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07-22-2014, 08:47 AM | #19151 |
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It essentially is the same as the hovercraft the Marines use only bigger. Although I thought they could hold 4 Abrams. Maybe it was 4 Bradleys? I'm sure it would still make an awesome toy. As cool as the Killer WHALE? maybe not. But I still love my HAVOK and that thing makes about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine.
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07-22-2014, 09:05 AM | #19152 |
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It essentially is the same as the hovercraft the Marines use only bigger. Although I thought they could hold 4 Abrams. Maybe it was 4 Bradleys? I'm sure it would still make an awesome toy. As cool as the Killer WHALE? maybe not. But I still love my HAVOK and that thing makes about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine.
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08-07-2014, 07:11 AM | #19153 |
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Interesting reading...
MARSOC re-flags as the Marine Raiders http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/arti...Marine-Raiders |
08-07-2014, 01:53 PM | #19154 |
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Hah, that's cool, my current fan-fic (if i ever effing finish it) is about a Joe Marine Raiders sub-team. I was actually going to try genning up a suitable team logo based on the Raider logo, but without the skull, to go with the story, ala TF, NF, Ninja Force et al logos...
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08-09-2014, 12:34 AM | #19155 |
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That's awesome I just read not too long ago that they weren't allowed to use the name. great reversal. I've always kept a custom Joe named "Raider" Marine of course.
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08-22-2014, 05:02 PM | #19156 |
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I was just wondering how Cobra non-named officers fit into your Cobraverse? My dilemma started first with the ME Air Troopers and now carries over to the DG Cobra soldiers. To me when the Cobra soldier gets the inverted Arrow on the helmet that means Officer. Now I have several of these Air troopers and the DG Black Cobra soldiers I have essentially too many officers.
My favored pilot filecard: Cobra Pilot (v1) G.I. Joe Action Figure - YoJoe Archive Not sure if this is ever and issue for anyone else. For me I decided much like the US Army, these guys are warrant officers. I use the Black DE troopers as Snipers like Blackout, but I've decided Cobra Snipers, receive some sort of leadership and intelligence training, since they may be in charge of certain types of operations. This gives them status and they also hold warrant officer ranks. Maybe Sniper training and a few successful Sniper missions are a prerequisite to becoming a full blown officer? Captain? Major? My favorite Officer filecard is the Resolute officers: http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/cobraofficer10.shtml Then what about the Stinger drivers? Do they need officers for those? .. . .
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08-23-2014, 02:07 AM | #19157 |
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my intention with my collection is to have two 1.5 officers to command my infantry troops - one for the blue shirts, one for the Vipers.
in my Black Sword fan-fic, wherein I reinvented Cobra as a modern realistic organistation, the officers were the Cobras with actual professional military training. the blue shirts are your basic thugs/militia wack-jobs/defecting insurgents etc. the Vipers were guys with elite unit training, EG USMC, Royal Marines, Paras, Rangers, Netherlands Marines etc. |
08-23-2014, 02:13 AM | #19158 |
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Now that makes a lot of sense. Kind of like Mike Force in Vietnam. I would assume actual military professionals would quickly rise to the top.
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08-23-2014, 02:34 AM | #19159 |
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welll, the way Cobra works in Black Sword is they're a group like al-Qaeda or something, spread across the world and recruiting on the internet as well as hiring mercs. And I've just gone back to my notes...
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Cobra troops: basic blue-shirt troopers with AK47s and FN FALs: Cobra officers: basic blue shirt/silver logo wearing officers with AKs.
Vipers: Cobra elite troopers, those with actual professional military experience, not just as gunmen in militias etc. like basic troopers or volunteers. Vipers have better gear and weapons. Alley-Vipers: Cobra elite urban warfare specialists, look like riot cops with riot shields and carrying SMGs. About 20 strong. Night-Vipers: Cobra night warfare specialists, wear black and grey outfits, wear NVGs, and carry assault rifles with thermal scopes. About 20. SAW-Vipers: Cobra LMG specialists, carry RPDs, FN MAGs or M60s, wear body armour and helmets. About 30. Crimson Guard: Cobra's undercover specialists and moles. Hidden across world poised to strike. Between 10 and 20 worldwide. Destro is James McCullen, 24th Laird McCullen and an arms dealer, buying weps from various parties to Cobra. Wears a simple metal facemask. Firefly unknown real name. Mercenary saboteur. Major Sebastian Bludd, Australian born mercenary. Wanted by the French government for crimes whilst in Foreign Legion, lost his eye in an attempted assassination by DGSE. Baroness. Real name Anastasia Cisarovna. Russian. Alias: Anastasia DeCobray. Cobra intelligence specialist. Former SVR officer. Tomax and Xamot. Real names unknown. French-born businessmen operating in Switzerland. Secretly funding Cobra via various scams and schemes including fraud. Darklon. Real name unknown. Prince of tiny East European country of Darklonia. Cousin of Laird McCullen. His country's armed forces are known as the Iron Grenadiers, commanded by General Voltar Kasimov. Scrap Iron. Real name unknown, mercenary anti-tank specialist, possibly east European in origin. Recently signed up to Cobra. Doctor Mindbender. Real name unknown. Chinese scientist recruited by Cobra to work on their development of biological and chemical weapons. Also specialises in chemicals used for torture and brainwashing. Interrogator. Real Name unknown. Believed to be either Iraqi or Iranian. Cobra’s specialist torturer and inquisitor. Big Boa. Sergei Mikhailovich Gerasimov. Ukrainian. Former member of Ukraine’s Army. Drill instructor and PT specialist who trains Cobra troopers. Former Army boxing champion. Vypra. Real name unknown. Female driver. Leads group of Cobra Vipers driving the ‘Stingers’ – modified UAZ jeeps with machine guns attached. Rip It. Real name unknown. Male driver. Leads group of Vipers driving vehicles. Tele-Vipers. Cobra’s communications, signals intelligence and computer specialists. They run the website, hack other sites, try to crack military encryption codes and encrypt Cobra’s comms. Around 20 strong group. Eels. An eight strong cadre of frogman and UDT trained Vipers. Para-Vipers. A dozen Vipers who are airborne qualified. Techno-Vipers. 10-strong group of vehicle mechanics and aircraft maintenance techs. Aero-Vipers. 10 Vipers who are helicopter or fixed-wing qualified pilots. All fly only transports, 6 helo and 4 plane pilots. Night Vultures. Skycreeper’s squadron of 12 microlight pilots. Motor-Vipers. Vypra’s squad of 10 drivers for the Stinger jeeps. Trained in offensive and defensive driving techniques. Skycreeper. Microlight pilot who trains a small force of Vipers to attack as a light air attack force. A mercenary from America. |
08-23-2014, 08:11 AM | #19160 |
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Nice. So there is only 132 specialized vipers? No Rock, Jungle or Range vipers or Desert Scorpions?
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