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| ONE.
The nickname of one of
the G.I. Joe
team's greenshirt recruits. New recruits are usually given joke
nicknames
until they earn their Joe codename. After spending weeks of training,
One
and his fellow "Alpha Team" recruits were sent on a training mission
led
by Beach Head into a wartorn country to fight a group of rebels. For
that
mission, Beach Head dropped the greenshirts' nicknames and referred to
them only by number, much to their aggravation. A battle erupted as the
team tried to make it to an extraction chopper after rescuing "Three".
Beach Head was nearly left behind, but the entire team eventually
escaped. (FL 17) |
 OPHELIA. Ophelia
Gabriel began training under Snake-Eyes to be the last student of the
Arashikage ninja clan. Ophelia began training with former G.I. Joe
Ninja Force members Nunchuk and T'Jbang shortly after the Joe team was
shuut down in 1994. After two years of training, Snake-Eyes began
training her directly, readying her for the "final trial". Though he
didn't tell anyone, Snake-Eyes felt close to Ophelia because she
reminded him of his dead sister. After a year of training, the final
trial came when Duke sent word to Snake-Eyes that Duke's black ops
Hammer Team was about to set a trap for the former Cobra agent and
Arashikage enemy Firefly. Duke's five-member team included Sean Collins
and former Russian commando, Mikhail Derenko, and they were to capture
Firefly after he had been "hired" to destroy a factory. Duke secretly
included Snake-Eyes, hoping his presence would change the mission
enough that a traitor in the Hammer Team would reveal himself.
Snake-Eyes and Ophelia arrived along with Firefly and the Hammer Team,
but the mission turned disastrous when Firefly realized the set-up and
set off a series of explosions that killed most of the Hammer Team,
except for Sean Collins and the presumed dead Derenko. As Firefly
escaped, Ophelia tried to stop him herself. Snake-Eyes could not get to
her before Firefly shot and killed Ophelia. Snake-Eyes was so
devastated by her death that he called off his marraige to Scarlett. He
retreated to his cabin in the High Sierras and buried Ophelia nearby.
Some time later, Sean Collins arrived at the cabin where he became
Snake-Eyes apprentice, naming himself Kamakura, and after the Joe team
was reinstated, Snake-Eyes and Scarlett reconciled. (MA
1, 2, 4) |
| ORDER. (see LAW
& ORDER.) |
| ORLOV, SERGEANT. A member of
the Russian
Spetsnaz 2nd Brigade -- a group of elite commandos -- who was captured
by Afghani rebels along with his commanding officer Lieutenant Gomorov
and Private Pritkin. They were "rescued" from the Afghanis by Joes
Falcon,
Psyche-Out and Slip-Stream, who were all posing as soviet troops.
Though
Orlov and the others kept it from the Joes, they knew they were
Americans
in disguise. The Joes sent the Soviets to rescue a captured CIA
operative
in Iran, so the United States would not be blamed for the rescue.
Gomorov
decided to let his men complete the mission. In the end, he and the
others
sent the CIA agent to the Joes, but made their own escape back to
Soviet
territory. (SM 9) |
| OSBOURNE, LILIAN. see MISTRESS
ARMADA |
 OUTBACK. The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Stuart R. Selkirk. Outback grew up
in Big Piney, Wyoming, where he developed his love for the wilderness
and
his survival skills. After joining the Army, he served as an intructor
at both Survival School and the Jungle Warfare Training Center. He also
participated in various classified missions in Central America, and may
of may not have participated in clandestine operations in the Middle
East.
Outback was later assigned to the G.I. Joe team. Outback met up with
the
Joes in the Rocky Mountains, after he was dropped off six hundred miles
away with a ruck sack full of new survival equipment and food to test
out
for the Army. When he reached the Joe convoy led by Hawk, he was asked
about the food and equipment he was supposed to test. He wasn't
impressed:
"Sir, with all due respect, all of that crummy stuff fell apart after
the
first week and that freeze-dried stuff was just plain inedible...I've
been
living off the land, and living good!" As the convoy rolled on, the
Joes
were forced to fend off an attack from the new Cobra Pogo vehicle,
piloted
by Cobra Commander himself.
A disastrous mission into Eastern Europe led to Outback's most
difficult
time on the team. Along with Stalker, Quick Kick and Snow Job, he
travelled
to the Soviet bloc country of Borovia. The mission was top secret and
they
were told that the state department would disavow all knowledge of
their
mission if they were captured. A series of events led the Joes to be
captured,
with only Outback escaping into the sewers of Borovia. He was ordered
to
get out of the country and ask for help. Stalker stayed behind since
Snow
Job and Quick Kick were injured, and they were his responsibility.
Outback
made his way through the Borovian sewers and through the small nation,
staying one step ahead of the Borovian Special Police. He barely made
his
escape to a friendly country bordering Borovia. The government did in
fact
disavow all knowledge and the three captured Joes were thrown into a
Borovian
gulag. When Outback made his way back to the Pit in Utah, he was met
with
suspicion from some of the other Joes, who wondered how he got out
while
his buddies were left behind to rot in a prison camp. Unable to reveal
anything about the mission, Outback couldn't even explain the situation
and defend himself. When he was confronted by Leatherneck, In no mood
to
have the angry Marine yell at and threaten him, Outback pulled a
hunting
knife on him, warning, "Don't you even begin to threaten me..." The
situation
was quickly defused by the other Joes, but many remained suspicious.
Months
later, when Stalker and the others returned after being rescued,
Outback
felt guilty over leaving them behind. The freed Joes told him he had
done
the right thing and had nothing to be ashamed of. On his next mission,
Outback and Dusty were leading what was supposed to be a simple
operation
to blow up a hidden weapons cache in the desert. The mission was to
serve
as a training mission for two newly-recruited Joes, Lightfoot and
Mangler.
To their surprise, the Joes found themselves under attack by members
of
the Trucial Abysmian army. The four Joes were captured, and the unit's
overzealous Aman tortured Lightfoot until he revealed the Joes' plans.
Most of the army unit left to find the weapons, with the unit's
commander,
Captain Yusif staying behind to execute the Joes. He had tried to stop
political officer's brutality and now let the Joes free, telling them
to
head for a friendly port. They decided to head for the cache anyway,
and
traveled across the desert with no vehicle and little food. Dusty and
Outback's
knowledge of desert survival made certain they reached their goal. They
completed their mission, though Mangler was killed insuring his
teammates'
escape. Outback later participated in the Cobra Island civil war, which
the Joes entered on the side of Serpentor. Shortly afterward, he and
Ripcord
led a group of new recruits to keep Cobra from claiming a newly-formed
island not far from the original Cobra Island. They were barely
victorious
before the entire landmass sunk back beneath the ocean. Later, Outback
was one of the small team of Joes observing Castle Destro when Cobra
attacked
the Scottish castle. Outback continued to work with the team for years
until it was shut down in 1994. (GI
59, 61, 62, 64, 67, 76, 80, 86, 87, 130,
131; OB 2; SM 6, 13, 27; GIv2 25; Figures: 1, 2, 3, 4) |
| OVERKILL. One SAW Viper's cold-blooded actions proved tragic for the
G.I. Joe team. Misunderstanding orders from Cobra Commander, Tomax and
Xamot ordered the SAW Viper to execute a small group of Joes captured in
Trucial Abysmia before the Battle of Benzheen. The ruthless, merciless
Viper shot and killed seven of the unarmed Joes and seemed to enjoy it
before the remaining Joes made their escape. After more Joes were killed
by Cobra, the three survivors -- Duke, Falcon and Cross Country -- tracked
down the SAW Viper to avenge their fallen comrades. Duke finally had the
SAW Viper in his sights, unarmed. Duke couldn't bring himself to kill the
defenseless man and left him where he found him. After initially worrying
about the Joes' retaliation, Cobra Commander threw a party in the honor
of the SAW Viper. After being last seen fighting in the Battle of Benzheen,
that particular SAW Viper's current status is unknown. (GI 109-112) |
  OVERLORD. Lieutenant
Mikhail Derenko was a former Russian Spetznaz commando when he joined
the Hammer Team, a U.S. covert ops unit. The team's five-member roster
included Sean Collins, the son of former Crimson Guardsman Wade
Collins. Derenko was recruited by the CIA, who promised to take care of
his elderly mother. The Hammer Team's first mission took them to
Afghanistan to weed out a rogue Cobra cell that had continued operating
years after Cobra was disbanded in 1995. U.S. intelligence later
learned that Derenko actually helped a number of Cobra agents escape
during that mission. The team's second mission was led
by the former G.I. Joe
sergeant, Duke -- who had been working for a secret government
organization since the break up of the Joe team -- and undercover
operative Chuckles. The goal of the mission was to take down the
mercenary Firefly after an elaborate trap was set. Unfortunately, the
mission was a disastrous failure. Firefly set off a series of
explosions that apparently killed all of the Hammer Team except for
Sean Collins. In reality, Derenko survived and continued working as a
mercenary. Working with the former Cobras he freed in Afghanistan,
Derenko apparently began to work for a revived Serpentor, and began
recruiting soldiers, mercenaries and more former Cobra operatives to
organize the Coil, an army loyal to Serpentor. Eventually, under the
name "Nowhere Man", Derenko met with Firefly in Tokyo, where he was to
try and recruit Storm Shadow. The meeting was disrupted when
Snake-Eyes, Sean Collins (now ninja apprentice Kamakura), Jinx and Budo
arrived, hoping to stop Firefly. After a fight with the Joes, Derenko's
men helped Firefly escape, and the ninjas learned that Storm Shadow was
working for Duke and Chuckles to expose the Nowhere Man. At a nightclub
in Japan, the mercenaries and
the former Joes fought again as Derenko and his men attempted to access
an old Cobra weapon locked in a vault that could only be opened by
Cobra's high command or members of the Crimson Guard. Sean Collins was
shocked
to discover that Derenko's latest recruit was his own father. Wade
explained that he only joined with Derenko
to bring down his organization from the inside to atone for his past
and to make his son proud. As Sean lunged at his former teammate,
Derenko redirected
his attack, causing Sean's sword to fatally wound his father. Derenko
made his escape, but not before Sean attacked him with throwing
stars and blinded him in one eye. The Joes never realized that he had
been working for Serpentor. Years later, after the G.I. Joe team was
reinstated to fight a renewed Cobra, Serpentor finally revealed himself
and the Coil. Derenko served as Serpentor's field commander under the
name "Overlord". His battle armor included a helmet that kept his face
hidden and a deadly claw weapon that attached to his arm. Based on
Cobra Island, the Coil appeared seemingly out of nowhere to attack
various nations and the United States. Eventually, the Coil faced off
against the invading armies of G.I. Joe and Cobra. During the fighting,
Overlord killed Chuckles, though he never revealed his true identity.
In the wake of the battle both Overlord and Serpentor were
missing. As the Joes and Cobra regrouped, Overlord was contacted by
General Gibbs and other members of the Jugglers -- a cabal of Generals
who plagued the Joes in the past -- who asked him to help them recover
Serpentor's body. He agreed to help in exchange for use of military
medical facilities. He began spending most of his time in a laboratory
where Serpentor's body floated in a tank as scientists worked to modify
his DNA and "re-educate" him into an operative to use as Gibbs sees
fit. General Gibbs' ultimate goal and final plans for Serpentor and
Overlord have yet to be revealed. (GIv2
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 36, 40; MA
1-4; Figures: 1, 2) Overlord's filecard background does not
match his comic book origin. |
 OZONE.
The codename used by U.S. Army Corporal David Kunitz, member of the
Eco-Warriors.
Ozone was born in Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania. His Eco-Warriors
equipment
included special backpack which could purify the air of various toxins
and pollutants. The Eco-Warriors were formed to stop threats to the
environment.
In their first assignment with the Joes, Ozone and Clean-Sweep were
lead
by Flint, who was temporarily reassigned. The three Joes had to stop a
former Cobra agent, Cesspool, from polluting the ocean using toxic
chemicals
and an abandoned oil platform. As the others fought Cesspool, Ozone
flew
off in his Battle Copter and returned with the ultimate weapon to stop
environmental offenders: a lawyer. Flint left the team shortly after
the
mission. The Eco-Warriors' subsequent missions remain classified. (GI
123-125; Figures: 1,
2, 3, 4) |
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