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06-03-2009, 12:38 PM
Troynos
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zuludelta
I actually can't wait to start on the Cobra guys. So much more potential to just go crazy with the designs. Working on the Joes is great of course, but working within the constraints of contemporary military looks can be a little same-y after a while. I've already sketched out a half-dozen Viper designs and I'm raring to re-write the Cobra corporate organization's structure: I've been reading on Enron lately, and I think what I'm going to do is make Cobra a cross between Enron and Blackwater/Xe, with Fred I as the "puppet" public face and CEO of the company, a cross between
Jeffrey Skilling
and
Erik Prince
, with Cobra Commander an almost-mythical figure that no one (not even GI Joe) is sure even exists, directing things from the shadows. Destro would probably be the company's COO (Chief Operating Officer) and senior vice president in charge of the Military Armaments Research Sciences division. The Crimson Twins could be executive vice presidents in charge of the Extensive Enterprises division. I'm really enjoying re-working the Cobra organization as a proper for-profit company, which would make it a perfect counterpoint for something like the Joe team.
I really like that take on Cobra. It seems much more real and up to date then the generic "terrorist determined to rule the world".
If you think about it. A small army (relatively speaking, in comparasion to the total US or Russian Armies) like Cobras could never hope to take over the world, no matter what technology they have. Eventually, all the world's powers would organize to stop them (similar to what happened to Germany in WW2).
So having them as an organization that tries to "rule" thru power (money and control) instead of actual physical conquest is the way to go.
My reinvented Cobra is more of a shadow organization. They're behind all the various uprisings, terrorist activities and wars all over the world. They sometimes even back both sides. The goals are unclear, is CC a "one worlder" or is he after something else.
The idea would be the Joe's intelligence unit tries to ferret out the motives and locations of CC and his "Coils" (the inner circle: Baroness, Destro, etc..) well the Joe's direct action units work to stop his various plots.
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