Delta-One was a COG infantry squad. Delta was lead by Marcus Fenix after Kim's death in the Lightmass Offensive. This squad fought in some of the most important battles of the war.
Squad History
The Pirnah Badlands and the Mission to Montevado
Two months after the Lightmass Offensive, Delta-One, with two new recruits, Jace Stratton and Gil Gonzalez, enter the Pirnah Badlands on a rescue mission to find missing gears. However, they only find Michael Barrick of Echo-Six. Delta, finding only the one surviving Gear in the badlands, decided to return to base. However, along the way they pick up a Transmitter on the short wave radio and investigate. Delta was ambushed, and a Drone sniper shot and killed Gil, while three boomers pinned down the rest of the squad. Fenix and Barrick where able to take the Boomers out with their chainsaws and survived the ambush. Delta-One then proceeded to make it back to Jacinto and give Gil a proper funeral.
After one weeks rest, Delta was sent to Montevado for a recon mission, since seismic activity was picked up in the area. En route over the Dorado Hills, Delta's King Raven was shot down by Seeders. Jace was able to crash-land the Raven onto an Emergence-Hole. Spending several days on foot trying to get to Montevado, Delta encountered Jonboy; a Stranded from Fucked. After defeating the Locust forces that where besieging the camp, the Stranded gave Delta a Junker and Jace was able to convince Sgt.Fenix to take Lily, a Stranded girl who had lost her parents, with them.
After another ambush in the valley outside the city limits, a large group of grubs and a Brumak took out one of the junkers wheels. Delta-One send out an SOS on the shortwave since Seeders are still blocking the COMs. Sigma-One was able to pick up the SOS and came to Delta's rescue. After the ambushes, Delta decided that Lily should go back with Sigma-One and Delta will make it to Montevado on Bikes. After entering the city and finding it a ghost town, they discover a single Stranded who told them that Wretches killed everyone. But with Delta's luck, hordes of Wretches attack them and kill the Stranded. But for no apparent reason, they disappear. Delta's luck runs out and the city collapses.
After surviving the sinking, Delta is attack by Bloodmounts, unable to repel the attack and running low on ammo, Sgt.Fenix orders Jace and Dom to retreat while he and Barrick hold off the onslaught. Sgt.Fenix and Barrick were able to hold them off until Barrick decided to sacrifice himself due to his failing illness to Rustlung. But unfortunately for Delta, Jace fell back into the Hollows and came under attack from a Berserker. But Fenix was able to save him and get the rest of his squad and some Stranded back to Jacinto.
Mission to Jilane
After fighting a street battle, Delta was ordered by Hoffman himself to team up with members from Sigma-One and Foxtrot. Their orders are to investigate a distress signal from the city of Jilane. An old "farm", having a female scout named Alex Brand who is from Jilane and was a "patient" at the farm.
After entering the city and seeing evidence of a massacre both inside the farm and around the city. Delta spit up into two teams, "Delta-1" and "Delta-2". With Fenix,Baird, and Alex in Delta-1 while Jace,Dom and Cole are in Delta-2. While Delta-2 discover the fetus tanks Delta-1 run into an ambush step up by the Grievous bodily love. Delta-1 being pinned down and Baird engaging Annalisa in a verbal duel. But before Delta-2 could catch up Fenix was about to order a cease fire to stop his gears from killing fellow women but Delta-2 arrived and captured the GBL. With a cease fire set, Delta was debriefed by Matron; the leader of the GBL, on how the COG retreated from the city without the women and children from the farms and telling them they are their protectors. Marcus questions them on the location of the beacon but the GBL had no clue.
After the debriefing and CIC ordering them to find the beacon in the complex, Cole, Baird, and Fenix look for the signal in the northern side of the facility. While Jace, Dom and Alex stayed behind with the women and children. Fenix and his men discover the location of the beacon being held by a "retard" women[4]. Giving away the location of the GBL, Delta and the last survivors of the Jilane Massacre.
Operation: Hollow Storm
After a failed Locust raid in Jacinto Med during the Siege of Jacinto, Delta, along with the rest of the COG Army, is mustered up for a do or die attack on the Locust Horde stronghold in Landown, which would allow the COG to used their grindlifts and attack the Horde's home front, the Hollow. With a new replacement (Ben Carmine), Delta along with their Rig Group head out for Landown. After leaving the staging grounds, the Rigs groups began taking heavy casualties and losing there King Raven escorts and Centaur tanks. Delta was able to advance and took out several Reavers and Nemacyst. Until Rig 314 was damaged and was forced to be repaired. Delta-One was able to defend the Rig until reinforcement arrived in the form of Rig D14 and Sigma-One.
Known Members
Marcus Fenix
Rank: Sergeant
Current Status: On active duty Sergeant Marcus Fenix, a veteran of the Pendulum Wars, is one of the most decorated Gears currently serving. Although he was imprisoned for attempting to rescue his father in defiance of orders, Sergeant Fenix was pardoned, and has proven his unique value to the COG army many times.
Dominic Santiago
Rank: Corporal
Current Status: On active duty Fenix's best friend, Corporal Dominic Santiago puts loyalty first. Dominic lost his two children on E-Day, and his wife, Maria, disappeared four years later when that day's trauma became too much. Dominic did find his wife, but then, as Tai, received so much torture she was mentally unstable and highly malnourished. When Dom realized this, he shot and killed Maria to put her out of her misery.
Augustus Cole
Rank: Private
Current Status: On active duty
A former professional thrashball star, Augustus Cole modeled himself into one of the COG's ultimate soldiers. As he did in his professional sports career, Cole dives into the action with calculated abandon, keeping an eye on the larger goal; defeating the enemy team.
Damon Baird
Rank: Corporal
Current Status: On active duty
Battle-hardened, with a knack for mechanical repairs, Damon Baird is a reluctant soldier. Though he believes in the fight for humanity's survival, Baird often voices cynicism about COG society. He feels, "People who trade freedom for security deserve neither".
Minh Young Kim
Rank: Lieutenant
Current Status: KIA
Lieutenant Kim is a proud, dedicated and ambitious soldier, a by-the-book believer in all things COG. To Kim, the COG is humanity's last hope of survival and he believes it is an honor and privilege to serve as a Gear. Kim was killed when General RAAM stabbed him in the chest.
Anthony Carmine
Rank: Private
Current Status: KIA
Anthony was a young Gear who had just graduated from the Academy, and had a gung-ho attitude towards the war with the Locust Horde. He had a tendency to rush into battle without thinking, but his never-give-up attitude and steady aim compensated for that weakness. After a weapon jamming incident, Anthony was shot in the head by a Drone sniper and died.
Tai Kaliso
Rank: Corporal
Current Status: KIA Tai is a COG soldier in the Human-Locust war who makes his first appearance in Gears of War 2. Marcus Fenix alludes to having a long-standing friendship with Tai, built on a history of saving each others lives. Like Marcus, he is a veteran of the Pendulum wars, and is described to be very 'hard to kill'. After Tai was captured by Locust he is found later found by Delta Squad, with a great deal of scars from the torture.
Marcus - unaware of the mental toll the torture has taken - arms Tai with a shotgun. Tai hesitates for only a moment before he turns the shotgun on himself and commits suicide.Marcus Fenix is horrified at this and Benjamin Carmine , believing that Tai is indeed 'hard to kill', is shocked. Marcus then collected Tai's COG tag.
Benjamin Carmine
Rank: Private
Current Status: KIA The brother of Anthony Carmine, Benjamin is referred as the "rookie" or "rook" by his fellow Delta Team members. He, like his brother Anthony, has a gung-ho attitude and talks just like him too. He is seen in Campaign and Multiplayer. Sadly, he was heavily wounded by parasites inside the Riftworm and died from his injuries after asking Marcus to let his family know he loved them. Marcus then collected his COG tags and letter to his eldest brother Clay Carmine, to be delivered to the Carmine family.
Bernadette Mataki
Rank: Sergeant
Current Status: Reassigned
Bernie Mataki was from the South Islands and former NPO of Carlos Santiago and Marcus Fenix during the Pendulum Wars. After E-Day she was stranded on her home island and had to move by foot to Jacinto. She was part of Delta during the Evacuation of North Gate and later reassign after the battle but before taking part of the Mission to Tollen.
Federic Rojas
Rank: Private
Current Status: Reassigned
Federic Rojas was the younger brother of Jan Rojas, who served in Alpha Squad and was a casualty of the Lightmass Offensive. With his helmet on he looked and sounded like his older brother. Hoffman ordered him to stay in the North Gate Agricultural Depot during much of the battle.
