Roland
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- "Once the machines were done with us, they started digging again. We made a quick pass to look for survivors."
- ―Roland [src]
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Roland was the captain of the Hammer and a hard-boiled veteran.
[edit] Biography
Roland participated in the Crisis Meeting.
When Jason Lock guessed that the machines would cut off the mainlines in and out of Zion, he thought a counterattack might surprise them. The hovercrafts had a shot, until Bane/Smith of the Caduceus triggered the EMP before the ships were in position. 5 ships were instantly down and the machines slaughtered them.
There he found Bane as the only survivor of the Caduceus. Roland later found Neo, Trinity, Morpheus, and Link after the missing Nebuchadnezzar was destroyed by a Tow Bomb. After safely aboard, they began a save for Niobe and the Logos which after a quick jump was ready to go. Armed with two ships, the three captains Roland, Morpheus, and Niobe headed toward Zion.
He first wanted to pilot the Hammer through Junction 21 in order to reach Zion, but Niobe instead saw the maintenance shaft as the safer route. Roland was quick to protest, stating that no man could pilot through the shaft. Niobe was quick to rispute that fact. Roland said that even if she could the second ship would not be able to follow. Neo then joined the meeting after hours of meditation and told the crew that he was heading to the Machine City. When Roland told him flat out no, Niobe gave Neo her ship and instead chose to pilot the Hammer ship through the maintenance shaft, thus circumventing the Sentinels.
Roland was suspicious of Bane from the Beginning. When Bane was later revealed to having killed a crewmen and escaping to the Logos, Link expresses that they should turn back to aid Neo and Trinity. However Roland says they can't because if it is true that Bane did take control of the Logos then he controls an EMP.
Roland then helped defending the Hammer during Niobe's spectacular flight back to Zion.
