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 SALVO. The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant First Class David K. Hasle, from
Arlington,
Virginia. Well-versed in anti-armor weapons, Salvo doesn't trust
high-tech,
electronics-assisted weapons systems, believing their complexity just
leads
to an unreliable weapon. He prefers using large amounts of conventional
firepower to overwhelm an enemy. After years in the Army, Salvo joined
the G.I. Joe team. On his first mission, he fought in the Battle of
Benzheen,
the Joes largest operation to date. He served on several other
missions,
including the defense of the Pit in Utah from a Cobra assault, before
the
Joe team was shut down in 1994. Some time after the team was later
reinstated,
Salvo took part in the Joes' battle against a revived Serpentor on
Cobra
Island. (GI 114, 130; GIv2 25; Figures: 1, 2) |
| SARAWAK SALLY. The leader of a
gang of
Southeast Asian river pirates. Sally's gang captured members of the
G.I.
Joe team and October Guard when they came upon the two groups in the
midst
of a firefight. Sally often forced her prisoners to fight, and Lifeline
and Horrorshow were chosen to fight for their teams. She was surprised
when Lifeline used his knowledge of the martial art aikido to
defeat
the big Russian. Sally was about to shoot the loser until Lifeline
refused
to allow her to shoot an unarmed man. In exchange for everyone's lives,
Lifeline revealed their objective -- top secret "black boxes" both
teams
wanted. Sally, impressed by his actions, freed them all, but threw the
black boxes into the river as an offering to the "river spirits". Her
current
status is unknown. (SM 4) |
 SCALPEL.
The codename used by Cobra medic, Andrew R. Walker. Walker was born in
Death Valley, California. Scalpel got his medical degree through the
mail
via a small college that advertised in the back of a magazine. His
first
practical experience came from working as an assistant to a doctor in
an
illegal clinic treating gang members and other criminals. He eventually
joined Cobra not for the money, but for a chance to work on exotic
injuries
and wounds. While Scalpel's patients have a high survival rate, he is
known
for a terrible bedside manner, and he is never gentle with his
patients.
Scalpel enjoys his work, and he doesn't object to picking up a weapon
to
fight, as long as his side is winning. Scalpel began working for Cobra
after the organization's return in 2001. His missions in the field
include
the battle against the forces of a revived Serpentor on Cobra Island. (GIv2
24, 25, 27, 31, 34-36, 39; SM:A;
Figure: 1) |
| SCAR-FACE |
| SCARLETT |
 SCI-FI. The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Seymour P. Fine. Born in
Geraldine,
Montana, Sci-Fi was fascinated by electronics and became involved in
the
Army's most advanced weapons once he enlisted, including laser rifles.
He later returned to school to get his masters degree in electronic
engineering.
His senior thesis -- a sophisticated security system that incorporated
the remote targeting sensor from a laser weapon -- was so impressive
that
it was adopted by NASA. Sci-Fi eventually joined the G.I. Joe team
where
he used the Army's latest laser rifle. Sci-Fi joined the team shortly
after
the new Pit III headquarters was established in Utah. He participated
in
several missions with the Joes, including a mission on board the
Defiant
space shuttle, before taking part in the Cobra Island civil war. He was
one of the many Joes arrested after the war when Hawk and the team were
wrongly accused of acting without authorization. Sci-Fi continued on
the
team for years before joining the short-lived Star Brigade in a space
mission
with former members of the October Guard. The team fought old Soviet
worker
drones on an asteroid to stop it from colliding with the Earth. Not
long
after, the Joe team was shut down. Sci-Fi then returned to school to
obtain
his doctorate and became a professor. When the team was reinstated in
2001,
Sci-Fi was given reserve status, but did not work with the new team
until
the Joes' battle against a revived Serpentor on Cobra Island. (GI
64, 65,
72, 74, 75, 77, 100, 145-149; GIv2
24, 25; Figures: 1, 2, 3, 4) |
 SCOOP. The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Leonard Michaels from Chicago,
Illinois.
Scoop has an advance degree in journalism and a masters degree in
electrical
engineering. He could have made a career with the network news, but
decided
he wanted to be there as the news was happening. After joining the
Army,
Scoop was assigned to the G.I. Joe team for a mission into Sierra
Gordo.
Scoop was to videotape the operation for the Defense Department. Scoop
had never been out in the field and had no experience with any kind of
combat situation. Some of the small team of Joes resented Scoop at
first,
seeing him as a liability and a distraction. The Joes were to ambush an
Iron Grenadier convoy in the Sierra Gordo jungles, and despite his
duties
as a journalist, Scoop was given the task of keeping Tunnel Rat's
ammunition
coming as he fired his heavy machine gun. In the chaotic battle in the
jungle, Tunnel Rat was knocked out, leaving the mostly unarmed Scoop to
fight with a Grenadier. In the end, to save himself and Tunnel Rat, he
smashed his video camera into the Grenadiers head before passing out
himself.
When he came to, in the Joes' extraction helicopter, the others were
impressed
that he destroyed all of his video footage for the sake of the team and
the mission. Scoop would return to Sierra Gordo some time later on a
mission
to rescue Joes and members of the October Guard being held by rebel
troops.
Scoop served with the Joes on many other occasions before the team was
shut down in 1994. Some time after the G.I. Joe team was reinstated,
Scoop
again worked with the team. (GI
92; SM 23; FL 18; Figure: 1) |
| SCRAP-IRON |
 SERGEANT
SLAUGHTER. As a gunnery sergeant with the U.S. Marine
Corps,
Sgt. Slaughter gained a reputation as the toughest drill sergeant to
come
out of the Corps, becoming a legend throughout the U.S. military. Every
exaggeration and cliche the Marines can think of for being the toughest
and the meanest has been applied to the Sarge, and he lives up to most
of them. He was even born in Parris Island, South Carolina. For a time,
Sergeant Slaughter ran potential G.I. Joe recruits through the team's
difficult
training program. He served as a regular member of the Joe team for a
short
time, arriving at the Pit just as it was revealed that Zartan had
infiltrated
the Joes' headquarters disguised as one of their own. His appearance
was
unannounced, making the Joes in the motor pool suspicious. This led to
a confrontation with four Joes, who soon discovered that picking a
fight
with Slaughter was a bad idea. After a brief brawl, he proved his
identity
and joined the search for Zartan. When coming upon two Gung-Hos
in a fistfight, the Sarge knew one of them was Zartan. He knocked out
the
disguised Zartan, though he insisted he just made a lucky guess as to
at
which one was the imposter. As the Joes embarked on their invasion of
the
Cobra-controlled town of Springfield, Slaughter was one of the few Joes
who stayed behind, seeing to securing the Pit and the Joes' prisoner,
Zartan.
When Zartan's siblings and the Dreadnoks rescued him from the Pit,
Sarge
and other Joes chased after them and had to contend with fighting the
new
Thunder Machine. The Dreadnoks managed to evade capture, much to the
irritation
of Slaughter. While the team was placed under suspension after the
Battle
of Springfield, the Sarge was one of the members who fought a Cobra
attack
on Fort Wadsworth before Hawk was forced to destroy the Pit to keep it
out of Cobra's hands. As the Joes spent time as a nomad unit, Slaughter
returned to training new recruits. In the years since the team's
shutdown
in 1994 and reinstatement in 2001, Sergeant Slaughter has had little or
no contact with the Joes. He undoubtedly continues to serve as a drill
instructor for the Corps, since the Sarge isn't the type to retire. (GI
48,
51-53; Figures: 1, 2, 3, 4) |
| SERPENTOR |
| SERPY. A nickname for Serpentor
once used
by Zartan and Zarana to mock the Cobra leader. |
| SHARIFI, DR. MASOUD. An Iranian
scientist
specializing in biological weapons, Sharifi created the flesh-eating
"Death
Angel" virus for the Iranian government. Eventually Sharifi's
conscience
got the better of him and he asked the CIA to protect him in exchange
for
the secrets of Iran's bio weapons program. Two days after his
defection,
the Air Force plane serving as a mobile bio lab for Sharifi was
hijacked
by a group of terrorists led by Tyler Wingfield, who forced Sharifi to
give him access codes to use his virus in a number of missiles. The Joe
team and the CIA eventually rescued Sharifi and stopped the missiles'
launch.
Sharifi's current status is unknown. (FL
11-12) |
| SHIPWRECK |
 SHOCKWAVE. The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Jason A. Faria. Born
in
Dearborn, Michigan, Shockwave became the youngest member of the police
department in nearby Detroit. He was also a choir singer since he was a
boy, and still occasionally sings to this day (He's a half-decent tenor
when his voice is in shape). As part of the Detroit PD S.W.A.T. team,
Shockwave
was the man who kicked down the door and was the first one to find out
how bad it really was behind that door. He held two citations for
bravery
when he signed up for the Army and the G.I. Joe team. On one of his
first
missions for the team Shockwave and a group of Joes stormed the offices
of Nexus Tech -- a software company contracted by the government -- to
foil a hostage situation. Shortly after, Shockwave put his S.W.A.T.
experience
to good use when saving a family being held hostage in their suburban
home
in the Midwest. It was Shockwave who made the vital discovery that the
Joes had mistaken the family's father for one of the criminals. After a
brief mission watching Cobra attack Castle Destro in Scotland,
Shockwave
headed to war-torn Sierra Gordo to go undercover and rescue rebel
leader
El Jefe from the Iron Grenadiers. Before he and his team could complete
their mission, the October Guard stormed in and rescued El Jefe
themselves.
In their attempts to take him back, Shockwave and the Joes witnessed
the
deaths of four members of the October Guard at the hands of the
Grenadiers.
The Joes and surviving members of the Guard were held prisoner until
they
were rescued by another group of Joes. Shockwave continued to serve the
team for years and was a member of the short-lived Drug Elimination
Force
before G.I. Joe was shut down in 1994. The team was reinstated in 2001,
and Shockwave eventually rejoined them in their attempts to stop a plot
by terrorist Tyler Wingfield. He later took part in a major battle on
Cobra
Island against troops led by a revived Serpentor. (GI
86, 87, 92, 124-128; SM 17,
22, 26; GIv2 25, 31, 32, 36,
37, 39, 40; FL 13; AE 20; Figures: 1, 2, 3) |
  SHORT
FUSE. The code name used by U.S.
Army
Staff Sergeant Eric W. Freistadt. Short Fuze was born into a military
family.
His father and grandfather were both career top sergeants. His
nickname,
"Short Fuze" actually comes from the fact that he is sometimes
sensitive
and has a tendency to lose his temper during an argument. Short Fuze is
is very logical and is a natural at mathematics. After joining the
Army,
he entered artillery school and later studied to be an infantry
engineer.
As a mortar soldier, his ability to plot trajectories and make quick
calculations
in his head makes his job that much easier. Short Fuze eventually
joined
the G.I. Joe team as one of the original 13 members. He played a major
role in many of the Joes' most important early missions, including the
rescue of Dr. Adele Burkhart from Cobra and the battle to defend the
U.S.
space shuttle from a Cobra attack. After the re-dedication of G.I. Joe
headquarters, aka "The Pit", Short Fuze and many of the other original
Joes were taken off active duty. Even so, Short Fuze continued to
participate
in missions with the team. He was assigned to the security force during
the Joes' invasion of the Cobra-controlled town of Springfield. A few
years
later, the Joe team was on the losing side of the Cobra Island civil
war.
Short Fuze was part of the explosives team sent in to knock out Cobra
Island's
anti-aircraft defenses. The team's hovercraft was damaged during the
initial
assault on the island, but they completed their mission on foot,
destroying
Cobra's ASP gun emplacements, allowing the Joes' transport aircraft to
land. Eventually, the mission became an embarassment for the Pentagon
when
the Cobra leaders made a deal to end the conflict. A group of corrupt
generals
denied having any knowledge of the debacle. When many members of the
team,
including Short Fuze were unrightfully taken into custody, several
other
Joes went underground. The other Joes who had escaped arrest organized
a mission to rescue Hawk and General Hollingsworth when they were
arrested
for acting without orders and entering the civil war. During the
rescue,
Hawk and Hollingsworth were cleared of all charges and the corrupt
generals
responsible were exposed. After that mission, Short Fuze occasionally
helped
to train new recruits. Short Fuze's subsequent missions for the Joes
remain
classified, but he stayed with the G.I. Joe team until it was disbanded
in 1994. Some time after the team was reinstated in 2001, Short-Fuze
and
many other former Joes joined the team on another invasion of Cobra
Island,
this time to fight the forces of a revived Serpentor. (GI
1, 4, 6,
8, 10, 11, 17, 19, 22, 25, 30, 35, 49, 50, 74, 75; GIv2 24, 25, 36; OB 2; GI:D 1-3; Figures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) |
| SHROTE, EDDIE. see Fifty |
| SILENT MASTER. see Snake-Eyes |
 SKIDMARK.
The code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Cyril Colombani. Growing up in
Los Angeles, Skidmark was the kind of kid that every mother held up as
a shining example, extremely polite, successful in school and
maddeningly
well-groomed. Many were relieved when he got his driver's license and
began
to break records for accumulation of speeding tickets. Once he was in
the
Army, Skidmark was the same type of person, sometimes even pointing out
his fellow soldiers' lack of manners and impolite behavior. But his
skills
make him one of the fastest and most reliable recon drivers around, so
his teammates usually excuse his more annoying traits. Skidmark joined
the G.I. Joe team at the same time as Wild Card and Windmill, and was
assigned
to drive the six-wheeled Desert Fox jeep. Skidmark unwittingly gave the
Star-Viper access to the Pit when the gentically enhanced Cobra pilot
rode
through the gates while clinging to the underside of his Desert Fox.
Skidmark
and the new Joes helped chase the infiltrator as he escaped with a
valuable
piece of military electronics. Skidmark served with the team for many
other
operations, including an advisory trip to Wolkekuckuckland and fighting
Cobra troops in the desert outside of the Pit. He continued on as a
member
of the team for years before its shutdown in 1994. He did not return to
the team after it was reinstated in 2001 until Hawk put the call out
for
former members to join the fight against a revived Serpentor on Cobra
Island
in what would be his final mission. During that battle, Skidmark was
caught
in the blast of an exploding helicopter and killed. Some time later at
Arlington National Cemetary, Skidmark's name was placed on a new
memorial
dedicated to the fallen members of the G.I. Joe team. (GI
72, 73, 88, 99,
100; GIv2 24-26; Figure: 1) |
 SKYMATE.
The code name used by Australian S.A.S. Sergeant Daniel T. Toner. Born
in Queenstown, Australia, Skymate was skilled in the use of exotic
weaponry.
He was briefly assigned to the G.I. Joe team and flew an Air Commando
combat
glider. Most of Skymate's missions remain classified. (GI
118; Figure: 1) |
 SLIP-STREAM. The
code name used by U.S. Air Force Captain Gregory B. Boyajian. Born in
Provo,
Utah, Slip-stream was a video game whiz and computer hacker before he
discovered
flying. As a teen, he joined the Jr. Civil Air Patrol and got his Air
Force
commission through the ROTC. In flight school, his computer knowledge
and
quick reflexes helped him graduate at the top of his class. In addition
to his piloting skill, Slip-stream speaks Armenian, Greek and French
and
is also plays a mean game of table tennis. He eventually was assigned
to
the G.I. Joe team to fly the new advanced Conquest X-30 fighter jet,
though
his first mission was piloting an Army C-130 transport plane taking the
Joes to the Battle of Springfield. Upon arrival at Fort Wadsworth, he
promptly
impressed Ace and Wild Bill by overloading the base's jet fighter video
game, "Mig Waxer". Shortly after that, Slip-stream was sent into Sierra
Gordo to bring a disguised Snake-Eyes into the small nation to scout
out
a newly-built Cobra Terror-Drome. After a dogfight with a Firebat jet,
Slip-stream created the illusion that his Conquest had crashed, staged
with the help of smoke bombs and some fancy flying. Some time later, he
was one of a small team of Joes working undercover in the war-torn
middle
east to steal an advanced Soviet jet from dictator Colonel Sharif.
Slip-stream
piloted the transport plane that flew the Joes and the jet out of the
country.
During a nighttime recon flight, Slip-stream in his Conquest and Ace in
his Skystriker faced the new Cobra Night Raven and it's
surgically-enhanced
pilot, the Strato-Viper. Ace was shot down, and Slip-stream barely
survived
a plunge toward the ocean. He eventually regained control and bested
the
Cobra pilot. Later, after serving as co-pilot on the Joes' space
shuttle
Defiant, Slip-stream again went undercover, posing as a Soviet pilot
being
held prisoner in Afghanistan. He continued to go on many more missions
for the team, including flying into a dangerous landing zone in
Frusenland
and giving Joes air cover in his Conquest during the starting phase of
the Cobra Island civil war. He even flew his Conquest at an air show
with
other G.I. Joe pilots. Following the Battle of Benzheen -- the largest
Joe operation to date -- Slip-stream and the Stealth pilot flew a spy
plane
over the desert nation to get photographic evidence of a Cobra
Terror-Drome
operating there. The spy mission was successful, but the pilots were
forced
to crash-land their fighter on the deck of an aircraft carrier, making
them feel less than victorious. Slip-stream served on many other
missions
for the Joes before the team's shutdown in 1994. Years later, after the
reinstatement of the team, Slip-stream was called upon to help provide
air cover for another Joe assault on Cobra Island, this time against a
revived Serpentor. (GI 49, 54, 61, 65, 68, 73, 74, 75,
115; YB 3; SM 3, 5,
9, 10, 12, 16, 20, 27, 28; GIv2
25; Figures: 1, 2, 3) |
| SMITH, AGENT. One of the
reinstated G.I.
Joe team's new "Greenshirt" recruits. Smith drove one of the
motorcycles
escorting a Joe convoy carrying several young Serpentor clones. Smith
was
killed when the convoy was attacked by the recently-revived, original
Serpentor. (GIv2 22, 23) |
 SMYTHE-BARRET.
An officer in Britain's elite Special Air Service (SAS), who often goes
by the nickname "Jingles". Smythe-Barrett was partnered with SAS
Sergeant
Day while helping Flint and Lady Jaye retrieve Terror-Drome plans from
Destro's castle in Scotland. When the group discovered that the real
Destro
had been arrested and replaced by an imposter, they rescued Destro from
prison and helped him reclaim his castle in exchange for the
Terror-Drome
plans. Smythe-Barrett's high-spirited, stereotypically British demeanor
was a sharp contrast to the quieter Sergeant Day. (GI
57) |
| SNAKE-EYES |
  SNEAK
PEEK. The code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Owen King,
from
Bangor, Maine. After enlisting, he was highly trained in all types of
military
surveillance and night-vision devices. Sneak Peek is a legend in the
Ranger
recon battalions. The Rangers tell of one mission where his unit was
overrun,
and in the ensuing confusion, Sneak Peek was never recalled from his
reconnaissance
position. He stayed put and continued to observe enemy activity for two
weeks before someone remembered he was still there and sent him the
signal
to return. Sneak Peek was eventually recruited for the G.I. Joe team.
One
of his first missions was as part of a small team of Joes sent on a
recon
mission into Cobra Island. The mission soon changed when the Joes
invaded
the island during Cobra's civil war, and Sneak Peek and the other Joes
were ordered to take over Cobra's airfield control tower. When Destro's
forces arrived, the team was forced into the sluice tunnels below the
airfield.
The Joes eventually came out on the losing side of the war thanks to a
last minute deal. The corrupt Generals who had planned the mission
blamed
the embarrassment on Hawk and arrested he and many of the Joes,
including
Sneak Peek. The Joes were eventually cleared and Sneak Peek returned to
duty. Some time later, Sneak Peek became good friends with his
teammate,
Dusty, even inviting him to Christmas dinner at his parents' house in
Maine.
Unknown to Sneak Peek, his mother asked Dusty to promise that he would
bring her son home if anything ever happened to him in the field. Dusty
made that promise and never mentioned it to his freind. Sneak Peek
continued
to work for the Joes on many more missions over the years, including a
hostage situation at a software company secretly controlled by Cobra
and
a recon mission observing Cobra's assault on Castle Destro in Scotland.
On what would be his last mission, Sneak Peek was one of the many Joes
involved in the Battle of Benzheen, the Joes biggest operation to date.
At one stage of the battle, a number of Cobra troops were pinned down
by
the Joes in the middle of the desert nation's capital city. A small
family
lived in one of the buildings and the Cobras inside sent a young boy
into
the middle of the firefight hoping to lure the Joes into a trap. Sneak
Peek knew that it was a trap, but decided the boy was still in danger.
He rushed out into the open and pushed the boy to safety, but was
caught
in the crossfire and killed as Dusty watched in horror. Disoveying
Stalker's
order to retreat, Dusty ran in to the open and retrieved his friend. He
marched all the way back to the Joes' field headquarters carrying Sneak
Peek's body. Sneak Peek was given a hero's funeral and buried alongside
his fallen teammates in Arlington National Cemetary. Many years later
at
Arlington, Sneak Peek's name was placed on a new memorial dedicated to
the fallen members of the G.I. Joe team. (GI
73-76, 87, 111-113; SM 17; GIv2 26; Figures: 1, 2) |
| SNEAK-PEEK. see Agent
Anthony Beuke |
| SNOW
JOB |
| SOFT MASTER see Arashikage
Clan |
 SPACE
SHOT. The code name used by space shuttle pilot George A.
Roberts.
After gaining a reputation as one of the best fighter pilots around,
Space
Shot became a skilled space shuttle pilot. He eventually became a
member
of G.I. Joe's short-lived Star Brigade team. Space Shot co-piloted the
space shuttle Defiant on a mission into space when the Joes joined
forces
with former members of the October Guard led by Colonel "Red Star"
Krimov.
The teams were sent to an asteroid that had been put on collision
course
toward Earth by a rogue Soviet scientist years earlier. Space Shot and
the others had to contend with attacking Soviet worker drone robots
before
stopping the asteroid. (GI 145-149; Figure: 1) |
 SPEARHEAD. The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Peter R. Millman. After growing up
in St. Louis, Missouri, Spearhead went on to become the youngest, most
successful insurance salesman in the Pacific Northwest. It was said he
could sell a term policy to a dead cow. Everyone liked him, trusted him
and bought more insurance from him than they could afford. He later
enlisted
in the Army, with many wondering if guilt was a factor in joining the
Army
so he could give something back. He denies it. In the Army he was known
as a "point man", the soldier always leading the charge into a fight.
Spearhead
later joined the G.I. Joe team, and brought his bobcat Max with him. On
his first mission, Spearhead joined a team of Joes in the sewers below
New York investigating Cobra's tapping into the city's communications
systems.
He served with the team for the next few years until its shutdown in
1994.
The team was reinstated in 2001, and Spearhead later reunited with the
Joes in the battle on Cobra Island against the forces of a revived
Serpentor. (SM 21; GIv2 24; Figures: 1, 2) |
| SPECIALIST, THE. A name used to
describe
Destro after he was first hired by Cobra. Destro only appeared
in the shadows in his first few appearances and was not referred to by
name. (GI 11-13) |
| SPIGOU. An underground agent
working in
the People's Republic of Borovia during the Cold War. When a group from
the G.I. Joe team went on a covert rescue mission into Borovia, Spigou
was their contact. Stalker, Quick Kick, Snow Job and Outback had been
sent
to rescue a reporter named Devlin Winchell from the Borovian State
Security
building in the city of Krogdnz. Spigou supplied them with weapons and
access to the building, as well as a truck to travel in. During the
operation,
it was discovered Winchell had already been released, and Borovian
security
police were alerted to the Joes' presence. Hoping to let the Joes
escape,
Spigou drove a truck directly into the Borovians' line of fire and was
killed in the resulting explosion. He knew it was a suicidal tactic,
but
figured it was better than spending the rest of his life in the gulag. (GI 61) |
| SPIRIT |
| STALKER |
 STANLEY. One
of the reinstated G.I. Joe team's young "Greenshirt" recruits. She was
on duty at the Joes' Los Angeles bureau when Rattler jets sent by a
revived
Serpentor detonated an EMP bomb over the city. (GIv2
24) |
| STAR-VIPER. A highly-advanced
Strato-Viper, who piloted the Stellar
Stilleto high-altitude rocket fighter. Dr. Mindbender surgically
altered
the Star Viper by implanting an electro-magnetic shunt into the right
side
of his brain. Electronic impulses sent into the shunt gave him very
fast
reflexes and heightened senses, giving him an advantage in high
altitude
dogfights. The Star Viper had an even higher tolerance for G-forces
than
a standard Strato-Viper. On the Star-Viper's first mission, he
infiltrated Joe headquarters
-- Pit III -- in Utah by grabbing onto the underside of a Joe vehicle
passing
by him on the road to the Pit. The vehicle was moving at the time. He
snuck
inside and remained hidden until nightfall, when he stole some of the
Joe
team's highly-advanced electronic "black boxes" from the Defiant
space shuttle. He barely escaped with his life, stealing a jeep and
evading
a handful of Joe vehicles chasing him. He met up with the BAT-driven
trailer
truck that had dropped him off and escaped in the Stiletto hidden
inside.
Star-Viper was about to receive a hero's welcome on Cobra Island when a
heated argument between Serpentor and the Cobra Commander imposter,
Fred
VII turned violent and triggered Cobra's civil war. A short time after
the civil war ended, the Joes sent a large group
of fighters and other aircraft to Cobra Island, drawing the attention
of
Cobra fighter suqadrons. Star-Viper flew the only Stiletto in the
squadron,
despite the fact that his arrogance garnered the contempt of the other
pilots. The Joes' stealth fighter pilot goaded the cocky Cobra pilot
into
exceeding his own G-force threshold. His circuits overloaded and the
Star-Viper's
fighter plunged into ocean below. He did not survive. (GI
72-73; SM 16; Figure: 1) |
 STEAM
ROLLER. The code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Averill B.
Whitcomb. Steam Roller was born in Duluth, Minnesota and worked heavy
cranes
on the Great Lakes' docks, earth-movers in the Appalachian strip mines
and graders on highways in half a dozen states. He was driving an
M-15A2,
50-ton transporter when he was recruited to operate the the G.I. Joe
team's
Mobile Command Center. On the team, Steam Roller was known for being
big,
strong and tough. And some considered him stubborn, mean-tempered and
uncouth.
As Mobile Command Center driver, Steam Roller took part in several
missions
for the Joes. (GI 99, 100; Figure: 1) |
  STEELER. The
code name used by U.S. Army Major Ralph W. Pulaski. Steeler
was part of a blue collar middleclass family in Pittsburgh, and was a
heavy
equipment operator before enlisting in the army. Once there, Steeler
entered
Armor school at Fort Knox and graduated at the top of his class. He was
then assigned to the Cadre- X-AFV Project at the Aberdeen Proving
Grounds
from 1978-1980. Afterward, Steeler became one of the original 13
members
of the G.I. Joe team. He was part of many of the Joes' major missions
including
the rescue of Dr. Adele Burkhart. Steeler, along with Breaker and
Clutch,
drove his MOBAT tank in the Armed Forces Day in New York city when
Cobra
attacked and tried to steal the tank. The three Joes defeated Cobra
despite
the fact that they had no live ammunition, and they nearly captured
Cobra
Commander. Steeler was part of the mission on which the Joes first met
with the Soviets' October Guard. He was involved in many other
important
operations, as well. After the re-dedication of G.I. Joe headquarters,
aka "The Pit", Steeler and many of the other original Joes were taken
off
active duty. Even so, Steelercontinued to occasionally participate in
missions
with the team. He was part of the security team during the Joes'
invasion
of the Cobra-controlled town of Springfield. Steeler's next assignment
was to be a part of the contingent of Joes who researched and tested
new
weapons systems and vehicles for the Joe team. Later, the Joe team was
on the losing side of the Cobra Island civil war. A group of corrupt
generals
in the Pentagon denied having any knowledge of the debacle. When many
members
of the team were unrightfully taken into custody, several other Joes,
including
Steeler went underground. He and the other Joes who had escaped arrest
organized a mission to rescue Hawk and General Hollingsworth when they
were arrested for acting without orders and entering the civil war.
During
the rescue, Hawk and Hollingsworth were cleared of all charges and the
corrupt generals responsible were exposed. Later, Steeler was assigned
to training and choosing potential members of the Joe team. During the
Joes' major operation into the middle east, Steeler returned to active
status and behind the wheel of an armored vehicle (the Pulverizer)
during
the Battle of Benzheen. During the operation many Joes lost their
lives.
Early in his career, Steeler often had trouble with authority figures,
in particular superior officers. From the beginning he was an important
part of the Joe team, and he was always willing to show off his own
physical
strength. Once on the team, Steeler was less likely to clash with his
superiors
and enjoyed the camaraderie of the team. Steeler's subsequent missions
for the team mostly included training and research & development,
but
he stayed with G.I. Joe until it was disbanded in 1994. Some time after
the team was reinstated in 2001, Steeler and many other former Joes
joined
the team on another invasion of Cobra Island, this time to fight the
forces
of a revived Serpentor. (GI 1-8, 11, 16, 19, 25, 28, 30, 31,
49, 50,
52, 59, 63, 78, 82, 114; OB 2;
GIv2 24, 36; Figures: 1, 2) |
| STIG. One of two terrorist who
hijacked
a jet at the Rhein-main airport in West Germany. They forced the plane
to wait on the runway to be used as an escape route for a group of
terrorists
waiting for them in Frankfurt. A group of Joes had already stopped the
others and they boarded the plane in disguise. In the struggle that
followed,
Claude and his companion were shot and killed. (SM
11) |
| STRATO-VIPER.
One of many pilots of the Night Raven spy plane. A
Strato-Viper must first
be an Air Viper with combat experience and must undergo a surgical
procedure
that makes him less susceptible to the stress of G-forces and extremely
high altitudes. The first Strato-Viper was hated by his fellow Cobras,
thanks
to the extreme arrogance he showed over being stronger and more
skilled.
He first encountered the Joes in a dogfight against Ace in his
Sky-Striker
and Slip-Stream in his Conquest X-30. The Joes shot down his plane,
forcing
the Strato-Viper to crash-land in the ocean. He may have survived his
ordeal
if a certain ground mechanic who hated the Strato-Viper had not removed
the tool that lets a pilot break out of his jammed cockpit. After
the loss of the first Strato-Viper, Cobra "created" many more. (SM
5; Figure: 1) |
 STRETCHER. The
code name used by U.S. Army Sergeant Thomas J. Larivee. Stretcher grew
up in Hartford, Connecticut and went on to become an Olympic weight
lifter.
A trained medic, Stretcher became known for using his strength to carry
wounded soldiers off the battlefield to safety. One of Stretcher's
first
missions for the G.I. Joe team was as part of the extraction team sent
to get a team of Joes out of Sierra Gordo during an Iron Grenadier
attack.
Later, Stretcher served during the Joes biggest operation to date, the
Battle of Benzheen. Though he patched up many wounded Joes, several
other
Joes were killed in the battle, too far gone for anyone to save. He
served
on many more missions until G.I. Joe was shut down in 1994. Some
time after the team was reinstated in 2001, Stretcher and many other
former
Joes joined the team on another invasion of Cobra Island, this time to
fight the forces of a revived Serpentor. (GI
105, 113, 129; GIv2 25; Figure: 1) |
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