Richard Prescott
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Richard Prescott was the Chairman of the Coalition of Ordered Governments During the Locust-Human War and former Deputy Chairman under Chairman Dalyell. As a politician and the sole-remaining COG leader on Sera, Prescott is the highest-ranking human left alive.
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[edit] Background
[edit] Early Life
Prescott grew up with politics running in his veins. As a boy, he watched his mighty father - David Prescott, and his grandfather, themselves politicians, guide Sera and lead the COG through difficult times and great times of need.
When he was in his teenage years he joined the army during the Pendulum Wars.[1] However, Prescott only served for 18 months, solely for appearances and to help his political career: he never came under enemy fire or saw combat.[1]
Prescott went into politics, following in the footsteps of his father (whose death was devastating to him).
[edit] Locust-Human War
After Emergence Day and the beginning of the Locust-Human War, Dalyell, the current COG Chairman, died of a heart attack one year into the war. Prescott; who was Deputy Chairman at the time, was elected by the Council of Sovereigns to succeed him. While Prescott took the post, having planned to run in the elections for it, he silently felt his beloved father would not have approved him ascending to the position that way - having inherited it instead of earning it.
Prescott led the COG in the desperate war against the Locust Horde. Prescott enacted several orders that granted the COG sweeping authority to help defeat the Locust. These decisions have made him unpopular with those who feel the Coalition has overstepped its bounds and, in the name of security, become an authoritarian regime. Regardless of these accusations, Prescott remains, to this day, dedicated to ensuring humanity's survival - by any means necessary. His dedicated to the COG and the human race itself, is respected (even by his immediate subordinate - Colonel Victor Hoffman).
In the end, however, the war was found to be hopeless - Prescott was unable to rally any other COG member states into a full counterattack against the Locust Horde, the COG could not make any headway in the war, and Sera's human population only had months left before being totally overrun. Prescott resorted to the most desperate option available - the COG would enact the Fortification Act, turning Jacinto Plateau - a proven safe-haven from the Locust's tunneling, into a fortress, and give every citizen of the COG three days to evacuate to Ephyra, after which Prescott would used the Hammer of Dawn to destroy all urban areas under Locust control; killing 90% of the human race in the process. While Adam Fenix protested, in the end even he acknowledged it was the only method that could work, and so, 90% of the entire planet's surface was destroyed. Richard's actions lead to the survival of the human race under the COG, although it would lead to a schism in the human race between the COG and Stranded.
[edit] Personality and traits
- "Understand what a world had to do to survive."
- — Chairman Richard Prescott, Memoirs, opening line, unpublished draft.[2]
In his dedication to the Coalition, he is known to be available at any time - day or night.[1] Richard would do anything for the COG, even sacrificing the few for the many. He regrets unleashing the Hammer of Dawn in ordered to defeat the Locust Horde but understands it was the only way the human race would survive. With some of his methods cross both moral and ethic lines with his Breeding Farms and force rape of women to boost human numbers. Thou some question how Prescott how he'd received his medals even thou he had a short tour of duty in the service[3]. During the Hammer of Dawn attacks on Sera, Prescott warned his secretary Jillian to warn her family to escape to Ephyra.
[edit] Quotes
- "Humans are no strangers to war. After all, we’ve been fighting for as long as we can remember. War is all we know. In the past, we fought for Imulsion. We fought for country. We fought for freedom. But all that changed after E-Day. For 15 years, we’ve been fighting for our very survival against inhuman, genocidal monsters. But it is a fight we cannot continue. Humanity faces extinction, unless we end this war now. We had hoped the Lightmass bombing would decimate the Locust Horde, but they survived…and have returned stronger than ever. They’ve brought with them a force that can sink entire cities. Even Jacinto, our last beacon of hope through all these dark days, is now at risk. Soon we’ll have nothing left to defend, and that means we have only one option…attack. Gears, what I ask of you now is not an easy thing, but it is necessary. If we are to survive…if we are to live long enough to see the seasons pass, our children grow, and experience a time of peace that we have never known…we must now take this fight to the Locust. We will go to where they live and where they breed…and we will destroy them! This is the day we take the battle to the heart of the enemy! This is the day that we correct the course of human history! This is the day we ensure our survival as a species! Soldiers of the COG, my fellow Gears, go forth and bring back the hope of humanity!"
- — Richard Prescott (before Assault on Landown)
- "Gone,Yes. Completely gone, as far as we can tell. Unfortunately it's also clear now that many Locust survived the attack--How many, we do not know--But at least Humanity can feel a little safer at night."
- — Chairman Prescott speaking to the Sovereigns Press Corps on the Lightmass Offensive and the disappearances of the Kryll.[4]
- "As all of Sera has learned, peace is fragile. This new, ruthless enemy has rendered most of Sera's leaders either helpless or dead. This enemy believes Sera is finished. Some in the Coalition of Ordered Governments also seem to believed Sera is finished-a sick,feeble animal waiting for slaughter. But today, citizens of Sera, we-Tyrus,the heart of the Coalition-will take back our planet. To ensure your safety and cooperation,we are reinstating the Fortification Act. All of Sera will be under martial law. No one is exempt. Survivors should immediately start evacuating to Ephyra. These unclean creatures, these Locust, are unable to penetrate Jacinto's granite base. Therefor, in Jacinto, we are safe-for now. We won't let this rampage go further or surrender power. The Coalition will employ Sera's entire arsenal of Orbital beam weapons to scorch all Locust-infested areas. For those citizens who cannot make it to Jacinto, the Coalition appreciates your sacrifice. Please forgive us. This is the only way."
- — Chairman Richard Prescott, 30th day of Bloom, 1 A.E.
[edit] Trivia
- He is the leader of the COG in multiplayer matches, replacing Hoffman as the announcer of the match's outcome.
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gears of War: Aspho Fields
- ↑ Gears of War: Jacinto's Remnant pg 313
- ↑ Gears of War:Jacinto's Remnant
- ↑ Gears of War: Hollow Issue 2
| Chairmen of the Coalition of Ordered Governments | ||
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| Chairman Monroe · Chairman David Prescott · Chairman Dalyell · Chairman Richard Prescott | ||
