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11-01-2009, 10:05 PM | #9991 |
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11-01-2009, 10:43 PM | #9992 |
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now only 8 posts to hit 10,000 posts.
Also I do wonder if their paths cross..... and if they do is it cordial strictly out of respect or is there tension amongst the troops. |
11-01-2009, 10:53 PM | #9993 |
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How about this for a reason why the ranks never change. So if G.I. Joe is a black ops group what if there ranks never change because the soldiers don't exist while they're part of G.I. Joe. So there rank never changes as a result of the proper paper work never being done to further protect the soldier idenity. I hope you guys get what I'm saying, I'm not the best at putting thing in words. This just poped into my head yesterday and I thought I would share.
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11-01-2009, 11:09 PM | #9994 |
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I agree, it makes sense...... I mean if they are an elite secret millitary force it would make sense that they erase their past(s) and therefore rank and command or put aside to some extent.
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11-01-2009, 11:10 PM | #9995 |
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I like the idea, the only problem would be how do they get paid. Their pay would be based on rank, I guess they could be paid out of a black ops account and a false identity bank account. If they don't exist whilst they're joes, what happens when they leave/retire?
Maybe they have a special dispensation to be paid via captured cobra funds? kinda like a self funding model based on seized assets? then again there'd be all sorts of legal and jurisdictional hurdles involved there too...sigh |
11-01-2009, 11:15 PM | #9996 |
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How about this for a reason why the ranks never change. So if G.I. Joe is a black ops group what if there ranks never change because the soldiers don't exist while they're part of G.I. Joe. So there rank never changes as a result of the proper paper work never being done to further protect the soldier idenity. I hope you guys get what I'm saying, I'm not the best at putting thing in words. This just poped into my head yesterday and I thought I would share.
an interesting sidenote about how real rank structure/ MOSs dont seem to matter- i think it was Charbroil starts off as an E4 Flamethrower but in a later version is an E4 Warrant Officer |
11-01-2009, 11:19 PM | #9997 |
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Do you think those changes were filecard errors or was the writer trying to denote raises or drop in rank?
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11-01-2009, 11:36 PM | #9998 |
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little bit of both? in hawk's case i think it was a conscious effort to promote him. others i chalk up to poor continuity control.
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11-01-2009, 11:58 PM | #9999 |
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Yeah that sucks............I have said it a million times and I will say it again... I wish that Hasbro has a continuity guy on hand to correct and make sense of all the discrepencies.
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11-02-2009, 12:02 AM | #10000 |
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I think that the guy writing the filecard doesn't care and knows nothing about the characters. Why I don't know? They probably get an old filecard and don't realize the character has been promoted at some point. Thus the drops in Ranks at times. Such as Gung-Ho. AS far as Charbroil as a Warrant Officer, those TRU sets are riddled with all sorts of packaging errors.
For me since I pretty much know what the highest ranks achieved on filecards I use the highest, except in the case of Rock'n'Roll. I just don't see him as a Sgt Major. I may change my mind if I decide he's Bench-Press' Uncle. I also tend to follow the DDP ranks that were published in their Battle Files comic. This tends to coincide with how I feel about some of the more major characters having a more appropriate rank. So for instance: Beachhead is a Sgt Major, but he's never got higher than E-7 on a filecard. Stalker is E-9 as well but he only made E-8 on a filecard. Scarlett is a E-8 in DDP but only an E-6 on a filecard. Thanks to Zulu I know have her as a WO-3. Steeler ard Cutter are now 0-4 Falcon is now a Captain Spirit, Recondo, and Roadblock are all E-7, which is what they should be. Ace is listed as 0-6 but that is a little high for me, so I keep him as a Major. The only other thing I've done is Promote Torpedo to 0-3 since he is listed as Lt. Torpedo these days |
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