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Adam Fenix as a COG Gear |
But if we delve a little deeper, we can find out a little more about Adam Fenix and his role in the Gears of War Saga through the stories told in the novels and cartoon tie-ins that have been published.
The short version is that Professor Adam Fenix was a former Gears soldier and became a noted professor at the Lacroix University. He is the widower of Doctor Elaine Fenix and father of the legendary war hero Marcus Fenix. A more detailed summary of the involvement Adam Fenix had in each of the Pendulum and Locust Wars follows:
Pendulum Wars
Adam Fenix, at one point, became a Gear soldier in the service of the Coalition of Ordered Governments. Adam Fenix became an officer, with the rank of Major, and gained a considerable reputation (to the point he is still known and referred to as "Major Fenix", rather than his current title of "Professor").
Adam Fenix, at one point, became a Gear soldier in the service of the Coalition of Ordered Governments. Adam Fenix became an officer, with the rank of Major, and gained a considerable reputation (to the point he is still known and referred to as "Major Fenix", rather than his current title of "Professor").
Fenix proudly fought with the 26th Royal Tyran infantry during the Pendulum Wars, before retiring to become a military-employed scientist. He married, had a son Marcus, and settled down into a scientific career, based at the East Barricade Academy but also at his secret laboratory beneath the Fenix Family Mansion (Where Marcus and Dominic went in the first Gears Game).
Eventually Marcus Fenix enlisted the COG military himself. His Father greatly disapproved because he had hoped that his son would become a scientist.
Adam Fenix was also involved in weapons research for the Coalition during the Pendulum Wars. He is indirectly involved in the asset denial operation at Aspho Point, and probably influential in the Hammer of Dawn's final development. The novel Aspho Fields
Locust-War
A year into the Locust-War Adam Fenix was called into the House of Sovereigns. Newly-elected Chairman Richard Prescott, devised a plan to deny the Locust Horde all military assets across Locust-control Sera, while Fenix protested that flooding the Hollows would definitely defeat the Horde, but would cost too much time with his current plan of doing it. In the end, Prescott overruled Adam Fenix on the grounds that Tyrus could not last over a month against the Horde.

It was Fenix that re developed the blade in the Lancer machine gun and incorporated the chainsaw action piece. Marcus Fenix had told him that they needed something better to slice grubs with.
During the Locust Wars Fenix also progressed work development and testing of the Lightmass Bomb and the Resonator. Adam also advocated the sinking of the Jacinto Plateau, the last COG-held city on Sera, in order to flood The Hollow in hopes of obliterating the Locust that survived the Lightmass bombing.
In the 10th year of the Locust-Human War, during the Battle of Ephyra, Adam Fenix was believed to be killed by Locust forces. Shortly before this seemed to have occurred, Adam had sent a distress call to his son Marcus. Marcus, despite being in the middle of a battle and playing a key role for COG forces against the Locust, defied orders and deserted his post, rushing to his father's aid. Marcus was too late, by the time he arrived his father was gone, and assumed dead. This act cost Marcus his career and four years of his life and cost the COG a large portion of Jacinto Plateau and the lives of many Gears.
In the 10th year of the Locust-Human War, during the Battle of Ephyra, Adam Fenix was believed to be killed by Locust forces. Shortly before this seemed to have occurred, Adam had sent a distress call to his son Marcus. Marcus, despite being in the middle of a battle and playing a key role for COG forces against the Locust, defied orders and deserted his post, rushing to his father's aid. Marcus was too late, by the time he arrived his father was gone, and assumed dead. This act cost Marcus his career and four years of his life and cost the COG a large portion of Jacinto Plateau and the lives of many Gears.
According to Marcus, Fenix had something of great importance to the COG and summoned Marcus as a result. Marcus never found out what it was as Fenix apparently died before he could reach him.
As played out in the original Gears of War game, 4 years later, Delta Squad, led by Marcus, returned to the Family mansion to retrieve Adam's data. Pursued heavily by the Locust, Delta succeeded in its mission. Marcus believed he had avenged his father against the Locust by using Adam's maps to great effect with the Lightmass Bomb. His father's plans had everyone thinking it would work, yet the final result was not what they expected.
Playing through in Gears of War 2
If you finish Gears of War 2 and let the credits fully roll, a static-laden radio message can be heard transmitting to anyone who can hear it. It is Adam Fenix (his first in-game appearance rather than reference) and he simply states "What have you done...!?". It's clear he believes the action of flooding the Hollow was an error...
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