Operation Lifeboat
From Gears of War
- "The COG isn't a soul-crushing machine, dumbass. It's society. Mutual support, mutual dependence. Individuality might sound all noble and free, but it generally means crapping on your neighbors, and if you crap on your neighbors--don't expect them to help you. Rules hold humans together. And it's together or die."
- — Dom Santiago explaining the draft to a former stranded.
Operation Lifeboat is a COG recruitment policy that involves the conscription of Stranded into the COG army in return for transporting their families to more-secure regions in Jacinto. Dizzy Wallin and Hank Bissell are two of the more well-known conscripts. Although relations between the Stranded and the Coalition are tense at best, the constant danger posed by the Locust, as well as the benefits of having three meals a day and a roof over their heads, has encouraged many Stranded men to seek better lives for their families by taking Lifeboat assistance. Unfortunately, however, many of the newly conscripted Gears find life in the military more difficult than expected and the benefits of lifeboat overwhelmingly exaggerated. Many of the conscripts drove the Derricks during Operation Hollow Storm, as the COG prefer to place their best soldiers on front line work instead of logistics.
[edit] Notable Conscripts
- Pvt.Dizzy Wallin[1]
- Pvt.Corey[2]
- Pvt.Hank Bissell[3]
- Pvt.Henny[4]
- Pvt.Mo[5]
- Pvt.Patrick O'Rourke[6]
- Cpl.Michael Barrick[7]
