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{{quote|"Chief Gunner's Mate Dennis Silva of the United States Ship ''Walker'', DD rate, number one-sixty-three! Famous slayer o' Japs, Griks, Doms, super lizards, mountain fish, an' various other dangerous critters, includin' a Dom Blood Cardinal I spattered at most of a quarter mile! Protector o' women an' small princesses, an' rescuer o' same! I'm the son o' Stanley an' Willa Silva, who was actually married when I was born but passed on soon after, God rest 'em, an' I hail from Alabama -- also in the U.S. of A!"}}
* [[Camp Cook]]: Ship's cook, actually, but Lanier still fits the trope in every other way. It's noted repeatedly that his "station" during combat operations is hiding in the toilet... until he calmly, without flair [[Took a Level In Badass|turns into a badass]] in ''Firestorm'' by emerging from belowdecks and hosing down a pterodactyl with a tommygun at face-to-face range.
** In ''Deadly Shores'' he displays [[Hidden Depths]]: first, when {{Spoiler|Chief Gray is killed}}, Captain Reddy notices "the bloated, cantankerous cook's grimy face was streaked with tears." Then, in the aftermath, Lanier is mentioned as helping lay out the bodies of his shipmates "with an unexpected tenderness."
* [[The Captain]]: Captain Reddy.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Silva, with his short-cropped hair, scraggly beard, bulging muscles, and violent streak could easily be a whole character [[Shout-Out]] to [[Popeye|Bluto]].
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