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After returning to Joe H.Q., Col. Sharp has Mainframe, who has replaced Breaker and Lewinski, get both Gen. Abernathy and Top Notch on the line.
"Abernathy here, what's the word?"
"The word, sirs, is snake skins; once the shooting stopped out in Alaska, Duke's team discovered Cobra's H.I.S.S. drivers wearing new uniforms." Col. Sharp told them before motioning off screen. The two watch as Grunt wheeled in a gurney with an empty dark blue vest with black tubes on the shoulders and the torso, a light blue undershirt and trousers, and a helmet with a mirrored visor that seemed too big to be necessary.
"Kore wa?...That helmet looks like what some of my troops have described a few days ago, they said some Stinger drivers had them on". Top Notch asked as he and Gen. Abernathy leaned forward a little. "What do you make of it, Gen. Abernathy?"
"Hard to say; is it just an aesthetic change, or is does Cobra have a new class of combatants now?" The General replied.
"Apparently the latter, Scarlett questioned some of the surviving enemy soldiers, but only one of them gave us a name; Motor-Viper." Col. Sharp told them.
Top Notch blinks before speaking again. "It seems we will have to make some additions to our Database soon."
"Agreed, keep us posted if you make any more discoveries, Colonel." Gen. Abernathy said next.
"Yes sir; over and out." Col. Sharp replied before the other two end the transmission. "Let's just hope Cobra doesn't have any more surprises for us." He added under his breath while taking another look at the enemy uniform.
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