Makoa Gibraltar
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Makoa Gibraltar, known mononymously as Gibraltar, is a playable Legend in Apex Legends and Apex Legends Mobile. A Pacific Islander search-and-rescue specialist competing in the Apex Games.
Biography
Shielded Fortress
Gibraltar is a gentle giant with a wild side. The son of two SARAS (Search and Rescue Association of Solace) volunteers, he has always been skilled at getting others out of dangerous situations that are common in the Outlands. However, he only began to understand the value of protecting others when he and his boyfriend, Nik, stole his father’s motorcycle, took it on a joyride, and got trapped by a deadly mudslide. His parents saved them, and his father lost an arm in the process. Gibraltar has never forgotten that sacrifice and has devoted his life to helping those in need.
The Apex Games didn’t change that, but they changed what it meant. Many of Gibraltar’s friends and colleagues have competed in the Games for extra money, fame, and glory over the years, and some never came home. Gibraltar joined to keep them safe and, for the first time, his skills as a rescuer and his rebellious nature worked together. He’s now become an icon in the Apex Games, putting himself in the line of fire to protect his squad and send his opponents running for cover.
Origins
Makoa Gibraltar was born in 2703 on Solace, the son of Miko Gibraltar, a volunteer for the Search and Rescue Association of Solace (SARAS), and the grandson of Dr. Aleki Gibraltar, a scientist who worked on Project Iris in 2658. Growing up, Gibraltar was told a fable of a little mouse, which served as an analogue to his ancestors’ journey to the Outlands on the IMS Nostros four hundred years prior.
In the aftermath of the Frontier War, the IMC and the Frontier Militia both disappeared, leaving a power vacuum in the Frontier. As a result, the planets of the Outlands began to fight each other, leading to the Outlands Civil War. Gibraltar, disagreeing with his family’s isolationism in response to the War, ran away from home in 2717. He found a part-time job at the Thunderdome, working as cleaning and concessions staff. It was here that he met Nikolas Gentile. The pair soon entered a relationship and shared their first kiss at the arena.
One night, the pair began talking about the war, and Gibraltar declared his intent to join the fighting. He convinced Nik to join him on this endeavour. Gibraltar snuck into his parents’ house to pack supplies. He also stole his father’s motorcycle, and he and Nik drove off to join the war. Gibraltar decided to take a shortcut through the Cascade Mountains, but heavy mud and reduced visibility from a storm resulted in him losing control and driving off of a cliff. Gibraltar was mostly unscathed, but Nik was unconscious with a broken leg.
SARAS and Gibraltar’s father quickly arrived at the scene. While they were quickly able to rescue Nik, a mudslide forced Gibraltar and Miko further down the slope, crushing the latter’s arm under a rock. After they were lifted out, Miko had lost his arm.
While Gibraltar wished to tell the truth about the incident, Nik took the blame, believing that Gibraltar is “the guy who’s gonna save the world one day.” Nik was sent to juvenile detention for his role in the incident. Gibraltar has felt severe guilt over the situation since. Gibraltar kept in contact with Nik after he was released from prison. In 2727, he learned that Nik had entered into a relationship with a woman named Vanessa. Though they were separated, their union resulted in a son, Michael Gentile, who idolized Gibraltar.
In 2728, Nik decided to sue for sole custody of Michael. In retaliation, Vanessa told their son the truth about Nik’s past and his involvement with Gibraltar, completely souring the young boy’s opinion of the latter. Nik told Gibraltar this during a clandestine meeting in a park, but Michael found this out.
Eventually, Gibraltar decided to become a competitor in the Apex Games to protect those who would otherwise not return.Though he was initially hesitant to leave, his father supported him, giving his son his dome shield to help in combat. [1]
At some point, Gibraltar took a sabbatical from the Apex Games to complete work with SARAS. He re-joined the Games in their 124th season.
Season 5
The Broken Ghost
After Loba joined the Apex Games, she solicited the assistance of the other Legends (sans Revenant) to hunt down pieces of an artefact on an alternate Kings Canyon, in the Shadowfall dimension.
At some point, Wattson is injured in the Shadowfall dimension. While she recovers from her injuries, Revenant comes to harass and threaten the legends. Gibraltar, Bangalore, and Bloodhound suddenly return from the dimension to fend off their assailant. Eventually, Revenant returns (in the form of Crypto’s drone) and reveals that there is a mole amongst the group, sowing distrust amongst the Legends.Caustic immediately frames Crypto, severing the latter’s relationship with the other Legends, especially Wattson. Gibraltar takes notice of this, and later confronts Caustic about his deceit. Caustic openly admits to feeding information to Revenant, with the intent of keeping Wattson and Crypto away from each other. The two’s ideals clash, with Caustic expressing his confidence that they are disparate now, and Gibraltar expressing his that they will come together again.
After this encounter, Gibraltar attempted to meet with several of the Legends to try to make amends among the group. While he was unable to find Crypto, he met with Loba and Wattson, the latter of which stated that she needed time to process what had happened.
Season 6
Gibraltar visited Rampart’s shop with Bangalore to share a drink. Later, making good on his promise to bring the Legends back together, he wrote a letter to Wattson detailing how Caustic was the true mole.
Overtime
One Saturday in 2733, Gibraltar completed an Apex Games match on Kings Canyon, with his team securing victory. After the match, he joined Bangalore and Loba at a restaurant, only to be suddenly pulled away when the former chases a passer-by for his jacket, which she believes belonged to her brother. The group and the passer-by are then met by a horde of stampeding Prowlers. Gibraltar uses his dome shield to protect the group, only for the fourth man to be pulled out and killed by one. A distraught Gibraltar is consoled by Loba, who tells him that he can’t save everyone.
The three Legends were suddenly confronted by a group of armed men in a heavily-armed Trident, claiming that the slain man was with them. The Trident pursued, but was quickly fended off by one of Bangalore’s smoke canisters. However, the Trident’s crash took out a significant portion of Solace City’s power grid.
Gibraltar and the Legends soon arrived at a local hospital, only to be caught under debris from a landing dropship owned by Boss Willis of the Mercenary Syndicate. Gibraltar used his dome shield to protect and rescue the Legends and the wounded patients.
Season 7
Family Portrait
Gibraltar accompanied Lifeline, Octane, and Pathfinder to a Chevrex charity event to obtain an antique MRVN battery from Darion Che, Lifeline’s father. By chance, he encountered Nik, who was annoyed to see his ex-lover. Gibraltar attempted to apologize for their past again, but Nik stopped him, discussing his need to “live in ‘what-is’” instead of “playing ‘what-if.’” Their conversation was interrupted by an explosion triggered by a terrorist group led by Creighton Sawtelle, who sought to take over Psamathe. The chaos knocked out one of the terrorists, leading Gibraltar to steal his armour and masquerade as a member of the group. Sawtelle commanded Gibraltar to execute Lifeline, which allowed him to buy time for Pathfinder to disrupt their leader. The Legends successfully stopped the attack. Gibraltar and Nik talked after the incident and decided to reconnect over coffee soon.
Pathfinder's Quest
Gibraltar met with Pathfinder when the latter sought answers regarding his creator. The two discussed SARAS and the settling of The Outlands.
Season 9
The Legacy Antigen
Before a celebration of Pathfinder on Olympus, various houses on the arena became rentable between Apex Games matches. Gibraltar rented one of these houses with his family and invited Nik and Michael for dinner. When the door knocked, he was instead met by Lifeline, who summoned him for a search and rescue emergency. He found Nik as he left and told him he won’t be long, unaware of the true circumstances of the event.
The Medusa outbreak quickly spread, leaving Michael sick. Gibraltar piloted a SARAS vessel to bring him to a hospital, but their landing area was overrun by Medusa vines. He jumped down to clear the area, breaking his leg in the process. In the hospital, Gibraltar consoled Nik, assuring him that a cure will be found and Michael will live.
After the cure was developed, Nik thanked Gibraltar for keeping him sane, though remarked that Michael might never come around to realize the latter’s role in saving him. He later visited Bangalore after she is cured.
Season 11
Trouble in Paradise
During an Apex Games match on Olympus, Gibraltar was placed on a team with Pathfinder and Ash. The latter attempted to access the Rift, searching for remnants from the Phase Runner accident. After telling her that very little, if anything, was recoverable from the site, the Simulacrum decided to continue her search elsewhere.
Season 13
Gibraltar helped to prepare for Bangalore's retirement party.
Personality and traits
Gibraltar is described to have 'strong morals' by Crypto and is depicted as being strong, wise and kind-hearted. He is committed to honestly, persuading Caustic to confess as the mole as well as him writing a letter to Wattson explaining the fact. Gibraltar is also generally optimistic as he expressed the certainty that the Legends would reform their relationships after Caustic's betrayal.
Physical appearance
Mako is depicted as Tall. Muscular and dark-haired. He stands well above most of the other Legends at 6 foot 5 inches.
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Gibraltar is shown to have good relationships with the majority of Legends however has a close relationship with Rampart and Bangalore and regular share drinks. Gibraltar also has a on-off romantic relationship with Nikolas Gentile.
Apex Legends
Abilities
| Tactical Ability | Passive Ability | Ultimate Ability |
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 Dome of Protection |
 Gun Shield |
 Defensive Bombardment |
| Lay down a dome shaped shield that will absorb any incoming gunfire. Reviving is 20% faster. | Have a shield in front of you whenever aiming down sights to hit your enemy while being shielded from the enemy's gunfire | Call in an airstrike from mortars using an area marked in smoke |
Customization
- Main article: Makoa Gibraltar/Customization
Apex Legends Mobile
Gibraltar is a defensive Legend. His tactical ability Dome of Protection creates a temporary half-dome shield that can be walked through, but not fired through. His passive ability Gun Shield causes a shield to form around the upper half of his body whenever he aims down sights; this shield takes some damage before breaking. His ultimate ability Defensive Bombardment causes a damaging and stunning cluster strike to land on a targeted location.
Abilities
| Tactical Ability | Passive Ability | Ultimate Ability |
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Dome of Protection |
Gun Shield |
Defensive Bombardment |
| Blocks incoming and outgoing attacks. | Aiming down sights deploys a gun shield that blocks incoming fire. | Call in a concentrated mortar strike on a marked position. |
Perks
Gibraltar has 3 Perks, 3 Finisher Perks, and 3 Ability Perks.
Perks
- Defensive Supplies - Begin matches with a Shield Battery and Med Kit.
- Quick Decision - When the Gun Shield is intact, aiming down sights occurs faster.
- SARAS Protocol - Dome of Protection can be used while knocked down, but the duration is decreased.
Finisher Perks
- Battle Adaptation - Using your Finisher adds 100 damage to your Evo Shield's level.
- Deadly Momentum - Using your Finisher reduces your Ultimate's cooldown by 30%.
- Parasite - Finishing an enemy restores 50 Health.
Ability Perks
- Recovery Zone - Using a Syringe within Dome of Protection increases the recovery effect.
- Lasting Wounds - Enemies hit by your Ultimate are temporarily highlighted.
- Burn Proof - Dome of Protection will also function as a Heat Shield.
Customization
- Main article: Makoa Gibraltar/Customization
Quotes
- Main article: Makoa Gibraltar/Quotes
Behind the scenes
Appearances
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Update History
Gallery
Images
Apex Legends concept art of Gibraltar.
A Letter from Gibraltar detailing that Caustic was the mole
Videos
- Meet Gibraltar – Apex Legends Character Trailer
Gibraltar Character Trailer
Trivia
- According to developer commentary:
- Gibraltar was the first character made for Apex Legends, going through possibly more visual iterations than any other character. He carries much of his design from the military aesthetic of Titanfall 2.
- Gibraltar was initially made Polynesian as a reference to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, as part of a more roundabout reference of his name to the Rock of Gibraltar.
- He was ultimately made to be of nondescript Pacific Islander origin, a conglomerate of the Pacific Islands as a whole and not specifically Polynesian or Maori or Samoan. To that end, he wields a patu or mere (patu made from jade, prestigious and a sign of chieftainship) as one of his weapons of choice. He also dances the haka and is explicitly described as a "warrior, in a lot of ways."
- His kit was made to match his story and presentation as a "shield." He is a warrior and fighter, but first and foremost, he is a "protector."
- Gibraltar's dome shield is adapted from the Dome Shield titan kit in both Titanfall games used to protect newly called titans. His gun shield is similar to the Gun Shield used by Legion.
- Gibraltar's patu was custom-made by Nik, his partner as a gift.
- Gibraltar is the first legend to be of Polynesian background, followed by Mad Maggie.
- Gibraltar is gay.
- Gibraltar can strike with a force of 870 PSI, and has a weapon draw speed of 2.4 seconds.
- Gibraltar learned some of his fighting style from the gladiators at Thunderdom
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