Rodrick Hayes (character)

Rodrick Hayes is a Field General in the Midnight Armed Forces. He is a veteran of the Dimensional War, a male Briton of Clan St George.

Rodrick Hayes was born in London during the Remnants War; with his childhood mostly spent inside a Midnight Armed Forces firebase. Hayes had an idol known as Field General Trackways, who mentored him into becoming a new Field General late in his own life. Upon hearing of Trackways' death during the Battle for Normandy, Hayes (then a Captain) devoted himself to working up the ranks and becoming a Field General.

After surviving the Dimensional War with minor injuries to his right arm, Hayes was awarded the "Dimensional Veteran" commendation. He continued to serve as one of the many Field Generals for years to come, leading his own platoons through the Militant War, Mineral War, and leading into the Equestrian Civil War. He survived the Battle of Everfree and the Battle of Ponyville, but during a deployment in the Battle of Manehattan he and his platoon were trapped between the Solar Accord fleet and ground forces; marooned on the docks after being cut off from the Royal Navy.

Trapped, Hayes transmitted to Grand Admiral Robert Thames that his final wish was to die for the cause. As Hayes knew the Solars would likely capture him for either bargaining or public execution, he suggested the Midnight utilise a Tectonic Bomb since they were bound to lose the fight; having lost their battlements earlier on. Thames reluctantly agreed and deployed Doomsday to drop the Tectonic Bomb, escorted by two Black Cats known as Minx and Stingray.

A sudden lull in enemy forces prompted the Midnight to launch one final rescue attempt to take any remaining trapped forces back offshore towards the fleet before the bomb hit. However while a few of these ships got away, the one carrying Hayes was shot down and crashed into a skyscraper. Only Hayes and a rifleman survived; who Hayes pointed out was a young lad who was scared out of his mind. As Doomsday could be seen approaching, Hayes embraced the lad and the two hugged tightly as they watched the Tectonic Bomb drop.

The Tectonic Bomb impacted and detonated; causing the entire city to fall and flood. As the skyscrapers crumbled on the lower floors entirely, it is nearly a certainty that Hayes and the rifleman were crushed by debris and killed. CALVIN reacts to Hayes' death, meaning he was definitely killed.

Hayes was the last Field General to die before the Last Lights.