Zach Oliver

Zach Oliver was a Universe News Network cameraman and conspiracy theorist.

Biography
Oliver worked with reporter Kate Lockwell for five years before she fired him for his conspiracy theories.

When Lockwell received a career-making assignment embedded among Dominion marines, she was surprised to find Oliver was her cameraman. The assigned cameraman had become ill, and Oliver was the replacement. She was worried he would mess up her high-profile assignment.

Oliver made little secret of his disdain of the marines as Lockwell's assignment became a pro-Dominion propaganda piece.

The reporters visited Candore, but were left behind as the marines took care of business. They overheard Major Tom Hawkins speaking about prisoners who had been captured and taken aboard the battlecruiser. When the reporters got back onto the battlecruiser, Oliver convinced Lockwell to investigate further, complaining that they didn't have anything to report.

Sneaking into the brig, they discovered a mass of terran corpses, including women and children. They were shocked, but didn't know the reasons behind this. Oliver made two "hard copies" of the footage, then picked up a transmission from renegade reporter Michael Liberty, who reported that the Candore colony had simply "vanished".

The marines detected the transmission and arrested the reporters. Unnerved at being unable to find the hard copies, Hawkins had Oliver put into an airlock, and threatened to space him if Lockwell didn't give them up. Oliver asked Lockwell why she had broken into the brig, and she replied she "had to know". Hawkins had Oliver spaced.

Legacies
Shortly after Oliver's death, Lockwell recovered the hard copies as Michael Liberty and the Knights of Freedom invaded the battlecruiser. She secretly gave one to Liberty before he and his team left, while allowing herself to be captured by the marines, turning over the other hard copy.

Liberty planned to air the footage at an inopportune time for the Dominion.