Head: Breaker "v5"
Upper Body: Serpentor V4
Lower Body: Roadblock
Accessories:
- Helmet: Sand Viper v1
- .50 Cal: Hulk Buster team
- Stand: Heavy Duty

File Name: Samuel V. Brockson
Primary Military Specialty: Infantry
Secondary Military Specialty: Small Arms Instructor
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Grade: EP-5 (Viper Sergeant, Paladin Roll)

Many are familiar with the most infamous SAW-Viper, Robert Skelton. However, Minotaur is also a renowned Cobra Machine Gunner, only for his skill and valour rather than battlefield excesses.

A former semi-pro football player, Minotaur was already a big man as a trooper and as a Viper. He had a good rapport with his Viper infantry "team-mates," and his superiors felt that he would make a good section machine gunner and so was made a SAW-Viper. Most soldiers view carrying the Section, Platoon or - worse - the Company-level fire support weapons as an arduous but necessary burden. Minotaur, however, took to the task with enthusiasm. He was seized with the idea that taking on this task and laying down accurate fire would keep his buddies alive. It was really not a burden for a man of his stature and he seemed to have an almost natural symbiosis with belt fed automatic weapons.

On one mission during early fighting in Azuristan, Minotaur's platoon was about to be overrun by government forces. With only one avenue of retreat, Minotaur continued to man his position alone, laying down effective suppressive fire. Wounded five times, he continued to lay down fire until he was out of ammunition. It's even said he killed enemy soldiers with trench tools when they stormed his strong point. He was taken prisoner and subjected to severe treatment on his way back to the enemy's rear when the patrol taking him there was ambushed by Green Mamba Viper Rangers and he was freed. The Mamba section had witnessed his actions from afar earlier and, despite having another mission, intervened and likely saved the life of a Cobra hero. His nom-de-guerre was the nickname his fellow Vipers gave him; it seemed fitting for such a huge man with animal like strength.

Another in my Paladin series of unique characters in the Cobra universe - personnel who have distinguished themselves in the service of Cobra.