Link (played by Harold Perrineau) serves as the ship's pilot and operator for the crew of the Zion hovercraft Nebuchadnezzar in the movies The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.
Link is Zion-born and married to Zee. After his brother-in-law Dozer is killed by the traitor Cypher, Link takes over the functions as operator and pilot of the Nebuchadnezzar out of respect for a promise he made to Dozer. Zee, after "losing two brothers to that ship" (Tank died before the beginning of The Matrix Reloaded due to his injuries in The Matrix), feels strongly that Link should find another ship to serve. She repeatedly tells Link that his captain Morpheus is crazy and that because the Nebuchadnezzar spends more time out of Zion than the rest of the fleet, she and Link spend too little time together.
Link does not share Zee's religious beliefs (the specific religion is never discussed); but when the Nebuchadnezzar leaves Zion to meet the Oracle, Link chooses to wear a prayer chain given to him by Zee for luck.
Link guides crewmates Neo, Trinity and the ship's captain Morpheus while they are inside the Matrix. Link sits in front of a series of screens that provide the crew with weapons, maps, system and ship status, and he relays his views of the Matrix code to the crew.
Link is very competent and skilled as an Operator, but can be very cautious and uneasy. This behavior annoys Morpheus, prompting him to ask Link to instill more trust in what Morpheus asks of him. Part of Link's character development through Reloaded and Revolutions shifts him from initially uneasy to a firm belief not only in Morpheus' leadership abilities but also in the unspecified religion to which Zee is devoted.
When the Nebuchadnezzar is destroyed at the end of The Matrix Reloaded, Link becomes a ship's hand on the hovercraft Mjolnir, (referred to by most characters as the "Hammer"). After the hovercraft Logos, piloted by Trinity and Neo, leaves for the Machine City, Logos' captain Niobe pilots the Hammer through the narrowest, normally unnavigable tunnels of the underground sewers of the ancient world in an attempt to return home to Zion. Zee aids the Kid in destroying the counterweights of the access doors on the Zion dock, allowing the Hammer to crash land. At that point, Link triggers the EMP weapon on the ship, disabling the first wave of Sentinels and drilling machines that were attacking the city. The crew of the Hammer receive a hero's welcome, and Link is reunited with his wife to await the end of the Man/Machine war.
In The Matrix Online, Link now trains all the newly awakened redpills (players) in various programs before they are allowed to enter the Matrix.
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