Private Michael Stuber, SM (COG tags CSID 43NYO8-W3VR7-IA) was a Gear who fought towards the end of the Locust War and Lambent Pandemic during the Locust Occupation of Eswen. Despite only being ten years old during the Locust invasion of his home in 8 A.E., he and several thousand other Esweni survived and took refuge in the forests and jungles of the island. Because of their isolation from the rest of the world, many Esweni left on the island believed themselves to be the last remnants of the COG and, in 14 A.E., Stuber "joined" the Coalition Army where he was assigned to Kappa-Three Forty Four, one of the few Gear squads still around from the initial invasion.