#brad vickers

brad vickers may have gotten in the helicopter and taken flight while everyone else was on the ground, but it was CHAOS out there. there were cerberus dogs everywhere, joseph was dead, it was almost entirely pitch black, and they were scattered and running. if i recall, the only other one who would have been able to fly the helicopter would have been chris—and brad was not near him after they scattered.

imo, the smartest thing he could have done was get to the helicopter and try to at least secure their means of escape because the only other way would be to try and run through the arklay forest and down the mountains while being pursued by these dogs and god knows whatever else (definitely infected seeing as that was the reason BRAVO team had been up there in the first place, and their disappearance is why ALPHA team was there).

what everyone seems to ignore or discount is that BRAD VICKERS WAS UP THERE ALL NIGHT TRYING TO RADIO AND GET IN CONTACT WITH ANYONE FROM THE STARS TEAM. while idk how realistic that is for fuel, that had to have been 8-12 hours because the entire mansion incident happens overnight with the tyrant fight taking place during sunrise. he STAYED up there!!!! he STAYED looking for his team in hopes that they had survived somehow.

let’s also mention: no one had any lights or flares with them(which is crazy imo). the special tactics and rescue service didn’t have a single set of emergency lights on their persons and ready to try and signal to one another should they have gotten separated—and i’m pretty sure the only one who had a damn radio was richard from BRAVO team, barry, possibly wesker, and brad in the helicopter. IT MAKES SENSE FOR BRAD TO HAVE BEEN IN THE COPTER AND IN THE AIR SO THAT SOMEONE COULD CONTACT HIM, AND HE WAITED TO MAKE SURE EVEN THOUGH HE DIDNT KNOW IF A SINGLE PERSON WAS ALIVE.

it’s also because of him that we are able to win the tyrant fight and escape from the mansion alive that morning because he sees the flares and drops the rocket launcher!!!!!! like yes, you know what, he probably wasn’t supposed to leave—BUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF HE DIDNT???? chris was in the mansion with us, he wouldn’t have been able to get to the helicopter before the mansion blew up (or possibly could have been dead if you played as jill and didn’t release chris from the prison), and no one else was a pilot. even if brad did survive and made it to the mansion with you, the helicopter was in the woods. no one except wesker would have made it out.