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05-16-2016, 04:50 PM | #1 |
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So I was setting up a Cobra Command figure display today. Got to thinking about Wild Weasel. Does he have any rank as head of Cobras Pilots or anything? How about in your Joe Verse?
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05-16-2016, 05:04 PM | #2 |
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I think a lot of people play with him that way just because he is named. In actuality I got the impression he was an early days hired merc type ...along with Copper head, like Cobra Commander would pay them outrageous amounts of money to get good vehicle operators for specific missions. But in practice most of us use him as sort a Col over Cobras Air forces these days. That is how I use him, I play like he just did so much work for them that he had tribal, organic knowledge of their command structure and tactics so they gave him a rank, some time around when all the Viper variants started showing up like Strato, AVAC, Air vipers..
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05-16-2016, 05:05 PM | #3 |
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as an odd aside this same logic has made Copperhead sort of an honorary Eel, that the others sort of resent, but have to follow his orders, I even made a black and Blue eel Copperhead Custom.
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05-16-2016, 05:06 PM | #4 |
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As always he is whatever you imagine him to be but there has never been an official statement of rank.
His "Grade" in the Marvel order of battle is blank. He is a mercenary pilot, much like the other named characters in Cobra, a person hired for their talents. When they need him Cobra hires him and probably pays him much more than any of their other pilots for his skills. If you want to go based on reality I don't think he would rank much higher than a Major more likely a Captain.
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05-16-2016, 05:45 PM | #5 |
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05-16-2016, 05:54 PM | #6 |
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Ya I dident think he had an official rank as I dident see it mentioned in his file card. But I think in my joe verse I might start using him as Leader of Cobra Pilots. Not sure yet though.
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05-16-2016, 05:58 PM | #7 |
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That's an interesting concept. I might have to do this. He can be the leader of the Cobra water forces.
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05-16-2016, 10:09 PM | #8 |
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Most Cobra mercs. don't have a military rank. In my "Cobraverse", only those who leave the military, for Cobra, maintain their military rank; such as Gen. Mayhem, Lt. Clay Moore & Maj. Bludd.
As far as Wild Weasel goes, he's Cobra's "Top Gun". He and Vapor are the only 2 named pilots, and they run the Cobra air corps. Although Raven is named, she's still a Strato-viper. |
05-16-2016, 10:30 PM | #9 |
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Thanks for the replies all.
For me..these are Cobra Command: Cobra Commander Serpentor Destro Baroness Major Bludd Tomax n Xamot Storm Shadow Dr Mindbender (Thinking about adding Wild Weasel, Copperhead, and Scrap Iron and maybe Firefly.)
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05-16-2016, 11:18 PM | #10 |
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To me, Cobra operates differently than Joe, which itself is more or less a military-style hierarchy organized by rank, MOS, and billet.
Cobra is a feudal terrorist cult that endures the occasional power struggle. It has more 'faceless soldiers" in the ranks that do obey a traditional military structure, but Iron Grenadiers, Troopers, Crimson Guard, are in many cases rivals that have little common responsibility to one another without the focused will of their respective Commanders. That being said, the named operatives of Cobra all assume rank over the faceless troopers. The Cobra Commander is at the top, Destro is the second with Storm Shadow, Baroness, and Zartan amongst the top, most elite operatives. Wild Weasel is likely low on that totem pole. Cobra values espionage and culvert efforts more than tactical or strategic warfare.
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