Pelayo

"You guys miss me?"

- Cpt. Pelayo

Captain "Deadly" Pelayo was an AH-1W Super Cobra pilot in the United States Marine Corps Aviation who worked with Keating. She is first heard in the level, Charlie Don't Surf while the Blackhawk Helicopter Sgt. Jackson is on is traveling to the coast. She is also seen in the level Shock and Awe where she is to cover Outlaw 2-5 and the ground forces advancing on the city. She is shot down by a Stinger missile right when the nuclear device is said to be probable by the NEST team. Vasquez volunteers to stay behind and help her out, and this unfortunately seals the fate of everyone in Jackson's squad and Pelayo herself. Vasquez leads Jackson and the other squad members out into the streets and Jackson helps Pelayo out of her helicopter. Her right leg is broken, and Jackson is forced to carry her. After helping her escape from the threats below, Al-Asad's nuke goes off, killing everyone on the helicopter and a couple other helicopters as well. When you stagger out of the crashed helicopter, she can be seen on the ground next to the crash site.

Pelayo is the highest ranking USMC officer seen in the field, with the rank of Captain. She is also the only woman found in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. She is voiced by and modeled after Infinity Ward employee Velinda Pelayo.

Trivia

 * Pelayo uses an MP5 to stave off the enemies that are surrounding her while Jackson saves her. She is the one of the few Americans to use an MP5 in this game, along with the Marines that appeared in the SAS campaign


 * In Jackson's squad, there is sometimes a soldier named Pvt. Pelayo. It is possible that this is a relative of "Deadly," although this is very unlikely, as the name is one of the randomly generated names of the Infinity Ward staff.


 * The scene where she defends the cobra is a cameo to the movie Black Hawk Down which mirrored the true events of Operation Gothic Serpent which Chief Warrant Officer Michael Durrant staved off swarms of Somalian insurgents with an MP5 until two Delta Snipers come to his aid and are subsequently killed. However, Michael Durrant survived as contrast to Pelayo who dies - Durrant was also captured by enemy forces, while Pelayo was rescued.


 * Pelayo is the only female combatant to appear in Call of Duty 4. The other females seen or heard in the game are civilians during Al-Fulani's car ride in The Coup and a female news reporter.
 * In the cutscene before Charlie Don't Surf, you can hear Pelayo say "This is Deadly, refueled and fully loaded." She says this later in the game, however the game creators added another line; "You guys miss me?" afterwards.


 * Interestingly, "Deadly" is the last word in the Force Recon motto: "Swift, Silent, Deadly".