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An Omnigear is a Gear that has been fully awakened by the power of an Anima Relic. Unlike normal Gears, Omnigears have no physical controls, and instead interface telepathically with their pilots. They are obtained individually as upgrades to the Gears piloted by a number of playable characters, and are among the most powerful Gears in the game. Their design seems to be more "organic" than their non-aligned counterparts.
Etymology[]
In Perfect Works and the Japanese version of the game, Omnigears are called ギア・バーラー (Gia-bārā). "bará" is a Hebrew word (בָּרָא) meaning "to create", specifically used as "to create/manufacture something out of nothing". This is a reference to Omnigears being the Gears of genesis. In the Japanese version of the game normal Gears are simply called ギア (Gear), meanwhile in Perfect Works they are referred to as ギア・アーサー (Gia-āsā). "asá" is a Hebrew word (עָשָׂה) meaning "to make", specifically used as "to create/manufacture something out of existing materials". This is a reference to normal Gears being made by humans.
Some of the Omnigears have the prefix "El-" in front of their name, which is a prefix for "god". The 2nd Legend of Genesis claims humanity thought of themselves as "gods" when they created the Anima Relics to revolt against "God".
Trivia[]
- Their Xenosaga equivalent is E.S.
- In the final version of the game, there are 9 Omnigears.
- There were 2 Omnigears that were scrapped during development: El-Seibzehn and El-Crescens.