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funny thought about cobra
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08-19-2009, 10:50 AM
JoeMama
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I am a HUGE fan of the America's Elite / DD Press line..
And they went a long way towards explaining this.
Cobra was all about starting revolutions in countries to sell arms to both sides, money.
Extensive Enterprises was the semi-legitimate corporate side, money.
Dreadnoks personify the vice side of Cobra, money.
MARS, however tight / loosely associated w/ Cobra, is mad money. They are the largest weapon supplier in the world, making them more powerful than any government, money.
Cobra La = let's forget.
Several good points as well; R&D costs = $0 when you kidnap and extort a scientist, or just break in and steal a valuable piece of scientific equipment to reverse engineer, which seemed the basis of 30% of all episodes / comic lines.
Armaments were mostly provided by Destro, who runs that business already. His involvement w/ Cobra = $0 cost for equipment.
Can't forget Dr.Mindbender as a staff science engineer, and CIO of global malevolence.
Cobra always had legitimate ties to Sierra Gordo & Cobra Island for mining & microprocessor production, as well as Springfield USA for legitimate procurement of raw resources.
By siezing control of a small oil nation, all raw gas / fuel resources are accounted for, with the remainder worked through derivative profit sales by Extensive Enterprises.
Can't forget Firefly and all of the Cobra mercenaries that are essentially hitmen for hire, profits going back to Cobra.
When you think about it, they are a raw profit machine with virtually none of the tangible overhead nations have to provide; no health care, retirement, education, space exploration, charitable contribution, third-world relief, NATO contributions; it is all raw profit, going completely towards an arms build-up and supply chain.
Concepts for a new thread (for someone that knows how to start them):
How did the JOES get funding?
With the jugglers in place, they should broke 24-7. With governmental oversight and budgeting, the Defiant alone would have bankrupted them.
Who does Cobra's tailoring & outfit design? Do they have a Cobra Creative department?
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