Jacinto Plateau
From Gears of War
- This article is for the Location Jacinto. For the multiplayer map, see Jacinto (map)
The Jacinto Plateau was a large granite plateau which was semi-resistant to Locust Horde digging. It was the last remaining place of human civilization, up until the last moments of Operation Hollow Storm.[1] Cities such as Ephyra, Jacinto City, Tollen, Ilima and Montevado were built upon this plateau, and after the passage of the Fortification Act, Ephyra and other cites where transformed into military fortresses, while the remaining sections of Sera were destroyed to prevent them from being used by the Locust.
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[edit] Fortress
Jacinto Plateau was the only place where the Locust Horde could not penetrate the ground with Corpsers and digging machines, though natural fissures and utility systems riddled the rock. While the Locust tried their hardest to break through the granite substrata of Jacinto Plateau, the COG command flooded these openings with Nerve gas, or sealed them. The surviving Military Leaders then fortified what had once been Sera's most beautiful cities such as Ephyra and Jacinto city, transforming them into Military Installations and securing the area with the Fortification Act.
[edit] Emergence
The Human Leaders knew that it was only a matter of time before the Corpsers broke through the Plateau. They were proven right when the Locust emerged through the granite some ten years after Emergence Day. Jacinto Plateau was then made into yet another battlefield. Only some area's were penetrated such as the city of Ephyra, mankind dug in and held their position while the Lightmass Bomb was developed.
Jacinto was once the only place on Sera the Locust could not penetrate. It offered the Humans of Sera respite and safe haven from their relentless foe. However the city of Ephyra was penetrated over the ten years after Emergence Day. After the Lightmass Bomb was activated new cracks opened up in the granite layer allowing deeper Locust incursions. The Locust later sank the near-Plateau cities of Tollen and Montevado very quickly. It was later discovered that this was accomplished through the use of a gargantuan rockworm known as the Riftworm that had been awakened by the Lightmass Bomb.
[edit] Destruction
As part of a plan to destroy the Locust Horde, the COG Army decided to sink the plateau's namesake city in order to flood the Hollow and kill off the Horde. Originally they intended to do it with a Lightmass Bomb, but they had to improvise and use a Lambent Brumak, the plan succeeded and Jacinto City was sunk, flooding the Hollow and apparently killing millions of the Locust Horde.
[edit] References
- ↑ Gears of War 2 Ending Cinematic
