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02-13-2010, 03:55 PM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
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Are the Vipers replacements for the original Cobra The Enemy troops?
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02-13-2010, 04:07 PM | #2 |
Cobra Viper
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Only if you want them to be.
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02-13-2010, 04:10 PM | #3 |
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They seemed to be in the cartoon. Season 1 there were blueshirts and CG's, season two, there were still one or two blueshirts, but it was mainly Vipers and CG's
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02-13-2010, 04:15 PM | #4 |
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I like to think of the blue uniforms as the "work around the terrordrome" outfit, and the Viper uniform is the combat outfit for Cobra troops...
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02-13-2010, 04:18 PM | #5 |
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In my Joe-Verse, the Vipers are the elite branch of the COBRA military. Everyone else is a Dark Blue (my name for the blueshirts). They aren't replacements.
The comic was a long time coming in replacing the blueshirts with Vipers, though the cartoon more or less did it starting with Arise, Serpentor, Arise! You'd still see them from time to time but they were less common.
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02-13-2010, 07:26 PM | #6 |
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Quote:
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[there is] no distinction in the Marvel comic book between standard Cobra soldiers (The Enemy, 1982) and Cobra Vipers.
The Vipers are basically the Cobra The Enemy troops in new field uniforms. But that doesn't mean they can't co-exist together in "play and pose" situations. Think of the standard Cobra uniform (the one worn by the Cobra the Enemy troops) as their "B uniform" for wear in garrison with the Vipers as the same guys but wearing field uniforms. Last edited by zuludelta; 02-13-2010 at 07:32 PM.. |
02-13-2010, 07:45 PM | #7 |
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I use the Blueshirts as my regular Cobra army grunts, and The 86 Vipers are my elite shock troops, like a Force Recon team.
The Vipers are more for quick strikes, and the troops are more for taking and holding facilities and objectives. They also man installations, auxillary positions in vehicles, and they handle the normal functions that would be present in any Army. The more "specialized" Vipers don't exist in my universe as I was out of Joe by then, and blueshirts, vipers, snow serpents, or eels could all fill their roles. As far as Cobra rank and file goes I use Blueshirts, Blueshirt Officers, 86 Vipers, Eels, Snow Serpents, BATs and CG's. In no particular order.
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02-13-2010, 07:54 PM | #8 |
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ROC neo vipers to me are easier to get and just look brutal. I think cobra the enemy would be laughed at nowadays and the vipers aren't as protected as the neo vipers.
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02-13-2010, 09:53 PM | #9 |
Crimson Guard
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Thanks. OK, so they're the same. Just new uniforms.
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02-13-2010, 10:20 PM | #10 |
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I like to think the blue shirts are the regular cobra army assigned to do different jobs across the military spectrum. The vipers are the marines of the cobra army specifically designed for combat operations and not so much a variety of jobs.
The file cards seem to put vipers on the lowest of the low of the cobra hierarchy. Vipers seem to be the proving grounds for recruiting into the more elite subgroups of cobra. COBRA! |
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