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02-24-2009, 12:33 PM | #3031 |
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I've always wanted more named Cobras. The Joes can't be the only one that gets such elite soldiers, Cobras got to have some that are more then just Vipers. The Plague was a good start on that idea.
Beachhead may be the best Ranger, but there's gotta be some ex-Rangers that went "bad" that were as tough or tougher then he is. Was Wilder Vaughn a Green Beret as well or was he another nationality? |
02-24-2009, 12:45 PM | #3032 |
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Not sure what Vaughn was. Someone said that he was "hinted" to be the Black Major all "grown up". So that would make him british. Even without that, I still thought of him as british when reading that storyline. Copperhead's filecard never mentions any military background, but I'd think he would have had to have had some. Instead of SEaL, he'd be perfect to have been a Combatant Craft Crewman. Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gotta love the "Boat Guys" motto: "God, Country, and Fast Boats"
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02-24-2009, 01:04 PM | #3033 |
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Not sure what Vaughn was. Someone said that he was "hinted" to be the Black Major all "grown up". So that would make him british.
Even without that, I still thought of him as british when reading that storyline. Copperhead's filecard never mentions any military background, but I'd think he would have had to have had some. Instead of SEaL, he'd be perfect to have been a Combatant Craft Crewman. Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Copperhead would definitely work as a Combantant Craft Crewman (Topside too by the way). I need to go back and look at those Phoenix guard issues, because I don't remember the profiles they were given. And although it was all made up probably anyway so they could get access, I feel like there was a slight truth to it all. Like Firefly was meant to be a Green Beret, Wild Weasel was a Halo Jumper, Copperhead was a SEAL. Scrap Iron maybe nothing. Zarana I don't remember. But Wild Weasel is one of the only other characters to have participated in actions prior to Cobra as a Mercenary. This would usually signify some previous military service. Like the Twins were French Foreign Legion paras, then became Mecernaries, then bankers. |
02-24-2009, 01:23 PM | #3034 |
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Yeah, Copperhead's card said he was a backwater Cajun riverboat runner. How'd a guy like that advance to become a named Cobra agent?
Naw, I think he was a Cajun riverboat runner that joined the Navy, became a CCC, left the Navy and became a mercenary. I can see Wild Weasel being an Airborne Ranger prior to becoming a mercenary. Along the way he became a pilot. Or started as a pilot and went on to become a Ranger.
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They should have made Shipwreck a Crewman instead of going from sailor to SEaL. Would have made more sense.
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02-24-2009, 01:30 PM | #3036 |
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Yeah, Copperhead's card said he was a backwater Cajun riverboat runner. How'd a guy like that advance to become a named Cobra agent?
Naw, I think he was a Cajun riverboat runner that joined the Navy, became a CCC, left the Navy and became a mercenary. I can see Wild Weasel being an Airborne Ranger prior to becoming a mercenary. Along the way he became a pilot. Or started as a pilot and went on to become a Ranger. I figure Copperhead is such a big mean ornery guy, Its' hard to tell a guy like that what to do. He stands out right away. |
02-25-2009, 12:52 AM | #3037 |
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Yeah, I prefer Shipwreck as a crewman because there really aren't many. Topside was a great addition. Makes for a much needed gunner on the WHALE. Ship, Top and Cutter are my amphibious assault crew.
So have we come up with a place for Scoop yet? Where does he belong? Human Intel? Recon? Last edited by Tanksmasher; 02-25-2009 at 12:55 AM.. |
02-25-2009, 01:00 PM | #3038 |
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Wasn't he a CG that joined the Joes in Operation: Dragonfire? That would make him pretty skilled, to be a CG. If go by the filecard, he's a useless third wheel, lol. If former-CG, then I can see him being an Intelligence Operative. Filecard, I see him as some kind of intelligence analyst in the HQ. Now, could go in another direction and kind of build off, and mostly ignore, what's been set up. Scoop is a good codename for the guy that runs the Mission Room. He always knows the "scoop" on what is going on with the Joes. Think what Scarlett was doing in IDW #1 with Shipwreck on a mission, she's in the mission room relaying instructions back and forth.
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02-25-2009, 01:23 PM | #3039 |
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I always hated Scoop. the figure was Ok but the colors are horrid. The only thing that would have sucked more is if he didn't come with a gun. But he's an otherwise useless specialty. I like the idea of running the mission control center, but what about all the other comm guys. He's also an electrical engineer so there maybe some potential there as the surveillance specialist. Maybe a drone operator. Now that would be useful. The cartoon Scoop is just a joke. How he joins the Joe team would in todays Army land you in Guantanamo. Same goes for Mercer I guess, but he's off the books.
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The other comm guys are field operators, Scoop would run the greenshirt Mission Central. Think of the mission room like Houston Space Centers. Scoop runs the room, with others at monitoring stations.
The Joebase I hope to someday build would have the mission control center with Hawk's office, the officer's offices and Scoop's office off of it, as well as the mission briefing room.
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