New Cobra or Old cobra

In history things have to change, the abacus turns into the computer, bicycles turn into motorbikes, the quill turns into a light pen, but one thing which remains constant through the duration of the GFC which is at least 7 years old has been Admirals cobramax's avatar, through thick and thin, rping, flying, meetings, ruling changes, name changes, sim refits and sim additions his appearance has kept the same.

But recently we have all been shocked by the revelation that something was amiss in the universe, there was an unbalance in the force...oops...wrong franchise.

A bearded biker man in an admiralty uniform walked into the SOM (Senior Officers Meeting) and sat down in the admirals usual position.  If he didn't have cobra's name above his head he would probably have been frog marched out of the room and thrown off the tower....figuratively speaking or providing there were no witnesses.

So you have the comparisons, which do you like best old Cobra or New Cobra?

NewsFlash: "Admiral Shot Down Over Airbase" - DEBBYLEAKS

Pictures Courtesty of Thomas Aker

There aren't many organisations out there where you can shoot your admirals down in a flaming ball of fire without a court martial but this is the GFC and an AAC Event so nicities were suspended for an hour or so.

Thomas Aker snapped a few pictures of Admiral Cobramax Mechanique's plane being shot down over the airbase.We thought it was our duty in the spirit of freedom of information or what some have called DebbyLeaks to make these telling pictures known to the world.

The Line Up

The figure moved silently in the sandbox towards his unsuspecting crew. Computer strapped to his thigh he sauntered across the grains of sand. "Commodore" he said "Bring the group to attention". The Commodore glanced at Admiral Cobramax Mechanique, turned to the rubble of enlisted and officers behind him and declared "You heard the man" (obviously watching way too many army movies), "Stand To Attention" he continued.

Michel Rosenstrauch laid down a row of standing to attention pose balls and the group lined up ready for inspection. The admiral walked along the line muttering "shine that rank pin", "tuck in that shirt", "Clown shoes??...erm why".

 As he reached  the end of the line he looked proudly at his crew, nodded appreciably  and dismissed them before leaving for a further engagement in a galaxy far far away.

Thanks to  "The Songlord (songlord resident)" for the framed version

You know we all look up to you sir

One of the most interesting aspects of testing a text viewer for second life this that your never exactly sure what is happening to your avatar when you arrive in world, so you could understand our amusement when Admiral Cobramax Mechanique TPed into Aeons Sandbox defying the laws of gravity, physics and making Newton roll in his grave by floating unceremoniously 7 feet from the ground.

If that wasn't frightening enough he proceeded to speak....

Lets just say, if he was auditioning for a dalek he would have got the job. With a bit of encouragement from Malic Tolsen, witty repartee from my direction and giggles from Lillian Aries the Admiral overcame his voice distortion problems to now sound from inhuman to partially human as he fiddled with his mic settings, any improvement was welcomed over terminally ill dalek.

So if your coming in world on a text viewer watch out for the giggles and those taking picture.