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Boomer

Boomer

Biographical information
Homeland	Hollow
Physical description and equipment
Species	Locust
Gender	Male
Height	8 ft
Eye color	Black
Weapons	Boomshot Butcher Cleaver Digger Launcher Mulcher Scorcher
Equipment	Boomshield (Maulers only) Thumper (Tremors only)
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Locust War Lambent Invasion
Affiliation	Locust Horde

"What the hell is that doing here?!"
"Checking tickets?"

— Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago, upon seeing a Boomer inside the Imulsion Factory

Boomer^[1], were large, brutish, unintelligent Locust who earned their reputation as the Locust Horde's heavy weapon specialists. Though unbelievably unintelligent, they are deadly in battle and are tough opponents to deal with, there are reports of them surviving a full magazine of Lancer ammo. Several variations appeared over the course of the Locust War, and Lambent Pandemic.

1 Anatomy
2 Variations
3 Background
4 Behind the Scenes
5 External links
6 References

AnatomyEdit

"BOOMER!!!"

— The standard cry from Gears upon encountering a Boomer.

Boomers were humanoid in shape, but were much taller than the average human or Drone, being at least eight feet tall. Boomers also bristled with muscle, making them considerably thicker than other humanoids. Despite this, they were able to move at surprising speeds.

Their inner anatomy was presumed to be similar to that of a Locust Drone's, as they showed no improvement nor degradation in vision or hearing. On the other hand, Boomers were considerably tougher to kill than their smaller brethren, able to survive an entire Longshot round to the head.

VariationsEdit

As stated before, several Boomer variations have appeared over the course of the war between human and Locust-kind. The first Boomer observed by COG forces was the standard Boomer, who carried the Boomshot Grenade Launcher and unspecialized armor.

During 15 A.E., COG forces were engaged by four new types of Boomer. Grinders used Mulcher machineguns and wore sturdy headgear to protect their heads; Maulers utilized the Boomshield for defense while using explosive flails for offense; Flamer Boomers used Scorcher flamethrowers; and finally Butchers. Butchers served a non-combat role as the chefs for the Locust Horde.

At 16 A.E., 18 months after the Sinking of Jacinto, Savage Boomers appeared alongside their Savage brethren. Most Savage Boomers used Digger Launchers, but were not limited to it.

In RAAM's Shadow DLC, which takes place before and slightly during the first Gears, two new Boomer Variants are introduced. One being a subclass of Mauler, which is the Onyx Mauler. And the other Boomer variant is called a Tremor. They wield an enormous hammer. These two boomer variants are higher ranks, and are a part of RAAM's squad.

BackgroundEdit

"Boomers are dumbasses. Even by Locust standards. But they do carry some nice toys. The Boomers plan of attack couldn't be simpler. They see something, they shoot it, it dies, about as high a concept these one word-wonders can handle. Boomers are as tough as they are stupid. You're gonna empty a lot of ammo clips before they go finally go down. They have to be reminded they've been shot. At least you'll never have to guess when these morons are about to fire. (Boomer is heard saying its trademark, BOOM!)"

— Damon Baird

Boomers were among the least sophisticated members of the Locust Horde, being larger, tougher and markedly less intelligent than other locust. Despite this, Boomers are incredibly determined and fierce during combat. Luckily for humankind, this came with a fortunate side effect: a rather peculiar inability to listen to reason. Boomers often charged headlong into battle with little regard for their own well-being.

Boomers of all types often shout a single word respective of their weapon for example, Boomers with Boomshots would shout "BOOM!" while ones with Digger Launchers would shout "DIG!".

In Gears of War 3's horde mode, when you have the mutator "Headless Chicken" on, you can shoot a Boomer's head off with one headshot from a longshot.

Behind the ScenesEdit

Boomers were ranked number 5 on Gears of War's "Top 5 Deadliest Locust".[1]
In the original Gears of War , it takes five seconds to kill a Boomer with the Hammer of Dawn. From Gears of War 2 and beyond, the Hammer kills most enemies (including Boomers) instantly.
In Gears of War 3, Boomers are featured in the 3rd tier of the Beast creatures to choose from.

External linksEdit

ReferencesEdit

↑ Gears of War 3: Unbreakable

Boomer variants
Butcher · Flame Boomer · Grinder · Mauler · Mauler Elite · Tremor · Savage Boomer

The Locust Horde
Boomer · Drone · Berserker · Kantus The Lambent
Hollow Creatures
Bloodmount · Brumak · Corpser · Digger · Gas Barge · Heart Leeches · Hydra · Leviathan · Nemacyst · Reaver · Rock Worm · Riftworm · Seeder · Serapede · Shrieker · Siegebeast · Tempest · Ticker · Mangler · Kryll · Torture Barge · Wretch