Pogo Viper
Pogo Viper

POGO-VIPERS are Fred VII's personal pilots and bodyguards. These are COBRA solders that have gone through VIPER training, but have failed to pass the CRIMSON GUARD training. Not long after Fred VII took over command of COBRA under the guise of COBRA COMANDER, he realized that he would need his own protection force if his secret was exposed. Around the same time, he developed his POGO: Ballistic Battle Ball aircraft. Needing qualified pilots, Fred VII took those VIPERS who were not CRIMSON GUARD quality, but had piloting skills and trained them to fly the POGO. Not all of the POGO-VIPERS are happy with this move, as flying the POGO takes its toll on even the best pilots. Some POGO-VIPERS have been culled from other VIPER troops because of insubordination or general lack of motivation.

From the files of Gen. Hawk:

"These Pogo-vipers are some of the sorriest excuses for pilots that COBRA has ever had, but that doesn't stop them from bouncing those overgrown pogo-sticks in the way of our forces and causing a little disruption. Sometimes that's all that is needed for COBRA to send in the real solders. Heaven help us if some real fighter-aces or viper's with death wishes fly those things...we'd be in trouble then. Until we shot back, that is."

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