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Despite his loss, the mission was a success and the Lightmass Bomb was delivered to the Outer Hollow, killing millions of Locust. In Gale 14 A.E., Anthony was killed during the Lightmass Offensive, where he was killed by a Sniper trying to fix his Lancer during the Mission to House of Sovereigns. Eventually, all three of Benjamin's older brothers joined the army. As the war continued during his childhood, more members of the Carmine family joined the war effort, with many of them dying in combat. The Carmine family had strong ties to the Coalition of Ordered Governments Army, and was expected of all Carmines to join the army.īenjamin was only a child when the Pendulum Wars ended, but soon after, the Locust War began six weeks later on what was later known as Emergence Day. He fought in the opening stages of Operation: Hollow Storm, until his tragic death inside the Riftworm.īenjamin Carmine was one of the four Carmine brothers, born after Clayton, Anthony, and a fourth brother. He served as a Gear soldier in the Coalition of Ordered Governments army and joined Delta Squad, which had previously been Anthony's squad, after completing his training, and was further trained by Sgt. Private Benjamin Carmine (COG tags CSID 83B186-22AO3-SF), or Rook by his squad mates and Squirt by his brothers, was the brother of Anthony Carmine, Clayton Carmine, and an unidentified Carmine. Your little brother, Ben" -Ben’s letter to his older brother, retrieved by Marcus Fenix hope you're doing well, big brother, and know that I'll be doing my very best to serve our country and make you and our family proud. Well, you know I'm not that good at letters, so I'll keep this short.

I take comfort knowing he died a hero, but still.

I know that you'll be excited for me, but it'd be great to hear from you before I ship out. Not sure where you are but I trust that the COG will get this letter to you safely. " I hope you're doing well out there Clay.
