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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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08-12-2015, 04:56 PM
seaneley
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Which Filecard is that? There are so many now.
I think it's assumed that Vipers were meant to replace the typical Cobra Blueshirt trooper. However, over the years they have sort of coexisted side by side as separate units or different outfits.
My verse... You start out as a lowly Trooper (Blueshirt) digging ditches and basic military Drill. You want a little more challenge you join the Viper Corps which are the equivalent of say Rangers or Marines. From there you move to the other "Viper" Specializations if you want even more of a challenge.
But Rank is still a part of the organization. "Officers" just tend to be the most ruthless troopers. But a Cobra Officer sitll outranks a Viper, who is not an Officer.
Cobra Troopers (v1) G.I. Joe Action Figure - YoJoe Archive
Even though he (and the Cobra Officer v.2) were created from the Viper mold, this 1998 figure is the bona-fide 1st official "Cobra Trooper" (v.1) in the line. We only had "Cobras" and "Vipers" before that.
The original file-cards made it clear that the Vipers were the "lowest" and the Cobras were the equivalent to Sergeants. I've always gone with that, but my discovery of this later file-card is making me rethink things.
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