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[thesouppond]

Gen:Lock Headcanon - Ages

Okok so my brain is absolutely fried and this is the rabbit hole I've gone down today.

Disclaimer: I don't know anything about military ranks or service, I'm just going off my research.

As of 2072 in season 1:

Based on promotional material, we know Cammie is canonically 17. We've seen Chase's birth year from the memorial wall too so we know he's 25 during S1.

The others don't have a canon age, but I'm gonna do my damned hardest to explain where I think they should be placed. We know they're all adults (barring Cammie), and due to Genlock having an age limit, likely all in their 20s. (Based on neuroplasticity research that the brain is highly plastic throughout childhood and puberty and up through about your mid 20s before it starts slowing down, so likely by 30-35 it's no longer safe to gL. Assuming Leon is late 30s - 40s this checks out)

We know Kazu was a sergeant in the Japanese Vanguard before being demoted then transferred to Genlock, so assuming he went through the ranks from Private - 1st class Private - Superior Private - Lance corporal - Corporal - Sergeant, he would probably have served about 4-5 years before Genlock. Assuming the enlistment age for Vanguard is still 18, that puts him at about 22-23 in S1.

Yaz doesn't have an official rank, but we know based on the character trailers that her combat history is comparable to Chase's. Assuming Chase, like Kazu, joined the Vanguard at 18, it means that likely He and Yaz have around 7 years in service as of S1. BUT we know for a fact that Yaz was a cadet pilot at 17 (From Storm Warning). So that likely puts her at about 23-24 in S1.

Now the hard part, because Val/entina's the hardest to pin down. Their rank of Senior Sergeant means they likely served for around 7-8 years, but we also know they were in retirement for a bit before gL. We also know for a fact they were already in service at 17 (Based on that same conversation in Storm Warning). In fact, the exact wording "When I was Cammie's age, I was already in the fight too" seems to imply that they joined the war before they were 17. Considering they fought for the Vanguard though, they probably lied on their enlistment form since they were younger than 18. Assuming Weller found them through their Vanguard files, that means they have to be young enough that their age in system is <30, but old enough that they have had that much experience in service. Assuming they spent a combined 7-8 years between the Russian Vanguard and Ukrainian Force Recon, and then a couple years in retirement, so a total of 9-10 years in time between enlistment and S1, Vanguard's files would likely place them at 27-28, which works out for our <30 rule. BUT knowing they enlisted at 15-16, (before 17 in line with Storm warning's dialogue), Val/entina would likely really be 24-25 as of S1.

TL:DR Canon: Cammie - 17 Chase - 25 My bets: Kazu - 22/23 Yaz - 23/24 Val/entina - 24/25

Thank you for listening to my ted-talk

[antsyserpentine]

Raise Your Hand If You’ve Ever Felt Personally Victimized By The Union

A summary of Gen:lock so far

[raccoonclty]

strider squad nap time !

commission by @mail-me-a-snail !! thanks again so much <3 !!

[necronymie]

[sapphire-53]

Gen:lock Idea

Just an idea that won't go away until I write it down. Not the best but here it goes.

This is an AU where somehow before Weller could bring is idea to Holcroft and the Polity he got captured by the Union. And everyone being younger as well. When finding his Gen:lock work, the Union found it interesting and made sure to weaponize it.

Since Gen:lock relied on the neurons of a young body the Union made sure to include children in the recruitment list. Which lead him to find everybody (including Leon) easier.

- Chase and team would be the range of 10 to let teen. Not even at their 20's.

Then came the experimenting, this leading to Chase's and Leon's physical problems. But eventually leading up to the children being able to fight (excluding Cammie, she is still too young even by Union standard)

When the Union was planning to finally attack New York, Weller knew he needed to get everybody out of there. The was no doubt that the Union would put even greater pressure to get Gen:lock field ready no matter what happened at the battle in New York. And Weller could no longer see his kids be suffer for progress of what was once his dream turned nightmare.

He was finally able to contact the Polity, and basically held himself hostage when they only wanted to retrieve him alone. But he would never leave his kids.

The day before the Battle of New York, Polity soldiers waited outside of some of the exits of the research facility. Waiting for their objectives to arrive.

Dr. Weller prepares his kids to be separated. The talks to them about the Polity and reassuring that they will meet again, somewhere where it was safe.

The kids are split like so:

- Valentina, Kazu, and Cammie

- Yaz and Chase

- Weller, Leon, and Sinclair

Valentina and Kazu make an excuse to leave the building, while Cammie is screaming and crying about a nightmare, to calm Cammie.

Yaz and Chase sneak out from the sleep guards.

Weller and and the rest just says he needs to check something and bam everyone is out.

It's only when they are running across the field does the Union finally realize their attempt to escape. They give chase only to find three hovercraft getting air and flying away.

That's all I have so far, but my brain wants to finish but I can't and I am not a writer by any means but this just wouldn't get out of my head. But I feel better now.

[genlock-analysis]

me @ Rooster Teeth

[shogunkazoo]

@vanguarddrifter from here [x]

He’d visted a few times- when he can. gen:LOCK duties take up a majority of his time, these days, but he doesn’t forget about August. They’d had their disagreements, sure, but Kazu still reognised him as a good soldier, a good teacher, and a good man. Especially after what he did to help them.

And hey, he’d hope if the places were swapped, August would return the favour.

Some people said that people in comas could hear, sometimes- and granted the nurses had warned him his chances were low, especially with August’s hearing loss, Kazu had decided that a little music now and then wouldn’t go astray. And it’d been during a visit that August had stirred. A nurse had lingered when Kazu called for her. She’s brought a tablet- which he really hopes he’ll be able to borrow when Leon opens his eyes. Translation’s gonna be a bitch.

“Don’t rush, you’ve been asleep for a while”, he says, just hoping a familiar voice will give Leon some baring. “Nice and slow. We’re in no rush”.

[fursecutionisreal]

I’ve found my calling in life

[malcontent7]

Observations on The Only Me I Know (1/5 The Answers)

First of all, we have the alteration to the intro, foreshadowing the reveal about Nemesis shortly into the episode.

And then we have Miranda raising some good questions.

And Chase doesn’t have the answers. A lot of questions about identity come from this episode. It seems we have a bit of a Ship of Theseus to ponder (if you don’t know what that means google it).

Here’s another thing I noticed. I don’t know if I just didn’t pick up on it, or if we’ve never seen her from this angle in this out fit, but Cammie keeps tools in her pockets.

Not really important to the plot, just a cute detail I thought was neat.

So this scene turns out to be one giant red herring, considering that’s exactly what they had planned.

Also, check out Jodie. What is he doing with his hands? Guy’s got a shit poker face.

And then we have this scene where RT drop their favourite question.

But that just leads into a much more important revelation.

A lot of theories have been going around as to who, or what, Nemesis is. Turns out the most prevalent one had it backwards.

Nemesis isn’t a copy of Chase that thinks it’s the original. It is the original, and our Chase is the copy. Here’s where we find our Ship of Theseus.

Just imagine watching this scene without the narration.

I don’t know how the animation team managed to show so much desperation from Chase here, especially considering he doesn’t even really have a face. All I can say is bravo RT, bravo.

In any event, it seems Waller’s secret has come back to haunt him.

And haunt him it does.

[cammiemacclouds]

You know migas had to do it to em

[ask-genlock]

“Ah man, Leon’s ‘debrief. Well, now I just feel terrible.”

[acecavenger]

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH IT ARRIVED

[shadows-twilight]

It entered my mind, now it won’t leave

[yangstbh]

                                                               * Y E E T *

↳ gen:LOCK // Season 1 ;; Episode 4 - Chase vs Kazu // Training Montage

[necronymie]

[probably-chase]

round number 4 of the good ol’ ‘deserves happiness’ flags!

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