Raymond Brinegar

Private Raymond Brinegar was a Gear soldier during last years of the Locust War and Lambent Pandemic. During the Siege of Jacinto, Brinegar, whom had just become eligible for military service the year before, was drafted along with many others into the Coalition of Ordered Governments Army. During the Siege, most of his squad was wiped out, with the exception of him and his Sergeant, who fled the city right before COG forces sunk it. After a week of wandering the wastelands, the two Gears were attacked by Locust forces, during which the Sergeant stayed behind to buy Brinegar time to escape, leaving the young soldier behind. A week later, after being hounded viciously by Locust forces, he came upon a faint radio signal whilst searching a grocery store for supplies. This led him across the city to a seemingly abandoned military base by the sea. While searching it, he came upon a radio beacon in extremely good condition, which allowed him to make contact with Lieutenant Colin Davis, second-in-command of a group of Gears who had been separated from the rest of the evacuation following the Sinking. After making initial contact, he was ambushed by Savage Locust, during which he acquired a Mk 1 Lancer, replacing the Hammerburst he had been using since the Sinking. The Lieutenant dispatched Sergeant Craig Randall and Yankee-Two to evacuate him, as the base, referred to as "B Complex" was unsecured and highly dangerous. This was proven when, minutes later, he was attacked by a pair of adolescent Corpsers and a Brumak. After somehow managing to dispatch them, he was evacuated to the Gears' main base, Fort Perez.