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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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08-25-2009, 01:19 AM
Tyroc
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Australia
Posts: 2,294
In my 'verse, blue shirts form the backbone of all Cobra operations. They are the troopers / support personnel and general dogsbodies of Cobra. All conscripts start as a trooper then progress to the Viper ranks.
Troopers operate in squads, commanded by Cobra (NC) Officers.
Troopers (militia men, thugs, criminals etc) are trained in Vance Wingfield's Strike First or recruited and trained within individual Cobra terror cells. The most promising recruits are sent to Springfield where they endure Basic Viper training.
persons who've served in any formal military can join the Vipers directly.
After Basic, Vipers move onto AIT and different military specialties.
General Infantry = 1985 Vipers
Signals = Tele Vipers
Engineering = Techno Vipers etc
Then there are the special schools that require experience (Eels, Range Vipers, Alley Vipers etc)..
The progression is therefore
Cobra Trooper > Viper > Can go anywhere
Cobra Gunner > SAW Viper
Cobra Bazooka Trooper > HEAT Viper / Fast Blast Viper > WORMS
Cobra Grenadier > Frag Viper / Flak Viper > WORMS
Cobra Flame Thrower > Shock Viper > Incinerators
Laser Troopers > Laser Viper
Radioman > Tele Viper > Pit Viper / Cyber Viper
Demolitions Trooper > Techno Viper > Shadow Viper
Desert Trooper > Sand Viper > Desert Scorpions
Armor
Cobra Driver (Stinger) > Motor Viper > CLAWS
Cobra Hiss Driver > Track Viper
Cobra Tank Driver > Tank Viper
Cobra Snow troopers > Snow Vipers (Arctic Pack)
Hostile Environment > Toxo Vipers
Night Watch (MP) > Viper Guards > Alley Viper (SRT)
Air Force
Cobra Air Trooper > Air Viper > AVAC / Aero Viper > Strato Viper
> Astro Viper / Star Viper / Vapors / Black Stars
or >Gyro Viper > Heli Viper
or Glider Trooper > Air Viper > Sky Creepers / Air Devils
Cobra Navy
Cobra Diver / Naval (DTC Trooper) > Aqua Viper > Hydro Viper > Eel > Lamprey / Moray
or Sub Viper / Secto Viper > Sea Slug
or Eel > Snow Serpent > Ice Viper / Para Viper
The Toxo Vipers and Desert Scorpions used to be used as a deterrent nd punishment for bad conduct but they've progressed away from that but they still retain an internal stigma.
Vipers who excel in their chosen professions and display outstanding qualities can become Imperial Guards or become Crimson Vipers. Crimson Vipers get university grad level education and are eligible for the Crimson Guard. All Crimson Guardsmen are Crimson Vipers when in Basic military training before graduation to Guardsmen.
Vipers who excel in martial arts / close quarter combat are invited to become Ninja Vipers.
The Bio Vipers, Elite Vipers, Monsto Vipers and all V or Venom troops are a separate organization called the V Nation under Venomous Maximus on Cobra Island.
One Viper per legion joins the elite Plague Troop and leadership ossilates between whoever is the top Eel, Snow Serpent or Para Viper depending on seniority.
haven't decided how to use Python Patrol. They're either Serpentor's or Golobulus's troops..
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