells him to without question.

### Edvard Schmidt

Vince is Edvard's second in command in his squad. Although they initially had bitter relations and argued on what they thought was good for the mission, the two eventually became good friends in and outside of work, frequently hanging out at bars whenever possible. Though Edvard likes to drink, Vince declines any of his offers to buy him a drink, as Vince wants to remain sober.

### Julia Ramirez

Vince and Julia have a very complicated relationship. While he is aware that relationships within Leviathan are forbidden, Vince still harbors feelings and romantic attraction toward Julia, whom is unaware of how he feels. At some point, he confessed to Julia during a mission, which embarrassed both, with Julia politely rejecting Vince, regarding his feelings for her as "inappropriate". Despite this, the two remain on good terms.

### Thomas McCoy

Thomas is Vince's role model and the whole reason why he joined Leviathan in the first place. He served as Thomas's pupil, whom taught him everything Vince needed to know before he left to become a squad leader. Although they never spend time much anymore, they are still good friends.

### Xandros Arklov

Vince is aware of the threat Xandros and Task Force Zeta pose to the security of Broken Arrow and other countries. Although they only ever met once, Vince is extremely hostile towards Xandros and TFZ.

### Franko Leviathan

As his former employer, Vince a grudge and personal hatred towards Franko for his armed forces' atrocious acts on species that aren't human and forcing him to do otherwise horrible things. He did not respect that he was discharged for not complying with an order to kill an innocent being. A few years after, he attacked Iron Clad soldiers by himself. Although Franko was aware that Vince was responsible, he didn't order anyone to kill or capture him.