Helen Cooper

From Gears of War

Dr. Helen Cooper Biographical information Homeworld Sera Date of birth Before the Pendulum Wars Physical description Rank(s) Civilian, Doctor Species Human Gender Female Chronological and political information Era(s) Pendulum Wars Notable Facts Invented the Lightmass Process Affiliation Coalition of Ordered Governments

Doctor Helen Cooper is a famed Human scientist, who is most notably known for her work with Imulsion. She ended mankind’s dependency on fossil and nuclear energy by inventing the Lightmass Process, which allowed humans to turn raw Imulsion into cheap fuel and energy for cities.

Although Cooper’s findings were meant to benefit mankind, they seemingly opened a Pandora’s Box of trouble. Imulsion deposits were only concentrated in a few of Sera’s nations, meaning that only those nations could harvest and process the prized substance, ultimately leading to a great power and wealth imbalance. Nations were pitted against each other in a fight for an existence, called the Pendulum Wars.

Seventy-nine years after the war’s beginning, the humans ceased their wars against each other, and began to battle a new enemy, The Locust Horde. During Gears of War, Marcus Fenix and members of Delta Squad venture into the depths of Sera. They find an Imulsion pumping plant, as well as extremely valuable reservoirs of the substance. Some fans speculate that Cooper’s research was used to create the Lightmass Bomb, which delivered a massive death-blow to the Horde's stronghold down below.