Scott Dolph was the Commandant of the Marine Corps as of the Discovery incident in 2007. He was the father of Helena Dolph Jackson, otherwise known as Fortune of Dead Cell. Though General Dolph was a married man, it was believed he was at some point prior to the Big Shell incident the lover of Vamp.
Following the Shadow Moses incident, Dolph oversaw the development of Metal Gear RAY, designed to put an end to the proliferation of Metal Gear derivatives that emerged after plans for Metal Gear REX were leaked onto the black market. Dolph and his Marines were transporting the RAY prototype for field testing on board the U.S.S. Discovery, when the ship was hijacked by Revolver Ocelot and the Gurlukovich Mercenaries. At the time, General Dolph was giving a speech to his men concerning Metal Gear RAY, and was unaware his ship was under siege.
Ocelot made his presence known after Dolph finished his speech, and during the resulting confrontation, Dolph was held at gunpoint by Sergei Gurlukovich. However, Ocelot betrayed his supposed ally, and both Sergei and Dolph were killed by Ocelot in a tense shootout. Fortune blamed Solid Snake, who was present at the time, for her father's death, though Ocelot himself eventually told her the truth, moments before he shot her atop Arsenal Gear.
