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12-04-2008, 10:59 AM | #1201 |
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Welcome Oliver's brother.
I'm pretty sure that Barrell Roll, Bombstrike and Black Out were all Air Force. It may have been mentioned in the comic. Yeah, everytime the Plague member Vanguard is mentioned, it attachs his name (Lt. Nick Bailey). Who the hell is Lt. Nick Bailey and what is so special about him that his name has to be mentioned? Was it an unfinished plot line? The Plague was what I thought Cobra should have all along. Some of the Vipers and such had to be ex-rangers, ex-SEaLs, ex-special forces. Stalker isn't just a Ranger, he's more of a (for lack of a better term) "Super"-Ranger. There's somethign about him that makes him beyond a normal Ranger, that's why he was tapped for the Joe team. Vipers are Ranger-equivalents EELs are SEaL-equivalents So where are Cobras "super" ones? You know there had to be some. Stalker's moral core is what made him become a Joe. What if he was still a bad man? You really think he would have settled for being just a Viper?
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12-04-2008, 11:03 AM | #1202 |
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Whatever happened to Bombstrike anyways?
Her filecard says she was kidnapped by Black Out. Barrell Roll's latest card, his DTC, says that after her rescue and learning what plans Cobra had for her, he's more then ever determined to take down Black Out. So what happened and what were the plans? Did this happen in the VvV movie that she was kidnapped?
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12-04-2008, 11:58 AM | #1203 |
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Welcome Oliver's brother.
I'm pretty sure that Barrell Roll, Bombstrike and Black Out were all Air Force. It may have been mentioned in the comic. Yeah, everytime the Plague member Vanguard is mentioned, it attachs his name (Lt. Nick Bailey). Who the hell is Lt. Nick Bailey and what is so special about him that his name has to be mentioned? Was it an unfinished plot line? The Plague was what I thought Cobra should have all along. Some of the Vipers and such had to be ex-rangers, ex-SEaLs, ex-special forces. Stalker isn't just a Ranger, he's more of a (for lack of a better term) "Super"-Ranger. There's somethign about him that makes him beyond a normal Ranger, that's why he was tapped for the Joe team. Vipers are Ranger-equivalents EELs are SEaL-equivalents So where are Cobras "super" ones? You know there had to be some. Stalker's moral core is what made him become a Joe. What if he was still a bad man? You really think he would have settled for being just a Viper? I think that Devil's due had other plans for Bailey. All we get from him is that his Brother died and he's pissed off at the government. And while on a Mission in Dafur (He's a ranger I think) he snaps and kills all the militants that had surrendered. Cobra Commander is there encouraging him. Other than that it sort of fizzles out. AS far as Ex military guys joining Cobra, I feel like those are your Skullbusters and Lt Claymore, and Claws commanders. To be the commanders of a cobra unit, you have to be a total Badass, and Ruthless to boot. You would most likely enjoy killing people. |
12-04-2008, 12:19 PM | #1204 |
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There's nothing mentioned in the summaries of the comic issues on YoJoe.
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12-04-2008, 01:08 PM | #1205 |
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Nick Bailey was recruited into Plague by Cobra. BIg battle Cobra loses.
I want to say Barrel Roll get Promoted mid series when he became a pilot as well as a sniper. He was flying commercial Air Planes when Joe Disbanded between volume 2 and America's Elite. Blackout Kidnapped Bombstrike. to use as bait against Barrel Roll..somehow Croc Master is invovled...she is rescued and plays a part (very small) in WW3. I would like to say they were all Army...all were in fields that invovled Shooting or accuracy in targeting. Barrel Roll is a Sniper so is Black Out. Bombstrike I've always seen as Artillery she goes out find the bad guys and radios back the corrdinates to the Battery or to Air Support for bombing runs. (Any RTO guy could do that but she specialize in it and would probably be attached to an Artillery Battery's Forward Observer/Scout Platoon. |
12-04-2008, 01:16 PM | #1206 |
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What about the crimson guards? I always thought they were more elite than Vipers.
According to the Special Missions comics, Barrel Roll and his siblings all joined the USAF--probably why they have aviation-ish codenames--Barrel Roll, Bombstrike, and Black Out (probably because he G-locked in training and blacked out due to his ineptitude, which is emphasized in the comics). But they are all definitely USAF. |
12-04-2008, 01:20 PM | #1207 |
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Check the back of the Special Missions Trade paperback vol 1. In the files section for this info.
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12-04-2008, 01:41 PM | #1208 |
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Here's for your viewing pleasure, straight from the files of Gen Joe Colton:
"BARREL ROLL JOINED THE GI JOE TEAM WELL AFTER IT'S REINSTATEMENT, BUT QUICKLY BECAME A FAVORED TEAMMATE AMONG THE RANKS AS HE VOLUNTEERED FOR ANY MISSION HE WAS ABLE TO, AND ALWAYS PERFORMED EXCELLENTLY AT THEM. HE RARELY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY USE HIS QUARTERS AFTER ASSIGNMENT, AS HE WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATLEY SENT ON ANOTHER. LIKE MANY SOLDIERS ON THE JOE TEAM, BARREL ROLL HAS QUITE A BACK STORY. HE WAS ONE OF THREE CHILDREN RAISED IN THE SUBURBS OF CINCINNATI. BARREL ROLL EXCELLED IN SCHOOL, PARTICULARLY IN MATHEMATICS, AND JOINED THE AIR FORCE A YEAR EARLER THAN THE LAW ALLOWS, JUST AS HIS FATHER HAD DONE YEARS BEFORE. SOON AFTER, HIS SISTER ALYSSA (BOMBSTRIKE) FOLLOWED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS AND ALSO ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCE, WHERE SHE TOO EXCELLED. EVENTUALLY HIS BROTHER, THOMAS ALSO JOINED, PRESUMABLY AFTER MUCH PERSUASION AND PRESSURE FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE STALL FAMILY. ALL THREE OF THE STALL SIBLINGS WERE EVENTUALLY RECRUITED FOR THE GI JOE TEAM IN THE ORDER THAT THEY ORIGINALLY JOINED THE MILTARY. BARREL ROLL EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS AND BECAME ONE OF THE FREQEUENTLY UTILIZED AGENTS. HOWEVER WHEN HIS BROTHER JOINED, HIS PERFORMANCE ON THE FIELD WAS QUITE POOR. THOMAS' FAILURE IN THE FIELD LED TO THE DEATHS OF HIS FELLOW RECRUITS AND LED TO HIS COURT-MARTIAL. SINCE THAT TIME, BARREL ROLL HAS WORKED EVEN HARDER TO REDEEM THE STALL NAME IN THE EYES OF THE UNIT, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF WAHT APPEARS TO BE THOMAS' DEFECTION TO COBRA (SEE BLACKOUT). THIS TREASON BY HIS BROTHER IS ESPECIALLY PAINFUL FOR BARREL ROLL, WHO SPEAKS OF IT INFREQUENTLY. BARREL ROLL EXCELS AT ANYTHING INVOLVING THE SKIES. I'M TOLD THERE IS BARELY AN AIRCRAFT THAT THE MAN IS NOT AN EXPERT AT. HE IS ALSO QUITE PROFICIENT AT SUBTERFUGE AND AMBUSH TECHNIQUES, AS MOST SNIPERS ARE. HIS MATHMATICS SKILLS ARE UNPARALLELED AND OFTEN OCME IN QUITE HANDY IN MANY FORMS. CURRENTLY, BARREL ROLL HAS LEFT ACTIVE DUTY AND IS FLYING IN THE CIVILIAN SECTOR AS A COMMERCIAL PILOT. HOWEVER, HE PRACTICES HIS SHARPSHOOTING DAILY, AND DOES HALO JUMPS WEEKLY, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN HIS SKILLS. HIS COMMUNICATION WITH THE ROCK IS CONTINUOUS, AS HE HAS GREAT HOPES OF LEARNING ANY INFORMATION OF HIS MISSING BROTHER. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SHOULD THE THREAT OF COBRA RISE AGAIN--AND THOMAS STANDS AMONG THEM--BARREL ROLL WILL IMMEDIATELY BE AT THE FRONT LINES TO PREVENT ANY HARM THEY HOPE TO INFLICT." |
12-04-2008, 01:59 PM | #1209 |
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Nick Bailey was recruited into Plague by Cobra. BIg battle Cobra loses.
I want to say Barrel Roll get Promoted mid series when he became a pilot as well as a sniper. He was flying commercial Air Planes when Joe Disbanded between volume 2 and America's Elite. Blackout Kidnapped Bombstrike. to use as bait against Barrel Roll..somehow Croc Master is invovled...she is rescued and plays a part (very small) in WW3. I would like to say they were all Army...all were in fields that invovled Shooting or accuracy in targeting. Barrel Roll is a Sniper so is Black Out. Bombstrike I've always seen as Artillery she goes out find the bad guys and radios back the corrdinates to the Battery or to Air Support for bombing runs. (Any RTO guy could do that but she specialize in it and would probably be attached to an Artillery Battery's Forward Observer/Scout Platoon. |
12-04-2008, 02:04 PM | #1210 |
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Still no mention of when this "kidnapping" occured and why. Also no mention of what was so special about Vanguard that he got a name.
Since the Plague were slated to be figures in the next wave of Joes, after VvV and before the 25th line, that never got produced, maybe his filecard would have mentiond why Vanguard was given a name.
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