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01-05-2008, 03:01 PM
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Well, I've always gone by the Operations Manual that came with the 12" CC back in the 90's:
http://www.yojoe.com/12inch/92/manua...ommander.shtml
Course, it shows that officers have red insignia.
that's pretty cool, and coincides with the original vision as Vipers as the bottom of Cobra (only above Cobra BATs, microwaves and other Cobra appliances), and I prefer to follow the original RAH rank structure, not the Lucased Special Edition re-ranking of Cobra with VvV.
that being said, the standard Cobra Trooper is absent in that structure, and one could argue that they were simply integrated into the Cobra Vipers as the basic infantry troops. that would be incorrect, and the evidence supports my position.
as the bottom of the pyramid and the starting point for any Cobra Operative, as the Vipers are clearly identified as in their original filecard, that would clearly rank Vipers as the military equivalent as an E-1, and at best E-3 (as you can enter the military as high as E-3 as an enlisted if you have some college experience, for example). those are the bottom of military ranks.
but the standard Cobra Trooper is clearly stated on its original filecard as being the equivalent of an E-4, meaning that back in 1982 when Cobra was first created by Hasbro, even though the Vipers were not created yet, it was still conceived that there were Cobra ranks lower than the standard E-4 Cobra Trooper, even though they had yet to be identified or created by Hasbro, and the Cobra Trooper was never intended to be the lowest rank of Cobra. Cobra Troopers are apparently more than standard infantry troops, which is all Vipers are, even if only slightly, as evidenced by their clearly defined higher rank.
so, in keeping with the original Cobra structure from RAH, Vipers are the bottom and regular Cobra Troops lie somewhere in the middle of the Cobra equivalent to military enlisted ranks at E-4.
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