Chap
From Gears of War
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[edit] Background
Chaps owns and operates Chap's Gas Station, the location of the Junker in Act 2: Nightfall. He appears as an elderly and quite thin man, a lot smaller than the huge characters usually seen in Gears of War. He wields a single Boltok Pistol with considerable accuracy, and can take down Drones and even Boomers with it. In the game itself, he is an invincible character in the chapter Powder Keg. He offers Marcus and Dom to stock up on weaponry and ammo from his station in the back.
He is a typical Stranded, blaming Marcus and Dom for the recent surge of Locust in the area. He is also a very useful asset to have on Insane when defending the pumps as he is very accurate with his Boltok Pistol and can kill many Locust and provide covering fire, though if he believes he has an opportunity he may even rush into the open. In an even more daring move, he sometimes simply charges the Locust and pistol-whips them. He will however, not hold them off on his own. He can be heard saying "Don't shoot the gas pumps!" if the player shoots at the pumps in the station. If they are destroyed, the level will be lost, and will have to be attempted once again.
However, in Burnt Rubber, Chaps becomes the back-seat driver, instructing the player where to go and from where the Kryll are attacking. Listen carefully to his instructions and cues such as "Swarm!" or "Six-o-clock!". In this level he must be kept alive, by fending off the Kryll with the Junker's UV Turret. If Chaps dies, the level ends, and must be completed again to advance. He presumably flees during the Locust attack on Franklin's outpost.
What's interesting is that in Last Stand, if you happen to look at him throughout the level, you will see him lose his head and die. If you didn't, then you will still notice his absence by walking around searching through the other Stranded.
[edit] Gears of War 2
Chaps appears in Gears of War 2 in Act 3, where he is found camping beneath Mount Kadar with several other Stranded. He gives Dom information on how he could find Maria. He also reveals that the Locust overran Franklin's outpost after Delta Squad's departure. He is taken to the surface by Baird and Cole, along with the other Stranded in his party, via the squad's Centaur. Thanks to the information he gives them, Marcus and Dom finally find Maria, but its too late to save her and Dom kills her to put her out of her misery. Also, the information helps them finally find the Locust stronghold of Nexus leading to a massive attack there.
Chaps is also a meatflag for the multiplayer gametype Submission in Gears of War 2, though he wields a Shotgun like every other meatflag.
[edit] Quotes
- "You Nincompoops. Look at this place. You've burned half the neighborhood, and we've got Locust and Kryll flying up our asses, all thanks to you!"
- — Chaps
- "You can kiss my wrinkly old ass!"
- — Chaps
- "Next time I'll stay at the exploding Gas Station...."
- — Chaps, when Marcus and Dom have barely got him to the settlement alive
- "Maybe I should do it. You suck!"
- — Chaps, when the player fails to shoot the Kryll
- "Wait, this doesn't mean we have to fight in your army now does it?!"
- — Chaps, suspicious of Delta Squad's rescue.
- "What, do you got wax in your ears?"
- — Chaps (When they find him in Mount Kadar.)
- "Oh, pretty! Um, something about her face does seem familiar. Maybe she was, with one of the other groups that came down before, Stu's group I think. Ah, but Stu and them got captured"
- — Chaps telling Dom about Maria
