#Battle Android Trooper

[gijoe-forever]

[pigminted]

I made a VHS slip sleeve as a joke but now I like making them.... Battle Angel Alita

[simeonscott]

Cover Girl: "Well, There is One Upside to Cobra Attacking the Base Sir."

Hawk: "Oh, and What's That?"

CG: "We'll Get to Redecorate The Office if We Survive!"

Hawk: "Ha! Reason Enough to Keep Firing!"

[ragingphantom666]

G.I. Joe: War Files project plan - Hawk (Vol. 1)

This series is not an assured project. It is a concept that can still be changed or scrapped.

Synopsis

In 1976, G.I. Joe Sergeant Clayton “Hawk” Abernathy is sent to investigate rumors of a terrorist organization called “Cobra.” This leads him conflict with M.A.R.S. Industries. He must stop a powerful technology that can defeat any army.

Characters

Clayton “Hawk” Abernathy: A soldier in the G.I. Joes tasked with stopping the production of B.A.T.s.

Joseph “Joe” Colton: The leader and founder of the G.I. Joe.

Lenard Koenig/Scrap-Iron: A M.A.R.S. Industries employee and Cobra terrorist. He is responsible for creating the B.A.T.s.

James McCullen XXIII/Weaponsmith: CEO of M.A.R.S. Industries and future father of Destro. He wears an iron mask to conceal his identity when making deals with Cobra.

Gregory Wilson/Cobra Commander: A former U.S. soldier turned terrorist and founder of Cobra.

Dr. Minh Bian/Doctor Mindbender: A scientist formerly allied with the People's Army of Vietnam. Now he is the head scientist of Cobra.

Other Information

Cobra’s B.A.T.s production facility is located under a fake town, which is based on a town seen in Image Comics’s Cobra Commander series.

The B.A.T.s appearing in this series are closely based on the version from the 1983 animated series. They are the early versions of B.A.T.s that may reappear in the future.

[dberl]

Definitely an underrated episode. Raven is a great character, and she gives you some insight as to WHY anyone would work for Cobra in the first place. Also, we get a really cool monster and a sort of "Peek behind the curtain" at the kind of insane experiments Cobra must have going on all of the time that the Joes never even find out about.

G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO - "In the Presence of Mine Enemies"

[cirex101]

Astoria is behind the war

Okay, so in the Destro miniseries, Destro thinks that the Crimson Twins are behind the attack on his arms faire, while the Twins themselves claim that Destro attacked his own event to justify attacking them. Now, we know that Destro didn't attack his own arms fair. However, it's also very clear that the Crimson Twins aren't behind it either. For starters, they would have attended the event if some last minute business didn't hold them up. Second, and most important, the drones that attacked the arms fair are almost as advanced as MARS' own Battle Android Troopers... except Extensive Enterprises doesn't do advanced tech; their strength is in the manpower of their Crimson Guard forces.

I know that a lot of people have already figured out that there's a third party involved in all of this that is pitting Destro and the Crimson Twins against one another, and they're the ones behind Chameleon. A lot of people theorize that ths third party is probably Cobra Commander.

Personally, while Cobra Commander might be involved, I think the one behind the attack is none other than Asotria Carlton-Ritz, the new CEO of Hybrid Technologies.

Astoria's inclusion in this comic was certainly a surprise. After all, she's a SUnbow Cartoon original character, and only showed up for one epsiode, "The Girl who loved Powerglide," where she was depiced as a sort of air-headed but good hearted heiress with the curious habit of machines randomly stop functioning in her presence. So yeah, I certainly never expected to see her here in the Energon Universe, let alone attending an illegal arms fair.

Even more curious is that it seems as if her ability to make machines stop working around her has crossoved over with her; during the attack on the Arms Fair, a bomb falls near her and Destro, but it doesn't detonate, which makes the latter write it off as a dud. In Issue #3 though, Scrap-Iron looks over the bomb and discovers that it was fully functioning, and can't explain why it didn't go off.

Then there's the mysterious Chameleon (traditionally Baroness' half-sister, who works for G.I. Joe). In the same issue, when Chameleon attacks Destro, all of Destro's tech mysteriously stops working.

In fact, at one point, when Destro tries to flee on his Despoiler, Chameleon points at it, and then it crashes.

Now, do I think that Astoria still has an inexplicable "Machines break around me aura?" Not really. Do I think that her company, Hybrid Technologies, has developed some sort of device that stops tech from working, and that Chameleon made use of that device against Destro, as well as the drones? I sure do.

[serial-designation-v-lol]

What do you think of Cobra’s Battle Android Troopers (B.A.T.s)?

whar

🔪never heard of it sorry

[dynared]

The final Codename: GI Joe miniseries before the ongoing stars the man in the iron mask himself, Destro. It’s also coming June, with a preview showing off Cobra’s famous robot troops, the BAT’s (Battle Android Troopers) because good guys can blow up robots without getting the censors angry.

[flyguy]

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[gijoe-forever]

“…Mindbender run a diagnostic on this one.. it seems aggressive, I think it’s growling“

[dogopower]

Tomax & Xamot lyrics

Intro

Introducing the leaders of the Crimson Guard

The evil twin brothers Tomax and Xamot

*The Gods*

*Enter in the realm*

*Xamot, Tomax*

Verse 1: Apathy & Esoteric

Welcome to the terror drone, laboratory full of clones

Battle Storm's shadow and shatter his fragile bones

That I condone, I spit it with a dastardly tone

Chrome gats get blown, no you can't inhabit the zone

Back from the swampland, face camouflage like Zartan

On four wheels, is she real in a retinal scans

Wrecking your plans, call your medicine man

We the evilest twins, roll through on his tanks with rims

Snatching limbs outta timbs, three, two, one

Diabolical separating dictator's molecules

To create a leader that's unstoppable

Highly logical rhyme agenda Dr. Mind Bender lies ender Tomax and Xamot

Spray blocks you can't enter

?

And metamorphosizes

For many more surprises

The masters of disguises

We slip through the cracks, attacks and hack systems

Slap and hack victims up, Ap inflicts 'em

With poison deployed like venom when I scream (cobralalalalalalalala)

To summon my team, it goes

D, E, M, I, G, O, D, Z

Got a posse that's hard as the Crimson Guard be

Hook

*The science of the future is the Gods*

*The science of the future is the Gods*

*The science of the future is the Gods*

*Cause ain't no Gods that will put you out your misery*

Verse 2: Apathy & Esoteric

Ayo we think alike speak alike, thoughts travel at the speed of light

Read and write the same and stand at an even height

And G.I., being our B.I., we don't believe the hype

Freedom fighters kneel down down to the evil type

The ice-cold arctic flow, my arsenal grows

Armed with arsenic tipped arrows and crossbows

Froze, bodies of Joes, extract their souls

We just tag em with the Mac never tag their toes

We leave 'em Red (uh), Fred (uh), Duke (uh), Dead

Aquatic amphibious tanks roll through cities

With cannons aimed at enemies, bombing 'em biochemically

The energy from our weaponry tends to be epidemically

Fatal the brief case of the table let's do biz

We moving missiles and guns, employing prisoner's sons

The Battle Android Trooper that stunts

With a phaser attached, fatal attacks

We pack, lasers and gats

Amazing acts, leave your database and face cracked

I made your blood with a layer of mud

From the swamps that I stomp with dreadnoughts and thugs

I'm firefly with a light-green submachine gun

We be like Tomax and Xamot watch your team run

Hook

[simeonscott]

Coming Through!

[starwarsultimateseriesproject]

star wars the jet android

star wars the jet android.

rated: the young adult rated.

art style: twinbee & heavy nova & metal hero art style.

summary story: the jet android attempts to to defend the jet land from an invasion by an army leaded by the evil robot king.

focus media: morphing realism poseable card figure with the tcg/ocg card game, that figure can morphing into card, use poseable card figure to move in one turn to battle.

focus characters: twindroid the serious rebellious perverted android, he is a android warrior, he will beat the evil robot for good.

"Star Wars: The Jet Android" delivers a captivating young adult-rated adventure where Twindroid, a serious and rebellious android, takes center stage. In a world threatened by invasion from an army led by the evil Robot King, Twindroid emerges as the last line of defense for Jet Land.

The art style draws inspiration from "TwinBee & Heavy Nova & Metal Hero," infusing the game with colorful and lively visuals that enhance the energetic gameplay. As players embark on this thrilling journey, they'll experience an immersive blend of action and strategy.

The game's focus lies in morphing realism poseable card figures combined with a TCG/OCG card game element. Players must strategically deploy these figures to navigate the battlefield and engage in intense battles against the invading army.

based on Cyber Gavan from Metal Hero/Metal Heroes/MH/VR TRooper/Troopers/Virtual Reality Trooper/Troopers/VRT, RoBot Operator/Nova Operator from Heavy Nova, TwinBee/Twin from TwinBee/TwinBee Universe.

Join Twindroid as he leads the charge against the evil Robot King and his forces, determined to protect Jet Land from devastation. "Star Wars: The Jet Android" promises an exhilarating adventure filled with daring exploits and epic showdowns, making it an ideal choice for young adult audiences.

[cirex101]

What I find fun is that the Satellite that the Overkill program is housed on has some subtle visual simularities ot the original Overkill toy, chiefly in terms of color.

I suspect that Overkill is also going to be the solution to Destor's ongoing issue with the BATs and their inability to distinguish friend from foe.

From Overkill's original filecard:

"OVERKILL began as an experimental prototype for the third generation of B.A.T.s, but because of his advanced micro-computers and enhanced tactical logic programs, the cost projections were too high for profitable mass-production. He might have continued to gather dust on a shelf in the Cobra research labs if COBRA COMMANDER hadn't decided to utilize him as a battlefield commander for the android troopers. It was Cobra Commander's idea to add a voice synthesizer program to repeat demoralizing slogans at deafening volumes. Overkill's primary job is to operate the destructive Cobra Earthquake battle vehicle."

Whether this means that Overkill's gettign an android body of its own, or its going to be reprogrammed and then all the BATs are hooked up to it while Overkill itself remains staitonary is TBD.

Okay! Destro #4!!

We start off with the twins continuing to scheme after Destro's apparent death. Of course they are. We surely wouldn't expect anything else.

We get some more of Destro musing about the US government and their violent history and their partnership with people like him.

Also, something curious he found-

The US government got ideas from Duke's report of Starscream and digging around. The possibility we're getting Transformers' Nightbird is increasing!!

I saw concerns from GI Joe fans about how General Flagg might become an antagonist.

For the moment, it's looking like not? Or, at the very least, he may become an antagonist who thinks he must Make The Hard Choices.

Now for Astoria!! She does her usual rich heiress who's never had to worry about anything ever, but Destro shows up to her party!

She is surprisingly distressed, considering that, the last time we saw her, he had just saved her life. 👀

OH! OH! ASTORIA HAS TAKEN HER TECH JINXING FROM G1 UP A NOTCH!!! AND SHE WAS THE ASSASSIN THAT TRIED KILLING HIM!!

The jinx is actually the work of her father.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL THEY DID!!

Bonkers! I think this reveal also recontextualizes this scene from the first issue of this mini series.

She's less marveling about the explosions and all that and more at what she knows to be her and her father's tech.

I think this is a pretty fun take on Astoria! Not that she's gotten much official attention from Hasbro since her one episode with Powerglide. My own interpretation was less on the tech and combat side, but more as a cunning businesswoman. I do think it's funny that, in the letters section, Dan Watters expressed surprise that readers caught onto them using a one shot character from the 80s so quickly. Astoria is one of the most memorable humans in the entirety of G1 Transformers!

The issue ends with the twins, after going through Destro's files, meeting up with Cobra Commander, promising that their goals are more inline with his than Destro's are! It'll be interesting how Destro reacts.

I really enjoyed this issue and reading it turned around a sour mood for me (I had to run around a mall for ~30 minutes looking for a stupid Amazon delivery drop-off).

[yranigami]

[plasticsparkphotos]

"You promissssed me ssssuperior troopsss Dessstro! What can thessse tin cansss do that my Viper forcesss cannot?!"

"Everything, Cobra Commander. They can do anything and everything beyond your wildest imaginings. Their cruelty and efficiency are beyond compare. They show no mercy, no hesitance, no cowardice. They are the ultimate soldier. G.I. Joe will crumble before the might of my B.A.T. Army"

"Your army, Desssstro?"