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| − | |name= Gears of War: Anvil Gate |
+ | |name = Gears of War: Anvil Gate |
| − | |author=*[[Karen Traviss]] |
+ | |author = *[[Karen Traviss]] |
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| − | |us price=$15.00 |
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+ | |followed by = [[Gears of War: Coalition's End]] |
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| − | '''Anvil Gate''' is the third book in the Gears of War book series |
+ | '''Gears of War: Anvil Gate''' is the third book in the [[Books|Gears of War book series]] and takes places between [[Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant]] and [[Gears of War: Coalition's End]]. It focuses on the [[COG]]'s fight against the [[Stranded Insurgency]] and their uniting against the [[Lambent Invasion]], as well as a flashback storyline focusing on the [[Siege of Anvil Gate]]. It was released on August 31, 2010. |
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==Plot Summary== |
==Plot Summary== |
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===Present Plot=== |
===Present Plot=== |
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| − | The book opens on [[Vectes]] with [[Bernadette Mataki]] setting out to hunt [[Stranded]] with the aid of a dog named [[Mac]]. At the same time, [[Chairman]] [[Richard Prescott]] welcomes the [[ |
+ | The book opens on [[Vectes]] with [[Bernadette Mataki]] setting out to hunt [[Stranded]] with the aid of a dog named [[Mac]]. At the same time, [[Chairman]] [[Richard Prescott]] welcomes the [[Gorasni]] refugees to Vectes, although many [[Pendulum Wars]] veterans living in the native population are not very welcoming. Col. [[Victor Hoffman]] receives word that the Gorasni frigate, which Captain [[Quentin Michaelson]] had been looking forward to adding to the [[COG Navy]], has apparently run aground in the middle of the ocean with all hands lost. At this point the tensions between the Gorasni and COG are made clear: Delta Squad aboard a [[King Raven]] is told to leave the search for the frigate to the Gorasni alone. |
| − | Bernie and Lt.[[Anya Stroud]] patrol in a Packhorse and move to ambush a group of Stranded, but their vehicle hits a trap and is disabled. Bernie, joined by Marcus and Cpl.[[Damon Baird]], continues the hunt on foot. Mac leads them to a cave, which they enter and explore; they soon find a large Stranded cache of explosives. The Gears exit the cave after marking the explosives for engineers and eventually find the Stranded with orders to take them alive for |
+ | Bernie and Lt.[[Anya Stroud]] patrol in a Packhorse and move to ambush a group of Stranded, but their vehicle hits a trap and is disabled. Bernie, joined by Marcus and Cpl. [[Damon Baird]], continues the hunt on foot. Mac leads them to a cave, which they enter and explore; they soon find a large Stranded cache of explosives. The Gears exit the cave after marking the explosives for engineers and eventually find the Stranded with orders to take them alive for Gorasni Commander [[Miran Trescu]] to interrogate. Mac badly mauls one, a second is hit by fellow Gear Pvt. [[Samantha Byrne]]'s motorbike, and the third - the first one's son - is captured by Dom and Pvt. [[Augustus Cole]]. |
| − | Dom, Baird and Sam are called aboard the patrol boat ''[[Amirale Enka]]''. While they escort the COG fishing fleet, one of the trawlers, the ''[[Levanto]]'', suddenly explodes, suggesting that either there is something under the sea, or that the Stranded are much more powerful than the COG had thought. Trescu begins his interrogation of the Stranded prisoners, shooting one and then threatening the father to make the boy cooperate. Aided by the son, the COG forces begin a sweep of the island. This is one of the factors which causes a near riot between the |
+ | Dom, Baird and Sam are called aboard the patrol boat ''[[Amirale Enka]]''. While they escort the COG fishing fleet, one of the trawlers, the ''[[Levanto]]'', suddenly explodes, suggesting that either there is something under the sea, or that the Stranded are much more powerful than the COG had thought. Trescu begins his interrogation of the Stranded prisoners, shooting one and then threatening the father to make the boy cooperate. Aided by the son, the COG forces begin a sweep of the island. This is one of the factors which causes a near riot between the Gorasni, the Stranded population, and the Old Jacinto citizens, which is only averted by one of Pvt. [[Dizzy Wallin]]'s only angry outbursts against the Jacinto citizens for identifying him - and treating him accordingly - as Stranded. |
| − | Delta Squad goes out on another fishing expedition, but one of the trawlers catches a [[Lambent]] creature which mutates at a very rapid pace. It explodes, taking down the trawler; the COG finally has an explanation for all the recently lost vessels. Another unidentified small ship, the ''[[Steady Eddie]]'', begins drifting towards Vectes later that night; investigating forces find a kind of "tree" on board. Baird discovers that the "tree" is incredibly resilient to damage. With this new knowledge, the COG goes out to search for the missing |
+ | Delta Squad goes out on another fishing expedition, but one of the trawlers catches a [[Lambent]] creature which mutates at a very rapid pace. It explodes, taking down the trawler; the COG finally has an explanation for all the recently lost vessels. Another unidentified small ship, the ''[[Steady Eddie]]'', begins drifting towards Vectes later that night; investigating forces find a kind of "tree" on board. Baird discovers that the "tree" is incredibly resilient to damage. With this new knowledge, the COG goes out to search for the missing Gorasni frigate again with the submarine ''[[CNV Clement]]'', but at the area, there is no sign of any underwater obstacle that the frigate could have grounded on. Just as they actually find the wreckage, though, the sea around them fills with Lambent creatures. Clement surfaces, but a pair of Lambent stalks appear close by and start spewing [[Polyp]]s onto the Clement's hull. Baird fights them off from on top of the Clement before being extracted by a King Raven with the rest of Delta, minus Cole, aboard; the ''Clement'' submerges again. The COG realized that the stalks appear to be headed for [[Emerald Spar Imulsion Platform]], the Gorasni Imulsion platform. |
| − | The COG quickly reinforces the platform's badly undersized crew, many of which have brought their families with them. The humans prepare to defend the platform's exterior against the Lambent, but instead a stalk burrows through the bottom of the platform, bypassing the defenses. A large firefight quickly begins throughout the platform as the humans struggle to repel the polyps, but the combined weapons fire and explosions of the polyps eventually sets off a fire in the platform. With more Lambent still coming, the humans are forced to evacuate the platform, leaving them bereft of an [[ |
+ | The COG quickly reinforces the platform's badly undersized crew, many of which have brought their families with them. The humans prepare to defend the platform's exterior against the Lambent, but instead a stalk burrows through the bottom of the platform, bypassing the defenses. A large firefight quickly begins throughout the platform as the humans struggle to repel the polyps, but the combined weapons fire and explosions of the polyps eventually sets off a fire in the platform. With more Lambent still coming, the humans are forced to evacuate the platform, leaving them bereft of an [[Imulsion]] supply. As they leave, the platform explodes due to the fire and stored fuel. |
Hoffman and Trescu convince Chairman Prescott of the need to fortify Vectes against the inevitable Lambent incursion. A Stranded armada of small craft is spotted en route, ostensibly to evacuate their friends and families from the doomed island; however, they end up joining the COG, not for any moral purpose, but simply because banding together is the only way for humans to survive at all. Before the Lambent attack begins, the COG submarines near New Jacinto detect a large contact underwater; from the tentacles and the size, they conclude that it is a Leviathan. |
Hoffman and Trescu convince Chairman Prescott of the need to fortify Vectes against the inevitable Lambent incursion. A Stranded armada of small craft is spotted en route, ostensibly to evacuate their friends and families from the doomed island; however, they end up joining the COG, not for any moral purpose, but simply because banding together is the only way for humans to survive at all. Before the Lambent attack begins, the COG submarines near New Jacinto detect a large contact underwater; from the tentacles and the size, they conclude that it is a Leviathan. |
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| − | At Pelruan, Bernie, Sam and Anya find a Leviathan moving inshore; instead of fighting stalks, the Leviathan- now clearly Lambent- drops off hundreds of polyps. A King Raven moves in to assist the local Gears and civilians fighting them off, but the Leviathan uses a tentacle to fling polyps at it, taking it down. The distance between the two incidents forces the COG to conclude that there are multiple Leviathans operating; a total of three. As the Gears, |
+ | At Pelruan, Bernie, Sam and Anya find a Leviathan moving inshore; instead of fighting stalks, the Leviathan- now clearly Lambent- drops off hundreds of polyps. A King Raven moves in to assist the local Gears and civilians fighting them off, but the Leviathan uses a tentacle to fling polyps at it, taking it down. The distance between the two incidents forces the COG to conclude that there are multiple Leviathans operating; a total of three. As the Gears, Gorasni and Stranded struggle to repel their disgorged polyps, the COG searches for a way to destroy the Leviathans themselves. A King Raven crew manages to kill one by expending all of its ammunition into its head. The remaining two are lured into respective traps; the first is killed by the COG submarines with torpedoes, while the second is lured to the surface where Baird manages to kill it with the Hammer of Dawn. However, Baird is forced to fire the Hammer very close to shore badly damaging the base. The Stranded also decide to abandon Vectes and leave the COG to be destroyed by the Lambent, ending the Stranded Insurgency. |
Hoffman has convinced Prescott that, for his own safety, Prescott must leave [[New Jacinto]] and move further inland. After Prescott leaves, Hoffman's distrust of the Chairman forces him to raid his office, discovering data disks which do not match any known COG encryption. Not knowing how to access the disks, he gives them to Baird to uncover. Baird tells him that, not only does it match no current COG encryption codes, but it does not match any codes at all, suggesting that the Chairman had had technology built for himself. Baird promises to access the disks someday. |
Hoffman has convinced Prescott that, for his own safety, Prescott must leave [[New Jacinto]] and move further inland. After Prescott leaves, Hoffman's distrust of the Chairman forces him to raid his office, discovering data disks which do not match any known COG encryption. Not knowing how to access the disks, he gives them to Baird to uncover. Baird tells him that, not only does it match no current COG encryption codes, but it does not match any codes at all, suggesting that the Chairman had had technology built for himself. Baird promises to access the disks someday. |
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===Flashback Plot=== |
===Flashback Plot=== |
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| − | The newlywed Lieutenant Victor Hoffman is posted to the COG garrison of [[Anvil Gate (Military facility)|Anvil Gate]], a fort protecting a mountain pass leading from the neutral country [[Vasgar]] into the especially imulsion-rich COG province of [[Kashkur]]. At the same time, Captain [[Adam Fenix]] bids farewell to his [[ |
+ | The newlywed Lieutenant Victor Hoffman is posted to the COG garrison of [[Anvil Gate (Military facility)|Anvil Gate]], a fort protecting a mountain pass leading from the neutral country [[Vasgar]] into the especially imulsion-rich COG province of [[Kashkur]]. At the same time, Captain [[Adam Fenix]] bids farewell to his [[Elain Fenix|wife]] and four-year old Marcus as he leaves for the Kashkur front. Vasgar's president faces a vote of no-confidence and is forced to step down; troops from the [[Union of Independent Republics]], ostensibly to maintain order in Vasgar, invade the country, providing them with a backdoor to Kashkur. [[Bai Tak]], a [[Pesanga]] herder, is severely affected by a drought and is forced to join the COG army in order to ensure a steady money supply for his wife, Harua. |
After weeks of inactivity, the COG CO at Anvil Gate is killed by a UIR RPG; at the same time, Anvil Gate's land connection to the rest of the COG is severed by UIR saboteurs who collapse the cliffs around the pass. The COG and UIR artillery trade a few shells; the small engagement turns into a minor COG victory as the Indie shells are incapable of damaging Anvil Gate's fortifications. Anvil Gate's water supply is also sabotaged by the UIR. Hoffman, now in charge, calls for Pesang reinforcements and gets Bai's squad, which immediately begins clearing the local hilly country of UIR mortars and snipers. |
After weeks of inactivity, the COG CO at Anvil Gate is killed by a UIR RPG; at the same time, Anvil Gate's land connection to the rest of the COG is severed by UIR saboteurs who collapse the cliffs around the pass. The COG and UIR artillery trade a few shells; the small engagement turns into a minor COG victory as the Indie shells are incapable of damaging Anvil Gate's fortifications. Anvil Gate's water supply is also sabotaged by the UIR. Hoffman, now in charge, calls for Pesang reinforcements and gets Bai's squad, which immediately begins clearing the local hilly country of UIR mortars and snipers. |
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|characters = *[[Rory Andresen]] |
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+ | *[[Rory Andresen's wife]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Geril Atar]] |
+ | *[[Geril Atar]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
*[[Damon Baird]] |
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| − | *[[Elinor Lytton Baird]] |
+ | *[[Elinor Lytton Baird]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
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+ | *[[Jocelin Baird]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
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+ | *[[Benoslau]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
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+ | *[[Frederic Benten]] {{1st}} |
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+ | *[[Dav Braley]] {{1st}} |
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+ | *[[Burkan]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Samuel Byrne]] |
+ | *[[Samuel Byrne]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Sheraya Byrne]] |
+ | *[[Sheraya Byrne]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
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+ | *[[Samantha Byrne]] {{1st}} |
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+ | *[[DeMars]] {{1stm}} |
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+ | *[[Ellen]] {{Mo}} |
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+ | *[[Lau En]] {{Flash}} |
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+ | *[[Mikail Enador]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Nial Enador]] |
+ | *[[Nial Enador]] {{1st}} |
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+ | *[[Eugen]] {{1st}} |
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+ | *[[Evan]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
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+ | *[[Naru Fel]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Adam Fenix]] |
+ | *[[Adam Fenix]] {{Flash}} |
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+ | *[[Adam Fenix's father]] {{1stm}} |
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| + | *[[Elain Fenix]] {{Flash}} |
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*[[Marcus Fenix]] |
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| + | *[[Roland Fenix]] {{1stm}} |
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*[[Garcia]] |
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*[[Lewis Gavriel]] |
*[[Lewis Gavriel]] |
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*[[Aylmer Gullie]] (First named) |
*[[Aylmer Gullie]] (First named) |
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+ | *[[Margaret Hoffman]] {{Mo}} |
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*[[Victor Hoffman]] |
*[[Victor Hoffman]] |
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| − | *[[Ross Hollend]] |
+ | *[[Ross Hollend]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Hollaster]] |
+ | *[[Hollaster]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Hollis]] |
+ | *[[Hollis]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Ilim]] |
+ | *[[Ilim]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Darrel Jacques]] |
+ | *[[Darrel Jacques]] {{Mo}} |
| − | *[[Janu]] |
+ | *[[Janu]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Jarrold]] |
+ | *[[Jarrold]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Noyen Ji]] |
+ | *[[Noyen Ji]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Kinnear]] |
+ | *[[Kinnear]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| + | *[[Yanik Laas]] {{1st}} |
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+ | *[[Lester]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Cho Ligan]] |
+ | *[[Cho Ligan]] {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Jod Lombard]] (First appearance) (Flashbacks only) |
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+ | *[[Jod Lombard]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| + | *[[Edwin Loris]] {{1st}} |
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| − | *[[Lowe]] (First appearance) |
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| + | *[[Lowe]] {{1st}} |
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| − | *[[Kennith Markham-Amory]] |
+ | *[[Kennith Markham-Amory]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
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| + | *[[Isabel Maryon-Hayman]] |
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*[[Bernadette Mataki]] |
*[[Bernadette Mataki]] |
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| − | *[[Mick Mataki]] |
+ | *[[Mick Mataki]] {{Mo}} |
*[[Donneld Mathieson]] |
*[[Donneld Mathieson]] |
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| − | *[[McLintock]] |
+ | *[[McLintock]] {{Mo}} |
*[[Quentin Michaelson]] |
*[[Quentin Michaelson]] |
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*[[Frank Muller]] |
*[[Frank Muller]] |
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| − | *[[Lyle Ollivar]] |
+ | *[[Lyle Ollivar]] {{1st}} |
*[[Lennard Parry]] |
*[[Lennard Parry]] |
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| − | *[[Arlen Pereira]] |
+ | *[[Arlen Pereira]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
*[[Richard Prescott]] |
*[[Richard Prescott]] |
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| − | *[[Pole]] |
+ | *[[Pole]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Rawlin]] |
+ | *[[Rawlin]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Aleksander Reid]] |
+ | *[[Aleksander Reid]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Reaves]] |
+ | *[[Reaves]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Rivera]] |
+ | *[[Rivera]] {{1st}} |
*[[Eldon Rorry]] |
*[[Eldon Rorry]] |
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| + | {{!}} |
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*[[Drew Rossi]] |
*[[Drew Rossi]] |
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| − | *[[Salka]] |
+ | *[[Salka]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Padrick Salton]] |
+ | *[[Padrick Salton]] {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Ranald Sander]] |
+ | *[[Ranald Sander]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Ranald Sander's wife]] |
+ | *[[Ranald Sander's wife]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Benedicto Santiago]] |
+ | *[[Benedicto Santiago]] {{Mo}} |
| − | *[[Carlos Santiago]] |
+ | *[[Carlos Santiago]] {{Mo}} |
*[[Dominic Santiago]] |
*[[Dominic Santiago]] |
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| − | *[[Maria Santiago]] |
+ | *[[Maria Santiago]] {{Mo}} |
| − | *[[Jati Shah]] |
+ | *[[Jati Shah]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
*[[Royston Sharle]] |
*[[Royston Sharle]] |
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| − | *[[Sharman]] |
+ | *[[Sharman]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Gi Shim]] |
+ | *[[Gi Shim]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Silber]] |
+ | *[[Silber]] {{1stm}} |
*[[Mel Sorotki]] |
*[[Mel Sorotki]] |
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*[[Jace Stratton]] |
*[[Jace Stratton]] |
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*[[Anya Stroud]] |
*[[Anya Stroud]] |
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| − | *[[Helena Stroud]] |
+ | *[[Helena Stroud]] {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Bai Tak]] |
+ | *[[Bai Tak]] {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Bai Tak's father]] |
+ | *[[Bai Tak's father]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Harua Tak]] |
+ | *[[Harua Tak]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Seng Tak]] |
+ | *[[Seng Tak]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Teale]] |
+ | *[[Teale]] {{Mo}} |
| − | *[[Teodor]] |
+ | *[[Teodor]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Toly]] |
+ | *[[Toly]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Tovey]] |
+ | *[[Tovey]] {{1stm}} |
| + | *[[Egar Trescu]] {{Mo}} |
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*[[Miran Trescu]] |
*[[Miran Trescu]] |
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| − | *[[Unidentified CO of the CNV Scepter]] |
+ | *[[Unidentified CO of the CNV Scepter]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Unidentified |
+ | *[[Unidentified female major]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Unidentified |
+ | *[[Unidentified Furlin lieutenant]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Unidentified Vasgari acting president]] |
+ | *[[Unidentified Vasgari acting president]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Vallory]] |
+ | *[[Vallory]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Daniel Vari]] |
+ | *[[Daniel Vari]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Wakelin]] |
+ | *[[Wakelin]] {{1stm}} |
*[[Dizzy Wallin]] |
*[[Dizzy Wallin]] |
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| − | *[[Maralin Wallin]] |
+ | *[[Maralin Wallin]] {{Mo}} |
| − | *[[Teresa Wallin]] |
+ | *[[Teresa Wallin]] {{Mo}} |
| − | *[[Yanik]] (First appearance) |
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|creatures = *[[Cat]] (Skin only) |
|creatures = *[[Cat]] (Skin only) |
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*[[Dog]] |
*[[Dog]] |
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| − | **[[Mac]] |
+ | **[[Mac]] {{1st}} |
*[[Lambent]] |
*[[Lambent]] |
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| − | **[[Lambent Brumak]] |
+ | **[[Lambent Brumak]] {{Mo}} |
| − | **[[Lambent Leviathan]] |
+ | **[[Lambent Leviathan]] {{1st}} |
| − | **[[Lambent Stalks]] |
+ | **[[Lambent Stalks]] {{1st}} |
| − | **[[Polyp]] |
+ | **[[Polyp]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Leviathan]] |
+ | *[[Leviathan]] {{Mo}} |
| − | *[[Locust]] |
+ | *[[Locust]] {{Mo}} |
*[[Shale Eel]] |
*[[Shale Eel]] |
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| − | *[[Oilfish]] |
+ | *[[Oilfish]] {{1st}} |
| − | |events = *[[Lambent Invasion]] |
+ | |events = *[[Lambent Invasion]] {{1st}} |
| − | **[[Battle of the Emerald Spar Platform]] |
+ | **[[Battle of the Emerald Spar Platform]] {{1st}} |
| − | **[[Battle of New Jacinto]] |
+ | **[[First Battle of New Jacinto]] {{1st}} |
| − | **[[Battle of Pelruan]] |
+ | **[[Battle of Pelruan]] {{1st}} |
| − | **[[Skirmish on the CNV Clement]] |
+ | **[[Skirmish on the CNV Clement]] {{1st}} |
| + | **[[Sinking of the Coral Star]] {{1st}} |
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| − | **[[ |
+ | **[[Sinking of the Levanto]] {{1st}} |
| − | **[[Sinking of |
+ | **[[Sinking of the Nezark]] {{1stm}} |
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| + | **[[Hammer of Dawn counterattack]] {{Mo}} |
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| + | **[[Sinking of Jacinto]] {{Mo}} |
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| − | **[[Battle of Shavad]] (First appearance) (Flashbacks only) |
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| − | **[[ |
+ | **[[Battle of Shavad]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
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| + | **[[Ostri Front]] {{1stm}} |
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*[[Stranded Insurgency]] |
*[[Stranded Insurgency]] |
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| − | **[[Battle of Vectes]] |
+ | **[[Battle of Vectes]] {{1st}} |
| − | **[[Forest Raid]] |
+ | **[[Forest Raid]] {{1st}} |
| − | **[[Skirmish outside of VNB]] |
+ | **[[Skirmish outside of VNB]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Pesanga-Shaoshi conflict]] |
+ | *[[Pesanga-Shaoshi conflict]] {{1stm}} |
| − | |locations = *[[Branascu]] |
+ | |locations = *[[Branascu]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Eastern Central Massif]] |
+ | *[[Eastern Central Massif]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Emerald Spar Imulsion Platform]] |
+ | *[[Emerald Spar Imulsion Platform]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Emgazi]] |
+ | *[[Emgazi]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Independent Republic of Furlin]] |
+ | *[[Independent Republic of Furlin]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Kashkur]] |
+ | *[[Kashkur]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | **[[Anvegad]] |
+ | **[[Anvegad]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | **[[Anvegad Pass]] |
+ | **[[Anvegad Pass]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | **[[Anvil Gate]] |
+ | **[[Anvil Gate]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | **[[Borlaine]] |
+ | **[[Borlaine]] {{1stm}} |
| − | **[[Ecian Ridge]] |
+ | **[[Ecian Ridge]] {{1stm}} |
| − | **[[Forward Operating Base Tyro]] |
+ | **[[Forward Operating Base Tyro]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | **[[Gatka]] |
+ | **[[Gatka]] {{1stm}} |
| − | **[[Ibiri]] |
+ | **[[Ibiri]] {{1stm}} |
| − | **[[Lakar]] |
+ | **[[Lakar]] {{1stm}} |
| − | ***[[Battalion Command (Lakar)]] |
+ | ***[[Battalion Command (Lakar)]] {{1stm}} |
| − | **[[Mendurat]] |
+ | **[[Mendurat]] {{1stm}} |
| − | **[[New Temperance]] |
+ | **[[New Temperance]] {{1stm}} |
| − | **[[Oskeny]] |
+ | **[[Oskeny]] {{1stm}} |
| − | **[[Shavad]] |
+ | **[[Shavad]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | ***[[Gorlian Square]] |
+ | ***[[Gorlian Square]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Ostri Republic]] |
+ | *[[Ostri Republic]] {{Mo}} |
| − | **[[Aspho Point]] |
+ | **[[Aspho Point]] {{Mo}} |
| − | *[[Pesang]] |
+ | *[[Pesang]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | **[[Gulan Province]] |
+ | **[[Gulan Province]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | **[[Kani Province]] |
+ | **[[Kani Province]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | ***[[Narakir]] |
+ | ***[[Narakir]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | ***[[Paro]] |
+ | ***[[Paro]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Republic of Gorasnaya]] |
+ | *[[Republic of Gorasnaya]] {{Mo}} |
| − | **[[Chalitz]] |
+ | **[[Chalitz]] {{1stm}} |
| − | **[[Meschov]] |
+ | **[[Meschov]] {{1stm}} |
| − | **[[Ramascu]] |
+ | **[[Ramascu]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[South Islands]] |
+ | *[[South Islands]] {{Mo}} |
| − | **[[Galangi]] |
+ | **[[Galangi]] {{Mo}} |
| − | *[[Shaoshi]] |
+ | *[[Shaoshi]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Tennad]] |
+ | *[[Tennad]] {{1stm}} |
*[[Tyrus]] |
*[[Tyrus]] |
||
| − | **[[Jacinto City]] |
+ | **[[Jacinto City]] {{Flash}} |
| − | ***[[East Barricade Academy]] |
+ | ***[[East Barricade Academy]] {{Flash}} |
| − | ***[[Fenix's Estate]] |
+ | ***[[Fenix's Estate]] {{Flash}} |
| + | ***[[Tyran National Gallery]] {{1stm}} |
||
| − | **[[Port Farrall]] |
+ | **[[Port Farrall]] {{Mo}} |
| − | **[[Tollen]] |
+ | **[[Tollen]] {{Mo}} |
| − | *[[Vasgar]] (First appearance) (Flashbacks only) |
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| − | + | *[[Vasgar]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
|
| + | **[[Porra]] {{1stm}} |
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*[[Vectes]] |
*[[Vectes]] |
||
**[[Pelruan]] |
**[[Pelruan]] |
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| − | ***[[Pelruan Garrison]] |
+ | ***[[Pelruan Garrison]] {{1st}} |
| − | ***[[Pelruan Signals Office]] |
+ | ***[[Pelruan Signals Office]] {{1st}} |
**[[Vectes Naval Base]] |
**[[Vectes Naval Base]] |
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***[[Admiralty House]] |
***[[Admiralty House]] |
||
| − | ***[[Boathouse 9]] |
+ | ***[[Boathouse 9]] {{1st}} |
***[[Main Mess Bar]] |
***[[Main Mess Bar]] |
||
| − | |organizations = *[[Aiglar]] |
+ | |organizations = *[[Aiglar]] {{1stm}} |
*[[Coalition of Ordered Governments]] |
*[[Coalition of Ordered Governments]] |
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**[[Coalition of Ordered Governments Army]] |
**[[Coalition of Ordered Governments Army]] |
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| − | ***[[26th Royal Tyran infantry]] |
+ | ***[[26th Royal Tyran infantry]] {{Flash}} |
| − | ****[[Connaught Platoon]] |
+ | ****[[Connaught Platoon]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | ****[[Howerd Company]] |
+ | ****[[Howerd Company]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | ****[[Timgad Company]] |
+ | ****[[Timgad Company]] {{1stm}} |
| − | ***[[Andius Fusiliers Regiment]] |
+ | ***[[Andius Fusiliers Regiment]] {{1stm}} |
***[[Delta-One]] |
***[[Delta-One]] |
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| − | ***[[Duke of Tollen's Regiment]] |
+ | ***[[Duke of Tollen's Regiment]] {{1stm}} |
***[[Echo Squad]] |
***[[Echo Squad]] |
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| − | ***[[Explosive |
+ | ***[[Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit]] {{1stm}} |
***[[Omircron|Omircron Squad]] |
***[[Omircron|Omircron Squad]] |
||
| − | ***[[Pesanga Brigade of Rifles]] |
+ | ***[[Pesanga Brigade of Rifles]] {{1st}} |
| − | ***[[Prince Ozore's Artillery]] |
+ | ***[[Prince Ozore's Artillery]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | ***[[Sherrith Cavalry]] |
+ | ***[[Sherrith Cavalry]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | ****[[Green FDC]] |
+ | ****[[Green FDC]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
***[[Sigma Squad]] |
***[[Sigma Squad]] |
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| − | ***[[Sigma-Two]] |
+ | ***[[Sigma-Two]] {{1stm}} |
**[[Coalition of Ordered Governments Navy]] |
**[[Coalition of Ordered Governments Navy]] |
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| − | ***[[NCOG Corps of Marines]] |
+ | ***[[NCOG Corps of Marines]] {{Mo}} |
**[[COG Engineering Corps]] |
**[[COG Engineering Corps]] |
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| − | ***[[2nd Battalion Royal Ephyran Engineers]] |
+ | ***[[2nd Battalion Royal Ephyran Engineers]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | **[[Defense Research Agency]] |
+ | **[[Defense Research Agency]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Corisku]] |
+ | *[[Corisku]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Ephyra World Service]] |
+ | *[[Ephyra World Service]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Kashkur Empire]] |
+ | *[[Kashkur Empire]] {{1stm}} |
*[[Stranded]] |
*[[Stranded]] |
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**[[Lesser Islands Free Trade Area]] |
**[[Lesser Islands Free Trade Area]] |
||
**[[Lesser Islands Free Trade Association]] |
**[[Lesser Islands Free Trade Association]] |
||
| − | *[[Union of Independent Republics]] |
+ | *[[Union of Independent Republics]] {{Flash}} |
| − | **[[Fifteenth Furlin Cavalry]] |
+ | **[[Fifteenth Furlin Cavalry]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | **[[Furlin's Third Infantry]] |
+ | **[[Furlin's Third Infantry]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | *[[Unity party]] |
+ | *[[Unity party]] {{1stm}} |
|vehicles = *[[Assault Derrick]] |
|vehicles = *[[Assault Derrick]] |
||
**[[Rig 314]] |
**[[Rig 314]] |
||
| − | *[[Behemoth]] |
+ | *[[Behemoth]] {{Mo}} |
| − | *[[CNV Centennial]] |
+ | *[[CNV Centennial]] {{1stm}} |
*[[CNV Clement]] |
*[[CNV Clement]] |
||
*[[CNV Falconer]] |
*[[CNV Falconer]] |
||
| − | *[[CNV Scepter]] |
+ | *[[CNV Scepter]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Corva]] |
+ | *[[Corva]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | **[[CC-Seventy-Four-Five]] |
+ | **[[CC-Seventy-Four-Five]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
*Destroyers |
*Destroyers |
||
| − | **[[CNV Fenmont]] |
+ | **[[CNV Fenmont]] {{1st}} |
| − | **[[CNV Vale of Dane]] |
+ | **[[CNV Vale of Dane]] {{1st}} |
*Fishing Boats |
*Fishing Boats |
||
**[[Coral Star]] (First named) |
**[[Coral Star]] (First named) |
||
| − | **[[Harvest]] |
+ | **[[Harvest]] {{Mo}} |
| − | **[[Levanto]] |
+ | **[[Levanto]] {{1st}} |
| − | **[[Montagnon]] |
+ | **[[Montagnon]] {{1st}} |
| − | **[[Trilliant]] |
+ | **[[Trilliant]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Gelen Class Frigate]] |
+ | *[[Gelen Class Frigate]] {{1st}} |
| − | **[[Nezark]] |
+ | **[[Nezark]] {{1st}} |
*[[King Raven]] |
*[[King Raven]] |
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**[[KR Three-Three]] |
**[[KR Three-Three]] |
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**[[KR-239]] |
**[[KR-239]] |
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**[[KR-471]] |
**[[KR-471]] |
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| − | **[[KR Five-Three-Zero]] |
+ | **[[KR Five-Three-Zero]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | **[[RR One-Seven]] |
+ | **[[RR One-Seven]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
*[[Marlin]] |
*[[Marlin]] |
||
*[[Packhorse]] |
*[[Packhorse]] |
||
| − | **[[P-Twelve]] |
+ | **[[P-Twelve]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Paryk]] |
+ | *[[Paryk]] {{1st}} |
| − | * |
+ | *Patrol Boat |
| − | **[[Amirale Enka]] |
+ | **[[Amirale Enka]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Petrel]] |
+ | *[[Petrel]] {{Mo}} |
| − | *[[Rat bike]] |
+ | *[[Rat bike]] {{1st}} |
*[[Raven's Nest Class]] |
*[[Raven's Nest Class]] |
||
| − | **[[CNV Dalyell]] |
+ | **[[CNV Dalyell]] {{1st}} |
**[[CNV Sovereign]] |
**[[CNV Sovereign]] |
||
| − | *[[Steady Eddie]] |
+ | *[[Steady Eddie]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Tern]] |
+ | *[[Tern]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
| − | **[[T-Five-Twenty]] |
+ | **[[T-Five-Twenty]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
*[[Zephyr]] |
*[[Zephyr]] |
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| − | |technology = *[[ |
+ | |technology = *[[Butcher Cleaver]] |
| + | *[[Gnasher Shotgun]] |
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*[[Hammerburst II]] |
*[[Hammerburst II]] |
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*[[Hammer of Dawn]] |
*[[Hammer of Dawn]] |
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*[[JACK (model)]] |
*[[JACK (model)]] |
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**[[JACK]] |
**[[JACK]] |
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| − | *[[Lancer Assault Rifle]] |
+ | *[[Mk 1 Lancer Assault Rifle]] {{Flash}} |
| + | *[[Mk 2 Lancer Assault Rifle]] |
||
**[[Chainsaw Bayonet]] |
**[[Chainsaw Bayonet]] |
||
*[[Longshot Sniper Rifle]] |
*[[Longshot Sniper Rifle]] |
||
| + | *[[Machete]] {{Flash}} |
||
| − | *[[Retro Lancer]] (Flashbacks only) |
||
| − | *[[Rocket Launcher]] |
+ | *[[Rocket Launcher]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
*[[Scorcher]] |
*[[Scorcher]] |
||
| − | *[[Stomper]] |
+ | *[[Stomper]] {{Flash}} |
| − | |miscellanea =*[[ |
+ | |miscellanea =*[[A2897]] {{1st}} |
| + | *[[Alderman]] {{1st}} {{Flash}} |
||
*[[Allfathers' Medal]] |
*[[Allfathers' Medal]] |
||
| + | *[[Bakuaia]] |
||
*[[COG Armor]] |
*[[COG Armor]] |
||
| + | *[[Day of the Fallen]] {{1stm}} |
||
| − | *[[Embry Star]] (Mentioned only) |
||
| − | *[[ |
+ | *[[Embry Star]] {{Mo}} |
| + | *[[Gorasni]] |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| + | *[[Gorasni (language)]] {{1st}} |
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| ⚫ | |||
| + | *[[Magistrate]] {{1stm}} |
||
*[[Mayor]] |
*[[Mayor]] |
||
| − | *[[Military Emergency Measures Act]] |
+ | *[[Military Emergency Measures Act]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Military Ranks]] |
||
*[[Northerner]] |
*[[Northerner]] |
||
*[[Operation Lifeboat]] |
*[[Operation Lifeboat]] |
||
| + | *[[Pesan]] |
||
| − | *[[President]] |
+ | *[[President]] {{1stm}} |
*[[Romily]] |
*[[Romily]] |
||
| − | *[[Silver Era]] |
+ | *[[Silver Era]] {{1stm}} |
| − | *[[Silver Era architecture]] |
+ | *[[Silver Era architecture]] {{1st}} |
| − | *[[Thrashball]] |
+ | *[[Thrashball]] {{Mo}} |
*[[Tyran]] |
*[[Tyran]] |
||
| + | *[[Tyran (language)]] |
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+ | ==Behind the scenes== |
*The audio book was released on October 12, 2010, and is narrated by David Colacci.<ref>[http://www.tantor.com/BookDetail.asp?Product=1472_AnvilGate GEARS OF WAR: ANVIL GATE]</ref> |
*The audio book was released on October 12, 2010, and is narrated by David Colacci.<ref>[http://www.tantor.com/BookDetail.asp?Product=1472_AnvilGate GEARS OF WAR: ANVIL GATE]</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:34, 16 March 2019
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Gears of War: Anvil Gate is the third book in the Gears of War book series and takes places between Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant and Gears of War: Coalition's End. It focuses on the COG's fight against the Stranded Insurgency and their uniting against the Lambent Invasion, as well as a flashback storyline focusing on the Siege of Anvil Gate. It was released on August 31, 2010.
Product Description
With the Locust Horde apparently destroyed, Jacinto's survivors have begun to rebuild human society on their island stronghold. Raiding pirate gangs take a toll - but it's nothing that Marcus Fenix and the Gears can't handle. Then the terrifying life-forms they thought they'd left behind - the Lambent, creatures even the Locust feared - begin to advance across the planet. Gears and gangs must fight side by side to stop their deadliest enemy yet, falling back on the savage tactics of another bloody siege: Anvil Gate.[2]
Plot Summary
Present Plot
The book opens on Vectes with Bernadette Mataki setting out to hunt Stranded with the aid of a dog named Mac. At the same time, Chairman Richard Prescott welcomes the Gorasni refugees to Vectes, although many Pendulum Wars veterans living in the native population are not very welcoming. Col. Victor Hoffman receives word that the Gorasni frigate, which Captain Quentin Michaelson had been looking forward to adding to the COG Navy, has apparently run aground in the middle of the ocean with all hands lost. At this point the tensions between the Gorasni and COG are made clear: Delta Squad aboard a King Raven is told to leave the search for the frigate to the Gorasni alone.
Bernie and Lt.Anya Stroud patrol in a Packhorse and move to ambush a group of Stranded, but their vehicle hits a trap and is disabled. Bernie, joined by Marcus and Cpl. Damon Baird, continues the hunt on foot. Mac leads them to a cave, which they enter and explore; they soon find a large Stranded cache of explosives. The Gears exit the cave after marking the explosives for engineers and eventually find the Stranded with orders to take them alive for Gorasni Commander Miran Trescu to interrogate. Mac badly mauls one, a second is hit by fellow Gear Pvt. Samantha Byrne's motorbike, and the third - the first one's son - is captured by Dom and Pvt. Augustus Cole.
Dom, Baird and Sam are called aboard the patrol boat Amirale Enka. While they escort the COG fishing fleet, one of the trawlers, the Levanto, suddenly explodes, suggesting that either there is something under the sea, or that the Stranded are much more powerful than the COG had thought. Trescu begins his interrogation of the Stranded prisoners, shooting one and then threatening the father to make the boy cooperate. Aided by the son, the COG forces begin a sweep of the island. This is one of the factors which causes a near riot between the Gorasni, the Stranded population, and the Old Jacinto citizens, which is only averted by one of Pvt. Dizzy Wallin's only angry outbursts against the Jacinto citizens for identifying him - and treating him accordingly - as Stranded.
Delta Squad goes out on another fishing expedition, but one of the trawlers catches a Lambent creature which mutates at a very rapid pace. It explodes, taking down the trawler; the COG finally has an explanation for all the recently lost vessels. Another unidentified small ship, the Steady Eddie, begins drifting towards Vectes later that night; investigating forces find a kind of "tree" on board. Baird discovers that the "tree" is incredibly resilient to damage. With this new knowledge, the COG goes out to search for the missing Gorasni frigate again with the submarine CNV Clement, but at the area, there is no sign of any underwater obstacle that the frigate could have grounded on. Just as they actually find the wreckage, though, the sea around them fills with Lambent creatures. Clement surfaces, but a pair of Lambent stalks appear close by and start spewing Polyps onto the Clement's hull. Baird fights them off from on top of the Clement before being extracted by a King Raven with the rest of Delta, minus Cole, aboard; the Clement submerges again. The COG realized that the stalks appear to be headed for Emerald Spar Imulsion Platform, the Gorasni Imulsion platform.
The COG quickly reinforces the platform's badly undersized crew, many of which have brought their families with them. The humans prepare to defend the platform's exterior against the Lambent, but instead a stalk burrows through the bottom of the platform, bypassing the defenses. A large firefight quickly begins throughout the platform as the humans struggle to repel the polyps, but the combined weapons fire and explosions of the polyps eventually sets off a fire in the platform. With more Lambent still coming, the humans are forced to evacuate the platform, leaving them bereft of an Imulsion supply. As they leave, the platform explodes due to the fire and stored fuel.
Hoffman and Trescu convince Chairman Prescott of the need to fortify Vectes against the inevitable Lambent incursion. A Stranded armada of small craft is spotted en route, ostensibly to evacuate their friends and families from the doomed island; however, they end up joining the COG, not for any moral purpose, but simply because banding together is the only way for humans to survive at all. Before the Lambent attack begins, the COG submarines near New Jacinto detect a large contact underwater; from the tentacles and the size, they conclude that it is a Leviathan.
At Pelruan, Bernie, Sam and Anya find a Leviathan moving inshore; instead of fighting stalks, the Leviathan- now clearly Lambent- drops off hundreds of polyps. A King Raven moves in to assist the local Gears and civilians fighting them off, but the Leviathan uses a tentacle to fling polyps at it, taking it down. The distance between the two incidents forces the COG to conclude that there are multiple Leviathans operating; a total of three. As the Gears, Gorasni and Stranded struggle to repel their disgorged polyps, the COG searches for a way to destroy the Leviathans themselves. A King Raven crew manages to kill one by expending all of its ammunition into its head. The remaining two are lured into respective traps; the first is killed by the COG submarines with torpedoes, while the second is lured to the surface where Baird manages to kill it with the Hammer of Dawn. However, Baird is forced to fire the Hammer very close to shore badly damaging the base. The Stranded also decide to abandon Vectes and leave the COG to be destroyed by the Lambent, ending the Stranded Insurgency.
Hoffman has convinced Prescott that, for his own safety, Prescott must leave New Jacinto and move further inland. After Prescott leaves, Hoffman's distrust of the Chairman forces him to raid his office, discovering data disks which do not match any known COG encryption. Not knowing how to access the disks, he gives them to Baird to uncover. Baird tells him that, not only does it match no current COG encryption codes, but it does not match any codes at all, suggesting that the Chairman had had technology built for himself. Baird promises to access the disks someday.
Bernie discovers that her dog, Mac, has disappeared once the Lambent invasion started. Delta finds him ten days later during a routine patrol aboard a King Raven. Mac bears numerous recent burns, indicating that the polyps are still on Vectes; the King Raven soon discovers a large grouping of stalks in the middle of the island. As the Raven crew calls Control for backup, they fly closer to the stalks. Baird closes the novel by wondering what the blisters on the stalks are for, and deciding that he was about to find out "the hard way."
Flashback Plot
The newlywed Lieutenant Victor Hoffman is posted to the COG garrison of Anvil Gate, a fort protecting a mountain pass leading from the neutral country Vasgar into the especially imulsion-rich COG province of Kashkur. At the same time, Captain Adam Fenix bids farewell to his wife and four-year old Marcus as he leaves for the Kashkur front. Vasgar's president faces a vote of no-confidence and is forced to step down; troops from the Union of Independent Republics, ostensibly to maintain order in Vasgar, invade the country, providing them with a backdoor to Kashkur. Bai Tak, a Pesanga herder, is severely affected by a drought and is forced to join the COG army in order to ensure a steady money supply for his wife, Harua.
After weeks of inactivity, the COG CO at Anvil Gate is killed by a UIR RPG; at the same time, Anvil Gate's land connection to the rest of the COG is severed by UIR saboteurs who collapse the cliffs around the pass. The COG and UIR artillery trade a few shells; the small engagement turns into a minor COG victory as the Indie shells are incapable of damaging Anvil Gate's fortifications. Anvil Gate's water supply is also sabotaged by the UIR. Hoffman, now in charge, calls for Pesang reinforcements and gets Bai's squad, which immediately begins clearing the local hilly country of UIR mortars and snipers.
Fenix and his subordinate, Lieutenant Helena Stroud, are forced to fight an urban battle for Shavad. They are plagued by the efforts of UIR snipers and saboteurs in their rear. In particular, an art museum seems to have either an artillery observer or sniper in it; Fenix reluctantly calls in artillery to demolish the building. He is horrified by the act of destruction against the artworks inside, as well as all the deaths of his men. Helena clears the museum of the sniper before the COG is forced to withdraw after losing a key bridge to the UIR. Fenix vows to never allow wanton destruction like this happen again by preventing wars in the first place, accepting a previous offer in weapons research.
With supplies becoming increasingly scarce, barely supplemented by Pesang hunters, Hoffman is forced to ration Anvil Gate's water and food among the local citizens. One of them is caught with a secret hoard of stolen COG rations and Hoffman is forced to execute him. With disease also becoming an issue, and with resupply from the air choked off due to UIR anti-aircraft fire, Hoffman comes up with a desperate plan. He feigns surrender, accepting the UIR's offer to allow the citizens to leave provided that the Gears evacuate along with them. Hoffman allows a few hundred UIR infantrymen into Anvegad before his men trap and incinerate them. With the UIR besiegers seriously weakened, the COG manages at last to reopen the air route to Anvil Gate, lifting the siege.
In the aftermath, Fenix accepts the offer and is promoted to Major, while Stroud and Hoffman are both promoted to Captain. Hoffman also receives the Sovereigns Medal for his defense of Anvil Gate.
Appearances
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| Organizations and titles | Vehicles and vessels | Weapons and technology | Miscellanea |
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Behind the scenes
- The audio book was released on October 12, 2010, and is narrated by David Colacci.[3]
References
| Gears of War series | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main Games: | Gears of War (♫) • Gears of War 2 (♫) • Gears of War 3 (♫) • Gears of War 4 (♫) • Gears 5 (♫) | |
| Other Games: | RAAM's Shadow • Gears of War: Judgment (♫) • Gears of War: Ultimate Edition • Gears Pop! • Gears Tactics • Gears: Hivebusters | |
| Books: | Aspho Fields • Jacinto's Remnant • Anvil Gate • Coalition's End • The Slab • Kilo Squad: The Survivor's Log • Ascendance • Bloodlines • Ephyra Rising | |
| Comics: | Hollow • Barren • A Pendulum Wars Story • Dirty Little Secrets • The Rise of RAAM • Hivebusters • Stand-Alone Issues | |
| Booklets and Guides: | Destroyed Beauty • Beneath the Surface • The Art of Gears of War • The Art of Gears of War 3 • The Poster Collection • The Art of Gears of War 4 • Retrospective • The Art of Gears 5 • Gears Tactics: The Art of the Game | |
| Films and TV: | Gears of War (film) • Gears of War (TV Series) | |
| Canceled Games: | Gears of War: Exile • Gears of War: Tactics | |
| Other Media: | Gears of War: The Board Game | |