GI Joe: 2017 Personnel and Equipment

Personnel:

Backstop: though he's been run out of every sport he tried, from hockey to wrestling to boxing, Robert finally found a home in GI Joe. The man is brutally competitive, and has a habit of leaving broken opponents in his wake - and that's just his friends! Availability:

Big Lob: an obsessive basketball fan, Big Lob showed he was a true athlete upon breezing his way through basic training. He's since proved himself to both the regular brass and the GI Joe team, and excels in all manner of the team's special missions! Availability:

Charbroil: Carl grew up working with fire, whether he was heating water pipes with a blowtorch in rural Minnesota or shoveling charcoal into blast furnaces for a living. He's comfortable around the stuff, which makes him an excellent flamethrower for GI Joe! Availability:

Cross Hair: a master sniper with eerily good vision, Don S. Fardie is also unnaturally silent at times. He excels at creeping up on a body, a trait he loves to apply equally well against both Cobra goons and while playing pranks on his fellow Joes. Availability:

General Flagg III: son of the late General Flagg, GI Joe's original leader, James Longstreet Flagg III was well into his military career when his father was murdered by Major Bludd. When the opportunity presented itself, he gladly joined the Joes for payback! Availability:

GI Jane: a member of GI Joe since the 1960s, GI Jane Martelle specializes in high-energy physics and intelligence work. Though usually working in a support role these days, GI Jane still has her skills and her edge, and is not to be underestimated! Availability:

Hardtop: a man of few words, Nicholas speaks with action. Mind you, his usually involves building things for GI Joe, no matter how tricky the situation may be. He also drives and maintains the crawler / gantry designed to launch GI Joe's spacecraft! Availability:

Salvo: David is quite like Rampart, having joined the military to indulge in his favorite hobby. The difference is that while Rampart blows things up as a part of his love for computerized gaming action, David prefers a more 'low tech' approach! Availability:

Scoop: with his electrical engineering and journalism degrees, Leonard Michaels could've easily joined the network news team of his choice. However, he enlisted in the Army to get at the 'real' stories out there, and documents them alongside GI Joe! Availability:

Sneak Peek: growing up with a love of nature in eerie Bangor, Maine, Owen King enlisted as soon as he could. Using his wilderness skills to become an Army Ranger, Owen has since gone on to become one of the GI Joe team's greatest reconnaissance operatives! Availability:

Windmill: a former Army Flight Warrant School instructor, Edward Roth also doubled as a helicopter test pilot. It was in this capacity that he mastered the experimental Skystorm X-wing Chopper, earning a place on the GI Joe team for him and his new ride! Availability:

Battleforce 2000

Dodger: an old hand at the fine art of tank warfare, Richard is also an expert in the newest electronic gewgaws installed within armored vehicles. As such, he was picked to join the Battle Force 2000 unit to put this expertise to good use! Availability:

Ninja Force

Dojo: a former military man trained in the martial arts by a hidden Ninja, Michael P. Russo isn't your average hand-to-hand fighter. A veritable motormouth, he constantly cracks wise and engaging in snappy patter with foes to disrupt their concentration! Availability:

Equipment:

Battleforce 2000

the Marauder Snowmobile: named for the original Marauder, this new Battle Force 2000 vehicle nonetheless takes after the Dominator in function. It is a vast overhaul of the original Polar Battle Bears, now cheaper to build and more reliable! Availability:

the Vector X-36: as the original model of Vector hadn't had all the bugs worked out before the untimely demise of Battleforce 2000, GI Joe repurposed several Conquest X-30s to take its place in the revitalized team - and as the X-36, it works! Availability:

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