Brad Vickers was the formal pilot for the S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team in Raccoon City, nicknamed "Chickenheart" by his fellow comrades due to his intense cowardice in dangerous situations. Although he is meant to be a police officer opposed to crime, he lacks a sense of responsibility compounded with his cowardly nature. His position was RS (Rear Security) and as well as being the designated helicopter pilot for Alpha Team, he was also in charge of chemical protection. 1 2 3 4 5
History
During the Mansion Incident on July 24, 1998, Brad fled from the scene of the gruesome attack on fellow officer Joseph Frost in the S.T.A.R.S. helicopter, inadvertedly plunging his fellow comrades into a nightmare that would cost them dearly. However, with a guilty conscience haunting him, Brad attempted to contact the team several times via radio and eventually came back for his comrades and continued to circle around the mansion until he was given a signal in the early hours of July 25. While the remaining members of S.T.A.R.S. fought off the Tyrant, Brad assisted them by dropping a rocket launcher from the helicopter, which allowed them to destroy the Tyrant.
Following the Mansion Incident, Brad remained behind in Raccoon City even after the dissolution of S.T.A.R.S. while Chris Redfield and Barry Burton left for Europe, intentionally keeping his distance from the team having no intention of putting himself in harm's way since he had not been directly involved in the previous incident. This would prove to be a grave mistake that would later cost him his life, as he was caught up in the resulting t-virus outbreak. 6
During the chaos, Brad simply panicked and lost all of the pride and discipline of a S.T.A.R.S. member. Eventually, Umbrella's new B.O.W, the "Nemesis-T Type" was deployed into Raccoon City to wipe out the remaining S.T.A.R.S. members. Brad evaded the creature temporarily and ran into Jill Valentine, but could only cry unintelligibly about the situation and offer no assistance before departing. After being wounded and running out of places to hide, he was cornered by the Nemesis in the courtyard of the R.P.D. and killed after being impaled through the mouth by one of the Nemesis' tentacles.
As a result of being infected by a stronger form of the t-virus, despite his brain being destroyed, Brad would later resurrect as a Zombie.