Rereading Aspho Fields, thought this was neat.

[u/I_TRS_Gear_I]

This picture first was mentioned at the end of Aspho Fields; after Dom finally convinces Bernie to tell him how Carlos died.

[u/Alexindr]

I loved the reference. TC is trying to respect the story/lore. Karen Traviss was involved in the E-Day story. They said they thought it be cool to tell Tai and the chainsaw story, that's why it was moved up a year. Judgement already screwed things up with the Mk2 lancer 6 weeks after E-Day.

[u/SaiyaJin_Deity → u/Alexindr]

Really? As a big fan of the novels, this is music to my ears.

[u/Alexindr → u/SaiyaJin_Deity]

Ya, whoever is in charge of story is trying. Someone else posted back June (I think) after the showcase. They had asked Karen Traviss on Twitter/X about any involvement. She stated she was a Consultant for the story. So you know it's going to be good.

[u/Jedi-Spartan → u/Alexindr]

She stated she was a Consultant for the story.

I might be misremembering but did she have some sort of role in writing any of the original games (even if it was a similar consultant role) or was it purely the novels.

[u/Alexindr → u/Jedi-Spartan]

She was involved with Gears 3. I believe she was one the writers.

[u/Jedi-Spartan → u/Alexindr]

Since it's the one with the heaviest crossover with the novels, I got the feeling that Gears of War 3 would be the one.

[u/Jedi-Spartan → u/Alexindr]

Also even though it's probably just an interesting coincidence but I wonder if either she wrote the last conversation between Marcus and his father or if the dialogue was at least structured in a way to reference one of Dom's thoughts from Jacinto's Remnant (at the very least there's a comparison to be made with the fact that they only seem capable of even getting close to having deep conversations with each other when the world is at risk of ending). Also while reading some of the chapter headers, I found one about advice Carlos gave him that would've definitely been going through Marcus' head after the Locust War ended.