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Nice to see you Excellent and hello Garcia and big gay Dave and Steven and Space Cobra space Cobra that made me think of something that I'm working on right now. Yeah Hey JLS comics. Nice to see you, sir. And it's always nice to see sparkster Exploriso and chewing bubblegum like breaker speaking of breaker Speaking of breaker. I got a breaker right here Who else we got? We got mark and hey codenamed you to Vera to hey nice to see you Always nice to see you. I'm really happy that you're here hello, Mal and Yeah, no tech hiccups today knock on wood Hello, real Aaron Collins and Super show 80 or 93. Sorry, man. My eyes are not very good. Hello, Ryan Sweeney and the fly attractor All right an MB. Hello, everyone. All right gangs all here. Hello cyclonus Okay, all right, so There's just one rule tonight That is We can talk about anything except for the has lab sky striker I'm thrilled about that particular thing that we're not talking about but my goodness We have talked that subject to death And we're not even gonna get it for a long time. So, you know, great job. Good job, everyone Glad you funded it. Well done But we can move on we can talk about some other things There are other things to talk about in GI Joe and we can talk about those things. So, yeah, that's that's the only rule This is a little break a little break from the has lab sky striker thing Again, nothing negative about it. I'm happy about it. But yeah, let's let's expand the topics just a little bit Hello, GI claymore. I don't think I saw you come in And who else we got Zathras and Simon and Ronald Alright, and hey riptide olero and early nice to Nice to see you. Yeah, about that has lab nice try nice try. I saw what you did there The space cobra spoiler Well, it's not that much of a spoiler really but it's just something that it's um, it's in the periphery But yeah, I don't want to spoil too much. Hey story time. That's a good idea. Hang on. Hang on a second Watch my Christmas tree for just a second. I'm gonna grab the the story books. I'll be right back All right. Yeah, story time. We can do that in the bottom half of the hour. Who did I miss non-stop pop? Hello non-stop. Hi a pop nice to see you Jeff and Hurricane All right, so Yeah, so here we go These are the find your fate books. I know we've done a lot of these. I do have my glasses so I can actually see I Am not sure if there are any of these that we haven't done already But Let's see. I Don't think we've done operation dragon fire very much So I think we'll I think we I think we'll give this one a shot. How about that? Well, we'll give this in a shot. We'll do that at the bottom half of the hour Palpatine 1975 how do you do? All right. Yes page six. Well, what is on page six? Now that I took my glasses off I can't see I'll tell you if we land on page six at the bottom it tells us to turn to page 24 So spoiler Page six says turn to page 24 Alright, cool. All right groovy groovy Okay, so Like this isn't vintage But you know I can show you anyway because I'm really happy with it and I like it Oh, hey, there's a super chat from Ryan a little help pay for the item that we shall not speak about well I shall speak about you. You're awesome. Thank you very much We could talk about it in the future, but yes, that I very much appreciate that. That's that's very helpful. Hello nyquist And Dale nice to see you Yeah, last few looks like he would have been a member of the dreadnoughts that is interesting thought So maybe there is some synergy there between the head man Organization and the dreadnoughts it kind of they would fit together wouldn't they I mean they're both like criminals and you know Narrative wells and villains Street criminals that's yeah, that would be an interesting way to kind of link those two You know put Gristle and the head man and the head hunters is kind of like maybe Collaborators with the dreadnoughts You know the dreadnoughts are kind of mercenaries, right? So they work with Cobra sometimes But you know they they could be hired by head man and they would be happy to work for him so hello white the Gita and What classified figures am I missing? I'm missing a bunch because I've been I was out of the loop for a while so I Missed several Pre-orders like the master of disguise is our tan I missed what else that I miss there's been so much that Has passed me by like the the the snake eyes with the timber Which looks nice even though I've got a lot of snake eyes and I am curious about how they did the wolf I'd like to see that and there's just What else oh Now that I mentioned I'll look I'll look through it later, but I'm missing a bunch There are now huge gaps in my classified collection because like I said, I was I was out of the loop for a while But I'm trying to get back in I'm trying to get back in anyway. I wanted to show this. This is not vintage. Oh But this is So here's a side-by-side Breaker and Ram Vintage and and classified this of course is the let me see if I can get it this of course is the Canadian Ram and And this is this one's good old red blooded American Ram So anyway, yeah, there's that But yeah, so yeah, this is this is what we're gonna do at the bottom half of the hour and Yeah Yeah, non-stop pop has been more engaged than I have been and He's missing some stuff, too. So oh and thank you riptide O'Leary happy holidays get some lights for the tree Yeah, I've got a patch of lights. It's got lights on there, but it's not working. You see this little It's a little bear patch. However, I have to say that I Was considering not getting a tree at all So just the fact that I have a tree even if it's not perfectly lit Is a step ahead of where I was you know before I got it? So, you know, it's at least there's a tree there Otherwise it would just be a bear spot. Hello, Rob. Here is airy A lot of figures are missing still be purchased at online retailers including snake eyes and timber It might not show up till March. Yeah, so yes, I will I'll probably pick up a lot that way I have to I have to be a little bit cautious with spending and expenses right now, but We'll work on it. We'll work on it. We will fill the gaps and we will We'll work with what we have for now, which is quite a bit. I have a lot I mean behind this Laptop right now. I'm looking at my shelf and I have a lot. In fact, I have a lot that are that's not there I have some that are boxed up and things so there's quite a bit that I have but there's still quite a bit that I'm missing So yes Yes, the that was yeah, I could Hey, I could put the vintage sky striker right there, you know, maybe let me see hang on Time out talk amongst yourself just for a moment. Have you right back now? I'm curious. Hello, WW JD 85 Celebrated three years being us a height. Congratulations. Oh, a happy three years. Glad to have you here. Thank you very much Hello, Michael Pytel and Pioneer survival Alright time out. Hang on. Be right back This is totally gonna work It's 100% gonna work, right? Right here if we stick this right here It'll kind of hold it on If I bend those up And that won't fall, right? I think I think it's working guys. I think it's working There we go All right All right, I dropped a missile, but hey, there we go, you know Happy holidays what what says Christmas More than a sky striker and a Christmas tree. What could be more festive than that? anyway, so hello A coin rad Hello coin rad. Nice to see you and let's see Her toys RS was gonna open in the US again. I had heard that a while as well But I've also heard that for a while and I haven't seen it yet. So When we get a toys for us again, then I will I will feel good about it But until then I'm just I'm just waiting waiting to see if it actually comes about Yeah, that's on how long till it falls off. I think it's on there pretty securely. I don't think it's gonna fall I think I think it's good. I think it's good I've got I've got it hooked on there on that wing and also on the fuselage right there I think it's good. I think it's good. We're fine. We're fine. What me worry. It's it's good. It's good Well, it's you know, it's You know, it's if you know if you've seen the animated series, you know ace crashes a lot Right, he wrecks his side the sky striker all the time Right and so this this is actually pretty good landing for him. At least it's intact, right? He didn't have to bail, you know, he found a tree to break his fall a giant giant tree In New York, there's a Macy's that has a Toys R Us department. Now, that's interesting. That is interesting. Hmm Thank You pioneer. I'm glad you like the reviews. I like doing them a New meaning to mistletoe. Yes, there's the mistletoe And I believe there are still toys RSS in Canada is my understanding What and I miss I think I missed a comment exactly to that effect No, okay, no target in Canada. Yeah, that's that's kind of a an issue with getting the target exclusives But yeah, that Canada gets all the best stuff they get toys R. Us, you know They get you know, Mike Myers and John Candy You know can't it's just not even fair Yeah ace is the funniest call sign considering how often he crashes all the time all the time has he ever had a safe landing? That's my question Yeah, so In Canada there are Macy's in toys R. Us that's perfect. Thank you very much What What am I in the whale going to do it be doing for Christmas we have we have some some intimate moments planned I do still have The whale I've got a like the the whale along with a lot of the other large vehicles are still Stored away I've got like dozens and dozens of plastic totes filled with stuff And I've been trying to go through them as I have time and I've dug out a lot of stuff in fact today Today I was able to dig out this thing I did not know where it was and it took a minute it took a minute to find it But I'm happy that I did and you know what I'm just gonna leave ace. I'm sorry, not a you got I've got ace on the brain. I'm gonna leave breaker on here because he is my go-to driver for this vehicle I like it. I like it very much So there you go. There you go Any landing you can walk away from yeah, see that's a good attitude Bob's dungeon. That's a very good attitude So now I since we're talking about Canada, I will say one thing about Canada and again, you know Canadian a Canadian Ram motorcycle see there's the maple leaf right there There are probably a lot of rotten bastards in Canada like there are everywhere in the world But I have not met one like every Canadian that I know has been just a gem of a person and And that can't be true across the board, right? I mean just the you know Sheer statistics, there's got to be some bad people from Canada But just by pure coincidence. I haven't met any of them I have liked everyone from Canada that I've ever known Can Wild Bill fly a sky striker in the animated series, I'm pretty sure he did fly a sky striker at one point It's like anybody could fly a sky striker in the animated series Thanks Simon Excuse me The way I picture the sky striker controls in the animated series is it's like an arcade game it's got like one joystick and a couple buttons like a missile button and a and a guns button and a Button for the afterburners and then like one ejection seat. It's just one button, right? so those are all the buttons you need and And a joystick so that literally anyone can fly it because in the animated series literally anybody does fly it Apparently you have to be qualified to fly a fighter jet to even be on the GI Joe team But if you simplify the controls, so it's just you know one joystick and missile missile missile gun gun gun gun Oh, I gotta bail out but you and you're out. That's you know Why exactly does? Flying a jet fighter have to be so complicated Can't it just be simple? Why can't it be simplified like that? In the GI Joni universe in my view it is that simple. Hello, Ronald Hoover Yeah, I like to say get after burger. Yeah, see that's all you need What's all what we're all those other like dials and switches for just totally useless One button gun one button missile one button after burner and one button eject. That's all you need That's all you do in a jet, right? Yeah, the the game is their training sim that would that would be something Hello, JR Yes, if mutt and junkyard can fly the sky striker then wild bill definitely can And actually like I think wild bills file card does say that he can fly a fixed wing aircraft. So Yeah, hey, it's what's on Joe mind Everybody make sure you check out what's on Joe mind is always happy to see them and I I'm now. I'm never missing a Friday live stream. I try to be on board with all of them every Friday. It's must-see TV So yeah What do we got? Covary all we don't need eject Hello, David Sharp. Nice to see you Hello, Albert girl Albert glass. Hello Michael Mitchell Any chance a review of the 25th anniversary to your Agile figures I have some and I've been trying to integrate them when I can While back I had been doing a comparison like a vintage versus modern comparison when I had like the vintage both vintage and 25th anniversary releases of a particular character in a particular uniform But I just haven't had the time to do that but I wanting to I want to get back to it if I can I'm looking for Content that I can do that'll be like in between the full regular reviews on Sunday So that'll be something I probably sprinkle in when I can I I don't know where all my stuff is right now It's all packed away, but I do know where most of my modern figures are so at least I know I can find them, you know, at least I can find the modern figures and For me the best way to do that is to do it with like some kind of a comparison with a vintage figure That's that's the way I would like to do it. Hello James aka rat face. Nice to see you Hello, Dave C What's W. O. J. M. What's on Joe mine is a very long-running GI Joe fan driven podcast They have a massive back catalog going back many years And currently they do a live stream live essentially a live podcast on YouTube every Friday evening And I mean these guys go way back Mike is the oldest tenured current host, but they also have Mark Weber And Joe Colton and though they're both great people and just very knowledgeable and a lot of fun So yeah, I'm happy to help out what's on Joe mind in any way that I can I love what they do and And I think more people should watch it. Hello Troy Smith. Nice to see you sir. Hello Kyle Bennett Who have I missed? Hello jump in general always well with me James is Canadian good for you. You know what you know what's also Canadian Break her fallen off here, you know, what's also Canadian this ran motorcycles right there. See Yeah, there's the flag also Canadian The engine makes a different sound it goes a And oh and hello Canada and California from the United States. Thank you for joining If you saw a junkyard flying a doghouse that would be funny that that would be good I Yeah, so let's see how we doing. We're good on time. I did mention that we will be doing story time at At the bottom half of the hour. So At about 7 30 my time we will do this Find your fate book Operation dragon fire by William Snow. I'm oh, hello comic tropes and thanks for the super chat. Thank you I am enjoying doing it. We have Luke Skywalker in here That's really cool too and comic tropes is also a channel that I make sure to watch on a regular basis That's that's really good comic book related channel. So thanks for all you do. I love your content. So keep that coming. I Am pretty sure I I have read this book. So This this will be a redo, but hey, maybe you will have a different outcome. We'll see Let's see. Oh got my mouse pointer in the way Albert Glass says Maryland here. Hello, Maryland from the United States Yeah, so We are We are rocking and rolling. We are doing really good. This is nice I I really look forward to the live streams every week and I'm really sorry that I Stopped doing for them for a while. I was just too stressed out And I felt like I would just bring a very negative attitude to the live streams if I did them But what I've got to remember is doing the live streams really picks me up Just just chatting with you guys. Thank you, Jack Quantum and hello Armor Magnus. Hey, nice to see you Any Joe ornaments, no, I don't have well actually, yes, there is a Joe ornament I don't know if you notice the the sky striker this giant Joe ornament You could call it right there is it's trying to cover that patch that bear patch where the lights aren't working So, yeah, it fits. It's fine. It's fine That's that's that says Christmas to me Anyway Yeah, how we doing Walmart retro figure card backs are super thin and the cardboard word works now I I can I can kind of confirm that from that. I don't it's not The cardboard I wouldn't say is necessarily thin, but it does warp and I think this has a lot to do with how they're packaged in shipping because This and by the way, thanks to peg warmers another excellent YouTube show Kevin I gave this to me because stalker is my favorite Gijo character and my favorite figure and I love the artwork. I mean dig that that is an update of the vintage artwork and just Zooming it in and supersizing it and having it like take up like the whole card face Looks really nice. I love that super lots But yeah, I have noticed that like the the cardboard Has a hard time like staying flat and given given Walmart's track record with with, you know, how they ship things and what care they give to Their collectible items that they ship. I I am ready to blame Walmart I'm ready to blame Walmart for a lot of things. Let's be honest But I'm on board with blaming Walmart for that. Can we all just blame Walmart? Can we do that? Can we agree on that? That'll be what brings the world together, right? All of the wars and all the strife in the world Hunger poverty all will be solved by blaming Walmart. We just need a scapegoat. That's what we need I think I think that's what humanity needs and you know, if you're gonna have a scapegoat Why not make it like Evil Corp Walmart can be the scapegoat. I'm all for that Yeah, let's um, well, I don't know I've got some vintage cards And yeah, they are they are thinner than vintage cards. That's definitely true But you know, this is this is pretty solid card stock But I mean but once it's Once it's bent though, it don't like to go back And I've noticed this when trying to like stand it up and because it's really nice I want to display it it looks really good and I want it to like stand up and it it has a hard time doing that Riptide stalker was your first figure. That's awesome Yeah, blame Canada as the song said, you know what does it see maybe that's fair too since Canada gets all the good stuff You know, we got a level of playing for you a little bit, you know, just even it out Let's see Hans it says got the retro grunt and the left elbow joint was completely fused and ouch miss cast Be careful check your figures. Thank you Hans. I actually don't this is the only retro figure that I have and I haven't opened it I don't want to open it. I mean, I like the packaging too much. I don't want to leave it in there But I I I've been trying to get the classified series, but I haven't really been actively collecting the retro series Excuse me with the exception of well, I was gonna I can't reach it with the exception of the the vehicles I like that his tank. I like the awestriker, you know, the vehicles look really nice the figures though I just haven't been actively collecting them Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with them. It's just that it's I've got it I've got to pick and choose what I get right now. So it's just It's just not something I can get at the moment Has we did a much better job with the 25th 30th and 50th anniversary cards. I can agree with that. Yeah I do have some of those Carded figures and I will say that those cards are thicker than the retro cards The retro cards are still I mean, I I think they're still fairly sturdy, but they are thinner and yeah, they they Get them that they're warped a lot. It's it's a it's a thing. It's a thing Thank you figure six pack glad you're back How's the quest for full-time HTC going I've been really enjoying Video lately. Thank you. It's going well We've added some folks on patreon that definitely makes it have make, you know, that makes it work My ad revenue from YouTube has been increasing that definitely helps The super chats from here are helping a lot. So, you know putting all those things together It's working. We still have a ways to go, but this is the first full month of being back I started like at the tail end of November and Really December is my first full month back and in December. I'm really still just getting things up and running I'm working out the kinks. I'm trying to get back into a routine. So and that's taking a minute So, you know, there are some mistakes that I want to correct and you know get a few things Ironed out as far as the technical side of producing videos So I'm trying to use December to do that so that when we hit January at the first of the year I can really hit the ground running So I've got some reviews planned for January. I've got some other stuff planned for January And I want that to like really be a fresh start, but Leading up to that, you know, I've got to get back into the routine of doing reviews. So December has been really helpful for that So we got gristle under our belts got a gristle review The next review is is ready. It's totally shot and edited So you'll get that on Sunday. There's a review following that almost done But yeah, I'm just I'm working. I'm working. I'm getting into the routine I'm looking at like video quality and audio quality and I'm finding a few things that I'm not real happy with Oh, thank you musky zero five zero three for the super chat. Yo, Joe. Yo, Joe to you as well Yeah, I'm looking at like audio quality video quality just things like that and looking at how I can improve a few things So if you've noticed like at some hiccups in the quality here and there I am working on those things But hopefully by January, you know, we'll be rocking and rolling. I'm very hopeful Any theme ideas for next year will Cobra Convergence happen Cobra Convergence will happen. Absolutely Exploriso super chat. Thank you very much. I will try. I'll try never to leave you again I'm very sorry that I left the My life was basically a big mess. It still is but it's it's getting better. So I'm glad to be back I'm glad to be back Trying to watch all of my videos. Well, that's that is a very courageous thing the The early videos are pretty rough I did not have any idea what I was doing in the early videos and it took me a Solid year at least to start to figure out what I was doing Killer Weezer sends a super chat super chat. I can't say it, but thank you. Hello. Okie from Texas Hello, Texas from the United States And thank you, Rob Vegas nice to Rob Vegas has supported the channel for a long time. Thank you very much as has Killer Weezer Always great to see you here on YouTube mate Cheers from Melbourne. Hello Melbourne from the United States Big Merry Christmas to you and all the GI Joe gang. Thank you very much, sir. Thank you very much for five dollars Australian It's and thank you for your support. Hey, there's photo viper. Hello photo viper Yeah, you're late that means you have to buy a round of drinks for everyone So yes. Oh, and thank you Robert Perry. Merry Xmas. HTC. Thank you. Merry Xmas to you as well And thank you for 10 pounds euro or I'm sorry 10 euro not 10 pounds euro. I I know money I do I know conversions and junk like that from Kevin Hines. Thank you It's 1 30 a.m. In Ireland So I'm glad to be here. Wow Thank you for being here. Thank you for staying up late. I appreciate it. Hello Ireland from the United States I've never been to Ireland but In my law school class they offered the opportunity to Do a semester in Ireland and I didn't take that Option because I had something else that I was going to do But all of my friends who took the semester in Ireland absolutely loved it like One of the best times of their lives So now I really wish I had gone. I'm sorry. I missed Ireland. Oh, I'll get there someday I'll get there someday Any chance of say a Chris lot of theme for Cobra convergence? I don't know. Let's see Do you need a black uniform Cobra commander saw one on card recently? I think I have one That is the let me think It's not the talking battle commanders Cobra commander. It's the one after that I'm I Can't remember what version that is I'm but I believe I have one and I believe I have it complete, but thank you. Thank you Hello bubble wrap memories nice to see you um Yeah, so A Cobra convergence. Yeah, I deeply regretted missing Cobra convergence this year It was not possible. It it was just not possible I couldn't I didn't have the the mental energy to To put that together and to make it work. So I just I just couldn't do it I do appreciate that Timmer and gang kind of kept the spirit of that alive. So thank you Timmer Oh speaking of which I did want to also mention that it is Tuesday That means Timmer has a new video out. So if you want to check out half the battle on YouTube He has a review of the snake eyes movie And he did in fact notice some of the same things that I noticed about it. So it's not just me It's not just me So, yeah, um, uh, make sure you check out Timmer's video that's up today. So that's cool Don't forget ice cream soldier a soldier and Lobota max. Yeah, I was I was harsh. I was harsh. I was I Was honest, you know, I still think the same things about those figures that I did back then but Wow, I really didn't hold back. Did I? I 10 pounds of o-rings actually I do I do need some o-rings I have I was going through some figures and noticed a few like this one that I I just Replace the o-ring on this guy Today because it was essentially about to snap. It was just his legs were just dangling I have a habit of Not replacing o-rings on figures until I need to use the figures in reviews Which is is not great because that means I have a bunch of figures that are Just in pieces um, so I'm trying to do better about that like my um 1983 viper pilot is uh His o-ring is totally snapped and he's he's safe. He's safe. He's stored safely But I shouldn't leave a figure like that just in pieces. I should put it together. So Yeah, I'm trying to replace some o-rings and I'm working on that Yeah, so somebody mentioned peg warmers peg warmers is is great. I love that show Need any tea hooks? I don't think so. I think I'm good on those Even if you know, I any were broken here I have like a whole bag of spare parts that don't go into any anything and I think I could Um cannibalize some hooks from there if I needed them. Thank you though, but I think I'm good. I think I'm good. Um Right now. I'm just I have some o-rings and I'm just going through and uh Trying to pick out some figures that desperately need replacement o-rings. So um Yeah, let's see. Uh, I recently got a figure called shock viper. The shock was it was ice cream Soldier repainted. Yes, that's correct. And the shock viper looks much better It doesn't fix all the problems with the ice cream soldier. He's I still don't like those like Fat goggles that he has Uh, but it fixes the colors and it looks much better. And in fact, um, uh, it looks pretty good as a cobra figure I think that that sculpt and out mold Work well for that purpose Um, oh, hey, it's 7 30. So hey guys, um, let's see, uh Uh start a battle station re-release. I have not seen that uh chewing bubblegum I'll have to look forward it now that you mentioned it. Thank you dc4l for the super chat. Thank you very much I appreciate your support and you know what time it is You know what time it is. It's time for the stories so Now for the next half hour We're gonna go through this, um This find your fate book and for those who who haven't done this before. Here's how it works. Okay um We I'll read through this book I'll show you the pictures when there are pictures Um at the end of certain pages it gives you options, right? Uh, for instance on this page you can depending on what choice you make you can turn to page 74 Or turn to page 40. All right When it when it's time to choose our fate To find our our fate, uh, so to speak I will ask you to make a selection For what page you want to turn to and you just you just type that number into the chat And I will very unscientifically decide which Selection has the most choices and then we'll do that. It's very unscientific and probably completely inaccurate, but Uh, but that's just how we do it because I you know, I don't have any more scientific means to do it. Hello game masters hobby Uh and beach 76 nice to see you. Hello Kenny Um, and all right, so are we ready? All right. Are we ready to listen to me? Uh stutter and stumble through Uh reading these pages. Are we ready to do that? Hello deadly forest Page five deadly forest says page five Page five says turn to page 20. Okay All right ready. It's been a long time since we've done this. Let's let's do it. Let's do it ready Ready. All right. Here we go This is operation dragon fire by william snow page one Uh, you're in the monitoring room of the pit the underground command center of the gijo team on the computer screen in front Of you is a satellite display. Oh, thank you riptide. Oh leary story time. Yes. Thank you for the super chat And yes, we are gonna we're gonna get through this. Hopefully we will survive this time. We've died a lot a lot let's see, um Yes on the computer screen in front of you is a satellite display of the united states suddenly the warning panel lights up The geokinetic sensor is flashing red alert quickly. You hit a few keys and zero in on the hot spot according to the Central computer, uh, a large part of south dakota has just been blown up Well, you know Do we really need two dakotas? It one one's probably enough. You just move everybody from, you know, south dakota up to the north dakota. That'd be fine I'm sorry. I'm just kidding. I'm I'm just kidding. I'm from oklahoma If there's a state that is less, uh, important than uh, than any of the dakotas is probably oklahoma um Moving on My apologies to the dakotas Uh, immediately you alert hawk your commanding officer and leader of the team. You give him a quick rundown of the situation Collect all available data. He orders and meet me in the briefing room in five minutes Back at your station. You start punching away at the computer keyboard It's plain to everyone in the monitoring room that this is not a simulation or a test. It's the real thing Behind you the high speed printer spits out readings from the blast site as the machine chatters away You prepare yourself for action and that printer is probably like a dot matrix printer with the like the The hole punch feed Those those things are slow Five minutes, you're not going to be able to print a lot of data in five minutes on one of those things Uh, let's see, uh, even though somebody has just turned up The flame in the dakotas, you know that you can stand the heat You're ready for anything even ready for an explosion that takes out an entire state When the printout is finished, you fold it under your arm and hop the elevator down to the uh level four. Okay Uh, when you reach the briefing room, you find a gijo team already assembled hawk introduces each member And details his or her military specialty to your to his right is duke an airborne infantryman and acting first sergeant Next is lady j a covert operations expert with a specialty in intelligence Rock and roll is a rock steady infantryman. Also a machine gunner doesn't mention that bazooka is a missile specialist and barbeque is a firefighter Leaning against hey a firefighter if they blew up one of the dakotas If they blew up, you know, south dakota a firefighter, that's the one situation where a firefighter might actually be helpful Uh, let's see leaning against uh black wall or thunder the artillery specialist and roadblock the heavy machine gunner You know, you don't get thunder in a lot of stories. It's nice to see thunder. All right Uh, you are introduced as spider our codename is spider apparently Uh an electronics expert and a skilled martial artist who has trained with snake eyes the hand-to-hand combat instructor of the joe team Uh, it's spider, you know computer specialist ninjas. They're all ninjas now This says hawk de brookley is the situation he activates a satellite film on a wall size monitor The black hills of south dakota come into view you watch all You watch as the hills are ripped apart And a deep gash is opened in the earth You doubt ought to make the news As you can see hawk continues our country is absorbed has absorbed an attack by some explosive power But the source is unknown. We already have advanced intelligence reports, but they offer no explanation for the maximum duty access What hold on no explanation for the maximum duty access surface at the center Of the blast site that doesn't make any sense. I thought I read that sentence wrong, but okay, whatever You turn to the guy next to you and ask what's he talking about? That means that's what I want to know That means there's a road leading into the blast site rock and roll whispers and no one knows how it got there Uh, this is the work of the international terrorist group cobra hawk continues our mission is simple We investigate the area around the blast site. We uncover the cobra plot We take the necessary steps to foil the plot. Are there any questions? Yes I have no idea how we're going to do it The room is silent All right. Check. Oh, uh, check over your gear. We lift off at 0 600 hours. Well, why not now Let's just lift off now. You know, there's stuff going on Uh, as the team members start to file out of the room hawk calls out spider has The latest technical printouts. I want everyone to pick up a copy and study the data a copy Look, we just printed it out. You didn't say to make copies Uh roadblock groans. Hey thunder pick up a copy for me. All right I've got to go clean my weapon. That's That's uh suggestive A reading technical reports is not very popular with some of the team turned to page 10 We haven't we haven't had a choice yet. Haven't had an option. Oh, but we're gonna have an option on the end of page 10 So get your get your fingers ready on your keyboards At 0 600 sharp the gi joe team lifts off A few hours later the c 130 transport plane touches down Excuse me At an abandoned airstrip in the hills of south dakota You climb into the lee jeep with hawk barbecue and lee jay and rumble down the barren dirt road To the edge of the blast site the other jeeps follow Are you not going to see? I'm sorry. You're not going to sell a lot of postcards of this place says hawk Now now hawk is taking shots at the dakotas That's rude You look out over four square miles of jagged rock in the center a deep split is slashed through the earth's crust Just visible is a smooth gravel road It looks like an earthquake says lady jay, but the rock structure is all wrong. It couldn't have happened naturally Cobra isn't natural says hawk. He scans the terrain with his binoculars I see a route down to the western edge where we can gain access to the road But I want to uh, want to lead patrol to check things out For the main column any volunteers roadblock barbecue and lady jay step forward All right, we have an option first. Let me let me share. Let me share the beautiful artwork here I know you would be lost without the artwork um Here are the options. Okay. Get ready get ready Uh, the first option if you want to volunteer to join the lead patrol turn to page five If you decide to stay with the main column turn to page six so Choose either five to join the lead patrol or six To stay with the main column. What is your choice type into your computer device? A five if you want to join the lead patrol Or a six if you want to stay with the main column Enter your votes now All right, let's see what we got. Let's see what we got. Let's see some fives is in some sixes Let's see some fives is in some sixes Okay, all right, uh five is is winning so far I'll give it a few more minutes. Give it a few more minutes. Hello renegade biker. Nice to see you. Hello, james clark Uh, let's see we got fives Yeah, fives getting pretty far and the killer weasler really thinks outside of the box with a four um Comic tropes, uh, it wants to be a little more conscious with page six, but my goodness five is Yeah, five is five. I think five is winning. I'll give it a I'll give it a a few more seconds just to see Uh, just to see if six catches up But um, yeah, there have been a few more sixes. It's it's evening out a little bit 69 dudes Six five five Okay I it ended up being closer than I thought but I think fives still pulled out ahead All right, so we're gonna we're gonna go with page five We're gonna go with the lead patrol. So we're gonna turn to page five. Okay ready Actually, I have to go backwards for page five okay You decide to join the lead patrol You jump out of the jeep after lady jade the covert operations expert roadblock the machine gunner and barbeque the firefighter We already went through their specialties, but okay Crouching at the entrance. Uh, lady jade looks around. I don't get it. She says this area was blasted sky high But the road is still in good shape. I don't care about its condition says roadblock Why is it here in the first place? I tell you it looks like a setup and smells like a trap I agree with roadblock there. I roadblock Accurate That's why hawks sent us ahead you say But we're not going to learn anything out here, right roadblock says you take the lead I will you go ahead. I'll be right behind you Um, let's see. Uh, you're the best one here with the ground scope Lady jade and barbeque will back you up and I'll be watching your tails. I'll be I'll I'll I'm taking up the rear um All right, let's go you creep down the rock ledge if I see something harry you tell the others I'm going to radio you on the com channel 47 k When you uh, then you head for the dark cavern turn to page 20 Turning page 20 And we have an option We have three choices at the end of page 20 three choices All right, you're really gonna have to get ready this time three options You crawl 40 feet down into the cavern and lower yourself off the rock ledge and onto the road you switch On your infrared goggles for a better view with them You can see that this cavern opens up into a huge underground world To the right the terrain rises in a series of cliffs to the left it falls away from the road You unstrap the ground scope from your battle. What's a ground scope? I guess we have a ground scope When properly used its reading will help you detect troop movements and uh mechanized activity, okay Just as you switch it on the ground begins to shake a terrifying roar fills the cavern Rocks and debris fly through the air didn't help you detect that did it The dust is so thick that your infrared goggles are useless, but the ground scope picks up no sign of life It's the is the ground scope like a dousing rod. Is that what we're working here? That's what we're working with um You switch a radio to calm channel 47k and try to raise roadblock or barbeque or lady j nothing but static next you try hawk and the main column silence Should you search for the rest of the lead patrol? Or try to rejoin the main column or continue deeper into cobra territory alone, okay Here are your options. Are you ready? Are you ready? your options options are If you decide to search for roadblock lady j and barbeque turn to page 36 If you decide to rejoin the main column uh page 86 And if you choose to go into cobra territory alone page 13 So 36 if you want to look for roadblock lady j and barbeque 86 if you decide to remain or rejoin the main column And 13 if you want to go into cobra territory alone make your selection And let's uh, let's add them up. Let's count them up Uh, let's see, uh, that's 36 to look for your squad 86 to rejoin the main column and 13 to go on alone lucky 13 All right, so we got we got some 36s Uh, 80 we got uh conch tropes with 86 Uh, let's see. We've got uh, oh this is harder to do. I've got to hold on a second here Uh That's hard. I think 36 is winning, but it's hard to tell Um 36 maybe barely winning 13. I think you guys are probably smart for uh For suggesting maybe 13 isn't the best option that that sounds like it will get us killed It'll make the it'll make the story much shorter Okay Um, so yeah 36 is um And 86 I think are pretty easy even we've gotten more 86s And let's see some some 13 some of you guys are really gung-ho. You're like, hey, I'm you know, I I'm a joe. I'm spider Nothing can stop me Uh, yes, tony, uh timmer did a cobra month and and I very much appreciate that. It was very kind of him to do um You know, it's it's really even But I'm gonna go with I'm gonna go with 86. It's close. It's close, but I'm gonna go with 86 Um, it's it's it's semi cautious, right? We're going back to the main column We'll have to explain to hawk what the heck happened to everybody else that went with this But let's let's try 86. Let's try 86. That was a close one though. That was a really close one But let's see about 86 And you never know with these books playing it safe sometimes gets you killed All right, here's 86 the blast, uh, wait, hold on Yeah, 86. Yeah blast tore through like an avalanche and rocks and debris rolling down from above jammed up The low ground if there's a way back to the main mountain, it's probably along the high ground You begin scaling the cliffs. It's not easy Visibility is low and the way back to the entrance is anybody's guess. You can't even be sure it's still there The explosion might have sealed it over you feel your way into onto a narrow ledge It's just wide enough for I'm sorry. I'm gonna sneeze hand Excuse me All right, we're worried. Um, you feel your way onto a narrow ledge It's just wide enough for you to stand on one step at a time You face flat against the cliff you follow it to the left Feeling your way through the thick dust five feet away waiting quietly waiting patiently is a cobra sniper He bides his time knowing you can't see him for once He can afford to wait until his prey is within ideal range When you are just two feet away from him, he opens fire. What a jerk You don't have a chance to draw your weapon as you pitch forward and crash down the rocky cliff You realize that you never even got close to the cobra plot. You hope the others will have better luck The last thing you're aware of is the cobra sniper shouting after you Shouting after you so long sucker the end. Okay, so page 86 was death So, um, we're gonna we're gonna do a redo. Okay, I'm gonna I'm We're gonna We're gonna take a mulligan here And we're gonna go to page 36. Okay. All right um Let's let's see if we can look okay I'm using the the dr. Strange Time stone. I am turning back time We're going back and we are reliving this this moment. Yeah, we we died really fast. Okay, but I'm that's that's too quick That's too quick. We can do better than that and hey by the way That's guy strikers still up there. I secured that pretty well. That's that's gonna stay it's gonna stay right there All right 36 you begin the search for roadblock Barbecue and lady j the readings from the ground scope are being fouled up by all the dust That's hanging in the air So you can't use it to help locate the lead patrol Luckily the scope does show the direction you were walking before the blast If you retrace your steps, maybe you'll find the lead patrol You give it a try suddenly you hear something in front of you Was it a rock falling off the cliff? Could it be a rumble? shifting The rubble shifting and settling 10 feet away two large forms appear out of the dust. It's roadblock and barbecue. What happened to lady j? If you were cobra, you'd be dead meat barbecue says if you were cobra You'd be in more pieces than a jigsaw puzzle. You plot reply with a grin. Where's lady j? That's what I asked Back here her voice comes through the dust. I was following roadblock and barbecue to make sure they didn't get lost Now now lady j is taking up the rear. All right Um That sounds bad taking up the rear. That's just that sounds inappropriate. I apologize. I apologize. This is not This is not a children's show According to to youtube this show is not for children Uh, okay, where are we back here? Yes. Got that. I already read that part I never get lost roadblock says but I wish I knew where the enemy is Come on says lady j a little thing like that has never stopped us She strides ahead into the gloom page 30 or sorry page 29 29 29 here we go and we have more options at the end of this page We have more options at the end of this page All right without any real idea of where you're going the four of you feel your way deeper into the cavern every few minutes You check the scanning equipment, but it doesn't see any any better than you can and what good is it? What good is it? Hey spider roadblock whispers when was the last time you ate? Why do you want to know you ask? Are you playing to cook a gourmet meal for us? I just wondered if what I heard was your stomach rumbling. He turns to the others What about your stomachs? Okay They're quiet roadblock. They you they reply Well, then that rumbling can only be one thing. There's an armored column closing in and I Can guarantee that it's cobra Now that he's mentioned it. You can just barely hear the distant sound of half-tracked troop carriers when I am hungry My my stomach sounds like an armored column, you know coming up the trail. That's that's true. That's true Roadblock considers a wait a missed part. Um, there's still a few minutes away calculates Lady j just enough time to get ready if we climb a little way up those cliffs We'll have a direct shot at them when they come into view Roadblock considers the plan and then says or we could wait for them in the ravine When they pass by jump them What do you think spider so our options are? Um, if you want to take them from the cliffs Turn to page 55 if you want to jump them from the ravine Uh page 22 so make your selection 55 if you want to take them from the cliffs And 22 if you want to jump them from the ravine Cliffs 55 22 ravine make your selections. I'll give you a few minutes. I know there's some lag here So I'll give you a few minutes Armor Magnus says 55 55 was the cliff option Um, yeah, we've got a couple 55s there Killer weasers still on 13, you know, if we if we had chosen 13 earlier, we probably would have survived Uh, let's see lots of 55s a few 22s Riptide O'Leary says 55 high ground that that is when it's over that is when it's over according to obi-wan Uh, yeah, see rj rj is also picking up on this high ground uh idea. So yeah the cliffs that would be the high ground Uh, so I know we have some votes for 22. I think 55 is edging it out a little bit Uh, but let's give it a give it a few more seconds and Give a few more people a chance to make their selection It's pretty even though there are a lot of 22s on this page right now It's kind of evening out 22 is is kind of catching up Guys if we die this time, this is it I I don't I only have the uh time stone power for one redo I think I think 20 22 may have caught up anybody else Anybody else going once Going twice Some of you voted twice, but this that's why this is unscientific. I'm just looking at the numbers Uh, hello real erin collins. We we actually did die once, but I used my omnipotent powers to Reverse time so we could make the other selection Uh, I think 22. Yeah, I think 22 has pulled ahead so we are uh We're gonna be some anacons here rather than obi-wan. We're going for the low ground rather than the high ground Let's do it. Let's do it. I think 22 is one 55 jumped out ahead uh early, but 22 caught up. So let's do page 22 22 I can tell you that we do not die at the end of page 22. So there you go Roadblock and lady jay slide over the edge of the road and down into the ravine You and barbeque dive after them skidding to a stop alongside roadblock. Keep down Acautions lady jay. We don't have much cover here if they look over the edge. They'll spot us Everyone squirms a little Flatter against the ground in the pit of your stomach You can feel the vibration of the approaching armor Roadblock lifts his head. Those are heavy-duty his tanks rolling by It'll be hard to out shoot them, but I'm sure But it'd sure be nice to have some wheels We may have to trick them lady jay says I'm going to get closer when the last vehicle comes into view You'll hear me raising a fuss. That's the signal for u3 to jump up Top and do something appropriate. Just do something appropriate. You know make something up Let's see. Well, at least she's got all the details worked out. Yeah, okay All right page 73. Let's go to page 73 73 This means we should get at least one more choice, right Should get yeah, we get okay, and we do not die at the end of page 73 Lady jay slips off to the left and disappears into the rough terrain half a dozen tanks roll by There's a minute of quiet then another tank roars up get ready. You whisper This could be it roadblock checks his equipment patting his armored vest to be sure everything is in place You make you take a deep breath barbecue flashes you the thumbs up sign Suddenly a very sharp voice Barks out cobra driver pulled this vehicle over to the side. This is an authorized safety inspection That's our cue who says roadblock. Let's do it. So that was her plan. That was her plan All right, we turn to page 82 82. Let's see what happens at page 82 Still no options at the end of page 82 You roadblock and barbecue charge up the ravine lady jay has stopped a cobra personnel carrier with four troopers in it Not a very big personnel carrier She's got her boot propped up on the front tire and one hand on her hip The other hand is pointing to the driver's face. You're in a lot of trouble. She barks Let's see some identification. The driver can't believe what's happening And that's all the diversion the rest of you need. She wasn't in disguise or something or anything She just walked up there in her gi joe uniform And it was like you there cobra guy stop its inspection time and and apparently they stopped You know, all you need is just to have the the air of authority Right, you just you project authority and just people fall in line apparently Uh, let's see Before they can recover roadblock jumps into the driver's seat. Oh, yeah, I'm sorry. I missed a part. Yeah, uh barbecue and roadblock beat up the guys Uh, you and lady jay and barbecue are right behind him You glance over your shoulder as the apc peels out the four cobra troopers are sitting in the dust Uh, I don't think they even know what hit them. You tell roadblock That's not surprising said says lady jay when you jump the last vehicle in a column You usually get away clean and neat. Is that really how that works? Is that how we won world war two is by just jumping in the last tank in a column? Uh, and that's just what we did says barbecue and now we've got some wheels We can check out this cobra business in style, but you did leave some cobras just on the side of the road If they have any like radios or a cell phone or anything like that lots of the 80s It wouldn't have a cell phone But they have any way to communicate with you know the the the rest of the cobra team Uh, this is not going to work. They'll just call somebody and say hey that last vehicle in the column You know somebody took it All right, so we turn to page h go all the way back to the beginning page h And we still don't have we it's still not giving us a choice I'm looking forward to like having another option. We shouldn't get at least one more one more choice to make Roadblock finds the adjusting lever and tilts his seat back a notch or two then he adjusts his rear view mirrors We really needed that in the story. That was a vital part of the story That's better. He announces probably this cobra coach is no t-bird, but I think it will do all right He reaches under his vest pulls out a tape and slips it into the portable player Um a driving rhythm fills the apc. Did he bring a music cassette just for this occasion? Okay What are you doing? He has you ask are you crazy every cobra within 100 miles? Well here hear that you turn to barbecue He's taping tapping his foot and watching the sights you He's seen this all before spider my friend roblox says to you when you've been on as many missions that I as I have You learn to eat when you can sleep when you can and listen to the tunes anytime you can hear them over the artillery And that's that's how he has survived. He's been on so many missions That he can be lazy You shake your head in disbelief I shake my head in disbelief Um It's going to be a lot of fun going into battle with this crew you keep watch on the surrounding hills as roadblock Find tunes the stereo suddenly you hear a piercing whistle over your head scream blam They could be firing at the radio Um incoming rockets shouts lady j roadblock twists the wheel hard to the right page 60. Okay Maybe page 60 will give us a choice I'm sorry. I'm not keeping up in the uh with the live chat, but I'm I'm reading I'm reading Okay, we do have a choice um at the end of this page Cub lamb a second blast rips into the road in front of you roadblock cuts sharply to the left What are where are they coming from shouts barbecue dirt and rocks shower down around you they're being launched from behind us You answer boom another rocket hits just off to the side The blast nearly throws you out of your seat. We're being chased by cobra tanks yells lady j No kidding. So this may not have been you know, a foolproof plan Um, uh, we're they're doing more than chasing us robot answers They're using us for target practice the road in front of you lifts up into the air as another round strikes home And I do believe they're getting better. He shouts. You can barely hear him. There's so much noise barbecue moves closer and screams We're no match for their firepower a few more tries and they'll have us zeroed in You think fast you can either stay on the road and outrun them or cut down into the ravine and try to lose them You've got to tell roadblock which way to go. So here are your options. Are you ready? Are you ready to type here? Your options are If you want to tell roadblock to outrun the column Uh, that's page 12 if you decide to tell roadblock to lose them in the ravine Turn to page 26. So Outrun the column page 12 Go into the ravine page 26. So 12 to outrun 26 To lose them in the ravine. Those are your options. So please type into your computer device either page 12 Or page 26 It looks like zathras has number page 26 As does robert parry conic tropes goes with 12 Uh, we've got some 26s. We've got quite a few 26s Um Run like a maniac. Yes Uh, 26 is pretty overwhelming right now. Let's give it a minute and see if 12 catches up But uh, right now 26 is well ahead All right. Yeah, I'm thinking I'm thinking 26 is gonna win this one, but I'll give a few more seconds just to see if anybody else has a vote We're going a little long tonight, but I'm finishing this story. We are going to either succeed or we are going to die Um, it looks like 26, uh, it looks like 26 has the day Another few seconds just to see if anybody else hasn't voted yet. I know there's lag on here. I know I'll give you guys just a minute um Comet tropes always trying to get us killed. I knew he worked for cobra the clayton ravine. Yes, that's it um Who's who's taking it up up the rear? I uh, well first it was roadblock taking it up the rear and then lady j took over that position Uh, I think 26. Yeah 26 has it. Okay, so let's let's change to turn to page 26 26 Let's pedal to the metal pedal to the metal commander 26 Oh, and we have another option at the end of page 26, which means we haven't died yet. We haven't died yet. Okay Roadblock you shout cut down and wait, um Cut down it. Yeah 26 was the ravine cut down into the ravine It's getting too hot up here roadblock swerves around a crater and says that ravine can't be any worse than this road Hang on He launches the apc over the edge the tracks spin as you fly through the air. Oh no here It comes the apc slams to the ground the it skids hard to the right roadblock fights for control A huge boulder rams up under the right track lady j is almost thrown out of her seat I don't think I can hold it together much longer roadblock shouts Just on to the left of your seat is the emergency braking system switch You could reach down and activate it. Maybe it would help or maybe you should just hang on and hope These are our options. Okay You want to hit the brake? That is option 63 do you want to hang on and hope that's page 15? So Page 63 to hit the brake Page 15 to hang on and hope make your selection Make your selection now 63 or 15. I'll give you guys a minute to To make your choices And to decide what you would like to do Um Look, I know there are some jokes in here about you know The various people taking it up the rear, but look it was in the book. All right. This is not my fault Okay, so Let's I see a 16 in there that that's uh, it's 15 or 60. Wow 15 is Is off to a good start 15 is hang on and hope Uh, yeah, okay 15 Yeah, we're not liking the brake idea. I'll give it a few more seconds just to see a hello, peter. Aang Sorry, I didn't see you come in nice to see you Uh, okay. Uh, yeah 15 Yeah, be being stupid has worked so far um and and honestly, uh Hanging on and hoping is essentially doing nothing, right? Uh, I think that option is Doing nothing and hoping it just works out. So Comic trope says 15 Garcia says 15. David Sharp says 15. Hans says 15 um Let's see, uh, call hawk that would it's not a terrible idea Hey hawk, we're careening down a ravine. Should I hit the brakes? Uh, you know chain of command, you know, he's the the decision maker But I think I think 15 has won any any other vote any other votes anybody haven't voted yet Lazy 15. Yeah um Okay, all right, let's see Uh, uh 15 wins 15 wins. Let's see what happens if we just hang on and hope well good news We don't die at the end of page 15. This We're lasting a long time. We are surviving for quite a while You grip the roll bar. You're not going to let go no matter how rough it gets as the apc plows down the ravine roadblock does his best to keep it upright A little to your right says barbeque roadblock ignores his helpful advice a shower of sparks shoot up into the air as the apc's Right side scrapes along a large rock. Watch watch it on the left. Lady jay shouts I don't think he's listening you say to lady jay I guess he's got his hands full. He answers or she answers Roadblock is staring straight ahead twisting the wheel like a wild man after a few more seconds The ground flattens out and the apc finally coasts to a stop at the edge of a river except for a few rocks Sliding down the ravine. Everything is quiet. The four of you pause and listen carefully. There's not a sound you lost them Suddenly a quiet voice from behind you says coming down a hill like that you people are a dangerous bunch You were all around where did that come from page 34? 34 who said that? Hey, we're still not dead cool You barbecue and lady jay dive out of the jeep hit the ground roll behind a boulder and jump to your feet your machine Hold on a second here Did I turn to the right page? Yeah, okay Um, your machine gun your machine pistols are cocked Roadblock hops off the back of the apc and calls out in an irritated voice voice. Don't fool With me now. I'm I've had a tiring day a trying day. Wow. I can't read me. No read good A voice not too far away says keep your voices down and don't shoot We're coming out into the open two figures rise up from the ground and walk slowly toward you It's duke and rock and roll Lady jay whispers. Where did you guys come from you ask? I'll explain everything later says duke as he reaches you But first we've got to get away from that rattle trap truck It draws too much attention. It sure does and rockets draws attention and rockets page seven We have another choice at page seven. All right. We're doing pretty good All right, we're doing pretty good duke leads you along the river to a secluded inlet High hidden from view you crouch around in a circle after that big explosion We got separated from the rest of the team duke says we ended up by this river This waterway is a busy place Cobra is using it to move a lot of heavy equipment barges and high speed patrol boats pass by every 15 minutes Rock and roll points upstream upstream and adds we are hidden Uh, what what we were hidden on a point of land where the barges come in close to the shore We overheard the cobra workers complaining about the 24 hour work details And how they couldn't wait for Dragon fire to be finished so they could get some r and r They said the name of the book. This is dragon fire. Okay Um Oh, we know it's somewhere downstream if we're going to stop it. That's where we'll go roadblock stands up and Shakes his legs to straighten out the kinks. He looks At the slimy riverbank and says I hope you weren't planning to walk there to walk there It would be faster and more pleasant to sneak onto one of those barges or capture a patrol boat What do you say spider duke is the acting first sergeant and he is in command of your group But you know, he is willing to listen to suggestions Okay, well stealing the other cobra vehicle worked out really well So our options now are if you want to sneak onto a barge That's page 80 if you'd rather try a patrol boat page 16 so To sneak onto a barge That's 80 80 If you rather try a patrol boat, that's page 1616 so type your Uh type your choice either 80 or 16 And we will see how this works out. Apparently this book is all about stealing Uh stealing cobra vehicles that that's how we win That that's how our forefathers won wwii and that's how we are going to win This battle with cobra. All right, we've got some 80s Um got some sixteenths too. 80 is a little bit ahead But 16 is not too far behind Okay, okay. It's it's pretty even. It's pretty even right now. 16 is catching up comic trope says 80 musky says 16 Fish guy says 16 Uh coin rad is torn. That's painful Uh, okay, we've got some 16s. We've got some 80s Okay, um, you know, I think I think I think it's 16 Anybody else 180 because I think we're settling on 16 Uh, yeah, whichever whichever comic tropes doesn't pick. Okay They're they're they're picking on comic tropes. You can't do that. He has a much bigger channel than me I would never I would never pick a fight with with someone with a silver play button. That's uh That's dangerous territory there, man Um, I think 16 wins though. I think 16 pulled it out. It was pretty even for a while It was pretty even for a while, but I think I think 16 has won it. So we're gonna do 16 What would gristle do? That's a that's a good question. Thank you, Troy. All right page 16 16 We're not dead yet. We are not dead yet. Okay Uh I know how to get us a patrol boat you say Duke nods, he'll go along with your idea You had you lead the team back to the cobra apc First we need somebody who can put on a good act All right. Yeah you roadblock. I want you to lie down With your legs sticking out from under the apc and groan roadblocks, uh Brow wrinkles, but there's a glean in his eye turning to duke Barbecue and roadblock you say your position is over there in the water stay low behind the rocks lady jay and i will be up There on the bank when the next patrol boat comes by I'll dock so it'll dock so cobra can check out the apc They'll see roadblock and think he's a wounded. Why would they think roadblock has a wounded cobra? Well, you know they they listened to lady jay despite the fact that she's wearing a Uh, you know a gi joe uniform and looked nothing like anything cobra But uh, yeah, we're just rolling with this Don't worry. Don't worry about the logic. We're just trying to survive We're trying to survive in an illogical world Uh roadblock shakes his head and says you've got me lying in the dirt and these two guys sitting over there in the Water without a doubt spider. This isn't one of your better plans. Trust me you say page 64 64 Where is it? There we go. Hey, we're still not dead. Oh cool Roadblock is under the truck duke barbecue and rock and roll are by the water's edge and you and lady jay are up on the bank Everyone is ready Uh, a few minutes later the patrol boat comes down the river all goes according to plan the boat Passes by circles around and pulls up along the bank one cobra stays at the wheel As three others climb ashore as soon as you're out in the open You let loose with a round of fire while duke and the others Rush the boat and get rid of the cobras Get rid of the cobras. That's uh, that's a euphemism A few seconds later In a few seconds, it's over. Uh, you you've captured the patrol boat With duke at the helm you pull into the current and race down the river You check out the craft. There are twin 50 caliber machine guns up front Rockets mounted on the sides and a double rack of depth charges off the stern. That's a nice boat That's a good boat Well armed below deck are a pair of h and r diesel's top speed is 32 knots. It's a nice little boat I agree with that. That's we need this We need this as as a view next next has lab. Oh, I violated the rule. I violated the rule So forget I said that I want I just I just want this I want this vehicle that's described here Uh, you move uh to the cockpit and turn on the radar the screen lights up There's a lot of traffic about a mile downstream. You say it could be the base port page 68 That's probably where they've been taking all the dragon fire equipment And by the way, this is operation Am I not mistaking mistaken? Uh That operation dragon fire was that deke, uh, mini series I'm sorry. I got distracted. Um Okay, uh, that's probably where they've been taking all the dragon fire equipment Duke says, um, if we take care of that base port It's a good bet that cobra will be out of business He cuts the engine as the port comes into view We'll cruise by once just to get the layout Duke says as Duke maneuvers closer You all scan the port. There are six concrete blocks tied Alongside are 30 or 40 barges waiting to be unloaded. You borrow lady jay's binoculars and get closer I get a closer look at the cargo. Everything is marked thermal control station One on shore is a large, uh, Generating facility off to the side. You can see a fuel dump Turning the patrol boat around duke says that's our target. All right. Let's put them out of business page 31 How's it going in there? How's it going? Okay, we're still not there. This is I think this is the longest we have ever survived It is now 22 minutes past the hour. We are still going Okay, um, and and by the way Some some beautiful artwork here We've got a drawing here All right Duke pulls back on the throttle the engines howl and you race toward the docks This is um, hold on That's a much less impressive boat than what was described described on the previous page I want the boat that was described on the page not not the one that's in the drawing. That's that's pretty lame Where was I uh throttle cobra workers unloading crates marked dragon fire some of the barges are being guarded by, um Uh cobra troopers it all looks very secret and very sinister They can't be up to any good you say uh eyeing the guards and remembering the blast you saw. Yes, they're up to no good, certainly Yeah, growls rock and roll I don't know what dragon fire is, but we better get rid of it right says duke he cuts around The barges roadblock and rock and roll open up with their fifties that's Rock and roll does not have a 50 caliber machine gun, but whatever Uh wheeling around duke heads toward the fuel dump He closes in at full speed and then this at the last second pulls in into reverse The twin props turn in the water He cuts the wheel hard to the right and the boat spins around You pop off four depth charges and pull out just as they blow for you Uh for you cobra roars roadblock page 89 I hope we win soon because my voice is gonna give out All right Well with flames shooting up into the air and The cobra attack sirens wailing You head for your last target the thermal control station lady jay gives you the target coordinates You cruise along until you're well within range the shore battery opens up blam blam You take a direct hit that shakes the boat, but duke manages to hold the course Finally, he raises his hands and yells fire You punch the button and six missiles Streak to the target the whole thermal control station trembles and shakes then erupts into a massive geyser of steam Bye bye dragon fire shouts barbecue Duke swings the patrol boat out Of the harbor behind you are the smoking remains of cobra's dragon fire Ahead of you is the way home The end we won We survived and there is the artwork Of the dragon we never found out what the dragon fire was no idea No idea, but you know what it is now. It is destroyed. It is dead Probably with a lot of bad guys too, but you know who's not dead us We survived well done guys well done Very very well done And with that I am going to wrap up this week's live stream. This has been fun This has been fun. I'm looking forward to next week. Uh week um and we will do We'll do some more of these um in the future. I still have some Again, we'll be backtracking kind of doing some that we've done before but yeah, this is fun Uh, but thanks everyone. I'm gonna wrap it up. My voice is starting to go. That was a lot of of reading so Yeah, so yeah, so oh, yeah the south that's a good point. Yeah, so This is yeah, this is that uh That ocean harbor in south dakota They're they're just they're just you know driving their boat out to the you know the uh the atlantic ocean From south dakota so these Hey gi joe very educational. I bet you didn't know that uh That south dakota, you know Had a harbor that abutted an ocean, but uh, yeah Uh, anyway Thanks guys. I really appreciate it. I am gonna wrap this up Thank you to everyone who is here. It was a lot of fun. We will do this next week There is a review coming on sunday. It is already done and uploaded So if you're on patreon, you will get your early access on friday And uh, yeah, and there are other smaller videos that are gonna come up uh before then so thanks everyone I will say good night now and I will see you next week Bye. Bye everyone