Vince

## Summary

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Vince Rockwell is one of the main characters in the Pivot Zombie Series and was the leader of The Survivors from Vulnerable (Episode 3) until Brothers (Episode 13) when the survivors joined the Bunker 03 Residents. He is introduced in Vulnerable (Episode 3), 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.

## Full Character Story

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 Origins (Episode 8). 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.

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 Execution (Episode 4) 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 Heroes (Episode 6) and Rescue (Episode 7), 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 Conflict (Episode 9), 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 favour 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 Stricken (Episode 10), 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 Nightmare (Episode 11) 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 Vendetta (Episode 12), 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 Brothers (Episode 13).

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 Brothers (Episode 13), 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 Divided (Episode 14), in which Vince and Will visited a small abandoned military outpost that had some weapons and ammunition, including an M60.

In Eradication (Episode 15), 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 Retribution (Episode 16), 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 Annihilation (Episode 17), 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 Icarus (Episode 18), he followed Craig, Will , David and Rachel to spot the main base of C.C.R in London. After days of travelling, 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 Nightmare (Episode 11).

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.

## Relationships

### Gary

Gary and Vince had been long time partners serving in the military. They served together for at least 5 years and became close friends. They respected one another's skills and their cooperation helped them to finish militaristic objectives effectively and efficiently. On the first day of the outbreak, Vince and Gary saved Jane's life by breaking her out of her crashed car and killing the surrounded infected. They met Mark after they had saved Jane.

Gary suggested finding a place to stay and they found a cabin which was occupied by Zoey and Nick. Zoey welcomed them and they lived in the house. However, Gary said to Vince that it wasn't safe and mentioned to find a more suitable place. Then, Vince and Gary went to search a suitable place and found Winston Military Base. They planned to infiltrate and take control of the Winston Military Base. Before they went to the Winston military base, they found Craig and Rob .

After they reached to the military base, Vince asked Gary to go to the hill and use his sniper rifle to see the situation of the military base. Gary told Vince what was going and Vince ordered people to throw the grenades over the gate. Finally, Vince took the control of the Winston military base successfully. However, Gary was caught by the bandits unexpectedly. Vince felt worried about Gary and asked the people to rescue Gary. Vince leaded the team to attack the bandits and finally found Gary on the ground floor. Vince and Gary left the Bandit Compound successfully.

One week later, Vince and Gary found that there were evacuation bunkers set up around the country by reading Rob's letter. Vince asked Gary if he thought they should go to the bunker and Gary recommended to Vince to go to the bunker. When they were planning to go to the bunker, the bandits suddenly attack the military base and they fought to the bandits. Unfortunately, the bandit leader shot Gary's leg and Gary couldn't escape the truck. Gary finally was killed by the bandit leader. Vince was shocked and upset about Gary's death. Vince shot to the bandit leader after the bandit leader killed Gary.

### Craig

Vince met Craig in Vulnerable (Episode 3). Vince asked Craig to help him and Gary to take control of the Winston Military Base. After Craig helped Vince to take control of the military base, Vince suddenly lost connection with Gary on his radio. Craig knew that it was the bandit leader's work when he and Vince heard the bandit leader's voice in the radio. Craig asked Vince to calm down and he knew where Gary was. They went to rescue Gary and Gary finally was saved by the team.

After Craig, David and Rob searched in the Rob's house, Craig knew the people were in the bunker and gave the letter to Vince. It caused Vince planned to go to the bunker. Nevertheless, Gary was killed by the bandit leader unexpectedly later in the episode when the bandits arrived at the base to raid it. Vince lost his right hand man and asked Craig to become his right hand man later that day to replace Gary. Craig accepted the offer and paid more attention to Vince's psyche after Gary's death and asked him about his family in the Nightmare (Episode 11). Vince told Craig he had a son who was 28 years old. Craig told Vince he had a brother called Cory and didn't want to see him In Vendetta (Episode 12), Craig and Vince had the same mindset about Rob's death and both worked together to lead a successful infiltration and rescue operation of Jane and Rachel from the C.C.R Cropford Base. To sum up, Craig has had an effective influence over Vince ever since the loss of Gary, their cooperative leadership has brought them closer together.

Vince also acknowledged Craig's ability as a leader to implement the plan of infltrating the C.C.R London Headquarters during Annihilation (Episode 17) and Icarus (Episode 18). After they had found the shocking fact that Bunker 03 was ruined by C.C.R and decided to go up north to find another shelter, Craig thanked Vince for supporting him all the time since they first met each other. He admitted that he would be lost without Vince's support. Vince also told him that he would be at his side until the end.

### David

Vince met David in Complications (Episode 5). David was one of the people that helped Vince rescue Gary, which allowed Vince to put away his suspicions he had of David being untrustworthy after hearing about his past. However, David started the truck and left Gary in Conflict (Episode 9) in order to save the rest of the team from all dying. Gary then was killed by the bandit leader and Vince felt angry about what David did. He blamed David and attacked David. David attacked back at Vince and both of them got hurt. After some hours, when they both chilled out themselves, They became a friendly teammate to each other again.

In Brothers (Episode 13), Vince praises David on his bravery during the events of the rescue of Jane and Rachel from the C.C.R and they both grow even more respective of each other. Overall Vince and David have had a rocky relationship but due to recent events they have both become good friends and teammates.

In Icarus (Episode 18), he was worried about the safety of David and told him not to go back to the headquarters after they had noticed Rachel got shot by a group of C.C.R soldiers from behind. However, he was unable to stop David from going back to the headquarters because David would not abandon his loved one. When the entrance door of the headquarters was closed automatically due to the detonation program and the couple got shot to death, Vince felt shocked and upset at the same time since he did not believed he had lost a great teammate.

### Mark

Mark met Vince when Vince and Gary had saved his friend Jane. He and Vince stuck together until they found a cabin which owned by Zoey and Nick. Mark was one of the people that assisted Vince to take control of Winston Military Base and also was one of the people that helped Vince to rescue Gary while Gary was caught by the bandits. Vince was impressed by Mark's actions at this point since Mark didn't seem to be or look like a brave guy. Nevertheless, Mark told David to start the truck in Conflict (Episode 9) because he and David were in a dangerous circumstance, in which they could be shot by the bandits easily if they kept staying at the base. Gary was then killed by the bandit leader due to this and it indirectly caused David to be blamed by Vince.

Mark and Vince had a good relationship in the beginning. However, one of the rationales was that Mark felt discontented about the plan from Vince in Stricken (Episode 10). He said Vince was sexist and Vince felt insulted by what Mark said. However, their relationship was improved after Vendetta (Episode 12). Vince asked Mark to leave when they met the C.C.R Cropford Lieutenant. Mark didn't leave and chose to stay with Vince. They finally killed the C.C.R Cropford Lieutenant and went to find Craig as soon as possible. Mark is now regarded as an indispensable teammate by Vince.

When Vince knew that Mark was bitten,he felt unhappy about what happened to Mark. He then listened to what Mark said and took away Jane from Mark. Vince wouldn't forget Mark and thought he was a good person.

### Rob

Vince met Rob in Vulnerable (Episode 3) when he and Craig arrived at the cabin and was surprised by his energy and enthusiasm. Rob was the youngest person in the team and Vince was willing to teach him how to use guns including an RPG later in the series. Rob later used the RPG to help the team effectively in Conflict (Episode 9) when the team was in a dangerous circumstance with the bandits.

Vince thought Rob was a helpful young lad and asked him to stay here to cover the girls in Stricken (Episode 10) with Jane. Rob heard something crawling across the ground and warned the girls. However, Jane ignored what Rob said. They were threatened by the camper raiders after one of the Camper Raiders had pointed a gun on Rob's head. Rob tried to find a way to tell Vince. He used the radio to talk to Vince, Craig, David and Mark. Vince then led the people to back without any consideration for safety or how many enemies there could be. Finally, the team was out of danger and the camper raiders were subdued. Vince admired what Rob did and promised Rob and the team that wasn't happening again. While Vince wanted to lead Rob to go to the bunker for finding Rob's family. Nevertheless, Rob was killed by C.C.R landmine in the Nightmare (Episode 11). Vince felt sad and thought it was such a pity that Rob couldn't find his family.

### Zoey

Vince got along well with Zoey. He paid much attention to what Zoey felt or thought and tried to draft a plan which could guarantee the group's safety. Vince was reminded by Zoey for not letting the team split up again in Stricken (Episode 10) and he really did require the team to fight C.C.R without surrendering to C.C.R directly. Zoey also trusted Vince and reckoned he was a good leader who only wanted to truly protect her. She was willing to accept any orders from Vince and pulled her weight to achieve them.

He was upset after witnessing Zoey and Rob were killed by a C.C.R landmine in Nightmare (Episode 11) since he did not want to lose any teammates, especially the young, knowing that they could not live the long future life.

### Jane

Jane met Vince on the day of the outbreak. Vince and Gary saved Jane's life by breaking her out of her crashed car and killing the surrounded infected. Jane then became one of the core members in the team. She was one of the people that assisted Vince to take control the Winston Military Base and rescued Gary. Vince felt Jane was a suitable person to cover the rest of the team in Stricken (Episode 10) as her trusted her leadership. However, after Jane and the rest of the team were threatened by the camp raiders, it was shown that Jane lacks of the ability of leadership and Vince promised that he won't make a stupid decision again.

He was very upset once he saw Jane get killed by Wesley in Annilhilation (Episode 17). He also felt bad for Craig, who was despondent after losing his girlfriend.

### Danny

Vince met Danny in Heroes (Episode 6) . Vince thought Danny would threaten the team and didn't look well to him. Craig saw that and persuaded Vince to accept Danny. After spending some times to get along with Danny, Vince changed his attitude and thought Danny can be a kind person. He agreed what Craig said and welcomed Danny to join the team. However, Danny was killed by bandit sniper unexpectedly in Conflict (Episode 9). Vince likely would've showed remorse but he was also mourning Gary at the time.

### Bandit Leader

Vince heard the voice of the Bandit Leader in the Complications (Episode 5). He knew that Gary was caught by the bandits and dropped the radio immediately after the bandit leader turned off his radio. Vince then led the team to rescue Gary successfully and the bandit leader felt furious about what Vince did and led the bandits to reach the Winston Military Base in Conflict (Episode 9). The bandit leader asked the survivors to drop their guns and commanded Vince to get on his knees. Vince didn't obey the bandit leader and then Rob opened fire with an RPG upon the bandits. Vince told the team to fight to the bandits. They defeated the bandits by their skill and the outside of the base, zombies killed some of the bandits. The bandit leader saw Vince and the team went to the truck. He shot Gary's leg and Gary couldn't escape to the truck. The bandit leader then killed Gary and Vince shot at him with his Galil and the bandit leader was last seen bleeding out.

### Rachel

Vince met Rachel in Conflict (Episode 9). At that time, Vince only resented what David did and felt shocked about Gary's death, he had no interest of interacting with her. He had a conflict with David and Rachel stopped them by opening the fire of the gun. Rachel questioned that Vince wasn't a good leader. Vince told Rachel the next day that was a one-off and promised Rachel it wasn't happening again. Rachel trusted Vince and she can feel Vince was a good leader after Vince led the people to rescue her and Jane in Vendetta (Episode 12).

### Will

Will was one of the military friends for Vince. Will met Vince when they were working together in the military. He was earlier than Vince to work in the military and used his Remington Revolver to do every mission with Vince. It was really classic that when Vince met Will again in Brothers (Episode 13) and saw his favourite gun. Will welcomed Vince and the team to join bunker 03 . Will and Vince will expect to have more cooperation in the future. In Divided (Episode 14), Will helped Vince by killing a zombie that caught him by surprise, Will#s gunshot almost killed Vince and Vince felt unhappy about what Will did because he almost got killed. Will apologised to Vince later and Vince forgave him.

### C.C.R Cropford Lieutenant

After Vince knew that the C.C.R Cropford Lieutenant ordered to take Jane and Rachel in Nightmare (Episode 11). Vince gave them nothing but a grenade. Vince led the team to versus C. C. R. However, the survivors lost the battle. Jane and Rachel were caught and Vince led the team to the base where C.C.R there. After Vince ordered the rest of the team and reached to the laboratory with Mark. He met the C.C.R Cropford Lieutenant again. C. C. R Cropford Lieutenant asked him and Mark why they can find the base. Vince said nothing and then defeated the C.C.R team. C. C. R Cropford Lieutenant then threw the flash bomb and ran to a door. Finally, C.C.R Cropford Lieutenant was stabbed by Vince without any hesitation even if this would trigger the mutated infected. Overall, Vince disliked and felt angry with the C.C.R Cropford Lieutenant.

## Notable Quotes

* "I'm just the one of us who lives to fight another day..." - *Vince responding to the C.C.R Cropford Lieutenant who accused him of being crazy after invading the C.C.R Cropford Base and killing many of his soldiers in Vendetta (Episode 12).*

* "Don't ever let anyone judge you on your past again." - *Vince responds to David that he wants David to give more confidence to himself and doesn't want him to judge himself as a bad person in Brothers (Episode 13).*
* "Fine, I guess we see who cares about Rob and his family more." - *Vince argues with Craig, implying that he cares about Rob and his family, more than him and faults Craig for not wanting to avenge Rob's families deaths in Retribution (Episode 16).*
* "It's true though, I trust you to be a leader Craig, show me you've got what it takes" - *Vince tells Craig that he trust Craig can replace him to be a good leader in Annihilation (Episode 17).*

## Kills

* 16 Zombies (*on screen*)
* 4 Bandits
* Jessica
* Aaron
* 2 Terrorist Soldiers (*on screen*) (*pre-apocalypse*)
* 1 Camp Raider
* C.C.R Cropford Commander (indirectly caused)
* C.C.R Colonel Knight
* 9 C.C.R Soldiers
* C.C.R Cropford Lieutenant
* Numerous amounts of soldiers (*pre-apocalypse, military career*)

## 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, (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 Nightmare (Episode 11), 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),