Gear’s Fierce Government - The COG | FULL Gears Lore & Origin Story

The COG are the largest faction throughout all of the planet Sera and during the wars used their Gears to their benefit to defend their lands and save their people.
But who are the COG? How did they set up and what were their true intentions? In this video we explore the superpower faction known as the COG of Gears Of War.
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Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction
2:25 - Formation Of The COG
11:09 - Pendulum War & E-Day
19:50 - Winning The War & Now
27:49 - Thanks For Watching
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[@tsts4164]

You know I feel like no one talks about the the great armor design of the gears, I feel it’s some of the best in Science fiction. Great video btw

[@derekmensch3601]

I love the look. Especially the Onyx Guards.

[@tsts4164]

@@derekmensch3601 faxxx bro

[@theliato3809]

Gears has a pretty good sense of aesthetics overall

[@pyropsycho1977]

I really like the UIR armor

[@logangrimnar3800]

Someone finally said it.

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

Gears of War Gameplay: *"THEY ARE SINKING CITIES WITH A GIANT WORM"* Gears of War Lore:

[@XXXXD]

haha giant worm

[@mrmannsalt2444]

Uh oh vore mission

[@Franky566]

Gears of War is an absolutely terrifying idea of reality.

[@senormarston]

😂😂 This is why it's my favorite franchise along side the Red Dead franchise

[@TheT7770ify]

Gears of War lore is surprisingly good. It always slips by me just how much work they put into it

[@MLPIceberg]

Then 'The Coalition' came along and fucked it up... Gears 4 and 5 are really bad. Concept is good, but execution? Horrible.

[@Bustermachine]

One thing I do like is that the CoG, by design, has some uncomfortably fascist elements, both before and after E-day . . . But at the same time the narrative derides it heavily. Most of the CoGs soldiers know that the leadership is completely full of shit and nobody is fighting for any sense of nationalism or ideological identity any longer, just to hold on and protect whoever is left. I mean, it's not a big thing, but the ship that arrives at the end of GoW 3, acting as a landing ship to deliver CoG reinforcements, is actually crewed by survivors from another nation. They and the CoG were historically at each others throats, but everyone knew this last fight was more important.

[@BrandonTheFern]

@@MLPIceberg the campaign in gears 5 is so good what

[@R3B3LC4PTA1N]

@@BrandonTheFern up there with the first 2 campaigns for me.

[@mrmannsalt2444]

I loved 4 and 5 I just wish they brought back 5s map creator such fun times with that..

[@theliato3809]

The history of Sera is pretty interesting when you see how a few little things being different from earth led to a whole lotta change.

[@steppin-razor]

@Knight-Sgt. Reyes if

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

@@steppin-razor You Belive We Won't? It's Not If, It's When. If Humanity Survives Long Enough It's Only A Matter Of When

[@eeliejun]

You know that the world of Sera is not our world right? It is not a little it is like everything that is different to our history.

[@CoolSmoovie]

The first mission in Gears 4 where you jump around the setting as random soldiers is one of my favorite levels in all of gaming. I hope Gears can make a comeback

[@Boogieuggieuggie]

For real to see the war from different perspectives and roles was so fun

[@dogofdogs1251]

What mission was it?

[@bringbackpluto4134]

@@dogofdogs1251 the opening mission

[@rodan9773]

I love Gears of War an underappreciated franchise in my opinion. Respect and keep up the epic work.

[@Chuked]

How exactly is Gears under appreciated?

[@Khronik_]

@@Chuked the gaming seen at large dont care about this game post gears of war 3.

[@HollowedCrow]

@@Khronik_ the trilogy is all we need :,)

[@Perroden]

Always thought that too would love a "Marcus" collection similar to mcc.

[@Perroden]

@@HollowedCrow judgement wast horrible just made unnecessary changes for absolutely zero reason. I wish instead of gears 4 and 5 we got prequels instead of ruining one of the greatest endings to a series.

[@RoanokeGaming]

Bruh I'm just trying to get as jacked as Clayton Carmine, if we need to plunge the world into chaos with literal monsters underground I'm all about it

[@WiseFish]

I can imagine you ground slamming a monster into the ground haha I would worry about your brothers if you became Clayton Carmine lol

[@Floodbait_117]

Hi Roanoke fancy meeting you here :)

[@LegionaryAtticus]

Gears of War is a testament to the fact that you don't need interstellar governments, spaceships, holograms, and flashy bullshit to tell a compelling and massive story.

[@UnholyWrath3277]

I wouldn't quite include flashy bullshit in this case lol. Gears of war definitely used the over the top crazy shit sometimes to lol. They were fun thi

[@danielefabbro822]

You just need Vietnam and spread it through the whole world. 👌😌

[@AuroraAustralis_]

@@UnholyWrath3277 The difference there is that Gears made use of the cool, over the top, flashy tech when it was necessary, but otherwise kept things pretty toned down. It kept the setting grounded but also preserved that sci-fi feel

[@LegionaryAtticus]

@@AuroraAustralis_ Exactly

[@flawless_Cowboy]

@Knight-Sgt. Reyes if you want STDs just say that

[@feralprocessor9853]

In the beginning the COG was a militant super power with thick bois as their reliable instruments. Now the COG is a shell of its former glory trying to rebuild itself with their crappy Daimon Baird, Ego bots as their new instruments. Also it's my birthday today ;)

[@WiseFish]

Happy birthday! Have a great one!!!

[@Bustermachine]

To be fair, the Shepherds work just fine for their main purpose as service and construction robots. Its pressing them into service as soldiers where the results become much more mixed.

[@barroldtrumboma9162]

TBF the COG was already a shell of its former glory in even Gears 1. Jacinto was the last bastion of humanity already at that point and all space was converted to crops and mushrooms. All women were breeding to save the human race and all able bodied people worked in factories to supply the small amount of gears they had left. The Cog was only a single city at that point in gears of war.

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

Well I Mean Everyone Would Be A Shell Of Their Former Selfs After Going Through *THAT* Much Rampage

[@AustinFoss00]

The COG are one of my favorite SciFi societies ever, right next to the UNSC in Halo. The Gears armor is also right next to the Spartan armor in Halo for coolest armor in a game

[@ghandigreen]

So, you skipped the real reason why the locust invaded the surface which was the long war with the lambent underground that was driving them to extinction if they didn't act.

[@SteveVi0lence]

Meh. Seems like a retcon

[@DovahFett]

@@SteveVi0lence How could that be the case if that was the reason given in Gears 2, the second game in the series? Anything before that was pure speculation, both in lore and among fans. It can’t be a retcon if there were no existing facts to retcon.

[@Veachie]

@@SteveVi0lence At the end of Gears 1, Myrrah literally says "They do not understand why we wage this war, why we cannot and will not stop." In the first Gears novel, Myrrah also said "Humans are blind to the threat right before their eyes. We could have asked for their aid, but they only know dominance." The Lambent were always the reason why the Locust wanted to colonize the surface. Their hatred of humans came from the humans creating them and because they "murdered" Myrrah's daughter, but Myrrah wasn't interested in destroying humanity until the Lambent were pushing them out of the Hollow.

[@FlamingVaIIey]

@@Veachie Even more so, the Locust Horde was practically settled on fighting until it's last stand within the Hollows due to their beliefs and rigid chain of command. The goal of taking the surface was truly Raam's ambition which was given a chance by the queen after he defeated the previous Uzil(General) Sraak of the Horde. I like very much how they show the intricacies of Locust society in the Rise of Raam comic, paint them in a more interesting light than just mindless drones.

[@nightterrors2976]

It was more of a mix of the Lambent and the fact that several of the Locust pushed for the invasion of the surface

[@motownwarriano5890]

The world and history of the planet of Sera and the whole Gears of War universe is truly interesting and fascinating. Gears of War will always be one of my favorite games series, not only for the games itself but also the rich and detailed lore it has. Great work on this video, man. ⚙️💙🔥

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

♦️❤🔥 (Horde Stronk)

[@topcat59]

Gonna be honest now knowing that there’s breeding farms in the cog. it would explain why they have a lot of soldiers in three where things get apocalyptic for a bit.😺

[@zhitchcresttail3387]

That fact makes me highly uncomfortable honestly

[@UnholyWrath3277]

@@zhitchcresttail3387 shit gets real when your almost extinct

[@zhitchcresttail3387]

@@UnholyWrath3277 true, but the dark shit probably going on in those camps is pretty horrible

[@UnholyWrath3277]

@@zhitchcresttail3387 probably so. Morals are thrown out the minute survival becomes a concern. It's realistic that way

[@marcuspriest9570]

It still never makes sense as they are in a active war But what you expect from a writer like travi who likes to make people and organizations comically evil because drama. Example she wrote how stupidly evil ONI from halo is now.

[@Destroyerofnations]

YES! FINALLY! Been waiting for this particular faction ever since the E-Day and Locust Origins video! Haven’t even watched it yet and I’m already hyped!

[@antinoble6215]

The planet of sera has been in constant conflict, to the people of sera peace must seem non existent. They might as well be part of the wh40k universe

[@Normalguy1690]

The COG would actually be a good Imperial Guard Soldiers

[@shotguntony4730]

They would definitely fit in well.

[@LookHereMars]

@@Normalguy1690 Gears soldiers would fit in like a happy medium between Imperial Guard and Space Marines.

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

Sera Would Be Making Some Of The Finest Guardsmen Of The Imperium

[@tavitafish]

Gears of war when I was a kid: haha chainsaw gun Gears of war now that I'm an adult: *intense geopolitical noises*

[@geordiejones5618]

Really loved the established lore of the Gears series. Brutal history for everyone above and below ground.

[@jasonx1174]

Got around to the video. Has someone who loves Gears of War to death it makes me happy that it's lore is being explored on this channel and Barricade2091 is no longer alone in this field.

[@redrockrabbitk6078]

hey wisefish love your work keep it up man really enjoy your vids and they help after a long day at work :) amazing to see you hit 51k!!!!! congrats

[@Toto-95]

Another banger as usual ! Keep 'em coming chief !

[@anthonycastle711]

Great video I loved it just wanted to say good job on the video the work you put in was worth it quality was high and content taught me a lot about a universe I’ve always loved

[@BioShock5177]

Damn bro, nice COG

[@rovat6285]

Massively underrated, keep up the good work

[@mertyuip06]

Another day another amazing video by wisefish

[@Hammer_Of_Olympia]

LETS FUCKING GOOO, I love the COG as a faction. A very flawed but cool faction for sure! Looking forward to it

[@gerardogallardo8578]

Great video man. I never knew this about the gears of war universe. Really like your content.

[@turtlecat-rh9up]

I love the the flow of your videos and I think another interesting topic to cover would be that history of Wolfenstein

[@jacobrobinson787]

I feel that you left out the notion that this war was longer than eight decades. This conflict was insane.

[@theliato3809]

It was seventy nine years. Seemed like pre World War One to modern ware fare in terms of how it was fought and nearly went into serious sci fi stuff if the UIR space program is any indication

[@zolandzamela8414]

Do the UIR next

[@DM-of7ys]

Awesome video man, love me some gears lore one of the GOATS of the 7th gen

[@KevinKoolx]

Great video as always!

[@FlatterNewt1036]

Just discovered these videos. Really great lore explanations to listen to in the background. Would love to see you cover the forces of Hell in Doom and the Reapers in Mass Effect

[@C4CH3CH3]

Really love the story of Gears and your content is amazing

[@that.chill.speedsofter1445]

One of my favorite ever videos

[@Reyma777]

While protagonists of the Gears of War are part of the COG. The COG government has been gradually revealed to be the overarching villain of the series.

[@hawkcybergear]

The COGs are mint! Im proud to say I live in a time where a game like this exists

[@Whycantiholdallofthe]

This is the first comment I've left in many years. I just want you to know you could have called the gears of lore. Great vid tho

[@WiseFish]

That’s the playlist name ;)

[@Bowwex]

I’m excited for this

[@rookiedrifter4273]

I'd love to see you do some of these types of videos for the other human-based governments in Sci-Fi or these "near sci-fi" universes. One that I've always wanted to learn more on, and I don't think I've seen a video covering the faction at all, was the Reich that we see in the newer Wolfenstein games. If it's not... I dunno, insensitive, it'd be awesome to see. Wolfenstein is really one of the few major dieselpunk style properties out there and just has a really cool look to it. I long for the day you do an Imperium Of Man video though. That's gonna be great.

[@brianachim2670]

The fact that Gears of War still doesn't have a movie or TV show now is insane.

[@LookHereMars]

In this day and age of woke media im glad it doesnt.

[@brianachim2670]

@@LookHereMars Not everything is made woke, just a lot of it.

[@LookHereMars]

@@brianachim2670 Aye this is true there are still some gems about.

[@smallpersonno1]

Will you be doing a video on the other factions that cog fought against pre and post e-day? It’d be cool to see other videos on things like the forts etc before the hammer of dawn was used

[@kelvinsantiago7061]

I wonder how the Union handled E Day in their weakened state compared to the Coalition?..

[@YellowOysterCult]

The reason why it's mainly just thr cogs in most games is I guess indicated that the majority of the leftover UIR state people were also wiped out, but probably higher casualty than cog

[@kelvinsantiago7061]

@@YellowOysterCult God, the horror.

[@philurbaniak1811]

I watched this whole video and I still can't find half the cog tags 😩

[@antcow1239]

I really wished that the humans on Sera were descendants of colonists and the Locust were the natives. Made more sense to me besides mutant humans.

[@philosophicalpatriot1883]

It was stated in the gears 4 catch up cutscene that the humans were colonists, but yeah locust being mutants was terrible for the story

[@antcow1239]

@@philosophicalpatriot1883 Oh did they? I stopped at the 3rd game, I was satisfied by then.

[@philosophicalpatriot1883]

@@antcow1239 Yeah they did, but there's no mention about it anywhere else.

[@FiftyStates5]

@@philosophicalpatriot1883 ? It makes the story actually make sense tho. They'd been hinting about the mutations as far back as Gears 2 with the Sires

[@philosophicalpatriot1883]

@@FiftyStates5 True, they fully explain it in gears 5 and it is bad.

[@thegentleman5435]

I'd love to see a gears game were you get to create your own character,start off as a private and work your way up

[@fallout44454]

Yes!! My favorite faction!

[@TheCorrodedMan]

It hurts, seeing how high the Serans had risen in terms of art and culture, only to be torn down to the very lowest depths of conflict and desperation.

[@villgoir]

Cool man can you do dragon age series?

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

Anything On Planet Sera: *Breathes* Everything Else On Planet Sera Including It's Own Species: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

[@johnty505]

The thing about the Gear Wars is that it was never about the gears at all. sorry couldn't resist

[@racspartan1]

Nice 👍

[@thomassparks8540]

All i'm saying is, they would have saved themselves a lot of trouble if they had just put a round in the locust's heads before putting them in the mines

[@fredricksteinwolf475fuzz4]

Man I love playing gears of war I tend to create maps in gears of war 5 map creation mode

[@SpaceGrunt]

I will and always believe this. We need a gears of war game set in the UIR instead of the COG. I'm more interested on what they were up to during the locust war.

[@Tonius126]

They just ran away and hid from both the CoG and Locust with thier vast Navy. Cowards.

[@AdrianMartinez-ho6db]

Interested in doing the UIR next?

[@dr.albtraum7173]

Gears lore has always been awesome all the games are great too, not one of them is bad imo

[@vodac1206]

The need to conquer, the hunger to consume.

[@meema844]

Fuck I love this series, this and Halo are what REALLY started my gaming addiction lol.

[@bigl8492]

Awww cliff cliff days lmaoo kumg fu flips and chainsaw glitch change weapons minx meat lmaoo I still have videos from those days memories

[@bigl8492]

Cliffy b days*

[@darklordmalthric9814]

Can you cover the Exosquad

[@danielmurdock9159]

The government of the COG reminds me of the post revolutionary Russian Kerensky government. Gendarmerie and all lol

[@notsostealthmission5184]

What happened when they sunk Jacinto?? Like wouldn’t that kill nearly ALL survivors?? Like damn, by the end of that war there must’ve been only a few hundred thousand or few million

[@deathsexy]

Do you have a question do a video on the UiR history Guitars for war universe

[@dantejones1480]

To think a miracle fuel would prove so terrible, so horrific and horrible, so deavsating to a civilization, yikes.

[@donaldbell2554]

Yes

[@captaincurt396]

Good thing we have Kate to lead the franchise now!

[@SerAstraeusXIV]

i wonder if humans actually started on sera or if they had fled to sera

[@memberberries4272]

Gears has some seriously underrated lore I read a couple of books when I was younger. I’d love to see a tv show… but after halo I don’t know

[@zoobatcoward9934]

Hell yeah

[@BedroomBully88]

I knew from that big book I read that the COG was Socialist, I always found it weird that the stranded call them Fascists because that implies that Benito Mussolini existed on Sera.

[@eidoneverchoosen1171]

What if the union of independent republics finished the hammer of dawn first? Or what if both the Cog and Uir faction both had the hammer of dawn? What if the Pendulum war did not end and kept going all the way to E Day.

[@eeliejun]

Tbh, first one could have changed a lot maybe the UIR would not use the hammer of dawn to stop the invasion on E-day making the whole story different but if both of them it would just be that the COG would decided to shoot.

[@Thememelord134]

Claim before one thousand views

[@matthewbyrom5394]

I still miss carmine love u guyz

[@djryder3177]

I still want a halo reach style gears of war game

[@ivbqwljrf234]

phenomenal cadence of story telling. nice

[@evanblack20]

If there must be government let it be ordered

[@mohammadali9104]

The goat games

[@Agamon]

Was the gears world a colony of earth?

[@EnoTnaived]

Wat is that from 03:31

[@sunewjenkuzo2835]

Great video I really do love the series just sad to see how 5 turned out to be... I mean Gears 5 is good I just feel like some key things were lost and I don't know what they were thinking with the split decision in the story and how that would affect the story of Gears 6. But with the next game they really gotta step it up and also tone down heavily on the micro transactions.

[@mrmannsalt2444]

MY SON WILL SAY COGGERS

[@branson6784]

Am I the only one who doesn’t really like the new COG armor? I just love the original armor.

[@shad3128]

Damn, when you said medics were a non combat role.... wut ?! Lol

[@severalracoons9315]

Well I ruined it. I'm the 421th like. 😭

[@anjshaw4898]

Sera ✍️ had ✍️ it ✍️ coming ✍️ on ✍️ E-day ✍️

[@RealAugustusAutumn]

Gear of War is one of those franchises that lived long enough to become the villain. It was perfect, and even though I was excited for 4, I thought the Lambent threat was just a cash grab. It was good to play an updated Gears game though. 5 was exactly what'd you'd expect from a late-stage game. The story was played out, and something we'd seen three times, and lacked the feeling of desperation of the first games. The political commentary was also entirely one-sided. This isn't Earth, its a fictional world yet they chose to inject modern Earth politics (from only one POV) into it. The dialogue was for children. The testosterone of Marcus and Dom had been replaced by "bad bitch" estrogen and diversity quotas, and they made every man look like a blundering fool while all the women were made "stunning and brave".

[@pricture]

100% agree.

[@venicec3310]

Huge facts

[@stephenmartinez9911]

You're pronouncing gorasnaya wrong

[@mysticgrizzly8424]

super power but yet keep taking L's

[@TgamerBio5529]

The story doesn’t make sense about the locust why not ask the COG for help against the threat after the war finished between the UNI? Why relay on one scientist that has a busy schedule? I think extermination of humanity’s just overkill the locust are pretty stupid in the gears series.

[@thekaiser3815]

I think the queen was just looking for an excuse for war, so why not sabotage you own efforts to save yourself.

[@FiftyStates5]

Simply put, there was no reason to trust humanity.

[@TgamerBio5529]

@@FiftyStates5 the war is done the COG has nothing else to do. Plus why tell one scientist that has a busy schedule and not tell the world about there existence. So when they ask for help there a greater threat below the surface the COG would react. While locusts and humanity have a diplomatic relationship to prevent any unnecessary wars. And COG would punish the scientists behind the unethical acts they committed since the COG didn’t support it in the first place.

[@thekaiser3815]

@@FiftyStates5 ironically that way of thinking has never saved us. ironic that it doomed her people.

[@TgamerBio5529]

@@thekaiser3815 still because one group of people did bad things means the whole 🌎 has to 🔥 seems like a spoiled brat. They day they attacked is just stupid as well COG already won the war so they had no problems in the surface. Making it the right just ask the COG you need help. Killing innocent peoples for no justified reason is just unnecessary . The game is awesome but the story just made no sense.

[@dirtyrat886]

E

[@xxiwarrior250ixx6]

I never quite understood the tactical level of the Gears' organization, they seemingly used a generic squad callsigns (Delta, Omega squads and the like) that probably won't translate well into platoon, company, battalion level of organization. Sometimes, a squad is led by a private (Dom in the flashback of Pendulum Wars) and sometimes jumping to being led with a captain (forgiveable if it's a Special Force detachment under the likes of the Royal Tyran Infantry).

[@trava4156]

Confusing AF

[@kobymitchem308]

First

[@Autobotmatt428]

Its sad that the new gears failed

[@zaberfang]

Had to wonder how long will people on Earth would see how terrible the current leading "superpowers" really are before it's too late and gets their own version of the C.O.G.

[@danielefabbro822]

The COG is like what it would happen to put overpowered Americans growing in Europe.

[@mj91212]

Don’t know what all these comments are on about, the lore in GoW is dumb as Hell and very inconsistent. The character writing is superb, but that’s about it.

[@heretical_cuttlefish]

GoW's problem is that it tries WAY too hard to be dark and gritty and in doing so just comes off as edgy. Ex. The berserkers are the only female locust ( besides Myrrah) and are so agressive that the only way for the locust to reproduce is by chaining a betserker down and raping her. Another example that I like to bring up because its just stupid would be the bloodmounts, who only eat human heads for seemingly no reason other than that it is gruesome. Even the origin of the Locust is needlessly cynical, the result of genetic experiments that went nowhere and somehow grew into a population of millions, if not billions over the course of a century or so. Why? Was subterranean lizard people too unconvincing? Cause this is even less convincing on top of just being eyerolling. I get that GoW is supposed to dark and pessimistic, I do. But just like in 40k, it reaches a point where the audience stops feeling despair and just starts getting apathetic.

[@ArmyVet98958]

Gears ended for me after gears of war 3. 4 and 5 were crap

[@htennek1]

I hated Gears of War lore. Like damn.. let the good guys win, yo. Instead humanity always gets to get a deus ex machina to go off at the last minute and defeat the locusts... The new one needs to be a humanity getting teh F off Sera and letting the locusts have it.

[@FiftyStates5]

You... think the locusts are the good guys?

[@htennek1]

@@FiftyStates5 Yes