Hedgerow Hell

Hartsock: "It's really not that much of my finger, really, sir."

Marshall: "You're lucky they didn't send you home. If you'd lost another inch they probably would have."

Hartsock: "I go home when we all go home. Sir. I wrote a letter- I wrote my wife... trying to explain what happened. I gave up. Couldn't do it. Couldn't find any words to explain days like that."

—Hartsock Interview

Hedgerow Hell is the 12th chapter of Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood.

Summary[]

The enemy has fled from Baupte and taken strong positions in the bocage just south of town. They need to be eliminated before they can reorganize and move up to St. Sauveur.

Plot[]

Red talk to Marshall about his finger and attempts to write a letter to his wife about his time in Normandy. It cuts back to when Doyle talks to Red's squad before Cassidy interrupted for a mission. Some of the German defenders are held south of Baupte and can posed to a threat to the main assault to St. Sauveur and their mission is to eliminate them. They also have a pack of TNT to clear the hedges on their way.

They proceed to a nearby hedgerow and blow it up. Behind it was a group of Germans carrying an assault rifles with a MG and halftruck supporting the Germans. Since the front line is under heavy fire, Red moved to another hedgerow and blow a hole resulting the squad moving in to another area. They engage the Germans in the new area and use the TNT to clear a new flank. The squad soon defeat the halftruck and the MG crew before clearing another German team coming from a farmhouse.

They reach to another area to find that the battlefield is under 88 fire with German resistance. Red's squad bravely assault the 88 and killing its crew. They blow the hedgerow to go behind and finish the remaining Germans. They are suddenly ambushed by Germans attacking from the same field where the squad entered with halftruck as support. They held the 88 line until Cassidy's unit flank the Germans and destroy the halftrucks. After the battle is over, Cassidy order the squad to deliver the maps to the 82nd for their assault on St. Sauveur.

Objectives[]

Eliminate the Germans in the hedgerows[]

The Germans who were flushed out of Baupte were forming up again in the hedgerows, and were a threat to move on St. Sauveur.

Characters[]

Colonel S.L.A. Marshall
Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Cassidy
Sergeant Seamus Doyle
Sergeant Joseph Hartsock (Playable)
Corporal Jacob Campbell
Corporal Franklin Paddock
Private First Class Harry Wheaton (does not speak)
Private Richard Doe (does not speak)
Private Nicholas Hooper (does not speak)
Private James York (does not speak)
Private James Marsh
Private Derrick McConnel (does not speak)
Private William Paige
Private Dean Winchell (does not speak)

Weapons[]

American Weapons[]

M1A1 Thompson
M1 Garand
M1A1 Carbine (PS2 Only)
Colt M19111 (Hidden in Truck near end of mission)
M9 Bazooka (Hidden in Truck near end of mission)

German Weapons and Vehicles[]

Kar 98k
StG 44
MG 42 (Mounted)
88
Halftrucks

Teams[]

Fire Team[]

Cpl. Campbell - M1 Garand
Pvt. Paige - M1A1 Thompson
Pvt. Marsh - M1 Garand

Assault Team[]

Cpl. Paddock - M3 Grease Gun
Pvt. Winchell - M1A1 Carbine
Pvt. McConnell - M1A1 Carbine

Transcript[]

Main article: Hedgerow Hell/Transcript

Talking to Squadmates[]

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Extras[]

Choosing a Title[]

Before choosing the name "Brothers in Arms," the Gearbox team considered a number of concepts and designs for a possible game title.

One of the earliest stages involved creating a concept treatment of the title where we attempt to evoke a feeling from the font and style of the design. These are some of the very first concepts considered as possible approaches.

As the game development progressed, the title selection continued. Some candidates were discarded, some were refined and others were added to the list of possible options.

These concepts are about composition and style. The words themselves were fake (there was no 512th in the 101st Airborne).

More composition ans style concepts that are leading to the font style that was chosen in the final treatment. Note that some of these trash titles were later actually chosen by other studios for competitive games.

These treatments explore how subtitle and by-lines could be integrated into the title logo.

Soon box composition became relevant when considering title and logo. This treatment was actually proposed by developer, Jeff Wofford, who served as a coder and as a project manager at various points of development of Brothers in Arms.

Another attempt at a box cover treatment with the final title. Note that some of the imagery from this box treatment was used in gearbox's first teaser website for the franchise when it launched in April 2004.