Kait Diaz

Corporal Kait Diaz is a former Outsider turned Gear in the COG Army. Daughter to former COG Army Sergeant Gabriel Diaz, and Stranded survivor Reyna Torres, Kait was raised in Fort Umson during the Outsider Movement without the benefits of COG technology due to her parents' deep seeded distrust of the COG, even after it was reestablished following the Locust War. In Bloom 42 A.E., on the 25th anniversary of Victory Day. Reyna ordered JD and Del to raid Settlement 5 while it was under construction, with the objective of stealing a Fabricator for Outsiders to replenish their power source. After escaping from Settlement 5 with the help of an unknown benefactor, Kait and her squad returned to Fort Umson with the fabricator, just in time to hold off a heavy assault from the mechanized forces by Jinn, who accused Reyna and her people of abducting COG citizens and declared that the Outsiders were starting a war they could not hope to win. Shortly after the COG attack, the village was ambushed by unknown creatures. Kait, JD and Del were spared only through the heroic actions of Reyna who barricaded in the generator room before being abducted along with all the other Outsiders, including Oscar. Kait found her mother Reyna biologically entombed within Swarm biomass with no way of freeing her. She bitterly asked Marcus if he knew the whole time, from his temporary connection with the hive mind, and Marcus answered yes. Reyna was able to talk and told Kait that separating her from the Swarm would kill her, and she urged Kait to cut her loose. Kait agreed, and before she euthanized her mother, Reyna gave Kait her heirloom, an ornate medallion. Kait then cut her mother from the Swarm biomass and killed her. Afterwards, Kait made her way out of the nest and tearfully embraced JD. Afterward, Kait showed the assembled soldiers the medallion that her mother had given her; it had belonged to Kait's grandmother, whom Kait had never known.