Coalition of Ordered Governments
aka COG
Baird here. Welcome to the COG Thread. This is where all COG related subjects will take place. Now, in order for you to join and become a Gear. You must take an oath. This oath is called The Oath of the Coalition. All Gear's MUST take it. Here it is;
I shall remain vigilant and unyielding in my pursuit of the enemies of the Coalition. I will defend and maintain the order of life as it was proclaimed by the Allfathers of the Coalition in the Octus Canon. I will forsake the life I had before so I may perform my duty as long as I am needed. Steadfast. I shall hold my place in the machine and acknowledge my place in the Coalition. I am a Gear.
In order to start posting here, a new Gear MUST copy and paste this into it's own separate reply. If a new Gear is caught posting before the oath has been posted, that Gear may receive a 2-day ban from any and all GoW Threads.
Now, onto the good stuff.
What is COG?
The Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) was a supranational global alliance on the planet Sera. Headquartered in the Tyran capital of Ephyra, the COG comprised almost every nation on the planet prior to Emergence Day.
The COG originated as a socialist political faction theorized by Alexiy Desipich and founded by Nassar Embry and the Allfathers. Prior to the Gold Rush, the COG was a relatively minor political movement, eventually grew into a larger, yet still minor faction. The discovery of the Lightmass Process and subsequent commencement of the Pendulum Wars resulted in the COG becoming a global superpower.
The victory of the COG over the Union of Independent Republics in the Pendulum Wars gave it near-complete domination over the entire planet, comprising of almost every nation on the planet. However, the outbreak of the Locust War forced them to retreat to the Jacinto Plateau and use its Hammer of Dawn technology to scorch the remainder of Sera. The devastation of the planet left the COG on Jacinto Plateau as the sole force capable of combating the Locust Horde.
Over fifteen years, COG forces gradually retreated from the Locust, leaving Jacinto City as the sole remaining bastion of the COG. After sinking Jacinto in a desperate attempt to eliminate the Locust, the COG relocated to Vectes Island. The Lambent Pandemic forced the remaining COG forces to abandon Vectes and separate into various settlements, resulting in the dissolution of the nearly century-old alliance.
[From the GoW Wiki]
That's all for now.
Baird out.
