Who is mechanic baird

A skin that does absolutely nothing. At least in Gears 5 the characters have unique abilities in Arcade and Horde. TC has not made the best decisions with store content, and the character grind was not balanced earlier on, but overall this system is superior to what we had in Gears 4.

And they wonder how the Gears community gets its trash reputation. It is true and rectified in saying that the Gears of war 4 system was not really good either, but honestly I see that of the 5 equal or worse …. In Gears 5 all base characters and everything in the Tour is free. The store items are not free, but at least you immediately get what you pay for and there is no stupid RNG. We are adults. F that. Never bought any Gears 4 or any other game for that matter as well, but the amount of skins I got in that game with the little playtime I had in Gears 4 pales to the amount I earned in Overwatch if I played just as little.

Jajajaja well that better than nothing, what I mean by the subject is that it seems bad that they already sell even iconic characters from previous games. Anyway, it was a few weeks in which they put it in the form of scrap, it is true that in 5 what you pay you get it but the prices are not worth it and if they are going to sell you the air you breathe ….

In fact it is true that you say that we are adults and we can not be playing all day, but remember the challenge of 60, experience that is required to get each character, in short, Gears 5 still needs work. But the system itself is fine.

TC just needs to make smarter decisions in the store. Yes the character grind was not balanced early on, I mentioned that as well, but they have addressed this by tripling the XP rate across all modes. I think we should just remove the tod and bring back the war book.

I hate being forced to grind during a certain time period to get a skin I want. Baird stopped the Centaur in a field, and talked with Marcus and Dom. He asked what their mission was, and they told him they were heading to Montevado to investigate seismic disturbances.

Baird told them he wouldn't be able to fix their APC, but Cpl. Michael Barrick found two Rat Bikes Delta could take instead. Jace Stratton had saved, with them. Two months later, Baird and Cole were assigned to help Delta on their mission to Jilane.

Hoffman and Anya briefed them on the mission to locate the old Birthing Creche in the city, with the help of Sgt. Alex Brand. A distress beacon had been detected in the city from the area of the creche, and the possibility that the women and children there were still alive was too great an opportunity to ignore. Baird was skeptical it was a good idea to go to the city, which had been in Locust hands for four months.

After the briefing, he joined the others in packing supplies for the mission and catching up. Dom asked him how the rest of Sigma was, and Baird told him that they were a bunch of idiots, always almost getting themselves killed, so that made them a lot like Delta. They then discussed the Alex, and Baird was doubtful she could scout anything out other than a beauty parlor.

Cole then began saying that's why they called in Sigma, so because whenever there was a women in need of help, they needed the Cole Train, unaware that Alex was right behind him. Baird and the other watched, amused, as she yelled incoming behind him, causing him to drop his beer, which she caught and thanked him for. As they continued to pack, Jace wondered what they would do if they actually found someone, but Baird told him that they wouldn't.

She told him she didn't know where it was, annoying Baird, who thought that she had grown up there. Marcus told him to use a map, and he located it soon after. They first went to the wards, and discovered several mutilated bodies. As they kept moving, Baird talked about how glad he was that once the war had started, people had stopped bugging him about settling down and starting a family. As they prepared to go through another set of doors, they were surprised to hear a voice behind them, and turned around to find a group of heavily armed women.

They took cover behind a wall, and Marcus ordered them not to return fire, and tried to convince the women they were there to help. Matron , the women's leader, ordered the Gears to drop their weapons and stand up slowly. Marcus agreed to surrender, but Baird protested until Marcus gave him another direct order. However, they were saved when the rest of the squad arrived and surrounded the women. They questioned the women and learned they had been surviving there since the fall of the city, protecting the children that had been left behind.

After determining they had not set off the beacon, Baird went with Marcus and Cole to continue trying to find the source while the others stayed with the women and children. After locating a mentally ill women holding the beacon, they tried to get her to drop it, but she activated it, drawing the Locust to their position. As the Locust began their attack, Molly dropped the beacon, and Baird shot it, stopping the signal.

They then began fighting their way to Dom and the others, but were unable to get a lock on their location due to jamming. They found themselves trapped by the Locust in a greenhouse, and when Molly would not stop laughing about their situation, he threatened to use her as a meat shield.

They were saved by Alex and Annalisa arrived and killed the Locust, and they followed them back to a bunker where the others were taking cover. Matron closed the door to the bunker before anyone could attempt to rescue him, and Baird ordered Dom and Cole to stand down, agreeing with Matron that they had larger priorities in getting the women and children to safety.

Dom was angry with him, but Baird convinced him to back down. Cole asked Baird if he had a plan, and he told Cole to watch over Marcus while he came up with one. Baird contacted Anya and told her that the mission was complete, and asked for three Ravens to evac them from a combat zone.

Anya was worried about why Marcus wasn't contacting her, but he reassured her that he was alright. Annalisa questioned why the Locust didn't just shoot Marcus, and Baird told her they wanted to ambush whoever came to rescue them, leading him to realize either a Theron or Kantus was in charge of the drones.

He figured the Locust had superior numbers and likely owned the skies, and decided if it was a Theron, they would torque the door open, and if it was a Kantus, they would send in Tickers.

He asked if anyone had seen Tickers, and Jace told him he had. Baird decided to let them the Locust into the bunker after they boobie-trapped it with grenades, while they escaped via tunnels. He ordered Dom, Cole, and Jace to fire on the Locust, but make it seem like they were low on ammo. He would take Annalisa and Alex to kill the Locust leader while the others escaped, and then rejoin them.

As Jace and Thecelia led the children to safety, Baird set up a recording making it sound like children were running all over the building to distract the Locust. He, Annalisa, and Alex then got into position to ambush the Locust leader, and found a Scarred Kantus reviving a drone.

After the ambush in the bunker succeeded, they opened fire on the Kantus when it became distracted, killing it. They all then regrouped, along with Marcus, who Dom had recovered. Baird told the women they were all coming with them, since they were all COG assets. The argument was cut short when Alex spotted a large group of Locust reinforcements approaching. Baird was angry that they had spent time arguing instead of escaping, but Marcus told him to forget about it.

Marcus asked Matron if there were any vehicles nearby, and she revealed that they had several trucks, but that they would not be leaving, and instead would be making a stand against the Locust. Baird asked why they would do that, and she told him that it was better than becoming slaves in another birthing creche.

He called them crazy, but Marcus said it didn't matter, and that they would take the children and whoever wanted to go. Baird protested, saying their orders were to bring them all back, but Marcus didn't care, only wanting to save his squad and the children. After they got to the trucks and everyone boarded, Baird stayed behind to try and convince Matron and Annalisa to come along as well. When he found them, he discovered that Alex had stayed behind as well to do the same thing.

However, he was willing to use force to make them come with them, but Annalisa hit him in the face as Matron armed a bomb to take out the Locust and themselves. Baird picked her up and carried her to the last remaining truck, while Alex failed to convince Matron to come with them. Alex drove the truck out of the city as the bomb went off, and they rejoined the rest of the squad in a convoy heading back to Jacinto. The rest of the squad contacted Baird and were relieved that they had made it, and he told them that they had gotten Annalisa as well.

After dropping the women and children off, Baird thanked Alex for saving his life, and she accepted. He then began working on repairing the trucks they had escaped in. On the road to Landown , Baird and the rest of Sigma saved Delta after their rig broke down by providing covering fire as it was being repaired. Their driver was killed, but they managed to deploy in their Grindlifts and enter the Hollow.

Baird's Grindlift jumpmate was Tanner , and thirty minutes after landing, he was sent an image of Kantus Scrolls that Marcus had found. He analyzed them, and was disturbed to discover they were made out of human skin.

He translated some of the runes, and learned that they talked about the Locust talking to worms. Baird was even more worried by this, since their enemy was talking to worms and still outsmarting the COG. Tanner was killed, but Baird was rescued by Cole and Delta-One, and rejoined them.

He told them that the Locust were going to take him to be " processed ", and that people are being tortured on Beast Barges. They raided two of them, and find Cpl. Tai Kaliso in the second one. Marcus handed him a Gnasher , not realizing Tai's mental state, and was shocked when he kills himself. Baird berates Marcus for giving him a weapon, and they quickly leave the barge. They fought their way back into the sunken city towards a chopper pick up, but the LZ came under attack.

They managed to board the Raven under fire, but as it takes off, the Rift Worm arrives and knocked debris into it, and caused the Raven to crash inside the Rift Worm. Benjamin Carmine was killed inside the riftworm, but Baird and the rest of Delta managed to destroy all three of its hearts, killing the riftworm. Once they arrive at the facility, Marcus orders Baird and Cole to stay with the Centaur while he and Dom look for the data.

Baird is skeptical that anyone will attack them out in the middle of nowhere, but stays with the tank. After a short while, Marcus comms Baird and tells him he need a blast charge, and Baird asks if he wants it regular or extra strength.

Marcus tells him extra strength, and Baird quickly builds it before they make it back to the tank. As they carry it away, Baird warns them to get out of the blast radius, and not to drop it. When it appears that razorhail is on the way, Baird and Cole head inside the facility to take cover.

Marcus orders him to find a way to get back to the Centaur as quick as he can. However, the razorhail continued coming down, keeping Baird and Cole away from the Centaur, which began taking damage from the razorhail. When Marcus and Dom were almost back to the Centaur, the razorhail finally let up, but Baird needed to repair damage to the tank.

Once he was done, Delta got in the tank and headed for the location of the Locust stronghold: Mount Kadar. When they arrived at Mount Kadar, Marcus piloted the Centaur up the mountain, with Baird complaining about his driving and fixing any damage to the tank along the way.

After they entered the mountain and fought their way below it, [77] they found a Stranded camp led by Chaps. He gave them information on where Nexus , the Locust stronghold, was, and Dom information on Maria. Marcus sent Baird and Cole back to the surface in the Centaur to get the Stranded to safety, much to Baird's annoyance. When he examined it briefly, he thought it looked like it might be some kind of jailer schedule, but he would need to take an in depth look later because they were getting ready for Grindlift prep.

Soon after, Baird was sent some more info that disturbed him: Marcus had found a necklace made from human fingers. Baird passed this disturbing information along to control, and wondered why the Locust would do that. They rejoined Marcus and Dom, and fought their way to the Locust Palace , while discovering that the Locust were involved in a civil war with the Lambent.

Baird also examined a Locust calendar they found, and guessed that it was based on the ebb and flow of Imulsion. He also examined some defense plans they found, and discovered the Locust were preparing for an attack from below them.

They then discovered a recording in the Locust computers of Adam Fenix , Marcus's father. It recommended that the Locust Hollows be flooded in order to defeat the Locust, an act which would require the sinking of Jacinto. Baird was skeptical it would work, but Marcus sent the information to command just in case they were unable to kill the Queen.

They boarded Reavers themselves, with Baird flying one with Dom as the gunner, and Marcus and Cole on a seconded Reaver. When they arrived in Jacinto, Marcus assigned Baird and Cole to help prepare a Lightmass Bomb to sink Jacinto while he and Dom cleared the target area.

After Baird and Lt. Kevan Mitchell pulled Marcus and Dom off of the Brumak, Marcus used the Hammer of Dawn to take it out and cause it to explode, and begin the process of sinking Jacinto. Marcus ignored his question and told him that they should concentrate on the casualties, and Baird asked if anyone had heard from Cole. He tried to contact him, but was unable to, and reassured himself that Cole would be at the RV point, and the comms network was just down. Marcus told him Cole had nine lives, and Baird said that Anya did as well, trying to do his best to reassure Marcus.

As they flew over the city, they spotted a car trying to escape over a bridge, and Lt. Mel Sorotki set down in front of them to drop Marcus and Dom off to rescue them. However, two Reavers attacked, forcing them up into the air to shoot them down. The rising water then flooded the bridge, sweeping the civilians away, but Marcus and Dom survived and got back onto the Raven. They then headed to the RV point, and Baird managed to raise Sgt.

Drew Rossi on the radio, and gave it to Marcus. However, when comms were reestablished, he found out that Dom had been forced to kill his wife down in the Hollow to end her suffering. During the flight, Baird clipped a safety line to the back of Dom's armor to make sure nothing happened to him. He was surprised to see a submarine among the fleet leaving Jacinto, and remarked that he had to find a way to get his hands on it.

After they pulled Bernie off of the building, Baird helped her into a seat and draped a blanket around her, much to her surprise. He complimented her knife skills she had shown while dealing with a Drone that had climbed on the roof with her, and did his best to be polite to everyone.

When she noticed Cole wasn't with them, Baird reassured her that he was okay, and listened as Marcus gave her a rundown on who had been killed. They were joined by Anya, and they discussed what they had heard about Maria's death. Baird couldn't believe that Dom had actually shot her because he had seemed so normal when they met up with him in Nexus.

Bernie told him to shut up, and that they would do what they could for Dom, but that Baird was not to offer him any advice.

After the battle, he and Bernie located a wounded Drone , which Bernie pinned down while he questioned it as a large group of Gears gathered around and cheered them on.

Bernie asked him if he would understand an answer if the drone gave him one, and he told her he was interested to find out. Baird asked the drone why the Locust had attacked them when they had been fighting another war below the surface, and where they had even come from.

The drone just roared back at him and weakly struggled to get free. Just as they were about to begin to torture it, Marcus arrived and convinced Bernie to shoot it, to Baird's great annoyance, but Marcus said he didn't care what any drone had to say.

They then drove back to Port Farrall. One week later, Baird was on guard duty at one of the checkpoints leading into Port Farrall.

When Bernie arrived in an APC with four deer strapped to it, he told her that her vehicle camo sucked. He got into the APC and headed with her to the barracks, telling her about the number of civilians that had died that day. As they passed civilians, she asked him if there was a headcount on the number of civilians. He told her there wasn't, and that stragglers were still arriving, and that some had even left to join the Stranded.

They were both disgusted by that, and Baird asked her if she was lost, not knowing what to do now that the Locust were almost gone. He admitted that he didn't know what to do with himself either.

He then attended Bernie's demonstration on how to prepare a deer, but it was interrupted when a riot broke out at the food distribution center. Baird examined the engineering of the docks, and was highly impressed with them.

When they spotted the others approaching, Baird mentioned that Dom looked like shit, and he and Cole talked about Dom's mental state. Once the others reached them, Marcus gave them flashlights, revealing that they navy had had a store of them. Baird commented that he had wanted one during the war, and was not happy about having to go back underground. After Dom located an entrance to the tunnels, Baird stayed above ground to keep watch.

He stayed in contact with the others over the comm, except Bernie, who went looking for the main entrance. He talked with them as they searched, and learned about them finding food, medical supplies, and tons of ammo.

Baird then reported to the others he heard barking, and they all heard a shot ring out. The others began following after Bernie, and Baird attempted to locate the main entrance above ground.

He located it just as the others emerged, and found that they had been attacked by a large pack of feral dogs. Baird couldn't believe that they had been reduced to fighting dogs to survive, and headed back with the others to Port Farrall.

Two days later, Locust attacked the food distribution center in Port Farrall. Baird, Bernie, and several other Gears fought off the initial attack, and were soon joined by the rest of Delta and Centaur tank. Although the won the battle, several groups of civilians began leaving Port Farrall to join the Stranded, believing that the COG could no longer protect them. He wondered if he was supposed to say something before cremating the bodies, but decided that had already been done, and began cremating them.

They then begin driving them back to the city in a Armadillo , but they encountered a civilian fleeing with his family in a truck. Cole had him block the trucks path, wanting to try and convince the guy to stay in Port Farrall.

Baird said they should take the truck instead, but Cole just ignored him. He failed to convince them to go back, and had Baird get out of their way. Baird asked him why the family had been leaving, and Cole told him that they hadn't wanted to go through another evacuation, due to the rumors that the COG was going to move to an island.

Baird didn't see what the problem was, since it would be warmer and far away from any remaining Locust. Cole figured out that Baird was happy with the way things were, and he told Cole that it was because he had skills that a lot of people needed now, and that everybody knew he was useful. Once they got back to base, Baird began doing maintenance work on the 'Dill. A few days later, Baird had acquired a Hammerburst , and went with the rest of Delta and Sigma-Four to hunt down a wounded drone that Sgt.

Rory Andresen had encountered the night before. He and Bernie discussed on if it was worth it to head down into the Locust tunnels and see if they could hunt down and kill every last Locust, but Bernie decided the COG was in no shape to launch such an assault.

After finding a blood trail, they began following it, but found other trails and became more spread out. Baird then had everyone stop and listen, and they picked out a Kantus screaming deeper into the forest. The ground around the Gears erupted , and drones and an assortment of Boomer variations charged the Gears. The Gears were forced back into mines, but got into some cover. Baird's goggles were destroyed, seriously pissing him off, and he charged a Butcher , ducking as it swung it's cleaver at him, which shaved a few hairs off his head and embedded itself in a tree.

The Butcher tried to pull it out, but Baird shoved his Hammerburst into its gut and fired several times, killing it. He then took the cleaver for himself. Bravo-Three arrived to provide reinforcements, and the last of the Locust were killed, but the Kantus continued to scream.

The ground around the Gears erupted again, and more Drones and Boomers charged the Gears. Baird began gathering weapons and ammo from the dead Locust, gaining a large haul of cleavers and Hammerburst ammo. He went with Cole to locate Bernie and give her a cleaver, but they found her stuck in a tree. She dropped down and Cole caught her, and hefted her over his shoulder to carry back to base. Baird handed her the cleaver, and headed back to help the other Gears gather the bodies of their fallen comrades.

Baird and Anya wondered what they would find on the island, and Baird joked that they might find Union of Independent Republics soldiers who didn't know the Pendulum Wars were over. As they flew over it, Baird spotted a house, and they discovered the island was still inhabited.

They located a small town, Pelruan , and landed on a cliff near the town. Baird stayed back and covered Marcus, Anya, and Bernie when went to talk with a group of people gathering in their path. After they convinced the townspeople they were not hostile, they went into the town.

Baird was happy to find that it was a COG enclave, and that they had had good luck for once. Nat Barber while the others investigated the base. After the others returned from inspecting the base and visiting the Stranded community on the island, Baird and the others were given quarters in the town hall. The played cards until Cole asked Bernie about why she had gotten so upset upon seeing a blue dinghy at the Stranded settlement.

She told them the story of how she had been raped by Stranded during her journey back to the COG, and how the boat belonged to the last surviving member of the gang that did it, and that she had killed the others brutally and slowly. Baird told her that she had done the right thing, and not to worry about it. After she and Anya left the room to talk, Baird wondered how anyone could rape someone that old, and was disgusted by their actions.

He decided that if she ever caught the last one, he would help her do whatever she wanted to him. After playing a few more hands of cards, they stopped for the night, and before Baird went to sleep, he stopped to listen to the peaceful silence of the town. However, his rest was cut short when Marcus and Cole spotted a group of Stranded approaching the shore on inflatable boats, and he and the rest of the squad spread out along the shore to ambush the as they came ashore, while Anya covered the road into the city and the Ravens provided air support.

Marcus reminded everyone of the rules of engagement, and not to fire unless fired upon, but Baird was worried the Stranded wouldn't be so polite. He made an effort to be nice to Bernie while they waited for the Stranded to land. When a group of dogs shot past them and were shot by Stranded who had landed, Baird rushed to locate and kill them. He and Dom entered the city and hunted the Stranded as they used firebombs to set parts of the city on fire.

After the citizens of Pelruan let loose dogs to hunt down the last of the Stranded, Baird and Dom tried to keep the civilians inside the houses to keep them safe.

Marcus then told them to head to the road to help Anya clean up any remaining Stranded. They found three burning Stranded junkers, and Anya admiring her work in destroying them. Baird complemented her on a great job, and helped Cole gather weapons from the dead. After they finished, he drove the APC and the other Gears back to the town. He then began helping look through the bodies to try and find out if Massy was among them.

The day after the raid, Baird joined the rest of Delta in waiting for Hoffman to contact them at the Raven landing site. He discussed with Anya if it was worth convincing the Pelruan citizens that it was good for the COG to come to the island, since they would be insignificant to the number of other civilians and Gears coming to the island. Baird was annoyed to discover that the navy had hidden ships instead of turning them over to be broken down into gear needed for the war, but Cole told him that if they had turned them over, the COG would have been screwed in the current situation.

Baird was pleased that the crew had heard about his mechanical skills, and became interested when they told him were about to head out to look for missing trawler, the Harvest.

He contacted the CIC and requested permission to help in the search. While he waited for a response, he was disturbed by the sight of a Shale Eel on one of the docked trawlers, and thought it looked like a Locust creature.

One of the trawler fisherman then alerted them that debris from the Harvest had been located, and Baird was given permission to head out on the CNV Clement to assist in the search. Baird guarded Massy in the wheelhouse of the boat until they reached the meeting area.

However, no one on the Stranded boats attempted to contact them, and Captain Quentin Michaelson had Baird bring Massy out onto the deck to see if he recognized any of the ships or see if he could figure out what was going on. Baird reported to the others that Massy recognized two of the boats, but not a third, larger one.

However, a man appeared on the deck of the larger ship, the Trader V , and contacted them. The man was Darrel Jacques , who was from a gang that was a rival of Massy's group, and that they wanted him on the same terms that the COG had made with the other group. When Baird told Massy about this, he freaked out and tried to run, but Baird held him in place. Massy explained to him that Jacques was going to kill him for stiffing him over something, and Baird passed the information on to the others.

Michaelson agreed to the trade, since his objective was to have the Clement follow a pirate group back to its base. When Jacques brought out one of Massy's associates , Baird forced Massy to watch as his friend was killed. Baird, Marcus, and Dom then forced Massy onto a Marlin. They piloted it over to the Stranded ship, and Baird shoved Massy up into the arms of two of the pirates.

They then piloted the Marlin over to one of the gunboats, which Jacques had given them permission to take. Baird dumped the bodies on board into the water, started the gunboat, and took it back over to the Falconer. He was disappointed when they would not let him drive it back to Vectes, but became more interested in the chatter coming from the Clement. Commander Garcia was reporting that they were picking something up on sonar, and suddenly he reported a torpedo launch.

Baird and the others watched as something exploded in the water, and Baird grabbed a pair of binoculars to see if the Clement had been hit, but discovered that the Trader V had been destroyed. The surviving pirates on the other gunboat thought that the COG had attacked them, and declared the deal broken.

The Gears were then shocked as they watched another submarine surface, the Zephyr. Its commander, Miran Trescu of the Republic of Gorasnaya , contacted them, and asked if he could follow them back to Vectes to negotiate joining the COG. Baird found the whole thing funny, and was happy to have another submarine joining them. Two days later, Baird drove PA down to Pelruan to assist in keeping the town calm after the news that the Gorasini would be coming to island was announced.

Baird and the rest of the squad speculated on if the how much the citizens were going to react, but Baird was glad to have the extra assets. They met with Sgt. After he did that, Gavriel came up to him and informed him that a farmer had reported a pall of smoke coming from the Stranded village.

Baird contacted control and told them, and they sent KR Eight-Zero to inspect it. The rest of the squad gathered around, and listened to Gettner's report about how the settlement had been set on fire in an organized manner, and that there were no bodies.

Baird drove the squad down the settlement, and found that the Stranded had set on fire any materials that could be useful to the COG, much to Baird's anger. However, the party was cut short when Merris Farm was attacked , and Baird and the rest of the squad deployed alongside five other squads to respond to the attack.

Once they arrived, they found farmer Dilland Jonty and his dogs dead, and the angry Gears spread out to find the insurgents who had launched the attack. Baird was doubtful that they would find anything but Cole told him to trust him. They ran into a Stranded camp, where Baird was eager to trade Sam for a side of bacon. Cole turned down the offer and they instead moved into the town to look for supplies. On the way to the supermarket they were attacked by the Lambent.

They managed to fight through them and found a large supply of food in the supermarket. Using a loader they moved the food to a pick up zone while simultaneously fighting off Lambent forces. They then move to another Stranded camp where Carmine is nearly killed by a sniper. The Stranded stand down once they see Cole and give them some supplies. The squad then goes to Cougar Stadium but it quickly comes under attack by the Lambent.

They manage to fight off the Lambent but the Stranded leader refuses to help them. The Sovereign contacts them saying they were under attack by the Lambent.

At the same time more Lambent attack the Stranded forcing them to escape by zip-lining to Centennial Bridge. They find the bridge occupied by the Locust and they are forced to fight through them.

Baird is unimpressed upon seeing the Lambent Leviathan, and boasts about killing the one on Vectes. Sam reminds him that those two were much smaller than the ones attacking the Sovereign. Baird decides to kill the Leviathan by dropping a crate full of Tickers onto it. After fighting through the bridge they obtain a crate and dump the contents onto the Leviathan below. It succeeds in killing but heavily damages the ship as well. As the Leviathan flails around one of its tentacles smashes through the portion of the bridge they're standing on, sending them plummeting off.

Baird nearly falls to his death at first, but is saved by Sam and makes a romantic joke about it. They survive the fall but are left wet and exhausted. Carmine sarcastically told Baird that he got the Leviathan, with Baird responding by saying they're still alive. The squad obtained some weapons before some Wild Tickers could get to them and they started fighting a group of Locust. He's even gotten in some unfriendly ribbing with his own wife, Samantha Byme. These negative comments have provoked a backlash in more ways than one from her and other women.

Game design director Cliff Bleszinski didn't just insert tons of detail into the gameplay and visuals of the Gears franchise, he even extended this extra thought and care into the names of some of his characters, which are connected to him in some way. You've got Marcus Fenix - the last name of which represents his "rise out of the ashes" of his life post-divorce. You've also got Cole, who was named after a level designer at Epic Games. And in fact, Baird was actually named after a close childhood friend of Bleszinski's.

Much like with Cole, Baird possesses a bit of a rivalry with the franchise's lead character, Marcus Fenix. After the death of Lieutenant Kim, Damon wasn't particularly pleased with Marcus' promotion - who had been imprisoned for deserting the COG - when he had sacrificed much for the coalition. Baird was even on record stating "Typical. Don't give a smart guy a promotion, no, they give it to the jackass instead. Baird is no stranger to ironies - given his decision to abide by his parents' wishes and join the COG on the day they were killed.

Yet, you've also got one of the most useful and heroic players in the Gears franchise at least indirectly being the source of one of GoW4 's most aggravating enemy mobs, the Deebees. In fact, it was Baird who established DB Industries - which also happen to sport his initials. These robotic foes turn against J. While Baird partially exemplifies that sort of stock mad scientist look, there are definitely traits that don't exactly align with the more typical scientific whiz.

So just what is the inspiration behind the wise-cracking, somewhat smarmy Baird? As it so happens, it was Denis Leary who was largely the inspiration and foundation which Baird was designed around. Why not, right? You can definitely see at least a touch of that inspiration in the slicked-back blond hair. It's unknown whether this inspiration extends beyond just the visuals, though you can perhaps see a touch of resemblance in terms of Baird's demeanor, too.