
The squad proceeds through the nearby town, discovering strange pods and bio-matter. If the Swarm was related to the Locust in any way, they would find out there. Marcus explains they need to get to the abandoned osmium mine on the other side of fort, where the COG dumped thousands of Locust bodies, which were completely covered in the same crystals that JD found, after the war. The four gear up and narrowly escape Jinn's forces, using a pair of old Mules to travel to Fort Reval. Marcus recognizes the crystal, but the tense reunion is cut short by the arrival of Jinn's DeeBees, who still seek to apprehend JD and Del. The three arrive at Marcus' estate and come face to face with the man himself. After JD finds the severed hand and cuts a crystal from it, Del suggests taking it to an expert: JD's estranged father, Marcus Fenix. Del likens the creatures' sheer numbers to a swarm.

By the time the three emerge, everyone in the village is gone. Oscar tries to help, but the both of them are incapacitated. Reyna barricades JD, Del, and Kait inside, then engages a humanoid creature in melee combat, managing to slice off its hand. Chaos erupts as the creatures begin abducting villagers. They attempt to explain what Jinn had said earlier, but to no avail.Īt night, as JD and Del work to restore power, Kait notices strange creatures in the village. The DeeBees are repelled, but Reyna, village leader and Kait's mother, is furious at JD and Del for inciting Jinn. The team escapes the settlement and return to their village with the fabricator, but are quickly attacked by more of Jinn's robots. Before anything more can be said, the conversation is cut short by a rail car destroying Jinn's DeeBee. However, they are confronted by First Minister Jinn, transmitting via DeeBee, who angrily accuses them of taking her people. Fighting their way through the city, several coincidences on the part of the city's machinery help the team reach the city center, where they retrieve the fabricator. Protecting the settlement are automated robots known as DeeBees. The four plan to raid a COG settlement, uninhabited and still in construction, in order to steal a fabricator for their village. The observer then switches to another screen, watching the Outsiders JD, Del, Kait and Oscar Diaz. Jinn commends the bravery of the veteran Gears present, but laments the absence of Marcus Fenix from the ceremony. The story opens on a mysterious observer watching the televised commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the end of the Locust War, led by First Minister Jinn. 6.7 Brothers to the End Elite Gear Pack.

