Battle of Aspho Fields " Kalona control to Pomeroy. When the Gears launched off on their landing craft toward Aspho Fields, Anya waved goodbye to her mother and gave her a thumbs up. She later gave a briefing to the Gears on the weather conditions they would face during their landing, informing them that the weather would be difficult, and that timing would be critical. Two days before the Operation began, Anya boarded the CNV Kalona along with the rest of the cadets who would operate as controllers during the battle. Anya first met Marcus Fenix during this visit, and became attracted to him, and he to her. Major Stroud lectured Anya and the other cadet on the virtues of getting out of the CIC, and seeing what Gears on the front line had to go through. During the preparation for Operation Leveler, Anya was brought, along with another cadet, by Major Stroud to see her mother's company after a training session. Pendulum Wars Preparing for Operation Leveler " Met forecast is for high winds and heavy seas, so timing is going to be critical." -Anya, briefing C Company before Operation LevelerĪnya joined the Coalition of Ordered Governments army in the 75th year of the Pendulum Wars as a cadet officer, but became a CIC controller instead of a frontline Gear like her mom. Despite Helena being the scion of the affluent Stroud Family, and had ownership of the Stroud Estate, she raised Anya within a small apartment in Jacinto City. Her father wasn't present when she grew up, and as such, Helena raised her alone. 1.5.15.3 Retrieving Fuel and a Submarine to Reach AzuraĪnya was the only daughter of Gear officer Major Helena Stroud.
1.4.5 Meeting on the High Seas and Merris Farm.1.3.11.4 Mount Kadar and the Assault on Nexus.from birthing complications of her second, unborn child. Taking part in the program herself, she conceived her son, James Dominic Fenix, as she was previously unable due to being barren, but later died in 27 A.E. She led the people to rebuild New Ephyra and embraced reproductive programs to restore humanity. Fenix and became the original First Minster of the reestablished Coalition of Ordered Governments.
Stroud fought until Victory Day, in which Professor Fenix launched the Imulsion Countermeasure Weapon - vaprozing the Lambent and neutralizing the Locust in an Imulsion crystalline shells.Īfter the war, she married Sgt. However, when the Lambent emerged, Stroud fully embraced being in combat and fought alongside Sgt. As the COG began to rebuild after the apparent victory over the Locust, Anya and Marcus grew closer and she began to train to become a front-line Gear, while still serving as a controller. During Operation: Hollow Storm, she again guided Delta through their battles and escaped the Sinking of Jacinto. Stroud operated as Delta Squad's controller during the Operation, helping them deploy the Lightmass Bomb. Four years later, however, Stroud and Fenix were reunited when Fenix was pardoned to participate in the Lightmass Offensive. Marcus Fenix was tried as a deserter during the battle while trying to rescue his father, Professor Adam Fenix, and sentenced to forty years in the Jacinto Maximum Security Prison. Following the Fall of Ephyra in 10 A.E., Stroud and the rest of the Coalition relocated from Ephyra to Jacinto. She was in participation of the Hammer of Dawn Strikes, in which Chairman Richard Prescott scorched 90% of Sera's surface outside the Jacinto Plateau to stop the Locust in 1 A.E. She took part in the Battle of Aspho Fields, during which she witnessed the death of her mother.Īnya continued to serve as a controller in the CIC during the Locust War. She also became mutual friends with Gears Carlos and Dominic Santiago. There she met fellow soldier, Marcus Fenix, and fell deeply in love with him. Instead, she became a communications officer and served in her mother's unit during the Pendulum Wars. Unlike her mother, however, she did not serve as a front-line Gear until 14 A.E. Daughter of Major Helena Stroud, Anya joined the COG army to follow in her mother’s footsteps. We've finally got a tomorrow!" -Anya encouraging Marcus that, despite all of the losses they suffered, they have a guaranteed future.įirst Minister Anya Stroud was the First Minister of the reestablished Coalition of Ordered Governments and a retired officer in the Coalition of Ordered Governments Army during the Pendulum Wars and Locust War.