
However, the Locust reemerged as the Swarm and began their invasion to destroy humanity. The two took part in the lives of Jasi Tak and Hana Cole, children of their fellow Gears. Hoffman retired from the COG and relocated to Galangi to live with Bernie on her farm. Marcus Fenix on his mission to end the Locust War. Hoffman and the people of Anvil Gate then assisted Sgt. Hoffman led a group consisting of Bernie, several dozen Gears, and several thousand civilians to the isolated Anvil Gate to survive. However, they could not hold the COG together against the Lambent and fell apart, with several groups scattering across the planet. Quentin Michaelson and Commander Miran Trescu. When Prescott abandoned the COG, Hoffman briefly led the government with Cpt.

There, he resumed a relationship with old comrade, Bernadette Mataki, and led the COG army against the Stranded Insurgency and Lambent Pandemic. He planned the Lightmass Offensive and Operation: Hollow Storm, and did his best to hold the COG together with Prescott on the island of Vectes after the sinking of Jacinto. He made his reputation with the Siege of Anvil Gate, and later further increased it with the Battle of Aspho Fields.ĭuring the Locust War, Hoffman became the Chief of the COG Defense Staff by being the only high-ranking officer to remain alive, and led the COG Army for most of the Locust War. Hoffman's strict adherence to these ideals has caused him to cross swords with fellow Gear, Marcus Fenix.

A military man to the core, Hoffman demands discipline and sacrifice from those under his command. He is a battlefield commander, and has fought alongside his fellow Gears in the Pendulum Wars, the Locust War, and the Lambent Invasion. Hoffman hated being promoted so high, preferring to remain a frontline Gear. Ĭolonel Victor Hoffman ES SM was a Gear officer and the Chief of Defense Staff of the Coalition of Ordered Governments during the Pendulum Wars and Locust War, and former Director of Special Forces, answering only to Chairman Richard Prescott.

And that's before you start inventing other shit you can't control." -Victor Hoffman, during a frank exchange with a student at La Croix University in 4 B.E. So you'll forgive me if I think it stinks that my Gears get your "baby-killer" crap and your educated colleagues get research grants.

Most of my Gears couldn't make anything more lethal than a blade or a bow. Clever scientists who want to build a better method of destruction kill people - lots of them.
