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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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12-15-2008, 09:41 AM
Troynos
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Okay, so I’ve gone back and revised my Cobra units according to file cards and came up with a hierarchy for specialty training. First Cobra Troopers (The Enemy) are like the US Army. They make up the bulk of Cobra infantry, though a lot of them are in garrison, working in security or in supply, etc. Among them are specialists like Bazooka Troopers, Explosive Specialists, Hostile Environment Specialists, Night Watch Troopers, Divers, and Viper (Glider) Pilots. Among the officers are Cobra Officers (Infantry), Desert Specialists, Night Watch Officers, Air Troopers, and HISS and Stinger Drivers.
Vipers, on the other hand, are like the Marines. Many are equal in rank to the regular Cobra infantry but they are highly trained, better equipped, front-line combatants with far more specializations. Vipers are the spearhead of Cobra assaults; however, unfit or disobedient Viper units are downgraded to Desert Scorpions as a form of punishment, and those who do not shape up are further downgraded and forced to serve as Toxo-Vipers in the “Leaky Suit Brigade”. So Toxo-Vipers are really the lowest of them all.
Qualified Vipers can specialize in various fields. They can go on to become any of the following units: Motor Vipers (STUN drivers), Tele-Vipers (communications), FRAG-Vipers (grenadiers), Night-Vipers (Night Ops/Snipers), HEAT Vipers (anti-armor), Fast Blast Vipers (anti-armor/demo), FLAK-Vipers (anti-aircraft), Shadow Vipers (covert ops), Shock Vipers (flamethrowers), Techno-Vipers (engineers), Laser-Vipers, SAW-Vipers (machine gunners), Rock-Vipers (mountaineers), Range-Vipers (long-range recon), Secto-Vipers (BUGG drivers), Sludge Vipers (hazardous waste), Sub Vipers (underwater demo), Swamp Vipers (amphibious assault) and Track Vipers (armor drivers). Of all these units, Track Vipers may be selected to receive further training as elite Nitro-Vipers (Detonator drivers).
The bulk of the Cobra Air Force consists of Air Vipers (cadets), who must receiving training in all Cobra aircraft and airborne operations before specializing in a particular weapons system. Air Vipers are officers who may qualify as Gyro-Vipers (Mamba pilots), Heli-Vipers (Battle Copter pilots), Aero-Vipers (Condor pilots), AVAC (Firebat pilots), VTOL pilots (like Vapor), and Rattler pilots (like Wild Weasel). Only the best Air Vipers will qualify as Strato-Vipers (Night Raven pilots), who may also advance as Astro-Vipers or Star-Vipers with additional space training.
Last but not least are the Cobra frogmen, otherwise known as Eels. The Eels are exactly like Navy SEALs—an elite, highly trained unit of Special Forces. Exceptional Cobra divers are often selected for Eel training but many Eels are drawn from the ranks of Cobra infantry and Vipers (especially Sub and Swamp Vipers). The Cobra Eels also serve as a springboard for other Special Forces type units. Eels can be recruited for advanced training as Sea Slugs (Sea Ray navigators), Hydro-Vipers, Morays (who may also become Electric Eels), Para-Vipers and Snow Serpents. Eel officers may also be selected to train and serve as Lampreys (Hydrofoil pilots).
Snow Serpents are perhaps the most elite branch because they must also qualify as Para-Vipers and receive additional airborne training in the arctic. Now arguably the most highly trained unit in all of Cobra is the Ice Viper. Ice Vipers must first serve as Eels, qualify as Para-Vipers and eventually Snow Serpents, and then receive additional training as Techno-Vipers before joining the mechanized branch of arctic WOLF drivers.
Damn, that's perfect.
So where do the Neo Vipers fit into that? You also forgot Sand Vipers and Alley Vipers, but damn, that's pretty comprehensive. No one else needs do a Cobra work-up again, you got it nailed.
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