Deke Cavez

Deke Cavez is a lieutenant in Raynor's Raiders. He was promoted on the battlefield of Char when Jim Raynor traveled there, intending to rescue Sarah Kerrigan from the Zerg.

Deke Cavez is young, tall and slight, and "fast enough to run down a hoverbike on foot". His uncle taught him how to hunt.

Biography
Cavez, the youngest member of Raynor's immediate team to land on Char, provided assistance in scouting and combat against the Zerg. During the first battle against Infested Kerrigan, Cavez was injured, but he was more concerned with the (comparatively mild) injuries suffered by his commander, Jim Raynor.

When Raynor's shuttles were stolen, the team met around the crash of the Nemesis' shuttle. There, Raynor granted him a leadership role. Back at base camp, he was formally promoted to lieutenant. One of Cavez's first tasks was to set up hunting snares, as he was a hunter in his civilian life.

Cavez was nervous about the Protoss who had also arrived on Char, and especially didn't like "teaming up with aliens" when Raynor proposed it. Raynor left to meet up with the Protoss and propose an alliance anyway, but while he was gone the Raiders were attacked by the Zerg. Cavez felt he didn't need to wear his Marine armor. During the battle, Lieutenant Abernathy was wounded and stuck in her Marine armor, leading Cavez to think she was dead. Raynor and the Protoss arrived near the end of the battle, defending the Zerg. Cavez was able to lead Raynor to Abernathy's "body"; Raynor knew that her armor had automatically locked her down. He also told Cavez to wear his own armor next time.

Following the attack, Raynor's Raiders had to move. A shuddering Cavez suggested splitting from the Protoss, but Raynor disagreed; he knew Kerrigan was hunting his forces along with the Protoss.

Following another battle between the Raynor's Raiders/Protoss alliance and the Zerg, Cavez agreed that allying with the Protoss wasn't so bad. Still, his xenophobia resurfaced when he saw how much time Raynor was spending with the Protoss leaders, Tassadar and Zeratul.