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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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09-29-2011, 11:28 AM
oliverbox
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Well no one will discredit RB here. Not that I don't like HD also, but IDW messed it up.
However nowhere has RnR been credited as being a Ranger. (He's Special Forces in my verse, but that's not true to Joe-Lore) Although he is mentioned as being inspired to join the military do to his experience with the Ranger at the beach who saves the kids life. But that was DDP right?
As far as Flint is concerned. I like to think he was going through Flight Warrant Officer school to become a pilot after Special Forces, because he's an over-Achiever, but Hawk brought him into the Joes. Hence he has the training and is able to fly, but otherwise his roll is XO.
You're right Loose, NO WHERE is R&R listed as Ranger qualified. To me, he's always been a good counterpart to Grunt: he's just a good 11B, who carries a M-60. The inspiriation to join the Army by an Airborne Ranger was in DDP, and according to Hasbro that is no longer cannon... but even that didn't mean R&R was Ranger qualified.
I use R&R as the NCOIC of my main Joe Army.
As for Flint's pilot qualification... I just don't make that big a deal out of it. His later filecards list him as a demo specialist, and make no mention of his pilot qualifications. To me, he's a Special Forces Warrant Officer who happens to be able to fly helos and blow stuff up. I think the pilot qualificaitons were the counterpart to Duke's language skills. Flint was the new Duke: SF Joe Leader character. Duke's ability with languages was well documented in his filecard, and I'm sure they wanted Flint to be sort of equal to Duke, but not a carbon copy... so instead of languages, he was a qualified pilot. I don't spend too much time worrying about how Flint got qualified as a pilot. He was obvioulsy designed to work as a Special Forces/Infantry leader type of soldier. That's his primary role. He's never been released in a flight suit or anything.
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