Cobra-la
Cobra-la are a species that features in G.I. Joe.
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History
Cobra-la was an ancient humanoid civilisation that once dominated the surface of Earth long ago. Around 40,000 years ago, the glory of their society once dominated the planet until the Ice Age destroyed much of their achievements. As their people declined, a new race began to emerge on Earth with this bringing rise to the age of the barbarians. Surprisingly to them, the primitives evolved into mankind who were set on the path to gradually master technology based on inorganic lifeless substances. The people of Cobra-la thus retreated into the isolated regions of the world in order to preserve their way of life. Thus, they lived in secret as they awaited an opportunity for them to reclaim the Earth. As a result, generations passed with the civilisation of Cobra-la remaining with their hidden enclave. When Emperor Hadrian was building a great wall in the world, an attempt coup was orchestrated by five hundred irate noblemen who stormed the summer palace of Golobulus in order to depose him. They were confronted by the Royal Guard who dealt with the intruders without waking their ruler with only one of the warriors being lightly injured none of the noblemen survived the night.
Their isolation came to an end one day when a brilliant young nobleman who conduced experiments on mutagenic spores when a laboratory accident left the individual disfigured. Despite this event, Golobulus who ruled Cobra-la decided to select this individual to go out into the human world to raise a mighty army and to destroy human civilisation that had driven them into exile. The nobleman took the name of Cobra Commander and was responsible for creating the Cobra Organization.
Overview
In appearance, the people of Cobra-la were humanoids that greatly resembled humans though had certain reptilian features such as their eyes.
They claimed that they were a civilised people who did not execute their citizens. Ancient traditions meant that great wrongs to their people needed to be avenge. Instead, they had trials conducted to determine the guilt of the accused and to determine the appropriate punishment.
The people of Cobra-la believed that mankind's technology was a travesty to their own noble ways and a threat to their very existence. The kingdom and its cult-like followers thus had a burning hatred for humanity as they believed the planet's natural beauty was being destroyed by modern industrialization.
Among the elite warriors of Cobra-la were the red armoured Royal Guard. These individuals were bred and surgically enhanced for their size, strength and endurance. They were responsible for the protection of the ruler of Cobra-la who was the last descendant of their peoples serpent kings. The Royal Guard wore distinctive organic insectoid armour that covered them from head to foot which made them impervious from even High Explosive Anti-Tank rounds. Though formidable in battle, they lacked tactical imagination and were relatively useless without close supervision.
Technology
In terms of science, the Cobra-la civilisation had developed technology that was based on living organic creatures. Buildings were in reality colonies of crustacean whilst the clothing of its people were in fact living reatures.
Numerous organisms were able to create visual feeds and replay events. These included small clams that could generate a hologram. Another was the Web of Remembrance that could produce visual information akin to large screens.
Their science had created mutagenic spores that were said to be the culmination of centuries of work to create a weapon that forced hypergenetic manipulation on other life forms. Exposure degenerated all organisms that were exposed to them that mutated them into mindless incompetent life forms. Cobra-la was able to launch hundreds of giant pods into orbit through large fungisoids that fired them akin to rockets.
Members=
- Golobulus : the male ruler of Cobra-la who was descended from pre-history's serpent kings where he had maintained his rule for centuries after achieving immortality.
- Pythona : a female inhabitant of Cobra-la who served as the royal messenger of King Golobulus who utilised her as a highly skilled assassin with her stealth and infiltration skills being unequalled.
- Nemesis Enforcer :
Notes
- Cobra-la was an original creation that featured in G.I. Joe: The Movie.
- In an interview with writer Buzz Dixon, he commented that the creation of Cobra-la was the result of different thinking between Hasbro and the Sunbow writers about the nature of Cobra's origins. Hasbro had developed the concept of the "Cobra Emperor" who was the unseen ruler that had always been present and ruling the organisation. Dixon opposed the idea and stated that there were only two alternatives namely that the Cobra Emperor was either created to replace the Cobra Commander or that the Cobra Organisation was part of an even more secretive organization who had sent the Cobra Emperor to take charge of it. Hasbro ultimately liked both ideas and had them each incorporated separately into the animated series.
Appearances
- G.I. Joe: The Movie:
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