Pendulum Wars

From Gears of War

Previous: Age of Armageddon Next: Locust-Human War The Pendulum Wars Conflict: World War Date: 79 years before E-Day - 6 weeks before E-Day Place: Sera Outcome: COG victory and short era of peace Locust-Human War [1] Combatants Coalition of Ordered Governments Tyrus Sarfuth Pesang South Islands COG Vassals Nations Union of Independent Republics Pelles Ostri Republic Republic of Gorasnaya UIR colonies and protectorate[2] Commanders Coalition High Command Unknown Strength COG Armed Forces Pesang volunteers Vassal Nations UIR Armed Forces Ostrini Armed Forces Pelles Armed Forces Casualties Unknown at least from that three years of war Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred And Ten[3] Unknown-Likely High

"In the past, we fought for Imulsion. We fought for country. We fought for freedom"

— Chairman Richard Prescott

The Pendulum Wars were a 79 year-long conflict waged by the two superpowers of Sera, the Coalition of Ordered Governments and the Union of Independent Republics, for control of the planet's natural resources. Thousands of human lives were lost in the conflict and the environment was significantly damaged by devastating weapons. The Pendulum Wars ended shortly before the attack of the Locust Horde on Emergence Day.

Contents 1 Causes of the Wars 2 Weaponry 3 The Rise of the Coalition of Ordered Governments 4 End of the Wars 5 References

[edit] Causes of the Wars

The main cause of the Pendulum Wars was Imulsion, a phosphorescent, low-viscosity fluid discovered by an oil-exploration drill. It was unusable until Dr. Helen Cooper created the Lightmass Process, which enabled production of cheap energy from this previously useless substance starting the Gold Rush.

The full implementation of this process guaranteed a new energy source and led to the elimination of the need for hydrocarbon and nuclear-based fuel. However, the extremely low price of Imulsion energy and the massive loss of revenue and jobs in the traditional energy-producing industries soon caused Sera's world economy to collapse. The few countries that discovered an abundance of Imulsion below their land shortly thereafter found themselves at war with the many nations who were not as fortunate, and the Era of Silence ended the Pendulum Wars began.

[edit] Weaponry

During the later stages of the Pendulum Wars both UIR and COG forces were using recognizable weapons that were used in the Human-Locust War.

Lancer: Although these were known to be used by COG Gears, they had sported crude knife bayonets in the place of chainsaw bayonets. The Lancer of the Pendulum Wars also appears to be of a make that is comparatively inferior to that of the Lancer available within the games.

Gnasher Shotgun

Snub Pistol

Longshot Sniper Rifle

Longspear Rocket-propelled grenade

Known COG vehicles used during this time are:

Petrels fighter-bomber ^[4]

King Raven

Sea Raven (Naval version of the King Raven)

Centaur Tank

Armadillo Armored Personnel Carrier

Marlin speed boat

There are no known weapons used by the UIR, though the weapons listed above may be universally used.

There are some known UIR vehicles:

Asp Anti-Air Vehicle^[5]

Khimera Attack Helicopter

In these late stages of the Pendulum Wars both of the factions were racing to militarize space with devastating satellites. The Hammer of Dawn was the brainchild of some of the UIR's greatest scientists before it was stolen by the COG.

It is unclear how the Pendulum Wars dragged on for 79 years. There is no mention of trench or tactical warfare. But it has been confirmed that at least one of the sides reduced itself to sabotage.

[edit] The Rise of the Coalition of Ordered Governments

During the seventy-nine year war, the Coalition of Ordered Governments, or COG, became a legitimate, if minor, political party. Founded long before the Pendulum Wars by fanatical socialist Alexiy Desipich, the party was based on an obscure world-government philosophy based on eight guiding principle values: Order, Diligence, Purity, Labor, Honor, Loyalty, Faith, and Humility.

The COG began sending out their legions of Gear soldiers turning the Pendulum war from a conflict over Imulsion to a fight over freedoms. The Coalition overthrew many nations vassal governments and accepted volunteers to fight the UIR armies.^[6]

[edit] End of the Wars

The Pendulum Wars ended a short time after the Battle of Aspho Fields and the Hammer of Dawn technology was stolen. This new technology was used to bring the Union of Independent Republics to surrender, though it took two more years and over thirty thousand more COG casualties. Some Indie nations refused to surrender and kept up a low level insurgency. However the short era of peace did not last long.^[7] Six weeks after the end of the war into the new era of peace the Locust Horde would invade the surface from their subterranean homes, forcing humanity to fight for its very existence^[8].

[edit] References