ExMchina's Custom Games Entry - Mercer v3

[ExMchina]

Codename: Mercer
File Name: Adam Jensen
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan
Primary Military Specialty: Security
Secondary Military Specialty: Covert ops

Serving as a security officer for Extensive Enterprises, Adam Jensen is caught in the fallout of a firefight between Snake Eyes and the Cobra saboteur Firefly. Left for dead, Cobra Commander insists Destro use the young soldier as a guinea pig for their latest breed of super-soldier; a bionically-engineered Machina Viper who has Baroness's tactical HUD, Zartan's chameleon tech, Major Bludd's enhanced strength, and Destro's dermal armor. Not wanting to allow Cobra Commander access to such an unstoppable fighting force, however, Destro leaves out the control chip and allows Jensen the free will to choose his own future.

Feeling betrayed by Cobra for making him more machine than man, Jensen defects to the Joe team becoming the third operative to do so under the codename Mercer. Armed with a tranquilizer rifle and concussion grenades, Adam uses non-lethal takedowns whenever possible. However his left arm houses the retractable broken blade of Snake Eyes' sword; a reminder of the vendetta he has sworn to carry out against the Joe ninja.

Armaments: Silenced Tranquilizer rifle, concussion grenades, retractable carbon steel katana blade; Adam Jensen is outfitted with bionic augmentations granting a degree of enhanced strength and speed as well as active cloaking, advanced optics, and an immunity to environmental hazards such as toxic gasses and electrical fields.

 

[ExMchina]

Hi all! This is Kerry! Hope you like my Deus Ex: Human Revolution inspired submission!

 

[Meddatron]

Howdy Kerry! Thanks for the entry. I am digging the bio. Figure looks quite good too. Good Luck!

 

[Monkeywrench]

Very Nice!!!

 

[CrotchKnockerX]

Mercer is my favorite Joe fig.
It never occurred to me the code name is a generic defecting name. Is this true or something in thats just in your Mercers bio? Also who is the 2nd Mercer?
Any way... Nice job

 

[ExMchina]

Mercer v1 filecard

"File Name: Stratton, Felix P.
SN: 933-41-5632
Grade: E-5 (or equivalent)
Birthplace: Spencer, West Virginia
Primary Specialty: Small Arms Armorer

The Renegades don't answer to anyone but themselves. They don't officially exist. They can function with very little restraint but if they are compromised, they're on their own.

Mercer was the only Cobra Viper that ever defected to the Joes and survived. He had joined Cobra for the adventure and the promise of material gain but soon grew disaffected with the Cobra philosophy. He escaped Cobra island by hot-wiring a hydrofoil and outrunning his pursuers across the Gulf of Mexico. Mercer is proficient with all Cobra small arms and explosive devices.

"Mercer found his true home with the Renegades. He gets three meals a day, a warm place to sleep and a chance to shoot at Cobras!""

Mercer v2 filecard

"File Name: Cecil, Richard S.
SN: 010-5639-JE09
Grade: E-9 (Sergeant Major)
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia
Primary Specialty: Mercenary
Secondary Specialty: Explosives Expert

MERCER was the only COBRA Viper to defect to G.I. Joe. He originally signed up with SGT. SLAUGHTER'S MARAUDERS, and outfit so secret that the Pentagon never acknowledged their existence. Recently transferred into the main body of the G.I. Joe team, Mercer is invaluable as a tough fighter and as a source of inside information on Cobra tactics and battle doctrine.

"Although the rest of the G.I. Joes weren't too thrilled about having a defector in the ranks, especially one from Cobra, we soon developed a grudging respect for his no nonsense attitude and coolness under fire. We also didn't mind the fact that Mercer is strong enough to carry a 88mm Stanford Rocket Launcher with an ample supply of anti-tank armaments. None of this means that we like him very much, but then again, he doesn't like us very much either.""

When I was younger, I didn't pay too much attention to the filecards, so I always just assumed the original Mercer grew a beard, got a wardrobe change, and re-upped. But then Yojoe.com ran a fanfic diorama comic thing called "The Iconoclasts" that introduced the idea that Richard and Felix knew each other in the Viper corps and one posed as the other or some such. I went back and examined the filecards and found that - while there's a lot in common between the two, obviously - they are two different people completely. I always liked the idea that Mercer was a standard codename for defectors from Cobra, and when I got the idea to do an Adam Jensen custom, I thought it was the perfect fit.

 

[ExMchina]

http://gijoeiconoclasts.blogspot.com/

There it is, a bit different from what I remember. In my mind, Richard took over the mantle of Mercer from Felix, and now with Richard retired, Adam's picking up the codename. 'Nuff said.

 

[TheVP]

Very cool entry and bio...never noticed the name changes about Mercer...great job

 

[xxxx]

Cool.

 

[CrotchKnockerX]

yeah, after I asked about the, " who was 2nd?" I read a lil. DID NOT realize the name where different and file card didnt refer one to the other. I read the card just not the names of each.
I thought he grew up a lil too.
Im still not sure if Hasbro wanted these guys to be the same but a mix up in their names..
Anyway still nice idea on the code name for anyone who defects from Cobra and good luck.