Colonel Boomer
First appears in Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin, chapter 28 ([ 21 ])
Appearances
What you know
Book 7: This Inevitable Ruin
- Ch 29Colonel Boomer is a grizzled level 62 Elven Legate, a former crawler who quit on the tenth floor and later escaped the crawl.
- Ch 29Boomer is a longtime critic of the crawl, banned from Crawl Con, and wanted for killing someone in a waystation brawl.
- Ch 29Tipid put Boomer in charge of the 106th Bloody Leeches; his Legate class lets him buff many soldiers at once.
- Ch 32Carl hands command of the assault to Colonel Boomer, who orders the troops to hold the trapped enemy in a false stalemate.
- Ch 73Boomer pushes back when Carl tries to call Louis off his bomb run, reminding Carl the Reaver assault is Boomer's operation.
- Ch 100Boomer plans to send Cronus suits to back up a pregnant veteran on the surface and bring the war out of the dungeon.
Connections
- leads106th Bloody Leeches
- member ofPrincess Posse
- ally ofPorthus the Rogue
- member of106th Bloody Leeches
- enemy ofReavers
- friend ofYork
Key moments
- Book 7 · Ch 29Planning the southern assault on the Nagas
Carl, Tran and Colonel Boomer review Elle's scouting of the enemy trenches, trebuchets, cavalry, tanks and invisible Madness troops before attacking the Naga territory toward the Blood Sultanate castle.
- Book 7 · Ch 29The assault begins
With the NPC team confirmed ready via Britney, Carl gives the order and Boomer finally lights his cigar.
- Book 7 · Ch 31Breaching the trenches with Build Trench
On Boomer's signal, the attackers drop into the bomb craters and use Build Trench scrolls to dig channels that join the enemy trenches; Carl then attacks a stunned Saccathian soldier with Daughter's Kiss.
- Book 7 · Ch 32Enemy front trench captured
After Carl blasts the trench and briefly blacks out, the Princess Posse captures the first trench while fleeing enemies fall into an acid-filled middle trench; Boomer takes command.
- Book 7 · Ch 37Assault on the Posse castle
Enemy flyers drop paratroopers, saboteurs destroy the anti-air battery and hangar, Reavers enter via a saferoom door, and worm-controlled mages kill defenders from within.
- Book 7 · Ch 40Rust requests a parlay
King Rust rides up alone asking for an official parlay, and Donut calls for Kibben to ready the howdah.
- Book 7 · Ch 48Preparing Operation: Snake Pit
Back at base, Boomer debriefs Carl and signals in code that it's time to launch Operation: Snake Pit against the nagas as Katia returns.
- Book 7 · Ch 72Carl and Elle go through the gate
As Boomer begins the raid on the Reaver castle, Carl and Elle step through the feral gate toward the Madness castle, while Samantha spots a dragon overhead.
- Book 7 · Ch 73Boomer overrules Carl
Boomer insists Louis continue the bomb run despite the dragon; Carl apologises and makes Samantha an officer to paint the dragon for missiles.
- Book 7 · Ch 100York's confession and phase two
York reflects on killing the orc children, then docks Homecoming Queen for Boomer's soldiers as Porthus's resistance group declares war on the Syndicate.