Brumak

[edit] Background

Brumaks are huge monsters with extraordinarily thick hides. Perhaps the deadliest of all the creatures and species that comprise the Locust Horde, Brumaks are used by the more intelligent Locust as walking tanks, strapped with an incredibly powerful arsenal, then sent into the fray. Due to their sheer size and firepower, Brumaks can break through even the toughest COG defenses, and only the most powerful weapons on the battlefield are able to take them down.

DNA analysis of Brumaks indicates that the Brumak was bred from smaller native apes by the Locust Horde.^[1] They often grow to about 15 meters in height (49 feet) and tend to weigh around 15,000 kilograms (33,069lbs).^[2] Brumaks are deadly at close range, and they have also been rumored to carry energy beam cannons to kill at a longer range.^[3] They also have been known to carry Drones into combat, as a transportation device. The Brumak's head wear helmets like those of a Corpser and Reaver. The Brumak only has two eyes, though a number of glowing electronic eyes dot the helmets they are often equipped with makes it seem like they have more. The Brumak is a powerful, capable of pushing over an Assault Derrick with a single shoulder-shove.

[edit] Armaments

Armored Brumak

Brumaks are armed with duel wrist turret guns, a missile launcher, and a large mounted cannon on its back. The wrist guns, in the ending cinematic of Act 4, have been seen firing a strange orange projectile that explodes like a tank shell, although they only fire bullets for the rest of the game (in the PC version) and in Gears of War 2. The Gears of War Art Book in the LE version of the game says "Rumors of Brumaks carrying Energy Cannons cannot be confirmed."

There has also been a rumor going around that there are Brumaks armed with Energy Cannons^[4] .

[edit] Appearances

• Act 4 ending cinematic
• Act 5 Gears of War PC
• Act 1, 3, 4, 5 Gears of War 2

[edit] Notes

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The player engages a Brumak in combat in the PC version of Gears of War. Through several added chapters at the beginning of Act 5, Delta Squad is tasked with restoring power to the local sector of the city. Meanwhile, they are constantly stalked by a Brumak, where the additional chapters climax with the player fighting it. The battle sheds some light on how it is possible to disable this behemoth without heavy artillery. The two mounted guns on the Brumak's arms are easily disabled with assault rifle fire and shooting a Brumak's legs will stun it, sometimes exposing the driver.

The Brumak also appears frequently in Gears of War 2, capable of being fought as an enemy multiple times. In Act 1, chapter 4, while the player rides an assault derrick to the city of Landown, the player encounters 5 Brumaks in total, 3 of which they must kill in the same manner as the first game. However, as the player has a gatling gun turret available to them, the gatling gun can be used to kill the Brumaks by shooting at them in the face. In Act 1, Chapter 5, the player must protect their assault derrick from a Brumak by killing it using a locust mortar. Also the player gets to fight two Brumaks with the centaur and can kill them with the Reaver in act 5.

In Act 5, the player is tasked with defending Jacinto from a vicious locust assault while its citizens are being evacuated. In Act 5, Chapter 2, the player must again use a locust mortar to kill 2 Brumaks. In Act 5, Chapter 4/5, the player is tasked with going to the hollow and making an opening in the cave ceiling through which the COG can drop a Lightmass Bomb that will sink Jacinto, flood the hollow with seawater, and eviscerate the locust. To do this, Marcus and Dom hijack a Brumak (the player controls the Brumak and uses its guns) and use it to quickly clear the caves and make their way to the Lightmass drop-point. However, when King Ravens arrive to pick up Marcus and Dom and drop the bomb, the bomb is lost. The drop-point, which is flooded with Imulsion, infects the Brumak and turns it lambent. The now-Lambent Brumak serves as the game's final boss. Delta Squad kills it with an assault from the Hammer of Dawn and it explodes, sinking Jacinto and flooding the hollow, and thus ending the game.

[edit] Trivia

A Brumak after being shot down in Act 1 of Gears of war 2. Note the small brain that is just barely visible, hinting that the Brumak is not a very intelligent creature.

• The strange orange projectiles that the Brumak fires in Act 4 are not again used in the rest of the game, nor do they appear in the Gears of War 2 demo. This might indicate that it is a special Brumak or that because of the lack of them being in the game the developers didn't spend much time on the appearance of the missiles/shots.
• After completing Tenuous Footing you get the Achievement Brumak Rodeo.

[edit] References

1. ↑ Gears of War: Destroyed Beauty
2. ↑ Gears of War: Destroyed Beauty
3. ↑ Gears of War: Destroyed Beauty
4. ↑ Destroyed Beauty

[edit] Gallery

Marcus Battling a brumak

Marcus and Dom battles a brumak

Brumak as seen in the game