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Cyclops Homeland The Hollow Physical description and equipment Rank(s) Cyclops Species Drone Gender Male Height 6'8" ft. (Average) Weapons Hammerburst Assault Rifle Hammerburst II Mk 2 Lancer Assault Rifle Snub Pistol Chronological and political information Era(s) Locust War Lambent Pandemic Affiliation Locust Horde Queen's Guard

The Cyclops was a Locust Drone, named for the monocular targeting helmet they wear.^[1] The Cyclops' most infamous trait is their habit of looting human weaponry, particularly Mark II Lancers, from fallen Gears and using them to deadly effect against their former owners.

HistoryEdit

BackgroundEdit

Some Drones in the Locust army use Lancers as a sign of prestige at having killed a Gear. The Cyclops is equipped with a targeting helmet optimized for use in combat over various ranges and wears different armor from standard Drones. According to Baird(the Cog's foremost locust expert) Cyclopes act as the Locust Horde's elite shock troops, and can still aim better than average drones despite their one eyed helmet.

Cyclops took part in the Evacuation of Ilima fighting alongside General RAAM, they also then fought in the Siege of Jacinto and the Operation: Hollow Storm, defending the Hollow, the Locust undercity, from Gears while they launched their attack to destroy the Locust and prevent the Locust from destroying Jacinto. Cyclops are well known for equipping the Lancer Assault Rifle and are well versed in the ways of using the Chainsaw.

Locust WarEdit

Destruction of Halvo BayEdit

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Cyclops were amongst the elite forces led by General Karn on Halvo Bay. Kilo Squad first encountered Cyclops at the Kashkur wing were the gears noted their monocular helmet and their Lancer Assault Riffles, they managed to defeat the elite drones and move forward to the East Wing. While on trial Damon Baird recalled their encounter with the Cyclops.

Evacuation of IlimaEdit

During Zeta-Six's evacuation of Ilima City, General RAAM led a personal attack on the city with his own personal army behind him, which included an unknown number of Cyclopes. They arrived in force towards the end of the game when the Kryllstorm had practically arrived with a lot of them storming Dr. Wisen's School of Hope and many of them participated in the ultimately-futile battle against Zeta-Six alongside General RAAM giving him support while his Reaver recovered and later assisting the General himself.

Operation: Hollow StormEdit

Cyclops partook in the Assault on Landown attacking Rig 314 while it was repaired, however Rig D28 gave support to Delta Squad and together defeated the hostiles. Several Cyclops searched for any reamining Stranded inside the sinkhole of Ilima, Delta Squad defeated many of them as they made progress (one was particularly killed with a Frag Tag from Cole Train ). More Cyclops appeared at New Hope Research Facility, trying to prevent Delta Squad from leaving the place. A single Cyclops attacked Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago when a Locust Gunboat deployed him; along with a pair of Bolters and a Grinder, the duo took all their enemies down and repelled the gunboat; another gunboat carrying a trio of Cyclops attacked a raft Fenix and Santiago tried to use to cross the lake, the trio was killed and the gunboat retreated. Another trio of Cyclops on a gunboat attacked a hijacked boat that Delta used to escape from their raft, they were killed with the Troika installed in the gunboat and the gunboat fled as its crew was killed. A number of Cyclops awaited for their "meal", deeper into the Hollow when the gears arrived, they were taken out along with the rest of the hostiles, as both gears progressed more Cyclops attempted to stop them from activating their beacon inside the Hollow. After deploying the beacon and reaching the Palace the gears found a number of Cyclops making a last stand inside the fortress against the Humans and the Lambent.

Post-Operation: Hollow StormEdit

When the COG sunk Jacinto City in the year 15 A.E., sea water flooded the Inner Hollows, apparently wiping out most of the Locust army. However, some Cyclopes managed to survive the flooding and joined up with the Horde Remnant known as the Queen's Guard. Some fought against the Marcus Fenix-led Delta Squad in their campaign to rescue Marcus's father, Adam Fenix. They presumably all died when Adam's weapon went off, as planned.

MultiplayerEdit

• The Cyclops is playable in Gears of War 2 Multiplayer. They seem to lack the shoulder pad seen on them during the campaign and are slightly taller than other Locust in Multiplayer due to the helmet.

Horde ModeEdit

• A Cyclops' hat can be shot off by a well-placed headshot in Horde, providing the weapon used isn't powerful enough for a one-hit kill.
• The Cyclops appear as enemies in Gears of War 2 and Gears of War 3 Horde Mode. In Horde 2.0, Cyclops have been known to chase and ambush players with a revved-up chainsaw to make use of their Lancer's bayonet.

GlitchesEdit

If you are playing as a Cyclops in Multiplayer, you will notice that the Snub Pistol holstered on its thigh never actually moves. If you draw your pistol you will grab it and appear to have two, and if you holster a Boltok Pistol or a Gorgon Pistol it will overlap with the Snub. This is a glitch that occurs quite often in Gears of War 2. It happens mainly because when Epic designed the models for these characters they added the holstered Snub Pistol by default when they're supposed to be two separate models.

Behind the ScenesEdit

• This armor can be bought for your Avatar on the Avatar Marketplace for 320 Microsoft points and the helmet for 160 Microsoft points. The Cyclops is the only Locust armor available in the Marketplace because they are the only new type of Locust that is available in multiplayer by default apart from the Beast Rider and the Flame Grenadier, both of which lack the standard Drone chest armor.
• Cyclops are included in the Gears of War 3 Locust picture pack. It can be bought for 160 Microsoft points in the Game Marketplace.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Cyclops (Locust Drone) - Action Figure Gallery