| “ | Blood makes the grass grow! We make the blood flow! We are the beginning! And the end! | „ |
| ~ The Alpha-Omega chant. |
The Alpha-Omega are the main antagonists of War for the Planet of the Apes, the third installment in the Planet of the Apes reboot franchise. They were a militaristic group of human survivors of the Simian Flu who sought to preserve human supremacy by killing all apes and any human carriers of the evolved Simian Flu.
History[]
Led by J. Wesley McCullough, they were originally a military unit stationed in the northern United States who were called upon by Dreyfus to exterminate the Ape population led by Caesar in Muir Woods following an attack orchestrated by Koba on a colony of human survivors in San Francisco.
As time progressed, the Simian Flu evolved, causing those who carried it to become mute and lose their higher intelligence, which severely affected several of the Colonel's soldiers, including McCullough's son. In response, McCullough ordered his soldiers to kill any carriers, even their comrades and their families, to prevent further spreading of the virus. Additionally, the Colonel killed anyone who opposed his methods, including his superiors, prompting some of his soldiers to desert and causing tensions with the rest of the U.S. Army in the North. As a result, the group deserted from the Army and started a holy war against the apes. Rebellious apes, many of whom had followed Koba, were used by Alpha-Omega as "Donkeys", which provided support for Alpha-Omega in various attacks on ape trenches in the Muir Woods.
By 2028, Alpha-Omega was successful in finding the Ape's primary base of operations in the Muir Woods. When the U.S. Army (backed by his former superiors) waged war against McCullough, declaring his actions as a rebellion against the U.S., he enslaved the apes to fortify his base, a former weapons depot and quarantine facility called the Border from the impending attacks. When Alpha-Omega captured Caesar, the organization tortured him through means of starvation and hypothermia to force the apes into working.
By the time the U.S. Army arrived, Alpha-Omega engaged in battle while the apes made their escape. After McCullough committed suicide after being infected by the mutated virus, Caesar blew up the Border, destroying the foundations of Alpha-Omega. The remnants of the group were wiped out in a subsequent avalanche with the remaining U.S. Army troops, although it is unlikely that the entire U.S. military was wiped out.
Membership[]
- Colonel. John McCullough (leader, deceased)
- Preacher (deceased)
- Rod Wilson (deceased)
- Travis (deceased)
- Boyle (deceased)
- Lang (deceased)
- Red (deceased)
- Winter (deceased)
- 12 Unnamed Donkeys (deceased)
- 48 Unnamed Soldiers (deceased)
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Trivia[]
- Alpha-Omega took their name from a terrorist group active in the early years of the Simian Flu Outbreak (refer to: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Firestorm), as well as the Alpha-Omega Bomb in the classic trilogy.
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