"Dreadnoks: 'To The Death (By Boredom)'"
"Hurry up and wait" is a term that transcends language, and is certainly one that the organized military forces of G.I. Joe and the terrorist guerillas of Cobra can mutually relate to. The same can not be said for the mercenaries that call themselves the "Dreadnoks," whose lack of recent fighting or destroying things has raised boredom levels to an unsustainable level. While three mercenaries find themselves terrified and amused by their fellow rogue's flamethrower going off, the team's second-in-command - Zarana - complains to the group's leader about the lack of anything to do. But Zartan - the Dreadnok's leader and Zarana's brother - has been Cobra's most dependable mercenary for a long while, and he is aware that the sizeable paycheck that awaits them will put a stopper in any further complaints from his henchmen. Until then, he sharpens his knife on the rocks, and amuses himself by eavesdropping on the low-brow arguments his fellow mercs constantly find themselves in.
Cobra's global reach could not have been acquired by the use of their own paramilitary forces alone. It has often recruited, coerced, or otherwise threatened smaller criminal organizations, governments, and gangs to expand their influence in the less-enforceable patches of the world. A stand-out from these outreaches are the Dreadnoks, a band of mercenaries who have made it clear how much violence and destruction they are willing to cause and sustain with the promise of money. Originally posted in the Australian outback, the Dreadnoks were eventually taken under the leadership of the mercenary Zartan, and were subsequently relocated to the Florida Everglades. Under Zartan's leadership, he placed his own sister - Zarana - to be the Dreadnoks' second-in-command, all the while answering to the orders that come on high from Cobra itself.
"Dreadnoks: 'To The Death (By Boredom)'"
"Hurry up and wait" is a term that transcends language, and is certainly one that the organized military forces of G.I. Joe and the terrorist guerillas of Cobra can mutually relate to. The same can not be said for the mercenaries that call themselves the "Dreadnoks," whose lack of recent fighting or destroying things has raised boredom levels to an unsustainable level. While three mercenaries find themselves terrified and amused by their fellow rogue's flamethrower going off, the team's second-in-command - Zarana - complains to the group's leader about the lack of anything to do. But Zartan - the Dreadnok's leader and Zarana's brother - has been Cobra's most dependable mercenary for a long while, and he is aware that the sizeable paycheck that awaits them will put a stopper in any further complaints from his henchmen. Until then, he sharpens his knife on the rocks, and amuses himself by eavesdropping on the low-brow arguments his fellow mercs constantly find themselves in.
Cobra's global reach could not have been acquired by the use of their own paramilitary forces alone. It has often recruited, coerced, or otherwise threatened smaller criminal organizations, governments, and gangs to expand their influence in the less-enforceable patches of the world. A stand-out from these outreaches are the Dreadnoks, a band of mercenaries who have made it clear how much violence and destruction they are willing to cause and sustain with the promise of money. Originally posted in the Australian outback, the Dreadnoks were eventually taken under the leadership of the mercenary Zartan, and were subsequently relocated to the Florida Everglades. Under Zartan's leadership, he placed his own sister - Zarana - to be the Dreadnoks' second-in-command, all the while answering to the orders that come on high from Cobra itself.