Gary "Roach" Sanderson

*"I was assigned to your squadron consisting of Alex Mason, you, Henry, Phylax and Woods."*
— Roach introducing himself to Simon "Ghost" Riley.
**Gary "Roach" Sanderson** was one of the two playable protagonists of Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 alongside Alex Mason. He was a British special forces operator of the multinational Task Force 141 under command of Jason Hudson - later Simon "Ghost" Riley.

## Biography

### Early Life

After excelling in SAS training courses and showing remarkable attitude in the battlefield, Roach was in the 22nd SAS Regiment which is one of the best in the world, doing several tours in Urzikstan until he was brought onto a better team for his skillset; Task Force 141.

### War Against Victor Zakheav

#### Capturing Volk

After getting news about Victor Zakheavs ring of targets Ghost along with Zero, Simon "Ghost" Riley, Frank Woods, and Alex Mason head to a city in urzikstan in order to locate Volk. They fight through a couple groups of mercs, reaching the target building and despite heavy resistance which caused Roach to get injured, they were able to apprehend and capture Volk.

Back at base, he gave up information revealing the mole general who has been manipulating the war alongside the Zakheavs being General Shepard. However Volk doesent know who the general was; only being allowed to say a certain name who wasent shepard.

#### The Banker

Two days later, they went after a close ally of Victor Zakheav, in order to find who the mole is; tracking the banker down to a bank where he was planning to make a money transfer. They fight through tanks, juggernauts and guards before reaching the banker on the roof. He talks about a deal with Shepard, but before they can apprehend him. The Banker leaves in a helicopter to another part of Tavorsk District.

### Ending Shadow Company

#### Rescuing Henry/Escape From Shadow Company

After noticing Shepherds betrayal and locating a shadow company warehouse, Roach and Simon "Ghost" Riley went on an operation to rescue their comrade Henry. They fought through and found the dead body of Viktor Ramos, and later a security station which allowed them to pinpoint his location in the warehouse. After rescuing him they fought through and Phylax and Zero arrived with exfil.

After being airborne, a shadow company RPG hit them and they crashed in a nearby forest, being split up. Roach was able to get his comms working and led everyone to a nearby waterfall, they then ventured north where they reached an extraction point and Alex Mason and Frank Woods rescued them.

#### Rust

A day later, Roach and Ghost went on another mission to an oil yard to find a DSM on Shepherds whereabouts. They succesfully snuck in and got the intel, on their way out Shepherd was mistakenly thinking they were still on his side and attempted to get the DSM from them. But they knew who he really was and they shot and killed him, they later were overrun by a shadow company invasion and had to escape from the oil yard with a car.

During their escape, an enemy chopper was in pursuit attempting to take them down, after the hostile got a direct shot the door of the car broke open and Ghost hands Roach a grenade launcher while attempting to hold the car steady with one hand. Roach was able to hit the chopper and it crashed in their path making them fall into the water. They swam up and were rescued by a Sentinel team who brought them back to their headquarters.

#### Failed Operation in Verdansk

After Mason and Woods came back to the headquarters with intel on Zakheavs missle attacks, the team launched a full assualt having an advantage during the first half; taking over Tavorsk District and almost got the stadium before multiple cruise missles were dropped in and Victor Zakheav captured the team.

After being transported to another place in verdansk using a prison bus, Gideon did the team a solid once again planting C4 on the prison bus to have them escape. After the team began escaping they had to encounter several al-qatela operators throughout the city using makeshift knives and stealing enemy guns against them. They were able to escape after stealing enemy helicopters.

#### Presumed Death

One day before the planned ICBM launches, Roach and Ghost went on an operation to Al-Asad's compound in Kastovia in order to kill him once and for all, having to sneak through multiple enemy meetups and buildings they reached his compound and were met with many resistance. They were succesfully able to reach him, however he put up a fight; getting Roach and Ghost separated in order to kill Roach first however this was foiled as Ghost came from behind Al-Asad and stabbed him, but he pulled a pin on a grenade and tackled Roach out of the window, presumably "killing" both of them.

### Survival and Capture

#### Captured by Martin Li

However, both of them survived and Al-Asad captured him and handed him off to CAJ leader Martin Li in exchange of a paycheck and access to CAJ weaponary. He was later interrogated and was brutally tortured. He was then mind wiped to forget about the CAJ's existance in the event that he was rescued by Task Force 141. He was later transported to a outpost managed by merceneries.

#### Rescue Operation

In June 2021, a team led by Simon "Ghost" Riley went into a small outpost where Roach was being held, and he was rescued. However on the way out, the team were surrounded by Mercs and were about to die, but CAJ forces came in and killed all the mercs to let the team escape.

### Stopping Al-Asad For Good

#### Weapons Factory

Roach, Phylax, Ghost, and Mason stormed Al-Asad's weapon factory and Roach broke off from the main infiltration team to obtain a truck for exfil. After they complete their objective, he assists in their escape.

#### Andrew Zimmer

After finding out about Al-Asad doing a weapons deal in Berlin with High Value Arms Dealer Andrew Zimmer, Roach, alongside Woods, Zero and Sarah infiltrated the city, and Woods and Roach infiltrated through the back alleys, and Roach met up with the CIA contact, Mara in a bar, and located Andrew, waiting for Al-Asad's arrival. However, Al-Asad didn't show up and Russian soldiers came to escort Andrew out because they found out about the infiltration. Roach fled the bar from the back exit, but Mara stayed behind and was eventually captured by Zimmer's men. Roach progressed through the city and eventually regrouped with Sarah and Zero and Roach snuck into Andrew's apartment, planting a tracker inside his briefcase, but was caught and later captured and brought to the warehouse where Al-Asad and Zimmer were. Al-Asad knew there were more coming, and he decided to flee the warehouse, and Zimmer interrogated Roach to no avail. The rest later breached, rescuing Roach, and Roach went after Andrew, killing him.

#### Urzikstan Compound

After finding out where Al-Asad's assistant was, they raided the compound in order to locate Al-Asad's Assistant, Roach secures two buildings, finding out that The assistant is hunkered down inside a tunnel system underneath the teahouse. After Woods and Mason go down the hole, a suicde bomber detonates their vest, collapsing the tunnel behind them. After it collapsed, Roach and Ghost worked on securing the rest of the compound while Woods and Mason made their way to the assistant.

#### The Estate

Despite the assistant dying to prevent anymore information to get leaked, she told info about Al-Asad's estate. They went to the estate, and Roach found several tortured interrogation victims, which turned out to be Al-Asad's relatives. After finding out there was intel on the third floor of the main house which could lead them to Al-Asad, they regrouped at the stairwell and made their way to the third floor bedroom where they secured the intel and barely escaped Al-Asads forces.

#### Georgia

After this, they raided Al-Asad's weapon factory with the help of the spetsnaz. Roach went after Al-Asad and later got to his helicopter where he snuck up on him and stabbed him to death, but before he died, Al-Asad handed Roach a USB with a goldmine of information.

### Betrayal and Search

#### Panama

With the USB, it gave them info on Martin Li's true nature, so they went to a location where Martin Li was supposed to be, only for the main infiltration team, consisting of Roach, Phylax, Henry, and Ghost to get ambushed, and Woods to accidently injure mason with a sniper, and for Hudson to get killed publicly. They were able to escape, but Mason and Woods were captured.

#### Supply Ship

After the capture of Mason and Woods. A Task Force 141 squadron went to a Supply Ship in Väljakutse, Bering Strait in order to cripple the CAJ weapon supply. Roach provided sniper support from the helicopter and later extracted them from the supply ship before it got destroyed by enemy MiGs.

#### TV Station

After Mason and Woods escaped Vorkuta, and with a possible location on where Martin Li was, Roach assisted the team during an attack on a TV station in Saudi Arabia. However, it turned out to be a trap, and Martin Li was revealed on a TV screen. He taunted them and later revealed a captured Sarah Mcfield and later revealed several C4 explosives around the room. Roach was able to escape, but Ghost was injured mortally. They eventually escaped but at the cost of Ghost being injured mortally.

### Stopping Martin Li

#### U.S Outpost

After CAJ Captain Marcus "Lerch" Ortega was captured by Rodion, Minotaur and Jazz, they sent him to the U.S Outpost to hand over to Task Force 141. On the way there, their helicopter was shot down and forced to go on foot, following Zero, they managed to make it to the saferoom after witnessing Velikan kill an innocent familly. They later transported Lerch to a nearby safehouse close to a compound, where they would hold off incoming CAJ, using illumination rounds from a mortar to light up the field and fire on them, despite their honarable defense, they got distracted from the incoming force and Velikan was able to come from behind them and rescue Lerch.

#### Russia

Roach and Ghost take an unsanctioned trip to Russia to locate Velikan. With the help of Minotaur and Rodion, they find him in Moscow. After getting geared up, they chase after Velikan through the streets of Moscow before Minotaur hits him with a car. They load Velikan into the car, but it has trouble starting and then, more CAJ operatives start to pile on it. Roach fends them off long enough for Minotaur to escape the scene and they later bring Velikan to a safehouse and interrogate him. After Velikan taunts them, Ghost sends Roach to get the package from Minotaur which is revealed to be Velikan's wife and kid. Roach participates in the interrogation, using methods like threatening his familly to get him to speak about where Sarah Mcfield was, and where Martin Li was. He finally breaks, giving them the information and Ghost executes him in front of his familly.

A day later, Roach and Ghost infiltrated a farmhouse and eventually, found Sarah inside. They succesfully rescued her, securing the rest of the farm grounds and getting exfiled out by Frank Woods and Alex Mason.

#### Prague

Using the information from Velikan, they went to Prague where the supposed location of Li was. Zero and Ghost setup sniper positions as Roach infiltrated the Hotel Lustig, however Martin Li knew about their plans, and trapped them with C4, Ghost pushed Zero out of the building, but was caught in the blast opening up his wounds. Roach escaped and helped Zero get them back to the safehouse, but Ghost died to his injuries, before giving information that Zero knew Martin Li. Roach, enraged, then punched Zero down a flight of stairs, demanding to get answers. Then, Zero told the truth about it, and they reconciled.

#### Ending The CAJ

Later on, Roach assisted Woods and Henry on infiltrating a CAJ castle. They used an EMP grenade to disable the base to allow their selves to go in, they quickly killed a majority of the guards then breached the primary headquarters, they found a computer where Woods then proceeded to extract intel from. They later escaped after reinforcements arrived.

Roach assisted the main attack team to the CAJ main Aircraft Carrier which turned out to be ariel. They cleared out the guards but at the cost, Sarah ended up dying from a stab wound by a CAJ guard, and then once they reached the bridge, Phylax ended up getting ambushed and killed, and with the rest of the team, all opened fire on Martin Li. They later escaped the carrier with the help of the Ghosts.