Brad Vickers

He's coming for us.. we're both gonna die!

Brad Vickers was in charge of chemical protection and served as the S.T.A.R.S. Alpha team's helicopter pilot. Brad wasn't much of a fighter; he was known to get nervous and run away at the first sign of danger. His home town was Delucia.

Biography
On July 24, 1998, the S.T.A.R.S. Alpha team was sent into the Arklay Mountains to investigate the disappearance of S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team, who lost radio contact with the police the following night. Landing near Bravo team's abandoned helicopter, Brad abandoned his teammates in the middle of the Raccoon Forest once he witnessed the death of fellow S.T.A.R.S. member Joseph Frost. Afterwards, he made multiple attempts to re-establish contact with his S.T.A.R.S. teammates while flying around the Arklay Mountains. However, he was unable to receive any messages from the radio used by the survivors. He later helped them destroy the Tyrant (T-002 Model) by dropping a Rocket Launcher from the chopper, and then rescued Chris, Jill, Rebecca and Barry moments before the Spencer Mansion exploded.

Shortly after the incident, in response to pressure from Umbrella, Police Chief Brian Irons had S.T.A.R.S. disbanded. Being the coward that he was, Brad sided with his employer over the decision.

Raccoon City Destruction Incident
During the Raccoon City Destruction Incident, Brad was spotted by "the pursuer" and had been on the run for days throughout the city. He eventually got infected with the t-Virus after being bitten by zombies he encountered earlier on September 28. Eventually Jill caught up with Brad at Bar Jack, who was fighting a zombie and bitten in the process. He then warned her of the presence of a monster in the city, and its hunt for S.T.A.R.S. members.



Later, he arrived to the police precinct and encountered Jill once again at the front gates. Unfortunately, just when he was about to tell Jill something, he was cornered and killed by Nemesis, which had been pursuing him for days. Minutes later, he awakened and had been fully reanimated as a zombie, as his corpse mysteriously disappeared after Jill prepared to leave the R.P.D..

On September 29, the following day, a zombified Brad was spotted by Claire Redfield, who was making her way to the police station, and was killed by her for good.

Unlocking Brad
To find the zombie in Resident Evil 2, the player must select the Normal difficulty and reach the R.P.D. building without picking up any items or weapons on Scenario A (Leon or Claire). The downside to this is that you will miss out on the Shotgun for Leon S. Kennedy, or the Bowgun for Claire. You can also fight Brad in Scenario B, under the prequisite that you encountered him in Scenario A.

You receive a key for killing him that will allow you to change the costume of the player character. Claire will also be able to find a second handgun if you equip the cowgirl costume on her.

Trivia

 * A document in the Nintendo 64 port of Resident Evil 2 can be found in which Brad describes an encounter with the Nemesis.


 * Prior to Albert Wesker's death in 2009, Brad was the most recent S.T.A.R.S. casualty, and the only S.T.A.R.S. casualty to occur after the Mansion Incident.
 * He is the only S.T.A.R.S. member not to be recreated with updated graphics, only his back is shown in the REmake, and doesn't appear in either the "Mansion Incident" or "Raccoon's Destruction" stages of The Umbrella Chronicles.
 * According to the S.D. Perry novel's, he is often picked on by the S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team, mainly Joseph Frost.
 * In the Resident Evil: Director's Cut dossier in the S.T.A.R.S. BIOS section, Brad is said to have to nickname "Chickenheart" for his necrophobia and fear of rushing into danger.
 * Brad has appearance in the minigame Operation: Mad Jackal. He is the second hostage in the game with four minutes of lifetime. His location is in the basement of the Grill 13 restaurant, where he is surrounded by 6 zombies in the police uniform. For saving him, he'll drop next items: Handgun Ammo (60) for Carlos Oliveira and Nicholai Zinoviev; Magnum Bullets (12) for Mikhail Victor.