Gears of War/Act One: Ashes

Search For Alpha Squad
After you land to meet up with Colonel Hoffman you are attacked by a few Drones who descend the far staircases. You also join up into the squad led by Minh Young Kim and also gained a new squad mate Carmine.

Your squad will clear these approaching Drones out with little work being required of you. But feel free to help out to make it faster.

Continue up the staircase and into the building. Past the entrance you will run into three Drones in a courtyard. Rush to the left side wall for cover. This will give you a good vantage point on them before they can get cover.

Past the courtyard is another long set of staircases. Pickup the Frag Grenades and ammo found here before heading up the staircase.

At the top of the stairs an Emergence Hole opens that starts to pour out a bunch of Drones. Flank to the left side, and work your way back behind the enemy lines to toss a Frag Grenade into the Emergence Hole to close it up. Once it's closed kill off any remaining Drones and regroup with the rest of the squad.

The path bends to your left past the Emergence Hole, you can either take the ground path with the rest of the squad or take the edge of the building which is higher ground. There are another three Drones here to clear out.

Grab any ammo you can find and then continue across the bridge with the rest of the squad. Kim will discover what he think is the remains of Alpha Squad and will radio it in to Anya.

Check the Bodies near the Emergence Holes
Kim will open the door with his codes, but as soon as you enter the room the floor begins to shake. An Emergence Hole opens to your left, take cover and clear it out with any Frag Grenades you have left. Clear out any Drones that made it out and grab the ammo and Frag Grenades found in the far right corner of the room.

Once you reach the back of the room, yet another Emergence Hole opens. This one is much closer, so if you have a Frag Grenade in hand it may be pretty simple to close this one up without any Drones getting out. If not, take them out and continue on outside to the street.

Act 1: Chapter 3 - Fish In a Barrel
You and the squad discover the remains of what could be Alpha Squad, but it's too minimal to tell. The resonator isn't here either, so Delta squad continues their search for Alpha Squad.

Take Out The Trokia Gun Emplacement
As this chapter starts out, you are under fire from a Troika being fired by a Drone Gunner. Toss a Frag Grenade towards the Gunner and his Spotter. If you are out of grenades, use your Lancer and take out the Drone Spotter first to make taking out the Drone Gunner easier. You may also choose to flank the Troika by taking the far path to the right, past the remains.

Continue To Search For Alpha Squad
As you continue down the street, the squad is confronted by another three Drones. Use cover and take them out one at a time. You can also use the Troika gun if you want to save on ammo.

Once to the large dry water fountain, you and the squad will be trapped in place amongst opening Emergence Holes. A total of four Emergence Holes will open around the fountain area here. Let your squad mates focus on clearing out the Drones while you focus on closing the Emergence Holes.

Continue To Search For Alpha Squad
You and Carmine split off from the rest of the team.

Left Path
Work through the hallway on the left until you reach a stairwell with three Drones holding up at the top. Lure them down so you and Carmine can take them out one-on-one or just shoot them out of cover.

At the top of the stairway is a room with a Drone Gunner outside of it. If your squad mates did their job, they distracted it so you can kill the Drone Gunner with ease.

Continue through the bathrooms now with ease and regroup with the squad.

Right Path
Fight the pair of Drones you find at the top of the stairs here. Then distract the Drone Gunner in the Troika to aid the rest of the team. If the rest of the squad doesn't take out the Drone Gunner do it yourself with a Frag Grenade or careful shots with the Lancer.

Open the door behind the Troika and regroup with the rest of the squad.

Recombined Squad
Once regrouped there is a large room with a Troika on the left. Take it out by going up the right side and eliminating the Drone Spotter in the building. Use his spot to take out the Troika Gunner with ease. Once this room clears out, an Emergence Hole opens from the other side where you came from.

Grab the grenades in the Spotter's room and then run down to close the hole and clear out all remaining Drones.

Once the area is clear another Drone busts down the door the House of Sovereigns, take him out and continue on inside.

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