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10-03-2015, 04:33 PM | #20101 |
Commando
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This is why I'm retiring Duke in my fic (besides the fact I'm not that in love with the character), dude's been in the Army since the 1960s, he's pushing fifty. He's past it. Repeater's the next oldest, probably somewhere in the mid 40s range. Hawk and Stalker, a bit younger in their early 40s. Another reason to promote Stalker to senior NCO. Everyone else, I see in the mid-late 30s or just past 40 like General Flagg, Colonel Courage and Skystriker. It's also why I opted to have Slaughter remain at Parris Island, so he's able to put a few more boots through Basic before he retires.
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10-03-2015, 04:53 PM | #20102 |
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I think Repeater is even older than that. His card says he was in service for 20 years or so. So he enlisted within a year of Duke I think. The age factor is why my stories are based in the late 60s to mid 90s.
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10-03-2015, 07:21 PM | #20103 |
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Yeah I think realistically the Joes need to move onto the younger generation, and have Retcon Special Missions comics to keep the old characters alive.
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10-04-2015, 01:52 AM | #20104 |
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well, if Repeater's 45 and been in service 20 years, that'd make his enlistment at 25... theoretically, he could be as young as 38 if he enlisted at 18...
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10-05-2015, 08:57 AM | #20105 |
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GI Joe Canada WILL return. Lately, I've been busy where I'm putting together a wikia site for my fan-fic, but I'm also partway through writing a story of pilot selection for the Joes. After that, my plans include: Oktober Guard VS The Coil, Z-Force VS The Berserkers (Cobra Europe's counterparts of the Dreadnoks), my version of Special Mission Brazil, Oktober Guard VS The Red Shadows in Afghanistan in 1985, my version of the Marauders and longer stories including a big one in South America and The Battle for Cobra Island, an epic in five parts which will feature both Joe teams, AF, the south Americans and the Guard ending Cobra. Those are the concrete plans. Along the way, I might do others.
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10-05-2015, 09:01 AM | #20106 |
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Here's something I've never noticed before. The 1992 DEF version of Bullet Proof is wearing 'an Official Air Force Officer's uniform belt'.
http://www.yojoe.com/images/resize/w...s/bulletpr.jpg That's all I need to make him an ex-USAF Security Squadron officer. Adds a bit of diversity of services if nothing else and gives us our first non pilot USAF officer other than Gears. |
10-05-2015, 02:11 PM | #20107 |
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where do you get it from that Gears is USAF?
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10-05-2015, 02:24 PM | #20108 |
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While Gears in the Air FOrce totally fits, I'm not seeing it from the filecard. Bulletproof however seems like a great play for him.
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10-05-2015, 02:45 PM | #20109 |
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Basically most of the Joes today are old as dirt. :-) |
10-05-2015, 06:27 PM | #20110 |
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My thinking was that if his filecard came out in 1988 and he had been in service for 20 years at that point, then he enlisted in 1968, a year after Duke, placing his birth around 1950, assuming he enlisted at 18, which would make him 65 today.
Basically most of the Joes today are old as dirt. :-) |
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