Hammer of Dawn

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Hammer of Dawn is a powerful orbital laser weapon from the Gears of War video game series, capable of calling down devastating satellite-based strikes on ground targets.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional weapon
orbital laser weapon
superweapon
appearsIn Gears 5 NERFINISHED
Gears of War NERFINISHED
Gears of War 2 NERFINISHED
Gears of War 3 NERFINISHED
Gears of War 4 NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter Anya Stroud NERFINISHED
Dominic Santiago NERFINISHED
Marcus Fenix NERFINISHED
attackForm focused energy beam
controlMethod handheld targeting device
damageType high explosive-like energy damage
deliveryMethod orbital satellite network
designedByInFiction Coalition of Ordered Governments NERFINISHED
developedByFranchise Epic Games NERFINISHED
The Coalition NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Gears of War universe NERFINISHED
firingSequence target painting then orbital strike
firstAppearance Gears of War NERFINISHED
franchiseOwner Xbox Game Studios NERFINISHED
gameplayRole area denial tool
power weapon
genre third-person shooter
hasAlternateName Hammer of Dawn network
inUniverseReputation weapon of mass destruction
limitation cannot be used indoors
ineffective without satellite coverage
limited use in bad weather in fiction
medium video game
notableUse used in the Pendulum Wars in fiction
used on Emergence Day in fiction
used to scorch the surface of Sera in fiction
platform Windows
surface form: Microsoft Windows

Xbox 360 NERFINISHED
Xbox One NERFINISHED
Xbox Series X and Series S NERFINISHED
primaryEffect area-of-effect destruction
devastating ground strike
range long-range orbital strike
requires line of sight to target
satellite alignment
usedAgainst Lambent
Locust Horde NERFINISHED
Swarm
usedBy Coalition of Ordered Governments NERFINISHED
Gears NERFINISHED
weaponType directed-energy weapon
orbital satellite-based energy weapon

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Gears of War series notableWeapon Hammer of Dawn