Willits' Ape Hunter Army is an army founded by Jakob Willits at some point after the Simian Flu Pandemic. It was tasked to exterminate any ape clans they could find.
History[]
Background[]
At some point after the Simian Flu broke out, Willits formed this army with friends he made during his military years. They banded together to wipe out any apes they came across and adopted the number "2517" as their symbol while wearing white camouflage fatigues. They wiped out many apes and collected their skulls as trophies. They eventually started recruiting surviving humans to join them like Oswald Reeves, who became Willits' number two, while capturing several apes, such as Stinky, and forcing them to fight for them. They eventually tracked a clan east near the Rocky Mountains and discovered a nearby town called Millerton and plotted to seize control of it.
Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier[]
Willits and Reeves approach the town and offer them their help in "dealing" with their ape problem while losses to the town's militia occured as well. After a trade is proposed between the town leader, Jess Ross, and the apes to get her son, Willits brings in several soldiers to "back up" the townsfolk while plotting to sabotage the deal. They blow up the bridge where the deal is taking place and force both sides into engaging each other and the soldiers fight against the apes with their ape slave soldiers. In the confusion, Willits heads back to Millerton with his army while Reeves captures Maria Weber, takes her back to their main camp near the train, and locks her in a cage. When Jess and her people return they are taken inside while Jess and her number two man, Luke Rainey, are separated from the others and locked up, effectively taking over the town. Meanwhile, back at the train, Reeves supervises the transfer of supplies to the train in preparation to complete the takeover.
The sections after this sentence detail the possible endings and are therefore determinant.
Millerton Surrenders[]
The soldiers arrive on the train without delay and prepare Millerton's defenses right before the apes launch their final attack. Willits and Reeves lead the soldiers to victory and successfully exterminate the entire tribe. Jess and the people loyal to her are bound and led out of Millerton and onto their train as prisoners.
Millerton Fights Back[]
Maria was let out of her cage by the ape Bryn and the two traveled back to Millerton and warned Jess of the coming threat and formulate a plan to stop them. Oswald catches Jess and Maria sneaking into the armory and packing C4 into a bag and tries to stop them, but is killed and Willits later discovers his body. The hunter soldiers spot Jess' people on the train tracks setting up the C4 and opening fire on them as they flee into a nearby building. They manage to kill Mikey and Kay, but the soldiers themselves are all killed and Jess heads back to the tracks, possibly with Mark and/or Maria, and sets up the C4 before Willits arrives and they pull guns on each other.
- Jess chose to "Surrender": Jess surrenders and is taken back prisoner, along with Maria and/or Mark, and after they get Rainey they are taken back to Millerton. Jess and the people loyal to her are bound and lead out of Millerton and onto their train as prisoners.
- Jess chooses to "Shoot": Jess kills Willits and successfully blows up the train tracks derailing the train, and killing most of the soldiers. The ones that survive are attacked by the nearby ape army and are all killed.
Known Members[]
| Ape | Species | Status | Position | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob Willits | Human | Alive/Deceased | Leader | |
| Oswald Reeves | Human | Alive/Deceased | Second-in-command | |
| Stinky | Chimpanzee | Unknown | Slave |  |
Equipment[]
- Guns: As most of the members were former military, they were shown to be very proficient with guns. They later trained their ape slaves to use guns as shown when Stinky was caught on the bridge.
- Explosives: During the Battle of Miller's Bridge, the launched explosives that destroyed the bridge killing about a dozen apes hiding under the bridge. They launched another that destroyed a truck with a machine gun mounted to it that Bryn was using against the humans, which can determinately kill Brutus.
- Vehicles: The army was shown to have access to several vehicles which they use for a variety of reasons. The most notable is a train, which they use to travel and transport their equipment. They also have access to several humvees with mounted machine guns and they use in their battle with the apes.
- Cages: During a stop before they reach Millerton, the army was shown to be using cages with large metal bars to hold both humans and apes. While the apes were their slaves the humans were infected and couldn't speak.
- Horses: The soldiers shown to be very adapt at using horses and shooting from them.
Trivia[]
- Willits' Army is very similar to Colonel McCullough's Alpha-Omega army.
- Both composed of military and civilian personnel banded together to exterminate any apes they find.
- Both branded apes and force them to serve as soldiers and pack mules in their respective armies, The Alpha-Omega nicknamed these apes Donkeys.
- Both came across humans infected with a mutated strain of the Simian Flu, rendering them mute, although their reactions differed:
- McCullough had them all executed, along with anyone who sympathized with them.
- Willits had them all taken prisoner to treat them medically.
- Determinately, both are exterminated by a combination of both human and ape armies.