is Roman has to die in the gang showdown mission?

[ugo]

gang showdown mission:
First run i joined the dock master ,when the battle ends, i found two sgs soldiers and roman's corpses. so i load the game and join sgs side, but roman dies at the beginning of the battle (perish together with a dog maybe). that's kind of sad, i wanted to help him, but seems no use for that. anybody ever see a different result ? or it has to be this way?

[bati]

I've played that battle about 10 times and he always died. I've always went in with Silas though, wanted to make sure he survives so there's someone to turn in the quest to .

[reinhark]

He always dies upon entry, tripping on the rock I presume.