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12-25-2014, 11:07 AM | #19171 |
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Merry Christmas fellas!
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12-26-2014, 11:11 AM | #19172 |
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The problem with a thread with over 1900 pages is that it's a little hard to figure out if something has already been raised, so maybe this has already been covered, but, anyone have any theories as to why Stalker and Lt Falcon have such similar file cards? Both are primarily infantry, with secondary quals as medics, and both speak the same languages: Spanish, Arabic, French and Swahili. As an aside, Stalker's secondary qual would make more sense if it was intelligence, having been to the intelligence school and having those languages, but that's a separate issue.
Also, anyone think it odd that both Zap and Bazooka are anti-armour specialists who also happen to have lots of engineering quals? Finally, anyone ever connect the Baroness to the '70's pulp novels (The Baroness (novels)) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hope you all had a good Christmas! |
12-26-2014, 11:44 AM | #19173 |
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The problem with a thread with over 1900 pages is that it's a little hard to figure out if something has already been raised, so maybe this has already been covered, but, anyone have any theories as to why Stalker and Lt Falcon have such similar file cards? Both are primarily infantry, with secondary quals as medics, and both speak the same languages: Spanish, Arabic, French and Swahili. As an aside, Stalker's secondary qual would make more sense if it was intelligence, having been to the intelligence school and having those languages, but that's a separate issue.
Also, anyone think it odd that both Zap and Bazooka are anti-armour specialists who also happen to have lots of engineering quals? Finally, anyone ever connect the Baroness to the '70's pulp novels (The Baroness (novels)) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hope you all had a good Christmas! I wonder about the similarities between Stalker and Falcon. We once brought up the fact that Stalker's quals almost make him seem like Special Forces. Particularly the language training. Being that The Rangers didn't exist during the time of the Tet offensive I'm not sure what to make of Stalker's or Snake Eyes' LRRP days.
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12-26-2014, 02:59 PM | #19174 |
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That's ok we love rehashing old topics. I never heard of those novels but I would be curious if it did play a part in Hama's mythos behind the Baroness?
I wonder about the similarities between Stalker and Falcon. We once brought up the fact that Stalker's quals almost make him seem like Special Forces. Particularly the language training. Being that The Rangers didn't exist during the time of the Tet offensive I'm not sure what to make of Stalker's or Snake Eyes' LRRP days. |
12-26-2014, 03:30 PM | #19175 |
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Bazooka's engineering skills are probably part of the fact his background is in Armour before he swapped to blowing tanks up instead of driving them.
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12-26-2014, 03:30 PM | #19176 |
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Merry Christmas, everyone.
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12-26-2014, 11:35 PM | #19177 |
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Welcome aboard!, like Loose Cannon said, we're always happy to rehash stuff. The Baroness stuff is interesting. haven't heard of that before.
Re-reading some of the early file cards, I noticed that Bazooka is not just EOD qualified but qualified to the tactical nuclear category. Don't know why it never clicked with me before then. It helps with what I'm working on at the moment. |
12-27-2014, 01:39 AM | #19178 |
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The problem with a thread with over 1900 pages is that it's a little hard to figure out if something has already been raised, so maybe this has already been covered, but, anyone have any theories as to why Stalker and Lt Falcon have such similar file cards? Both are primarily infantry, with secondary quals as medics, and both speak the same languages: Spanish, Arabic, French and Swahili. As an aside, Stalker's secondary qual would make more sense if it was intelligence, having been to the intelligence school and having those languages, but that's a separate issue.
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12-27-2014, 03:06 AM | #19179 |
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except that doesn't fit with the filecards because Falcon was a Green Beret in SE Asia before joining the Blue Light Group and then the Joes, plus the family background of Falcon's card doesn't line up with Duke being his brother.
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12-27-2014, 06:40 AM | #19180 |
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Blue Light was formed after Charlie Beckwith told the Deputy Chief of Staff Ed 'Shy' Meyer that it would take 18 months to 2 years for Delta to be ready for its CT role.
The then head of 5th Group didn't understand why a unit like Delta was needed when SF could fill that capability. There was alot of animosity and both professional and personal rivalry between the two groups. So much so that after Delta was up and running, that allegedly not a single operator with Blue Light tried out for Delta and none of them were asked to. |
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