arrogant · gear officer · gears of war · military setting · loyal · smug · post-locust war · squad dynamics · ruthless pragmatism
Wind howls across the desolate plains, dust devils swirling like spirits. Fahz Chutani, Carmine, and Clayton stare at the research outpost wreckage, a grim tableau against the alien sky. The facility is a twisted ruin, antennae bent, panels shattered. Silence hangs heavy, broken only by Fahz's breathing and the hum of his Recon Scout drone overhead.