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02-04-2009, 06:59 PM | #2441 |
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Well, the Corps of Cadets at West Point is often called "The Long Grey Line"... General Rey has Grey Hair... in honor of General Robert E. Lee, who held the highest GPA at West Point of all time, maybe the name "Grey Fox"? What do you think of "Grey Fox"... it sounds smart, which he would need to be as a General.
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02-04-2009, 09:50 PM | #2442 |
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Damn Oliver are we bidding on the same Guys? I just lost my bid for the LT Stone figure. It looked better than the one I got. But mine is still good. I also just won a Gen Rey custom. It hasn't showed up yet, but I saw one that looked better but I lost that second one too.
Anyway I too need a Gen. Rey File card. I say go without the code name. General Rey is cool enough. I don't think he should outrank Hawk though. Mmm what should his occupation be? I love the Stone BIO I will probably use most of it. I don't think it will all fit in one card so I may have to condense it. I'll leave the Serpentor Clone stuff out too. Maybe he was in so deep he didn't know who the good guys were anymore. He seems like an Officer version of DUKE. Since my Duke is a General too I need to rethink that. |
02-04-2009, 10:40 PM | #2443 |
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Code Name: Grey Fox
File Name: Rey, Phillip Nathan Primary Military Specialty: Special Forces (18A) Secondary Military Specialty: Cavalry Scout Officer (19A) Rank: O-7 (Brigadier General) Place of Birth: Classified A great deal about General Rey's childhood and upbringing are unknown. What is known is that he was a ward of the United States Government for much of his life and reared in Northern Virgina, around the nation's capital. Rey distinguished himself as a high school scholar and athlete from a young age. His levels of strength, endurance, coordination, and mental aptitude were unprecedented. He earned more than 20 Varsity Letters in High School, graduated Valedictorian, earned his Eagle Scout award, and held no less than three black belts in different forms of martial arts. He also restored a classic '68 Camaro, which he drove to school everyday. Rey enlisted in the Marine Corps when he was 17. It seemed an odd choice for the kid who had dozens of full scholarships awaiting him, but Rey seemed driven by something else - the need to prove himself, and to learn to be the best. He was first in his class in Basic at Paris Island, and went on to become a Recon Marine Scout Sniper. He had his Airborne wings and Scuba bubble in no time at all. After three years in the Corps, Rey applied to West Point. It seemed an odd choice for a Marine to select the U.S. Military Academy, but it must have made sense to Rey. He showed up as a Cadet with a chest full of awards and qualifications, and not one bit of ego. He worked for every award he received. He graduated at the Top of his class and was a varsity letterman in Wrestling, Boxing, Judo, Swimming, Track, Weightlifting, Cross-Country Running, and he was an All-American middle line backer. He was also the Captain of his Cadet Company's Sandhurst team for three years consecutively. He was also one of the most popular Cadets in his class. He genuinely loved his classmates. When asked why he had wanted to play defense, Rey simply stated: "It's more about what we're training to do. We're soldiers who train to fight defensive campaigns against an aggressor." Incidentally, under Rey's leadership, the West Point defense lead the country in forced turn overs and defense points scored. It was as if Rey bleed Black and Gold. Most top cadets select Airborne Infantry, but Rey chose differently. Again, his wisdom proved sound - as if he were being guided by some very ancient knowledge well beyond his years. Rey selected Infantry, but after Ranger School, he was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Div. at Ft. Hood, Texas where he served as a Platoon leader in a Cavalry Scout unit. If Rey's career had been bright up to this point, it was nothing in comparison to what was next. Rey revolutionized Armored Cavalry. He was able to think and react faster than any other commander at Ft. Hood, which irritated every Armor Officer there - How could a young Infantry Officer be a better tank commander than they were? What is more, Rey was able to raise the morale of his troops like no one could dream. Good soldiers under Rey's command got even better, poor soldiers who were considered drains of resources suddenly showed themselves to be competent troops under Lt. Rey's leadership. As a Scout Platoon leader, Rey took what he learned as a Recon Marine and multiplied it. Rey's Cav Scouts became a terror to the enemy. His ability to use his unit as a direct action force, or a recon unit became the Army standard for recon units. Versitility and Speed of Action became his trade marks. Rey was promoted to Captain within 16 months of arriving at Ft. Hood, and given Command of a Troop of Cavalry Scouts. He flourished. He then wrote a new thesis on "The Doctrine of Cavalry as Used in Today's Warfare". It became required reading at the Army War College, and at West Point. After two more years, Capt. Rey was then selected for Long Range Surveillance Company Commander, 75th Ranger Regiment. If he had been good with mounted Infantry, he was amazing with light Infantry. His Battalion commander wrote of him, "He is the finest officer I've ever worked with - he should be my boss." While with the Rangers, Rey earned his Pathfinder, and HALO badges. After three years with the Rangers, Rey applied for the Qualification Course at the Special Warfare Training Center at Ft. Bragg. While Rey worked amazingly well in a structured military environment, he was like a miracle worker in Special Forces. There was no situation that Rey did excel in. In any field problem his unit had, Rey would almost instinctively know what to do. He didn't just command respect; his men wanted to follow him. He took it as a welcomed challenge to have his A-Team deployed to train indigenous forces. Rey took it as a point of pride to train and motivate them to be better soldiers than standard Army troops. On one occasion, an indigenous trooper was asked what the American flag meant to him. He enthusiastically responded, "Sir, to act honorably at all times and to kill the enemy for Captain Rey, sir!" If that's not winning hearts and minds... After 4 years with the Special Forces, Rey was promoted to Full Colonel and asked to serve as the Chief of Operations (G-3) for Army Special Operations Command. Most people thought he should have been running the entire Command. Rey was hand picked by the President and the Joint Chiefs of Staff and promoted to Brigadier General to be assigned as a battlefield General for the G.I. Joe Team's Special Operations Command. He's one of the youngest Generals in the U.S. Army since the Civil War - he's not even 35 - but his gray hair makes him look wise beyond his years, and very distinguished. He looks like a leader; he moves like a trained athlete, and he thinks like a war time genius. The most amazing thing may be his personal hobbies - General Rey reads the classics, writes poetry and short stories, draws pictures of far away times and places, and he smokes a very old, very large pipe, like he's a man apart from his own time. For any other man, such accomplishment and ability might lead to arrogance. General Rey is anything but arrogant. In fact, the troops love him. They call him the "Grey Fox" because he is more clever than anyone else on the battlefield, and he feels like a very old soul.
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02-04-2009, 10:44 PM | #2444 |
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i think you should keep it "GREY" Fox since he's a General and his name is Rey
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02-04-2009, 10:47 PM | #2445 |
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True. And it doesn't seem that either grey or gray is necessarily preferred over the other as acceptable. And G. Rey makes sense - I just prefer it the other way, myself.
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02-04-2009, 10:54 PM | #2446 |
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Damn Oliver. Nice work.
I love the "nods" to the Serpentor-Clone part in there. Very nice touches.
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02-04-2009, 10:56 PM | #2447 |
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Damn Oliver are we bidding on the same Guys? I just lost my bid for the LT Stone figure. It looked better than the one I got. But mine is still good. I also just won a Gen Rey custom. It hasn't showed up yet, but I saw one that looked better but I lost that second one too.
Anyway I too need a Gen. Rey File card. I say go without the code name. General Rey is cool enough. I don't think he should outrank Hawk though. Mmm what should his occupation be? I love the Stone BIO I will probably use most of it. I don't think it will all fit in one card so I may have to condense it. I'll leave the Serpentor Clone stuff out too. Maybe he was in so deep he didn't know who the good guys were anymore. He seems like an Officer version of DUKE. Since my Duke is a General too I need to rethink that. I did my best with the General Rey Bio. It's long, but there's a lot I wanted to get in there. I tried to leave the Serpentor bit a little ambiguous... I know it's weird and a little hokey, but it's a bit part of who his character was designed to be. I've always found it to be a really interesting idea: if all that genetic material had been used positively, what would that have been like? I'll be interested to hear what you think.
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02-04-2009, 10:58 PM | #2448 |
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Good call, Topside. Thanks. "GREY FOX" it is!
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02-04-2009, 11:01 PM | #2449 |
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I tried to make them fairly subtle. I figure that his origins would be Super Top Secret, and that all anyone would really know would be his official service record and what they had observed. I hope it isn't too much. My intent was that if someone knew what to look for, they would see it immediately. If they didn't, the file card would still read just fine. I hope I achieved that - or at least close.
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02-04-2009, 11:13 PM | #2450 |
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Yeah, you got it.
What always bothered me about Rey, in the comics... Where did he come from? Here's a guy with the rank of General, middle-aged (same age as Serpentor). So no one thought to investigate why this guy didn't have a childhood or how he rose up to become General? Rey was a super-aged clone, same as Serpentor. There were a bunch of normal-aging clones, the kids, a mid-aged clone, Hannibal and then Serpentor and Rey already at adulthood. So no one decided to look into his past? I always found that odd.
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