Create your own Joe/Cobra Characters

[Von Blitzkrieg]

Travis Woods
Aged 14
Cobra Wannabe
Specialty: Causing mass casualty terrorist attacks.
115 lbs
5.5 ft tall
Race: White
Haircut: Shaved.
Grey-eyed
Hitler Mustache
Uniform: desert camouflage pants, desert tactical vest, desert boots, PASGT Helmet w/desert covering, yellow-tinted visor goggles.

Weapons: guns. motor vehicles, IEDS, attack dogs.
Firearms used: Magul Masada assault rifle, twin XD45
semiautomatic handguns.

History: TRavis Woods simply hates GI Joe, he crashed a vehicle through the Joe ninja base and ran Snake-Eyes over; Snake Eyes is now in a wheelchair for life. Kamakura was killed, Leaving Jinx and Quick Kick as the twin leaders of the Joe ninja compound.

[cliff secord]

Cobra wannabe?...uh no,no no no I think you mean white trash skinhead wannabe...yeah sounds about right.

[ReganOmics]

um---Sig Cobra.....
or better yet... Heil Commanadant

[bigdaddyblue73]

What a goon

[KungFuDip]

george jetson

5.10 ft
205 lb
caucasian
hair red
eyes black

uniform: cogswell cogs

INFO: dad of the future.

[Breaker455]

I thought this would be a fun thread full of creativity but instead the first character is either an adolescent power fantasy or a total joke. -A five and a half foot, 115 pound, 14 year old boy with a Hitler-style mustache is a kid who is getting beaten up daily. Make the kid's code name "COLUMBINE" and be done with it.

And what's the deal with the kid using a Magpul Masada rifle? Magpul partnered with Bushmaster to further develop and produce the Masada as the ACR and the rifle is still in limbo. It has been delayed for so long, stuck in development hell, that it is considered vaporware. Then again, Joes and Cobra are all about the fantasy so maybe in their universe the rifle actually works without breaking and jamming.

[KungFuDip]

you didnt mention george : (

[Von Blitzkrieg]

[QUOTE=Von Blitzkrieg;562289]Travis Woods
Aged 14
Cobra Wannabe
Specialty: Causing mass casualty terrorist attacks.
115 lbs
5.5 ft tall
Race: White
Haircut: Shaved.
Grey-eyed
Hitler Mustache
Uniform: desert camouflage pants, desert tactical vest, desert boots, PASGT Helmet w/desert covering, yellow-tinted visor goggles.

Weapons: guns. motor vehicles, IEDS, attack dogs.
Firearms used: FN2000 assault rifle, twin XD45
semiautomatic handguns.

Psych Eval: He worships Cobra Commander as the
second coming of Adolf Hitler. Frequently refers COBRA as the .'Fatherland'; he is fanatically loyal to COBRA and would commit any crime whatsoever to punch his admission to COBRA.

History: TRavis Woods simply hates GI Joe, he crashed a vehicle through the Joe ninja base and ran Snake-Eyes over; Snake Eyes is now in a wheelchair for life. Kamakura was killed, leaving
Jinx as the leader of the Joe ninja compound.
Flint and Lady J. recently foiled a plan of his to blow up an FBI training camp; Duke and Beach Head
also thwarted his to plan to use KKK gunmen in a mass shooting raid on the Pentagon.

The reason I thought the above, I was watching a documentary on terrorism zome time ago; .'The terrorist whom I fear, is the one who strikes first and then makes demands'. That stuck with me.

I appeciate the criticism on the character's small arms, I do have a friend(Colombianito on warriortalk.com)who has an FN2000; he claims it is AK47 reliable. I presonally own a WASR10, an AK47 semiauto rifle; I have pimped it with a Galil handguard,a steel internal heatshield, and a Krebs ladder ghost ring. 100% reliable and very accurate.

I want .'Travis Woods'. to a be a mortal foe of the G.I. Joe team, but also; Cobra to be leery of hiring a psychopath. Could Travis be a Drednok? YOur input is appreciated.

How would the Joes function, Snake Eyes were maimed for life? To me that is an interesting question.

Again, I thank your input.

[dmizrok]

The Commander would put him in the Cobra Youth until he got hazed and found under the boardwalk at Broca Beach wearing womans undergarments lol

[Troynos]

The Joes would be just fine. Snake-Eyes is not the end-all-be-all of G.I. Joe. They'd get along just fine.

Quick Kick is not a ninja.

[Breaker455]

I want .'Travis Woods'. to a be a mortal foe of the G.I. Joe team, but also; Cobra to be leery of hiring a psychopath. Could Travis be a Drednok? YOur input is appreciated.

How would the Joes function, Snake Eyes were maimed for life? To me that is an interesting question.

How the Joes would function minus a team member (any team member) is a story idea and the file card is, in my opinion, too limited to do the idea any justice.

Regarding what the character should be, that's your call as he is your character. The reason I said anything was that the character you created was neither likable (i.e. Han Solo) nor bad enough (i.e. Darth Vader) to be interesting. He wasn't even seriously dangerous (ie. the way Boba Fett is supposed to be). He hurt someone with a car which puts him at the Ted Kennedy and Laura Bush level of dangerousness (since they both killed people accidentally with cars).

If you are trying to fit your new character in an established universe, take a look at the larger story and try to fit him so he enhances the dynamic. It's like creating a new superhero or villain to fit in a Batman story. The new character should not eclipse everyone around him and become the focus of the story. -Stories have character wheels where characters are supposed to push other characters. Ideally, the characters play off one another creating and resolving obstacles.

If you want to make your character someone who tries to work with Cobra, do it. If you think he should be an aspiring Dreadnok, i.e. a "Prospect" for a motorcycle club, you can make use of the abused recruit dynamic. If you want to make Cobra leery of the kid, write it so that Cobra manipulates his dedication and exploits the kid in a way that they can always burn him / leave him behind if they need to do so. Highlight his total commitment and their ambivalence. Think of a kid with a crush on a girl who is not interested in him romantically but needs something (i.e. cash, drugs, concert tickets, etc.) the kid can get.

Don't focus on the gun thing. It's fine if he has a preference but Joes and Cobras all seem to have some familiarization with multiple types of weapons so he should be able to make use of any decent quality firearm. -The arguments you see on gun forums about best, worst, or whatever are typically from Chairborne Rangers and Keyboard Commandos. Some firearms have better designs or better execution than others, but nothing is perfect and each one can fail. Again, when a firearm fails and what the character does is more of a story idea than a file card character concept.

The interesting thing with firearms or new firearm designs is how they advance the basic concept. For example, the interesting thing with the FS2000/F2000 is taking some of the internals of the Steyr AUG and adding forward ejection. This eliminated the one major complaint with Bullpup rifle design, i.e. that left handed / left eye dominant shooters could not use bullpups that ejected spent brass to the right. No one likes hot brass in the face and ear. Whether the design will prove to be as robust as an AK is something that is going take millions of copies in the hands of some of this world's most backward people over a 60 year period. That said, focusing on this type of material is not compelling action or drama.

Good luck.

[kneroh]

I'm just glad Von B didn't go to high school with me. The kid needs a pamphlet.

[Troynos]

Also, what makes this guy so different from all the other pyschopaths that try and join Cobra?

All characters have a "hook" that makes them different/stand out from others.

What's this guys hook?

[Von Blitzkrieg]

Thank you for your most observant input.

[KungFuDip]

but...george...

[erictehnoob]

i would like to create a gi joe character

[Flint-wo2]

^Then do it.

[Sean_C]

Just use these random generators I saw...

G.I. Joe New Character Generator - Abulafia Random Generators (http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=G.I._Joe_New_Character_Generator)

G.I. Joe Filecard Generator - Abulafia Random Generators (http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=G.I._Joe_Filecard_Generator)

[Flint-wo2]

Name: KIWI.
Age: 25.
Height: 6.0ft.
Weight: 80kg-(176 lbs).
Race: White
Uniform: Green T-shirt with a black Non-Ballistic Plate Carrier Vest, Heavyweight NOMEX Balaclava, With Blackhawk Lightweight Tactical Pants, Combat boots.

Primary weapon: G363.
Secondary weapon: desert eagle.

Kiwi is a New Zealand born British SAS trained soldier. After his second tour in Afghanistan General Hawk offered him a place in G.I. Joe. Kiwi is an expert maskman. He has been on hundreds of night raids that any other soldier would have been killed.

[wolf fangs]

Name: Heath Marshall. Codename:WolfFangs
Age:14
Place of origin: unknown
Affactillation:G.I JOE
184 LBS.
5.11 ft
Race:mixed of white and mexican.
Specialty:good at everything!?!!! yes he is. he's a regular wolf.
eye color:grey(on left),red(on right) Haircolor: black
uniform: ON SUNDAY AND SATURDAY MILITARY UNIFORM. MON.-FRI. WHITE T-SHIRT AND CAMOE PANTS.
WEAPON OF CHOICE: M230-A2 AUTOMATIC CANNON CHAIN GUN
HISTORY:UN IMPORTANT

[thecursor]

Fuck it, I'm gonna give this a try.

Here are a group of guys who, in real life, GI Joe could simply not function. Seriously, these are the guys who frankly would make terrible figures but would make awesome characters.

K-Street
File Name: Charles Burke
Primary Specialty: Government Liason
Secondary Specialty: Accounting
Background: Recruited from the GAO, K-Street operates as the GI Joe's voice inside the American government. This is the man who keeps the Joes budget from getting cut. When Congress goes on the warpath, K-Street spends hours defending General Hawk's bottom line.

Loophole
File Name: Valerie Garcia
Primary Specialty: Prosecutor
Secondary Specialty: JAG Officer
Background: Recruited from the Navy's JAG office, Loophole acts as the GI Joe's legal representative. She prosecutes Cobra officers, keeps captured covert operatives from going to jail, and networks with other law enforcement agencies.

Condor
File Name: William Redburn
Primary Specialty: Espionage
Secondary Specialty: Intelligence
Background: An analyst for the CIA, Condor processes the massive streams of intelligence data that GI Joe collects from all over the world and then arranges that data into a cohesive narrative that GI Joe operatives can understand and use.

Walker
File Name: Micheal Kaplan
Primary Specialty: Transportation
Secondary Specialty: Security
Background: Walker discretely moves intelligence data from one GI Joe base to the other and he does it the old fashioned way: with a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. In a world where wikileaks can get every confidential file in the world and hackers can trace every agent's location, only a courier can be trusted to take information from one side of the globe to the other.

[Sgt Humpty]

Fuck it, I'm gonna give this a try.

Here are a group of guys who, in real life, GI Joe could simply not function. Seriously, these are the guys who frankly would make terrible figures but would make awesome characters.

K-Street
File Name: Charles Burke
Primary Specialty: Government Liason
Secondary Specialty: Accounting
Background: Recruited from the GAO, K-Street operates as the GI Joe's voice inside the American government. This is the man who keeps the Joes budget from getting cut. When Congress goes on the warpath, K-Street spends hours defending General Hawk's bottom line.

Loophole
File Name: Valerie Garcia
Primary Specialty: Prosecutor
Secondary Specialty: JAG Officer
Background: Recruited from the Navy's JAG office, Loophole acts as the GI Joe's legal representative. She prosecutes Cobra officers, keeps captured covert operatives from going to jail, and networks with other law enforcement agencies.

Condor
File Name: William Redburn
Primary Specialty: Espionage
Secondary Specialty: Intelligence
Background: An analyst for the CIA, Condor processes the massive streams of intelligence data that GI Joe collects from all over the world and then arranges that data into a cohesive narrative that GI Joe operatives can understand and use.

Walker
File Name: Micheal Kaplan
Primary Specialty: Transportation
Secondary Specialty: Security
Background: Runner discretely moves intelligence data from one GI Joe base to the other and he does it the old fashioned way: with a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. In a world where wikileaks can get every confidential file in the world and hackers can trace every agent's location, only a courier can be trusted to take information from one side of the globe to the other.

I like all of these. While they would probably never appeal to the mass-market, they might make really cool custom figures.

[thecursor]

I like all of these. While they would probably never appeal to the mass-market, they might make really cool custom figures.

I can sort visualize every single one of these guys as figures and their accessories:

K-Street: Expensive suit using the boxed set Destro, youngish face. I'd say the Airbourne face but he's a little overused. A briefcase, a laptop, a cell phone and maybe sunglasses.

Loophole: Naval or marine dress uniform, with Catherine Bell style headsculpt. A briefcase, legal pad, dossiers, and a colt 45 side arm.

Condor: Robert Redford or 90s Alec Baldwin inspired look, rumpled dress casual clothing. A laptop, a mini sattellite dish, ipad tablet, and a TASER.

Walker: A serious face, brown hair, with a muscular build. Reuse pieces of Chuckles from the 20th anniversary line. Tan pants, short sleeved linen shirt. A shoulder holster with a 9 mm, a knife in his ankle holster, a leather jacket, then a silver attache case with removable hand cuffs on his wrist.

[wolf fangs]

Codename: Coyote
Realname: Lucky Marco
Rank: Colonel
Place of origin: Phoenix , Arizona
Affactillion: G.I.JOE
Age:24
5'9'
134lbs.
weapon of choice: Famas G2
Race: Cuban
Black hair and amber eyes
History:Born into a military family he grew up obeying and protecting until an ambush by the new cobra empire. then showing an act of bravery opon the whole base colonle lucky j. marco was kicked out from the army for disobeying an order to help the joes in the small ambush. Then the joes high command of seven decided to let him join the alpha sqaud of the joes.

[wolf fangs]

Codename:Vulcan
Realname: Nick Bennson
Affactilation: GIJOES
HE IS A TANK COMMANDER AND FORMER BAZOOKA TROOP.
7'2'
234LBS.(BUT HE IS NOT FAT!!! HE IS SUPER STRONG WITH AN AWESOME BUILD TO GO WITH IT)

[F.O.Joe]

Caltrop (Dreadnok Ninja)
File Name: Ryuichi Takinari
Primary Specialty: Espionage
Secondary Specialty: Mecanic
Background: Decended from a long line of Arashikage Ninjas, Caltrop began training at a young age under various masters after the fall of the Arashikage Clan. He joined the Red Ninja Clan but was kicked out for hanging out with junior Dreadnoks and causing havoc during training sessions. Now a junior member of the Dreadnoks himself, he designs various weapons for Dreadnok vehicles.

"He is just as dangerous on a motorcycle or with a gun as he is with a sword. I would hate to see such talent go to waste." Zartan

[thecursor]

I figured I'd try a few more.

Snake Eater
File Name:Andre DeCobray
Primary Specialty: Espionage
Secondary Specialty: Counter Intelligence
Background: As the DeCobray was dragged through the mud, Andre watched his family suffer to the point of madness. His own father drank himself to death and his Aunt and Uncle, The Baroness' parents, withered into shells of their former selves. So when the GI Joe team came knocking on Andre's door for a deep cover operative in Europe, the Viscount DeCobray volunteered immeadiately.

Sickhouse
File Name: John Murphy
Primary Specialty: Armed Robbery
Secondary Specialty: Grand Theft Auto
Background: When the Dreadnoks expanded from Australia to the United States, the Murphy family signed on the dotted line. Frank "Murder" Murphy was the co-founder of the first American Dreadnok Club. But the relationship soured quickly. The Murphys might be thugs and thieves but they weren't drug dealers, so when Zartan asked Murder and his sons to push meth in Phoenix, their response was a biker gang war that tore the American Southwest to shreds. Knowing that every dollar of drug money sold by the Dreadnoks funded Cobra's operations, General Hawk made a devil's bargain with the Murphy Family and recruited their youngest son John. Sickhouse doesn't exactly fit in with the rest of the Joe team and Hawk winces every time he sees the Murphy name in the headlines, but he certainly can't argue with results.

[Weezus]

Weezus Christ
File Name: Trevor Fitzroy
Primary Specialty: Psychological Warfare
Secondary Specialty: Intelligence
Background: A satirical cult leader who trains in ESP and mind control under Crystal Ball. Took over vocals for Cold Slither after Zartan moved on to bigger and better things. Uses the media and youth to mobilize protests and riots in favor of Cobra goals or to create necessary diversions for other clandestine missions. Has no experience with fire arms and only brief combat training although having a large armory because 'guns are awesome'. Generally considered an annoyance by the GI JOE and is under constant surveillance but cannot be pinned with any actual crimes.

[SWAG]

G.I. Joe SKT (Small Kill Team) Team Leader
Code Name: Thor
File Name: Hunt, David Edmond
Service #: NA
PMOS: 18A Special Forces Officer
SMOS: 13A Field Artillery Officer
Birthplace: Savannah, GA Grade: 0-3 (Captain)

Thor never wanted to do anything other than lead soldiers, where as most kids had imaginary friends Thor had an imaginary Platoon. Raised on Army posts with his two younger brothers Thor dreamed of one day being an Army Officer. Joining the Army Reserve to help pay for school and to receive the first of his special ops training Thor became an Psychological Operations Specialist. Upon receiving his Bachelor's in History Thor attended Army Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, GA. There he branched Field Artillery and attended the FA Basic Officer Leadership Course at Ft. Sill, OK. He would return to Ft. Benning to attend Ranger School and Jump School in route to his first assignment as a Fire Support Officer for 4th Brigade 10th Mountain. 2 tours to Afghanistan later and he dropped his packet for SFAS where he excelled and upon finishing SFQC for 18A's he was assigned to 3rd SFGA as a ODA team leader first as a dive team leader and then as SIF team leader. It was as a small unit direct action team leader that Thor came in to his own, his boisterous, confident demeanor was honed in to a more intense, soft spoken confidence. He came to the attention of Joe command after he had a run in with Major Blud in central Africa and his 4 man element was able to stop Blud's numerically superior force from taking a water treatment plant. Asked by a fellow FA officer turned operator General Hawk, Thor has since led one of two Joe SKTs (Small Kill Teams) the other is led by his younger brother, Tyr. Calm and collected in the face of everything this thunder god only shows his true intensity to the enemy and those Joes unlucky enough to put themselves before the team.

Thor is qualified on all NATO and Soviet weapons. Proficient in multiple fighting styles but prefers Krav Maga. Preferred weapon is his MK-18 CQB Rifle Mjöllnir

"Thor looks at this Cobra trooper holding him at gunpoint and real calm like whispers 'that ain't gonna work for me.' Next thing we know Thor's clubing that snake with his own helmet and smirking the whole time."





G.I. Joe SKT (Small Kill Team) Team Leader
Code Name: Tyr
File Name: Hunt, Byron Owen
Service #: NA
PMOS: 18A Special Forces Officer
SMOS: 91E Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer
Birthplace: Hutchinson, KS Grade: 0-3 (Captain)

Thor's little brother is a force to be reckoned with in his own right quieter than his older brother he is the product of ROTC and the Ordnance Officer and EOD courses. He is tabbed and badged similar to his brother except he bears the EOD crab from his time serving as an EOD platoon leader, where he worked both down range as well as part of the Secret Services PSD for the president during a tour of Central Asia. Tyr also has HALO Parachutist wings from his time as a team leader in a HALO ODA. Tyr led the element that secured the Dreadnaught weapons facility in Somalia which lead to the capture of many cobra operatives. Asked to join the Joes a few months after Thor which has lead to more than a little ribbing from his older brother.

Qualified on all NATO and Soviet weapons. Prefers Sawed-off shotgun.

"Everybody that meets Tyr knows why he is a Joe, it ain't cause his brother, its because if ya need to keep from blowin or the opposite you can call the same cat. Plus ya just feel better about him doing it all calm like while your shaking like a leaf."