Wil Merrick is the pilot of the dropship Fanfare and member of Raynor's Raiders. During the Battle of Char, Merrick provided extraction for Jim Raynor and his fellow soldiers after the de-infestation of Sarah Kerrigan. As they headed into space, they came under attack by mutalisks. The Dominion ship Bucephalus offered them sanctuary. Raynor refused initially, but Merrick pointed out that a glaive wurm had hit the dropship, and they had about seven minutes before it ate through the hull. Raynor acquiesed, and the ship docked with the battlecruiser.