Roland is the captain of the hovercraft Mjolnir (a.k.a. the Hammer), the ship that picks up the stranded Nebuchadnezzar crew after the Neb is destroyed by sentinels. Roland has his crew find the downed Logos as well, which they discover and jumpstart. Roland considers Neo's actions to be crazy and is none too pleased when [[Niobe]] allows him to take the Logos to try and reach the Machine City. He concedes defeat and allows Niobe to pilot the Mjolnir through the mechanical line while he and his crew take the gunner stations and fend off marauding sentinels.
Symbolism
Like all the other crew-men on the Mjolnir, Roland is named after a weapon: the bullet calibre. 460 Roland