Gi Joe and Cobra are not the only two groups in the world, so how do you fit in the others?

For me:
Action Force is an ally of Gi Joe, but not a full affiliate, and has adventures in Western Europe, and is based in Britain.
Oktober Guard is also an ally, and keeps Eastern Europe safe.
The Phoenix Guard work as a branch of the NSA working as security.
Slaughter's Marauders are honorary Joes, and are based on the East coast of the U.S.
JoeCanuck and his crew help out in Canada.
The Adventure Team is based in Hawaii, but has bases in Egypt, Isreal, and Peru.
Steel Brigade are the elites of every branch of military, air force, navy, marines, nsa, etc.
Ninja Force is an independent group of ex-Joes based in Japan and San Francisco.

The Dreadnoks are mercenaries based out of Australia, but are paid by Cobra.
The Red Shadows are an entirely separate organization from Cobra and are more of terrorists than world dominators.
Cobra-La is a cult with sleeper agents inside of Cobra.
MARS is mainly a group of arms dealers based out of Scotland.
The Iron Grenidiers are a subsidary of MARS, and are hired out to other corporations through MARS.
The Lunartix Empire is based in another galaxy, and slowly moves toward Earth.

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G.I. Joe: America's highly train special mission Force, their mission protect the citizens of the world from the terrorist organization Known as Cobra...
Title: Special Counter Terrorist Taskforce – Delta
Code Name: G.I. Joe
Commanded By Hawk, Field Leader Duke
Organizations with in:
High Command: Joes Chief Officers: General Clayton “Hawk” Abernathy, General James Flagg III , General Joe “GI Joe” Colton, Admiral Colby “Keel Haul” Everett

D.E.F.: Joe Law enforcement and counter terror team, lead by “Bullet Proof” the Joe MP’s fall into this category
Watch Dog: The Joes MP force: Handles Base Security: Lead by Bullet Proof
Street Sweeper: The SWAT Team Lead by Shockwave


Tiger Force: Elite Opfor Training Unit their objective it to keep the Joe team on their toes... They also serve as the premier Jungle troopers

Sky Patrol: Airborne Squadron that serves as LRRP and rescue ops specialists Led By “Sky Dive” and “Rip cord”

Night Force: Clandestine operations specialists they do the Jobs that other units can't do... like the name implies they move mostly by night, their current CO is “Beach Head” (or Flint Depending)

Desert Patrol: The quick response team for arid climates: Led By “Dusty” (or Duke depending)

B.F.2K: Experimental weapons troopers... (No they did not die!!) They develop and test most weapons for the Joe team and world militaries in general. Includes the original roster plus Sci-Fi, Flash, Gears, Effects, Space Shot, Star Duster, Ice Cream Soldier, Mirage, Blast Off, Hi Tech, Hacker, Hard drive and Grand Slam... Led by “Dodger”!

Screaming Eagles: A Small Security Force Lead by Sgt Savage they are usually used as bodyguards for elite persons. They are a rag tag band of misfits who have found purpose in the leadership of Sgt Savage

Marauders: (yes I know the original idea sucked) As every one recalls the Marauders vehicles were Really kind of cool (cough Equalizer cough) so I decided when I reformed my Joe team that the Motor Pool would take on that Moniker. So under the Command of “Cover Girl” all the Joes Vehicle Drivers and Mechanics fall under this group!




Renegades: The Black Ops group that performs all the Joe teams Infiltration of the Cobra Bases Members include: Mercer (team leader) , Taurus, Red Dog, Chuckles, Faces And Mace

Steel Brigade: The vast network of Americans with specialized training who go about their daily lives until they are called upon, much like the elite National Guard. They help on the home front.



Now on to the other groups:

International Action Force: European Union’s Version of the Joe team, they act on a smaller scale than the Joe team and Share many members with the Joe team led by a British adventurer Known as “Eagle”

EX.T.R.E.M.E.: Executive Task force for Reconnaissance, Extraction and Military Escort: Led by LT. Stone. Action Force version of the Screaming Eagles.


Force Naga: South American detachment of IAF Led by a Soldier Known As Manleh. Red Mac, Topson, StreeHawk, and Shimmik.

Oktober Guard: Soviet Counter parts to the Joe team though the past has rough waters between the two teams they now work together very well and share many members Leader Col. Brekov

Street Fighter: UN spec Ops team that frequently works with the Joe team Lead By Sgt William F Guile members includes: Chung Li Xiang, Blanka, Edmond Honda, Ken Masters, Ryu Hoshi, Zengeif Romanoff, Dalhsim Akant, Victor Sagat and Antonio Balrog (His Twin Brother Jon is the evil Mercenary) Cammy White, Tomahawk (T-Hawk) Proud -Star , Dee Jay Reynolds, Charlie Iron-knife!

Arishikagi Clan: the noble few that are left are all consider members of the Joe team and are offered the same benefits. The few trained of the clan that fight for evil are considered out casts and rebels. Almost all of the Ninja Force members of the Joe team are trained Arishikagi so they might actually fall in under a subgroup.

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Action Force: E.U. equivelant of G.I. Joe
Red Shadows: another terrorist orgnization
Oktober Guard: formerly Soviet equivelant of G.I. Joe now the Russian counterpart

Well most of the special teams, such as DEF, Tiger Force, Python Patrol, etc, have pretty well laid-out backgrounds as being specifically assigned to G.I.Joe or Cobra, so I don't really worry about how they fit in since that's been taken care of.

Teams where the members are split between Joe and Cobra, such as Ninja Force, Sonic Fighters, etc, I generally explain with them being some specialty group that the Joes developed, and Cobra either stole the technology (ie Sonic Fighters) or hired specific members (ie Ninja Force) to counter.

There are some that require a little further attention, though.

Action Force: G.I.Joe's European contingent. Storywise in my mind, Big Ben probably has some affiliation with them.
Red Shadows: A distinct terrorist force, largely based in Europe
Oktober Guard: A distinct group, maintained by Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Most of the former Soviet Republics welcome them when Cobra threatens. They have a loose affiliation with the G.I.Joe Team and two members, Red Star and Big Bear, are on indefinite assignment with them.
Lunartix: A group of three alien mercenaries sent to scope out Earth for purposes of invasion. Captured and currently being held at an undisclosed location...

See, I thought you were asking about SHIELD, HYDRA, Checkmate, the H.I.V.E., AIM, StormWatch, etc.

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Well about a year or so ago, my joeverse ended. It was a horrible day...Major blood launched a massive nuke strike on the world, wiping everyone out. But little did we know that through all the ashes, one man would live.....that man was
Long Arm...his suit protected him from the horrific blasts....

Now he walks the land hoping to fins someone or something

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It's pretty simple, The ones that are already a sub group (Tiger Force, Sky Patrol) are specialty sets within the overall group.

GI Joe-Americas counter to Cobra
Action Force-European Counter to Cobra
Oktober Guard (Really need to contimplate a name change)-Russian counter to Cobra
Jade Dragon Guard-Asian counter to Cobra
The Phoenix Guard: United States Black Ops Group

Cobra-Ruthless organization determined to rule the world.
Iron Grenaders-Destro's personal army, originally to guard shipments and him, evolved into its own formitable fighting force.
Coil-Serpantor's army made up primarly of Python Patrol.
Red Shadows-Splinter Group from Cobra, Formed while Cobra Commander went into hiding.
Dreadnoks, Mercenary group headed up by zartan, in full time enployment of Cobra.
Arishikagi Clan-one of the largest Assassian guilds in the world, mostly scattered into rouge operatives now, but sometimes employed by Cobra.

Seems a lot of people have the same ideas. GIJoe, Action Force, and the Oktober Guard... the usual. Cobra, Dreadnoks, Iron Grenadiers... etc etc. I'll just list those I feel are different:

IRON Army: Once lead by a mysterious, inhuman being, the IRON Axis recruited Sgt. Gary Krieger during WWII. Renamed General Blitz, he took over when the Old Man disappeared, and began experiementing with robotics as well as genetics. After Mindbender was warped by his own invention, he went to work for Blitz for a time, learning about cyborgs and robots as he added his genetic expertise to their research. After being betrayed, he stole a robot prototype and his pet project (a mutant creeper vine), and approached Destro to join Cobra. After the IOSP gambit failed, the IRON Army fell, and Blitz went into hiding. Later, Blitz attempted to recruit Overkill as the prototype for a new IRON Stormtrooper, but was betrayed by Dr. Knox... and Dr. Mindbender! Taking control of the remnants of the IRON Army, Mindbender begins building a BAT Army and V-Troops. Of course, Blitz may return one day...

The Coil: after Serpentor died (again) Hannibal fell in with Crystal Ball, who is grooming him as the new Emperor. They fight General Rey and want to collect the Serpentots. Blah, blah, blah.

Commandos Em Ação: After the death of Glenda at the hands of the Red Shadows, Claymore regroups his former allies, Redmack, Manleh, Shimik, Topsin and T.N.T. to hunt down her killers.

Forca Naja: A South American network of "Freedom Fighters", the Grand Council (in existence for over 100 years) is slaughtered by an unknown force. It's up the the five surviving agents, (El Hermanos Naja - Gatilho and Relampago, Mortal, De Aco, and Ninjaku) to discover the identity of the murder... who most likely is among them!

Red Shadows: Originally a European-based Terrorist force (known simply as the Coalition) lead by Ironblood and the Baroness Anastasia, a schism between the two caused most of the troops to join Baroness and Cobra. After Ironblood's death, Wilder Vaughn, formerly known as the Black Major, took over. He has seen his plans come to naught in the DDP series, and now seeks to rebuild his army.

Action Force: Recruited from across the world, the Action Force leader (Code-named Action Man) was lost in battle and is presumed dead. Big Ben has gathered Quarrel, Gaucho, Hunter, and Blades as well as the Super Trooper to find him. Rashid, Skymate, Backstop, Budo, Taurus, Red Dog, and Snow Storm guest star.

This is an an interesting topic. First thing that came to mind was non-Joe-verse organizations, so that's what I went with...

My Joeverse includes the Phoenix Foundation (MacGyver fans will recognize that one) and HIT (which is also a Mac-verse thing).

The Phoenix Foundation is the organization MacGyver works for. The Foundation is headed up by Pete Thornton, formerly director of the DXS (Department of External Services) and contracts out for troubleshooting, covert operations, research and such. MacGyver is their top field agent. In my Joeverse, GI Joe partnered with the Phoenix Foundation to infiltrate a COBRA stronghold and retrieve information regarding plans that would have a catastrophic impact on the on the earth’s atmosphere. Mac took the assignment and carried it out armed with little more than his Swiss Army Knife and ingenuity. His success earned him a unique position in the GI Joe team, with the cooperation of the Phoenix Foundation, working independently on top secret cases to thwart COBRA Commander’s sinister schemes and acting as the team’s environmental watchdog.

HIT (Homicide International Trust) is basically an organization that deploys some of the most formidable hitmen in the world. Murdoc is found regularly in their hire. It was through his association with HIT that he came across MacGyver, who bungled his assignment. Since then, he has failed many times to take out MacGyver, much to HIT's disappointment. Murdoc attempted to retire from HIT, to which their response was kidnapping his sister to lure him into a death trap. He mysteriously survived and rejoined HIT briefly, in need of the money. In my Joeverse, he remains with HIT until COBRA Commander, intrigued by Murdoc’s elusiveness, ruthless tenacity, and flair for dramatics, wants him as his personal assassin, makeing him an offer he can't refuse. Murdoc's payment includes having the resources of the world’s most powerful terrorist organization at his disposal to eliminate his one repeated failure: MacGyver, who has become a painful, and expensive, thorn in COBRA Commander’s side. HIT, of course, isn't happy to have once again lost Murdoc, but have been curiously quiet on the matter...

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I have the Marvel groups too but I have no figures for them.

I just want to say I LOVE this thread LOL

great!

I love seeing all the love for other counties organizations and foreign characters

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G.I. JOE: Counter Terrorism Unit Delta, the core team appropriated to handle threats from COBRA. Led by Hawk, reporting to Flagg.

Slaughter's Marauders: Sgt. Slaughter's Division
Tiger Force: Duke's Division
Sky Patrol / Steel Brigade: Airborne insertion unit
Star Brigade: Pilot/Astronauts
BattleForce 2000: Experimental Weapons, among Hawk's first choice for original Joe Team.
Night Force: Night Assault Force
Ninja Force: Silent Weapons Strike Team
DEF: Coast Guard / Law Enforcement Drug Interception Unit
SONIC PATROL: (classified) Paranoia Waves Project
Eco Force: Environmental Agent Task Force
Winter Operations: Winter Assault
Desert Patrol: Desert Assault
Special Missions: Claymore's Team
Also: Marines, Air Force, Navy


COBRA: Ruthless terrorist organization bent on world conquest.
IRON GRENADIERS: Destro's royal army
CRIMSON GUARDS: Elite Cobra Agents
DREADNOKS: Zartan's biker mercenaries
PYTHON PATROL: Experimental "Invisible" Weapons
VIPERS: Specialty Soldiers, Superior Troopers / Combat Pilots
EELS/SNOW SERPS/LAMPREYS: Explosives / Underwater / Cold Weather Combat Experts.
SONIC PATROL: Paranoia Waves Project
Skull Squadron: Major Bludd's Division
Coil: Overlord's Elite Squadron
Headhunters: Black Buzzard's Agents
Environmental Warriors: Development Biological Assault Agents
B.A.T.S: Synthesized Android Combatants

OKTOBER GUARD: GI Joe's Russian counterpart
ACTION FORCE: GI Joe's British counterpart