Gears of War 3
18 months pass. Gears of War 3 begins in the summer, with the COG having disbanded after establishing camp on the island of Vectes. Delta Squad–which by now, consists of Marcus, Dom, Cole, Baird, Anya Stroud, Sam Byrne, Jace Stratton, and Clayton Carmine–has taken refuge at sea via the CNV Sovereign, which works as well as expected. Former Chairman Prescott arrives on the ship, handing a disc to Marcus that reveals that Adam is still alive and well. The Lambent launch an attack on the Sovereign, completely destroying it, but not before Delta manages to kill the giant Lambent fish tearing the carrier to pieces. Before dying, Prescott gives Marcus an encryption to a disc in possession of Colonel Hoffman that reveals Adam’s location on the secret COG base of Azura.
Delta Squad manages to make it to Hoffman at Anvil Gate, and after holding back a dual attack from Locust and Lambent, uncover the disc’s contents. Azura, as it turns out, is guarded by human-made hurricane generators, so the only way to get to the base is via submarine. Marcus, Dom, Anya, Sam, and Jace join up with Dizzy Wallin to find a submarine capable of the journey. Dom leads them to a town called Mercy that contains enough Imulsion to fuel the sub, at the same time discovering that humans are able to become Lambent as well. Dom sacrifices himself to save the others from the Lambent horde, forcing them to find Imulsion at the city of Char, run by Stranded leader Griffin. Even though they encounter Myrrah, Delta gains the fuel and begins the trek to Azura.
Upon arriving in Azura, in actuality a sanctuary and resort for Sera’s most elite individuals created in preparation for E-Day, Adam contacts them and reveals that he’s being held up at the main hotel tower. Marcus and crew are successful in shutting down the weather generator, allowing the Gears and the people of Gorasni to arrive and provide support. Cole and Baird join Marcus and Anya in making their way to Adam, who has a plan to stop the Lambent. Myrrah attacks Delta, angrily informing them that Adam had tried to work something out with her and the Locust for 20 years and wants to stop him at all costs because his plan will also kill the Locust. (Adam also tried working with her to find a way to kill the Lambent without harming the Locust, but ran out of time.) They defeat her and activate Adam’s energy wave that’ll destroy any cell infected with Imulsion. Said cells also include Adam himself, who injected Imulsion into his bloodstream in order to study it. Adam crumbles into ash, and Marcus kills Myrrah after she gloats over the scientist’s death. The Lambent and Locust die all over Sera, and Marcus mourns losing both his father and best friend. Anya reminds him of his father’s last words to live a real life, and the Gears look on at the sunset, finally at peace.
