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Inspired by Hana's ordeal, Mac proposes an idea where the squad would allow themselves to be captured by Snatchers in order to reach the heart of a hive and deploy their bomb. Scorpio chases the Snatcher through the lava tubes and rescues Hana, who is then airlifted out by Tak. They later discover that the Swarm were able to reach the island from Pahanu using lava tubes just before Hana is captured by a Snatcher. Lahni finds information on the creature identifying it as the Wakaatu, a massive bird-like beast that spits a powerful toxic venom which the Weilehan use in a rite of passage known as the Awakening.

Joined by Hana, Scorpio visits the island, only to discover that the village has been overrun and its people consumed by the Swarm. Lahni recalls stories that her grandmother had told her of a legendary creature and suggests visiting her kin on the nearby island of Weilehi to learn more about it. Hana theorizes that combining it with the New Hope gas could create an effective weapon. Remembering the creature from the beach, Mac suggests using its venom against the Swarm. Returning to Hoffman and Hana, Scorpio reports on the failure of the bomb. Mac impulsively tosses the bomb down a deep shaft, which kills many of the Swarm forces but fails to completely destroy the hive as it proves to be ineffective against heavier Swarm forces. Leveraging Keegan's clearance level as a member of the Onyx Guard, Scorpio infiltrates the bunker.

Hoffman explains that Pahanu contains a Swarm hive beneath an old abandoned bunker and that he wants them to deliver a chemical bomb made with toxic gas recovered from the New Hope Research Facility to the hive. Scorpio are flown to the island of Galangi where they convene with Hoffman and the scientist Hana Cole, daughter of Delta Squad member Augustus Cole. Upon departure, they witness the Swarm forces being annihilated by an unseen, acid-spitting creature.

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Scorpio sends out a distress signal and are rescued from Swarm forces by a King Raven helicopter piloted by Jasi Tak, an associate of recurring series character Colonel Victor Hoffman. Scorpio Squad's Condor air transport crashes on the island of Pahanu while en route to a secret mission. Members of Scorpio Squad, from left to right: Mac, Keegan, and Lahni.

The Hivebusters campaign may be played in cooperative mode by up to three players, either split-screen or online. Each character has access to a special ability which may be upgraded with collectible items over the course of the three hour campaign: Keegan may replenish the squad's ammo, Lahni may temporarily enhance the potency of her melee attacks with electricity, and Mac may erect a mobile energy shield in front of him to defend against incoming projectile attacks.

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Players assumes control of Scorpio Squad, a trio of playable characters from the 'Escape' multiplayer mode of Gears 5: Jeremiah Keegan, a member of the Onyx Guard, an elite special operations unit which serves the Coalition of Government ('COG'), and de facto leader of Scorpio Squad Lahni Kaliso, a COG operative descended from the indigenous peoples of the South Islands who was previously convicted of misconduct and Leslie 'Mac' Macallister, an Outsider delivery driver who lost his village community, including his son, to the emergent Swarm. As with the base game as well as past Gears of War titles, combat in Hivebusters consists of player-controlled characters engaging in firefights with enemy forces from behind cover within linear shootout arenas and set-pieces, though players may opt to eliminate enemy units through other methods, such as attacking them in melee combat or taking advantage of environmental hazards. The pack takes place sometime following the resurgence of the Locust Horde, now reborn as the Swarm, as a threat to the human civilizations of Sera as of Gears of War 4. The pack is set in the South Islands region in the world of Sera. Hivebusters consists of a six-chapter story-driven campaign for Gears 5. It received positive reviews from video game publications, who praised the fast paced action, graphical quality, and the interactions between the pack's cast of characters, although some commentators found its short length to be detrimental to the overall gameplay experience. Gears 5: Hivebusters is the first single-player downloadable content pack for Gears 5. The pack is a direct prequel to the Gears of War: Hivebusters comic book series, and follows the origin story of Scorpio Squad, an ad-hoc team of commandos who embark on suicide missions to combat the threat of the Locust Swarm by infiltrating and sabotaging their Hives through the use of lethal toxins. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on December 15, 2020. Gears 5: Hivebusters is a downloadable content (DLC) expansion pack developed by The Coalition and published by Xbox Game Studios for the 2019 third-person shooter video game Gears 5.

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