Barrel Roll

Powers:

(none)

Equipment:

the Air Assault Glider (v1) (i): a modified Cobra device, this powered glider is armed to the teeth. It has a Gatling cannon as well as several missiles, along with a jet boost if Barrel Roll needs an extra bit of speed. The Air Assault glider is described in its own vehicular entry.

Helmet (s): whenever he finds himself in the air (which is a lot of the time), Barrel Roll makes use of a flight helmet. This head gear provides him +2 protection against physical attacks that don't hit him in the face, as well as like Screened Senses thanks to built-in goggles.

the Joe-Com (i): this is a new device given to all Joes since the group's reactivation. This high-tech wristband functions as an audio/video transceiver with various other goodies built in to help a soldier on the go, and is described in greater detail in its own equipment entry.

Knife (s): in the event that he's otherwise disarmed, Barrel Roll can turn this blade on any foes. He can use it to inflict his Strength +2 damage in melee, or to cut through items of up to m.s. 12, given enough time to saw through such tough materials.

the Rising Tide (v2) (i): sometimes, Barrel Roll is assigned to engage in aquatic duties on top of all his other jobs. When this happens he picks up his Rising Tide, a B.T.R. jet glider that can be converted in the field into an attack boat. It's described in its own vehicular entry.

Semi-automatic Pistol (a): a back-up should he not have the time or room to wield his sniper rifle, Barrel Roll also carries a hand cannon. He can fire this weapon to inflict his Agility +4 damage in a single shot, raised to his Agility +5 when fired semi-auto.

Sniper Rifle (a): Barrel Roll's primary military specialty is that of a marksman instructor - he's that good! The man can use this weapon to inflict his Agility +5 damage, and it has a scope that allows him a +1 to hit (above and beyond normal aiming bonuses).

Hindrances:

(none)

Skills:

Aerial Combat (a): supplementing his ability to fly with competence, Barrel Roll can fight behind the stick of most fixed-wing aircraft as well. Whenever engaging in aerial combat, whether performing an offensive or defensive maneuver, Barrel Roll should do so at a reduced difficulty.

Boxing (s): a skill everyone picks up in their Basic, Barrel Roll has the ability to defend himself while unarmed. He can divide his pre-cardplay action score between two unarmed melee attacks, the second of which will occur as a contingent action.

Espionage (i): though he wasn't trained in the fine art of intelligence operations until becoming a Gi Joe, Barrel Roll has taken to them like he does everything else he puts his mind to. He should receive a reduced difficulty on all intelligence-gathering actions.

Marksmanship (a): Barrel Roll is not only a trained marksman, but a trainer of marksmen! The man excels at gunplay above and beyond most others, receiving a reduced difficulty when wielding firing weapons, and can resolve such attacks with his Strength or Agility.

Military / United States (w): the source of all his marketable skills, Barrel Roll is a member of the United States Air Force. This organization has trained him how to fight competently in any modern military group, and has given him an instinctual understanding of the S.O.P.

Piloting (a): naturally, Barrel Roll knows how to fly. He's been trained in the operation of most fixed-wing aircraft, and can attempt to operate such vehicles at one difficulty level lower than is normally necessary, no matter what crazy stunt he attempts.

Calling:

Soldier, with a secondary calling of Repentant: Barrel Roll strives to live up to his family's tradition of excellence in military service. Of course, this comes with intense guilt over the actions of his brother, and Barrel Roll is constantly trying to clean up his messes.

Costume:

Barrel Roll's second Gi Joe field uniform is more individual than his first. It includes a mahogany flight jacket over a mahogany T shirt and under brown webbing, brown chaps over black jeans, black knee pads, black leather boots, black and brown gloves, and a black leather belt.

His third was similar, if in a different set of colors. It consists of a dark green flight jacket over a tank top and under gray webbing, gray leather trousers, dark gray knee pads, dark gray leather boots, gray leather gloves, and a black leather belt.

Personality:

Dwight was always one of the quiet, smart kids in school. He hates to lose, and gives his all in everything he does; it's not that he feels the need to win so much as losing bothers him so much. He's an honorable sort, and is dedicated to cleaning up his family's mess.

Real Name: Dwight E. Stall, Grade E-4
Occupation: marksmanship instructor, fixed-wing aircraft pilot
Legal Status: citizen of the United States with no known criminal record
Marital Status: single
Alias(es), if any: various temporary identities
Group Affiliation: Gi Joe

Height: 5' 10"
Hair: light brown
Eyes: brown (sometimes blue, sometimes green)
Weight: 165 lbs
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: none

Story:

The Stall family has had a tradition of military service. In fact, Dwight and his two siblings both enlisted in the military at a young age, and all three excelled in their tasks. Each was so good, in fact, that they all managed to earn their way into the Gi Joe entrance exams.

For a time, each served as one of the Gi Joe team's 'greenshirts', their transitory support group and combat forces. Of course, Dwight was the first to make his way on to the team fully, and earned his code name of Barrel Roll thanks to his plethora of fighting skills.

You see, Dwight is not only a marksman, but an instructor of such, and he's also a fully qualified fixed-wing aircraft pilot. This makes for an exceptional skill set that the Joes are happy to make use of, and have done so since Dwight's very first mission, on Cobra Island.

There, he adopted the use of a modified Cobra glider, and slipped onto the Island while posing as one of its many aerial troops. There, he hacked into their systems and after stealing vital information, implanted a computer virus into the main Cobra servers.

Of course, he was discovered at that point by several Tele-vipers, who sicced security on him. Fleeing the compound, Dwight was pursued by the Crimson Twins, but managed to evade them, along with a similarly fleeing Dr. Mindbender, and made his way off of the island.

Soon after, his brother Thomas was court-martialed in the wake of the destruction of New Moon, Colorado. As the courts deliberated his fate for gross misconduct and other offenses, the base he was being held at, Fort Huachuca, was beset by a large force of attacking Cobras!

In the ensuing devastation, many lives were lost but Thomas himself was unaccounted for. This led Dwight to believe that he was either captured or went with them willingly... neither of which sat well with him. And as it turned out, the worst of the two came to pass.

Having joined Cobra under the code name of Blacklight, Thomas immediately put his knowledge of Gi Joe activities and procedures to good use, and led a team to capture his sister, Alyssa, who had also become a Gi Joe operative (possibly in a bout of jealousy at this point).

Before Dwight could do anything about this, he was ordered by General Rey to drop a nuclear device on Cobra Island, in order to eliminate it as a threat once and for all. Though he had reservations about this, Dwight nonetheless did his duty, hoping his siblings weren't there at the time.

They weren't, and after the Joes handled a new threat posed by Cobra, and a second by the Red Shadows group, Dwight and company finally managed to free Alyssa from Thomas' eerie clutches. This is about when the Gi Joe team was 'deactivated' a second time.

At this point, Dwight left the conventional military as well, going on to become a commercial pilot - it was more boring, but it's a job. He continued on in this capacity until he was reactivated by the Joes to help defeat Cobra when that group instigated World War III.

During this conflict, Dwight managed to corner his brother Blackout, and defeated him in personal combat. This allowed him to capture the thug even as most of his fellow Cobras, the so-called Plague Squad, were killed or captured as well.

After this, Dwight stayed on with a renewed, and completely reassembled Gi Joe team. While Cobra may've been defeated once and for all, there were a large number of its operatives who were still at large, and the Joes needed to capture them to prevent Cobra from rising again...!

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