Torpedo
| Strength 7c |
Agility 5a+ |
Intellect 5x |
Willpower 6d |
| Hand Size: Edge: |
4 (25) 2 |
Powers:
(none)
Equipment:
Diving Gear (a): Edward carries various gear that allows him to function underwater almost normally. His wet suit, combined with his air tank, underwater mask, and flippers, allows him to act underwater for about four hours, and move at one water speed intensity higher than he otherwise should be capable of.
Filipino Butterfly Knife (s): having learned how to use this bladed weapon before he even joined the Navy, Edward carries one with him at all times, whether he's on a mission or not. He can use this blade as a +2 edged weapon with each deadly strike.
Machine Gun (v2) (a): Edward has recently begun carrying a machine gun with him on missions, mostly when not, in fact, working underwater. He can fire this weapon to inflict +4 physical damage in a single shot, +5 damage in a small, controlled burst, and +6 damage full-auto.
Rapid Runner (v1) (i): on occasion, Edward has made use of an experimental, 'B.T.R.' vehicle known as the rising tide. It can be reconfigured in the field between its hover-glider and sea skimmer mode, and is detailed more fully in its own vehicular description.
Semi-automatic Pistol (a): in the event that his machine gun or Rapid Runner fail him, Edward always carries a backup piece. He can fire this weapon to inflict his Agility +4 damage in a single shot, or his Agility +5 damage in a semi-auto hail of lead.
Underwater Explosives (i): carried in various forms throughout his career, these devices are especially crafted to detonate underwater - to spectacular effect. In essence, they explode to inflict intensity 12 fragmentary (physical) damage to everything within striking distance of where they detonate in - deadly to ships and such!
V.A.M.P. Mark 5 (v2) (i): when he's not joyriding in his Rapid Runner, Edward often mans one of the new, Mark 5 V.A.M.P.s with Big Brawler and Pathfinder, since occasionally he likes to make things explode in quantity. The V.A.M.P. is fully detailed in its own entry.
Hindrances:
(none)
Skills:
Boxing (s): a master of unarmed combat before he even turned eighteen, Edward can easily divide his pre-cardplay action score between two hand to hand attacks, the last of which will occur as a contingent action. Needless to say, these attacks are made at a reduced difficulty level.
Demolitions (a): his claim to fame, Edward is a notoriously good saboteur. With enough time and equipment, he can destroy just about anything, though in a pinch he can rig together a spectacular demise for a vehicle or structure with almost no supplies at hand.
Knives (s): before he even hooked up with the Navy, Edward had acquired the ability to use a Filipino Butterfly knife, though his military schooling has extended his skill to all short blades, which he can utilize at one difficulty level lower than is usually necessary.
Marksmanship (a): an essential part of Edward's military education involved learning how to effectively utilize a gun. Whether it be a standard, semi-automatic, fully automatic rifle or pistol, or even a harpoon gun, Edward can use it in combat at one difficulty level lower than is usually required.
Martial Arts (a): Edward mastered several martial arts before he even turned eighteen. This allows him to utilize either his Strength or Agility in unarmed melee combat, even for the purposes of trumping. Also, this skill lets him reduce the difficulty of actions meant to dodge attacks or catch thrown objects.
Military (w): when he hooked up with the Navy, Edward was given the standard treatment during his basic training, as well as during his S.E.A.L. education. As such, he knows military protocols and the laws of the sea like the back of his hands, and can effectively lead a body of fighting men if the situation arises.
Repair (a): while he's not a mechanic, per se, Edward likes to tinker with vehicles - especially his vintage '68 muscle car. Thanks to this and his 'hobby' of reading technical manuals, he can be considered to have this skill - allowing him a reduced difficulty when repairing or modifying items.
Underwater Combat (a): an essential part of Edward's S.E.A.L. training, this talent represents his ability to fight effectively under the waves. He can utilize Agility instead of Strength in underwater combat, even for trumps, and uses Agility instead of Intellect to determine action declaration order underwater.
Calling:
Peace of Mind: Edward is truly comfortable with himself and his role in the world, and sort of cruises through life with a peace of mind that most folks envy. Sure, he seems incredibly intense at times, but that's because he tends to focus on whatever he's currently doing to the exclusion of all else.
Costume:
When he's riding his Rapid Runner hover-glider, however, Edward often wears a variant of his fourth suit. It consists of black leather boots, black trousers, a brown leather belt, a black jacket with a Gi Joe logo over a black T-shirt, black leather gloves, various black and brown straps to hold his gear both on his left thigh and his upper arms, and a grass green cap.
Edward's sixth uniform is one he wears most often when driving the V.A.M.P. around with several of his fellow Joes. It includes a gray vest worn over a gray T-shirt, gray and brown camouflage-patterned pants, black leather gloves, black and brown leather boots, brown knife sheathes and firearm holsters, overlapping black leather belts on his pants, and black webbing for additional gear.
Personality:
Edward is something of a cold fish, and doesn't have all that many friends; sure, the Joes respect him, but they're not all that familiar with him. He possesses a singular focus on whatever he's doing at the time, is highly disciplined, and is one of the best in his field of choice. He's also a strict vegetarian, and tends to grow his own food - he knows exactly what he's eating that way.
Real Name: Edward Leialoha, Grade W-4 (W-5 for a time)
Occupation: Navy S.E.A.L.
Legal Status: American citizen with no known criminal record
Marital Status: single
Alias(es), if any: Chief Torpedo
Group Affiliation: Gi Joe
Height: 5' 10"
Hair: black
Eyes: brown
Weight: 155 lbs
Other Distinguishing Characteristics: none
Story:
Prior to enlisting in the Navy, Edward was a diving instructor, having always enjoyed exploring the world under the waves. He also mastered three different martial arts (Wu-Shu, Kenpo, and Go-Ju-Ryu), possessing a black belt in each style. Naturally, this made him more than qualified to enter the Navy S.E.A.L. school, and the man walked through said training with relative ease.
His exemplary performance as an underwater saboteur made him the Navy's choice as its first representative on the Gi Joe team, and their choice was a good one. From the day he joined up with the team, Edward - under the code name of Torpedo - has served with distinction, punishing Cobra's aquatic forces time and time again when he encountered them on water-borne missions.
Over time, the Gi Joe team acquired more and more Navy personnel, such as fellow S.E.A.L. Wet-Suit, deep sea diver Deep Six, and crackpot sailor Shipwreck, and Edward managed to work with them to further his effectiveness in various missions against Cobra. Several of these missions were early operations in or around Cobra Island, both during its creation and afterward.
Standing out over all else, however, was a double blind that he pulled, along with the other Joes listed above, to fool both Cobra and the Oktober Guard into fighting each other while the Joes recovered a Soviet Captain who wanted to defect to the United States. Along with Cutter, Torpedo and his fellow Navy folk managed the rescue of the man, with Cobra and the Guard realizing that they were duped all too late.
Most of Edward's missions were of this sneaky, underhanded type, and as such most of them are highly classified. However, it is known that he served as the Joe's original and most effective S.E.A.L. until the team was disbanded in '94. When this happened, Edward began to teach Under Water Demolitions school for the Navy, and made it the Navy class to attend.
When the Joe team was subsequently reactivated three years later, Edward immediately returned to the fold, at first solo, and later joined by both Wet-Suit and Shipwreck - the latter of which had since become a S.E.A.L. himself. The three of them comprised an aquatic demolitions team that was one of the most effective the world had ever seen, and they continually put Cobra's plans to rest prematurely.
Edward continues on as a member of the Joe team to this very day, occasionally working alone but most often working with his fellow Joes to stop Cobra's hijinks from getting completely out of control, as they did during the second Cobra Island Civil War, not to mention for the duration of World War III, Cobra's final gambit to conquer the world. Thanks to Edward and his fellows, however, this failed to occur!
Extra Goodies:
Gi Joe directories featuring a version of Torpedo:
| 1983 | 1997 | 1998 | 2003 | 2004 | 2008 |
* Note: 2004 saw two versions of Torpedo released (Versions 5 and 6).