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**[[Pesang]]<ref>Gears of War:Aspho Fields</ref> |
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| − | **COG Vassals Nations |
+ | **COG Vassals Nations |
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| − | *[[File:UIR symbol (self).gif|25px]] [[Union of Independent Republics]] |
+ | *[[File:UIR symbol (self).gif|25px]] [[Union of Independent Republics]] |
**[[Pelles]] |
**[[Pelles]] |
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| − | **[[Ostri Republic]] |
+ | **[[Ostri Republic]] |
**[[Republic of Gorasnaya]] |
**[[Republic of Gorasnaya]] |
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**[[Independent Republic of Furlin]] |
**[[Independent Republic of Furlin]] |
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**[[Republic of Lauczi]] |
**[[Republic of Lauczi]] |
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| − | *UIR colonies and protectorates<ref>Gears of War:Jacinto's Remnant</ref> |
+ | *UIR colonies and protectorates<ref>Gears of War:Jacinto's Remnant</ref> |
**[[Vasgar]] |
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*[[UIR Control Vasgar]] (Established 62 year of the war) |
*[[UIR Control Vasgar]] (Established 62 year of the war) |
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**Major.[[Toly]] |
**Major.[[Toly]] |
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| − | *[[Gorasni High Council]]<ref>Gears of War: Promise Me</ref> |
+ | *[[Gorasni High Council]]<ref>Gears of War: Promise Me</ref> |
**[[Egar Trescu's father]]<ref>Gears of War: Coalition's Endpg 81</ref> |
**[[Egar Trescu's father]]<ref>Gears of War: Coalition's Endpg 81</ref> |
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**General [[Egar Trescu]]<ref>Gears of War: Coalition's End pg 81</ref> |
**General [[Egar Trescu]]<ref>Gears of War: Coalition's End pg 81</ref> |
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|forces1=*COG Armed Forces |
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**Tyran Armed Forces |
**Tyran Armed Forces |
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| − | **Kashkuri Armed Forces |
+ | **Kashkuri Armed Forces |
**[[Pesang]] volunteers |
**[[Pesang]] volunteers |
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| − | **Vassal Nations |
+ | **Vassal Nations |
|forces2=*UIR Armed Forces |
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**Ostrini Armed Forces |
**Ostrini Armed Forces |
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**Pelles Armed Forces |
**Pelles Armed Forces |
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**Furlin Armed Forces |
**Furlin Armed Forces |
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| − | ***[[Furlin's Third Infantry]] |
+ | ***[[Furlin's Third Infantry]] |
**Gorasnayan Armed Forces/Guerrillas (Post War)<ref>Gears of War:Jacinto's Remnant</ref> |
**Gorasnayan Armed Forces/Guerrillas (Post War)<ref>Gears of War:Jacinto's Remnant</ref> |
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|casual1=*Total Unknown |
|casual1=*Total Unknown |
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**30,510 Gears in last three years<ref>Gears of War: Aspho Fields pg 137</ref> |
**30,510 Gears in last three years<ref>Gears of War: Aspho Fields pg 137</ref> |
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|casual2=*Unknown-Likely High |
|casual2=*Unknown-Likely High |
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| − | **Ten million [[Gorasni]] civilians<ref>Gears of War Coalition's End pg 67</ref> |
+ | **Ten million [[Gorasni]] civilians<ref>Gears of War Coalition's End pg 67</ref> |
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{{Quote|In Honor Of Those Who Served To all those we lost during the Pendulum Wars, may they rest in peace, and know always that their brave sacrifices were not in vain. Never shall they be forgotten.|[[Landown]] Memorial}} |
{{Quote|In Honor Of Those Who Served To all those we lost during the Pendulum Wars, may they rest in peace, and know always that their brave sacrifices were not in vain. Never shall they be forgotten.|[[Landown]] Memorial}} |
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==History== |
==History== |
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===Pre-War events=== |
===Pre-War events=== |
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| − | Decades before the Pendulum wars, Sera was plunged in the millennia long conflict known as the [[Age of Armageddon]]<ref> |
+ | Decades before the Pendulum wars, Sera was plunged in the millennia long conflict known as the [[Age of Armageddon]],<ref>Destroyed Beauty</ref> nearly destroying both the human race and Sera. The humans rejected war and embraced an new era of peace, the [[Era of Silence]]. Leading to a period of advancement of arts, science, and culture and the abandonment of war. But the shortage of energy lead the fragile planet to more problems. [[Imulsion]], a phosphorescent and low-viscosity fluid that was discovered by an [[Alternative energy|oil-exploration drill]], was unusable as an energy source until [[Dr. Helen Cooper]] created the [[Lightmass Process]], which enabled production of cheap energy from this previously useless substance, marking the beginning of 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 as the Pendulum Wars began. |
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 as the Pendulum Wars began. |
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====Naval Warfare==== |
====Naval Warfare==== |
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+ | The COG's armed forces revolved around its Army branch until the Battle of Aspho Fields. Their Special Forces and Navy were given less attention, though [[Adam Fenix]] argued that the Navy and Air Corps must be expanded.<ref>Gears of War: Aspho Fields</ref> The COG Navy contained [[COG Battleship|battleships]] in the early years of the Pendulum Wars, and had a diverse range of ships including destroyers, submarines, and helicopter carriers.<ref>Gears of War: Anvil Gate pg 274</ref> Two years before E-Day the COG Navy attacked and leveled |
| − | [[Berephus]] and [[Bonbourg]], while [[LCT]]s landed on Aspho Fields. |
+ | [[Berephus]] and [[Bonbourg]], while [[LCT]]s landed on Aspho Fields.<ref>Gears of War: Aspho Fields</ref> |
| − | The UIR Navy, along with the Gorasni Navy, had submarines and missile frigates that were able to survive the Pendulum Wars and Locust War.<ref>Gears of War: Jacinto’s Remnant</ref><ref>Gears of War: Anvil Gate</ref> |
+ | The UIR Navy, along with the Gorasni Navy, had submarines and missile frigates that were able to survive the Pendulum Wars and Locust War.<ref>Gears of War: Jacinto’s Remnant</ref><ref>Gears of War: Anvil Gate</ref> During the Pendulum Wars, the UIR had [[Tennad]] sailors use suicide submarines against the COG.<ref>Gears of War: Anvil Gate pg 366</ref> |
Around the [[Serano Ocean]], UIR submarines preyed on the COG [[Merchant Fleet]] forcing them formed conveys projected by the NCOG.<ref>Gears of War: Coalition's End pg 60</ref> |
Around the [[Serano Ocean]], UIR submarines preyed on the COG [[Merchant Fleet]] forcing them formed conveys projected by the NCOG.<ref>Gears of War: Coalition's End pg 60</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:15, 20 September 2011
- "In Honor Of Those Who Served To all those we lost during the Pendulum Wars, may they rest in peace, and know always that their brave sacrifices were not in vain. Never shall they be forgotten."
- —Landown Memorial
The Pendulum Wars were a massive, global, 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, namely Imulsion. Millions of human lives were lost in the conflict and the environment was significantly damaged by devastating weapons. The war was a deadlock for the majority of the years, until the COG broke the stalemate by going around the land warfare with the UIR and staging a daring raid in Aspho Fields. The COG stole the Hammer of Dawn technology during the Battle of Aspho Fields, and gained the advantage in the war. The Pendulum Wars ended shortly before the attack of the Locust Horde on Emergence Day.
History
Pre-War events
Decades before the Pendulum wars, Sera was plunged in the millennia long conflict known as the Age of Armageddon,[14] nearly destroying both the human race and Sera. The humans rejected war and embraced an new era of peace, the Era of Silence. Leading to a period of advancement of arts, science, and culture and the abandonment of war. But the shortage of energy lead the fragile planet to more problems. Imulsion, a phosphorescent and low-viscosity fluid that was discovered by an oil-exploration drill, was unusable as an energy source until Dr. Helen Cooper created the Lightmass Process, which enabled production of cheap energy from this previously useless substance, marking the beginning of 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 as the Pendulum Wars began.
The Rise of the COG
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 Wars 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.[15]
79 Years of War
- "Like everything in the COG army, there's an acronym for street fighting: M.O.U.T. "Military Operations in Urban Terrain." We just know it means close, personal, and higher casualties. In the Pendulum Wars, some guys couldn't take it. Black outs, freaks outs, suicides. You didn't give 'em shit because its might be you someday. To win M.O.U.T. battles, you need numbers, the manuals advise three to one odds to beat an entrenched urban force. If we're lucky the odds might be three to one day--against."
- —Dom on Urban warfare
A scene from the Pendulum Wars
Ostri Front
The Ostri front was fought 30 years before the Siege of Anvil Gate, and saw extended trench warfare. Lt.Hoffman compared fighting inside the walls of Anvil Gate to the Ostri front.[16]
Eastern Front
One of the many fronts of the war was the eastern front. Gorasnaya was located there and many captured Gears were sent to forced labor camps.[17]
Kashkur Fronts
The Andius Fusilers fighting outside of Ragani.
- "They say that an Indie guard post and a COG one faced each other across a border for ten years and didn’t so much as exchange a shot...I forget where it was. I bet they did, too."
- —Gunner Evan[18]
The COG defended the Imulsion rich nation of Kashkur [western border] from the UIR nation of Furlin. The COG was able to contain and hold off the Indies until the president of Vasgar resigned after a vote of no confidence. This gave the UIR the opportunity to invade Vasgar and open a second front on Kashkur, allowing the UIR to attack the infamous fortress of Anvil Gate on the southern front. While an Indie army flanked on the western border from Furlin, their aim was the city of Shavad.
The COG response to the Indies sending “peacekeepers” to Vasgar was to stop all Imulsion supply to neutral Vasgar, in turn hurting the Imulsion company and putting millions of Vasgar citizens in the dark, effectively shutting down the power stations and hospitals. The operation would force the UIR to ship in supplies from neighboring friendly UIR nations while having to deal with a local population without a government and fuel. The only thing of military value left for the UIR in the Imulsion-starved nation would be the iron ore and vast factories in southern Vasgar. That is, if the UIR could keep the peace in the nation.
Indie troops from Furlin invaded Kashkur from two fronts: on western border hitting the city of Shavad, and Anvil Gate on the Vasgari border in the south. On the Vasgari-Kashkur border, Indie's sabotaging effectively cut off Anvil Gate's only land route by destroying the canyon, showing that the UIR had dozens of special forces in the country before the fall of the Vasgari government. An Indie soldier with a RPG in the nearby cannons was able to kill Captain Sander and several other Gears, leading Lieutenant Hoffman to request a Pesang detachment. However, High Command was unable to deliver fresh supplies or reinforcements since every Tern and the newly introduced King Ravens were occupied with combat missions in Shavad.
The UIR laid siege to Anvil Gate, where the COG, with a handful of Pesang commandos defended the Gate from overwhelming forces, the siege lasted three months and the fort was reduced to rubble from Mortar attacks, Hoffman's Pesanga troopers were able to kill several Indie spotters in the hills, but with the lack of food and after executing a civilian. Hoffman was forced to face the facts on the ground, and realize that Anvil Gate and the garrison could not last any longer, but fortunately for Hoffman, the Indie Major allowed the civilian population to evacuate the garrison if the COG surrenders. Hoffman took the only option he had left and ordered the surrender of Anvil Gate to the Indies, but Hoffman's plan was a ruse and he planned to entrap their enemies in the old quarter of the city. The plan worked and over 200 Indie soldiers were killed with a high cost of Gears too, but the holding action of Anvil Gate allowed the COG to hold the southern pass and launching then Major Hoffman's career.
The UIR invading the South Islands
Indie invasion of Irohma island
- "We're not saints. But we are gonna win this fucking war and I'd rather have you on the winning side."
- —Marcus Fenix to Tai Kaliso
Four years before E-Day, the UIR attacked Irohma Island, defeating the local population. Elements of the 26th Royal Tyran infantry landed on the island and ended up recruiting a local.
Sarfuth front
- Main article: Raid on Gralia
Since B.E. 17 the UIR and COG fought controlled over the nation of Sarfuth, with neutral Maranday stopping any outright invasion of the two superpowers, the UIR was amassing forces in the Republic of Lauczi to attack Sarfuth, COG forces decided to take an Indie strategy and used Maranday neutrality and launched a daring raid into Indie territory. The raid was successful and COG forces was able used their air force and take out the advancing Indie army at the Maigar Pass.[19]
Around 3 years before E-Day, Indie saboteurs were operating from neutral Maranday to attack Sarfuth's Imulsion pipelines, while members of the 26th Royal Tyran infantry defended the areas and killed at least one saboteur.[20]
Operation Leveler
- Main article: Operation: Leveler
The climax of the war was at Aspho Fields with Operation Leveler, COG forces detected that the Indies at Aspho Point had won the weapons race for orbital weapons. Knowing that the UIR cannot have an advantage in the war, the COG ready for a daring raid, mobilizing the 26th Royal Tyran Infantry and navy in amphibious assault on the Ostri coast. The 26 RTI attacked the Ostri troops at Aspho Fields while commandos under Maj.Hoffman raided Aspho Point. The Indie forces was able to inflict heavy losses on the COG, but the COG was able to accomplished all their goals and evacuated from Ostri.[21] The operation had the largest number of Embry Star recipients in Coalition history.
Coalition Victory
After the raid at Aspho Point and the Battle of Aspho Fields, the COG would battle the UIR for another two more years and losing thirty-thousand soldiers. Adam Fenix used the stolen Hammer of Dawn technology to create weapon based satellites for the COG. For his efforts Chairman Tomas Dalyell awarded him the Octus Medal.[22] COG forces was able to advance into both Furlin and Ostri.[23] On the coastal city of Bonbourg, the COG occupied the city but the UIR Third Fleet bombarded the city until the COG unleashed their newest weapon, the Hammer of Dawn. The Hammer destroyed five Indie ships and forced the fleet to withdraw. While in Furlin, Indie troops battled in Ghato City and around several cliffs. After the Hammer strikes on the Indie fleet, Premier Yori Deschenko entered into negotiations with the COG on the UIR surrendered. While some UIR units continued to fight believing the surrender was COG propaganda while the Gorasni would continue in a guerrilla war.[24][25]
The COG's armed forces revolved around its Army branch until the Battle of Aspho Fields. Their Special Forces and Navy were given less attention, though Adam Fenix argued that the Navy and Air Corps must be expanded.[26] The COG Navy contained battleships in the early years of the Pendulum Wars, and had a diverse range of ships including destroyers, submarines, and helicopter carriers.[27] Two years before E-Day the COG Navy attacked and leveled Berephus and Bonbourg, while LCTs landed on Aspho Fields.[28] The UIR Navy, along with the Gorasni Navy, had submarines and missile frigates that were able to survive the Pendulum Wars and Locust War.[29][30] During the Pendulum Wars, the UIR had Tennad sailors use suicide submarines against the COG.[31]
Around the Serano Ocean, UIR submarines preyed on the COG Merchant Fleet forcing them formed conveys projected by the NCOG.[32]
Aftermath
- "At 1000 hours this morning, the Union of Independent Republics signed a formal surrender to the Coalition of Ordered Governments and concluded a peace treaty. It is with profound relief that I tell you the Pendulum Wars are now at an end, and that the COG and UIR will embark on a program of reconciliation and rebuilding to heal the terrible scars-individual and national-that this long, terrible conflict has left upon Sera. We hope that the state of Gorasnaya will come to accept our offer of reconciliation and formally agree to the cease-fire in with other UIR states."
- —Chairman Tomas Dalyell's official announcement that the Pendulum Wars are over.[33]
After the final battle of the war, The COG and UIR signed an armistice ending the war in the COG's favor.[34] The COG replaced several Indie nations with pro-coalition governments, including Pelles and Ostri Republic, which were under the administration of Premier Yori Deschenko. While some Indie nations refused to surrender and continued an insurgency, mainly the infamous Republic of Gorasnaya.[35] The Day of the Fallen holiday was created to celebrate the fallen Gears soldiers.[36]
- "Should I tell Dalyell what's coming? No. I can still stop it happening. I can avoid more bloodshed. I'm the only one who can."
- —Adam Fenix[37]
For six weeks, the COG ruled all of Sera, before Emergence Day.[38] A planet-wide invasion of the surface, the COG was unable to hold back the Horde, losing all they gained in the 79 year old Pendulum Wars.
Behind the Scenes
The Pendulum Wars may be named after the Pendulum, which is a weight suspended from a pivot so it can swing freely. It is most likely a representation of the war and its stalemate until the Battle of Aspho Fields. It can also be suggested that it is a reference to the number of machine-related names in the Gears of War universe.
References
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| Pendulum Wars | |||
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| 47 B.E. | Ostri Front | ||
| 17 B.E. | UIR Occupation of Vasgar · Kashkur Front (Fall of Mendurat · Siege of Anvil Gate · Battle of Shavad · Battle of Ragani) · Raid on Gralia | ||
| 9 B.E. | Bombardment of Mercy | ||
| 4 B.E. | Raids on the Acastu Imulsion Fields · Battle of Irohma Island | ||
| 3 B.E. | Sarfuth-Maranday Border Incident | ||
| 2 B.E. | Battle of Aspho Fields | ||
| 0 B.E. | Skirmish in Ghato City · Battle of Bonbourg · Skirmish on Furlin Cliffside · Mutiny at OZP-11 · UIR-COG Armistice | ||
| Unknown timeline | Battle of Branascu · Conquest of the South Islands · Eastern Front · Bombing of Sikorla · Battle of Autrin · Battle of Berephus · Third Battle of the Plateau · Siege of Seiden · Mount Kadar Laboratory Uprising · Battle of Gatka Ridge | ||