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History of Gears of War
Gears of War takes place
on an Earth-like planet known as Sera, inhabited by the human survivors of a
once-glorious civilization. For a millennium, however, they fought among
themselves. Eventually the world new the hush of peace that blanketed the land.
That was until the discovery of Imulsion.Imulsion, a phosphorescing,
low-viscosity fluid. Discovered by an oil-exploration drill, it was unusable
until a woman named Dr. Helen Cooper created the Lightmass Process, which
enabled production of cheap energy. The world economy soon collapsed due to its
extremely low price and the elimination for the need of hydrocarbon and nuclear
fuel sources. The few countries that had an overabundance of Imulsion under
their feet soon found themselves at war with nations who were not as lucky, and
so began the Pendulum Wars. During the seventy-nine year war, the Coalition of
Ordered Governments, or COG, became a legitimate minor political party. Founded
long before the Pendulum Wars by fanatical socialist Alexiy Desipich, the party
was based on an obscure world-government philosophy based on eight guiding
principle values: Order, Diligence, Purity, Labor, Honor, Loyalty, Faith, and
Humility.
The Locust Horde appears on Emergence DayThe Pendulum Wars
ceased on what is now called Emergence Day. Humans had to stop fighting each
other in an attempt to counter this new threat. In less than twenty-four hours,
a ravenous species known as the Locust attacked every major city, leaving a
quarter of Sera's inhabitants lying dead. By the time human forces pulled
together to form an effective defense, it was too late. The Locust Horde took
control of nearly every urban, military, and manufacturing center and quickly
crushed Sera's valiant defenders. Billions lay dead. The COG took matters into
their own hands and re-enacted the Fortification Act, allowing martial law to be
placed on all remaining survivors from the initial invasion. All survivors were
ordered to evacuate to Jacinto Plateau, the only haven the Locust Horde could
not penetrate from underground due to its thick granite substrata.[3] Survivors
who could not make it to the plateau were given the following apology: "For
those citizens who can't make it to Jacinto, the Coalition appreciates your
sacrifice. Please forgive us, this is the only way." Chemical and orbital
particle laser weapons were launched to eradicate the Locust Horde in infested
areas, denying them from using any cities or military installations, scorching
the planet. 90% of Sera's surface became a wasteland, but the Locust Horde
continued to survive by staying in their underground warrens. This war would
wage for fourteen years before it seemed to come to an end.
Somewhere around the tenth year, Jacinto was being fortified into an
unassailable fortress. Its once magnificent cities, envied for their beauty,
were soon turned into military use as defenses. The plateau's natural fissures
and utility systems were destroyed or flooded with nerve gas to delay the Locust
Horde's eventual attack. The survivors, or Stranded, living in horrible
conditions and poor nutrition, had to find ways to defend themselves. When the
Locust Horde began their attack, Marcus Fenix abandoned his post in a response
from a distress call from his father, a renowned scientist, at the East
Barricade Academy, but he was too late to save him. At his trial in the House of
Sovereigns, Marcus was charged with dereliction of duty, cowardice, and failure
to obey orders. Exempted from execution due to his exemplary tours during the
Pendulum Wars, he was instead sentenced to forty years imprisonment at Jacinto
Maximum Security Penitentiary. Four years later and the COG found themselves
running low on able-bodied defenders, turning to untraditional sources of men;
the infirmed, the young, and prisoners considered "irredeemable". As soon as the
pardon was given, the Locust Horde overran the prison. The player begins the
game here.
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