CHICAGO UNDER ATTACK!

Our intelligence has intercepted a communique between what we believe to be a cobra defector and another cobra agent. It revealed an imminent attack in the city of Chicago. Thankfully, we have men on the ground already breaking up the plot. Here is that letter:

My love, my life, I'm sorry, I can't do this anymore. I'm staring into a flotsam and I can see clearly now for the first time. This is not who I am, I'm leaving the operation. Don't worry, I haven't given away our positions. Although I may be considered a coward by some, I will not be labeled a traitor. I told the black horned beast that I was leaving...in my own way. Despite my retreat from this madness, my love for you still remains. Everything to this point, every sacrifice, I have done for you. But as the dawn rose over the shores of the lake yesterday, the sun blazed the monolithic skyline golden, and the beauty of it left me with a feeling of guilt at what we were preparing to do. It was too much, not even love should force one to commit such crimes. So now I ask of you, if you truly care for me, renounce this cause, and come to me and we can live out our lives together, without fear. If your answer is yes, I am here, where we first met, waiting, at Lover's Leap. Look out from the leap, turn around and look up, I will be waiting beneath the top. Waiting anxiously, H


We believed the attack to be in Chicago and our hunch was correct. Counter terrorist operation led by GIJoe operative Shockwave broke the main thrust of the attack forcing their operatives to splinter and hide themselves throughout the city. Interrogations of Cobra agents captured revealed clues to four Cobra operatives.

Two Cobra agents have hidden themselves in this location:

The only other information revealed on their location was the following. Within the walls surrounding the horned black beast, and The edge of the cave of the whiskered ones.

The third cobra operative is a Crimson Guardsmen who is attempting to blend into his surroundings by taking a new identity as a pizza chef. Fortunately the management at the establishment deduced his identity and have held him, and are waiting for you to retrieve him at this location (the greatest pizza place in town so we hear):

You only need ask for the Cobra trooper that is captured and they will turn him over along with all the pizza the Guardsman made before being found out. Anthony is the point man at the pizza place.


Finally a Cobra BAT seems to be malfunctioning and running rampant in the outer suburbs of the Chicagoland area. This was the last known location of the BAT. Interrogation revealed that if the BAT is malfunctioning, he was to reboot and rendezvous where the edges of the estates meet.




Additionally, we have the defector to deal with. Given his qualms about working for Cobra, he could be a valuable asset to locating the officer in command of this operation. Find him at his "lovers rendezvous" before his love interest can either join up with him, or get rid of him for deserting. His letter was postmarked from the city of Utica, IL and included this picture:

Target: Sacramento!

After a lengthy search, we have a new operative spotted in Sacramento, California. Our spies have submitted this picture, and one clue: ZOOM! Prepare your search NoCal troopers.

SUCCESS!

On February 23, 2010 at 12:06 AM Joe operative Knomadd of TheTerrordrome.com successfully reported in that he captured a Cobra Tele-Viper in Iowa City, IA at the University of Iowa Library. Congratulations Knomadd.





After reviewing the data on the Tele Vipers laptop, we have come across some promising information. From the looks of things, the Tele Viper's unit commander was none other than Copperhead. Although we do not know his location we have been informed of two meetings that will take place in the following week in Chicago, IL and Sacramento, CA. It is at these meetings that the Tele Viper was to relay his information. If we can capture any Cobra troops at these meetings, we might just find someone able to give the whereabouts of Copperhead, who is now our primary objective.

Update 2/19

UPDATE! We now have the exact location where the trooper is doing research, the code is now clear:

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Intel has tracked down the first of many operatives. This Cobra trooper is hiding out in the following building.

Although we do know that the location is in Iowa, we do not have the city as of yet. We also received a code that could help pinpoint his location. The code is
fGN 2
fGN 772.32
We're not sure what this code means, but we will be on the lookout for further information.


UPDATE: We have a new clue. Apparently this cobra trooper is attempting to gain information from a German authority on Anthropology in Iowa City, IA. We hope this information helps in your search.

UPDATE: (2/19) We now have the exact location where the trooper is doing research, the code is now clear:

ATTENTION! The following Cobra operatives have been spotted raiding a military outpost in Colorado. From our spy images it appears that the cobra saboteur Firefly led this group. After the raid, this team has splintered apart throughout the plains states and the pacific northwest. GI Joe operatives are currently searching for intel on the location of these men with the greatest priority being their unit commander Firefly. It is up to you homefront heroes to act upon the intel we discover to apprehend these villains. Further information is pending.......

Welcome to the Cross Continent Cobra Capture Classic!

Welcome! Welcome! If you've come here from a collector's site or if you've happen to come across one of the Cobra spies, then you might be wondering what exactly is going on here. Well I've put together a contest that spans a great deal of Canada and the United States called the Cross Continent Cobra Capture Classic. Here's how it works:
Cobra action figures have been placed in hidden locations throughout the land. These figures will be found in plastic zip lock bags with a code inside. I will be putting clues to all of their whereabouts on my blog and on various websites so that you may find them. If you locate a figure, he's yours to keep, but we need that intel, so please post a picture of the figure with his code either here or at any of the various joe websites on the net. This intel is two-fold. First it will unlock greater information for the rest of the contest, and more importantly for you, it will register you in the grand prize drawing.
Each basic trooper found will be worth one entry into the great drawing, while every cobra raid leader (four total) will be worth three entries into the grand drawing. The drawing will be held at the GIJoe Canada Con in August (www.canadianjoecon.com) and the winner will receive a Cobra Terrordrome with Avac and Firebat. You will not need to be present to win, I will ship it to you.
Now where will these guys be hidden? That I cannot say, but intel will come in throughout the year when we get it, and I will say that the figures will find their way to at least 30 states and three provinces, so your chances of being in on the hunt are pretty good.
There are further prizes in the contest, but they need to be discovered as figures are found thru the clues they give. So go out there and let's hunt some Cobras!

(Disclaimer: For the casual observer, these are action figures from the GI Joe line, all of the intel is fictional made up for the game. There is no real Cobra invasion, this is just for fun. If you find one of these figures and think this is stupid, that's cool, just pass the toy along to a child that you know, I'm sure he will enjoy playing with it.)