Zach Daks
Background
Zach Daks is a former drug smuggler in California. He and Robert Hollis were sent to prison in Colombia when the helicopter they were using to transport drugs crashed and they were captured, but they managed to escape.
During the events of Airwolf: Season 3 Episode 17 Desperate Monday played by Robert Viharo
Sitting in a van is Robert, J.J. Hollis and Zach. They watch as a cab driver drops off Barbara Scarelli. Robert pulls out a gun and J.J. seems to have doubts about what they are about to do. When Barbara follows J.J. to the deck of the ship, Zach pulls a gun on Barbara and Ellie Camlane screams. Barbara's bodyguards, who were close by searching for her, pull out their weapons and J.J. shoots them with a machine gun he had hidden in the box of flowers. Robert runs and checks on a bodyguard and tells the others that the bodyguard is dead. Zach then tells Robert and J.J. to round up the witnesses and to bring them back into the reception hall. The police and SWAT team arrives and surround the ship. J.J. starts to lose it and pushes some of the hostages around and thinks they should surrender before they get killed. Caitlin O'Shannessy tells them they should listen to J.J. and Barbara asks Robert why he did it. J.J. continues to lose it and Alicia Kincaid starts to panic and Caitlin tries to reassure her. Sergeant Colvetti calls and Robert picks up the phone. Robert demands a helicopter, a jet and 10 million dollars. Robert then demands to speak with someone with clout before hanging up. Caitlin asks Robert to let them go and Zach figures out that Caitlin is going to be trouble. Caitlin and Barbara ask them to at least release Ellie due to her pregnancy, but Zach thinks she will be worth more to them as a hostage, because of her pregnancy. As J.J. continues to lose it, Caitlin tries to reassure him that if he cooperates he won't be killed. Zach grabs her and sticks her in a chair in front of the door leading to the reception hall. She starts to tap Morse Code on the door and J.J. shoots the door. The hostages are brought further into the reception hall behind another door. Stringfellow Hawke lands a helicopter and the hostages are brought out of the ship and most of them are released by J.J. and Zach except for Alicia, Caitlin, Barbara and Ellie. Alicia starts to have a panic attack and as Zach points his gun at her and pulls the trigger, Caitlin pushes his hand up and he shoots the top of the helicopter, causing the helicopter to crash. Zach tries to escape in a plane, but is stopped by Dominic in Airwolf.