I'm 100% certain I saved Brick with Jackie when we went to get the flathead. Now I visited the columbarium in north oak and I find this
Is this intended, meaning he somehow dies anyway, or just a bug? Or maybe Royce faked Brick's death?
Same here. But yes, it is probably intended (see below) - if you kept _both_ Royce and Brick alive.
Me, i also saved Brick - and (much) later discovered this exactly plate in Columbarium (when i was looking there for Evelyn's plate after Judy texted V Evelyn's resting there - which, by the way, i did not find, despite looking for quite a while).
And in my case, not only i am sure i saved Brick. More, i specifically asked Brick, after disabling the mine, whether he needs any help saving his butt, considering Royce was still around at the time. Brick said he'll be OK, said it's his home place after all. "Oh well OK, if you say so" i thought, and went on - not attacking Royce after all the corpo forces were dealt with.
And later on, i sure encountered Royce in Totentanz, no trace of Brick. And now i think, it's exactly because my V did not take out Royce and his goons that Brick ends up dead, even despite his certainty he'll be fine. That's how this situation may well be intended, as it very much fits prior events (Royce being able to remove Brick from leadership by force). He did it once, sparing Brick's life for the time being - and "now" he probably did it again, this time flatlining his former boss for good.