(...continuing my oft-neglected omni-project, wherein Serpentor won the cobra civil war and went on to seize control of the United States...)
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Excerpt from the files of Wayne 'Beach Head' Sneeden, pre-Cobra Civil War
To: General Clayton 'Hawk' Abernathy
Re: New additions to the team
"As for Robert F. Skelton. I cannot, in good conscience, recommend him as an addition to the Joe team. There is no doubt in my mind that Mr. Skelton has the raw skills necessary. As a heavy machine gunner, he would give Roadblock a run for his money. It's his mind that has me worried. As you can see from the attached psych evaluation, I'm not the only one thinking this way. Two incidents stand out in my mind. One was during hand-to-hand combat training. The man is a bear, so we pitted him against the only other candidate in his weight class. Hasle was his name. Everything was going pretty standard, until Skelton got the upper hand. He started beating Hasle. I don't mean fighting, I mean beating. Hasle tapped out, but Skelton wouldn't stop. He just kept hitting him, again and again. All the while he had this huge smile on his face, that just kept getting bigger and bigger every time he punched. It took me and two of the other trainers to pull him off of Hasle. The next incident was on the weapons range. Skelton is an amazing shot. Hell, he handles a Ma Duce like Lowlight handles a sniper rifle. So he hit his target right away. But then he wouldn't stop shooting. We were all yelling for him to cease fire. And it didn't even seem like he was being defiant...it was more like...like he was in his own world. It is my recommendation that Robert F. Skelton not be considered as a member of the GI Joe team, on the grounds that I fear he would be a danger to his teammates."
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Excerpt from psychological profile
Subject: Robert Skelton
Examiner: Kenneth "Psych Out" Rich
"....cognitively, there is nothing wrong with Mr. Skelton. Quite the contrary, he exhibits above average intelligence and reasoning skills. He is thoughtful, and seemingly well-read. His aggression levels are off the chart, however. Several times during our sessions, Mr. Skelton threatened physical violence as a response to a personal question, requiring sedation more than once. The man is a text-book sociopath, exhibiting absolutely no remorse for his actions. I asked him about his feelings regarding his merciless beating of a Mr. David Hasel. After several questions garnered no response, I asked Mr. Skelton if he felt what he had done to Mr. Hasel was right...if he thought it was good. He responded by quoting Friedrich Nietzsche: "What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man."
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From the Log of General Crowther, acting Command and Chief of the United States Military
"The GI Joe team, or what's left of it, continues to disappoint me. Even with the advanced technology provided to them by our Shadow Government, they have made little headway in reclaiming our great country from the forces of Serpentor. As such, I feel it necessary to begin augmenting the team with some of my own recruits. First and foremost will be a man named Robert F. Skelton, who has taken the code-name Heavy Duty. General Hawk once passed over this talented young man due to his, shall we say, overly aggressive behaviors. But times have changed, and General Hawk is no longer with us. I can only imagine that, in his last moments, as he was being executed on the White House lawn by Serpentor himself, he realized that winning a war has nothing to do with playing nice."
(just a little note for anyone who didn't read the DD run of the comics....Robert Skelton is the name given to the infamous SAW Viper from the marvel run)
......and now the part you actually came for, the pictures!
Heavy Duty (Robert Skelton)
Head: VILMARH GRAHRK (heavily modified)
Torso: SHS Magneto
Waist: SHS Magneto
Arms: SHS Thor
Legs: SHS Rider Ghost Rider
Gun: 25th Roadblock
(....the RF is an in-joke....getting it will probably depend on how big of a Stephen King fan you are)
