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. A good leader, Cavez's youth and inexperience has sometimes caused him to make mistakes during combat. He is also afraid of the protoss.