Artemis

"I'll be ba....heh... Fooled ya.

ARTEMIS is a highly skilled, highly motivated sniper that used to be able to sneak up on a deer from upwind and not get caught. However, now she is less stealthy, with all of her added metal parts. When she was a teenager, a GI Joe killed her father, a Cobra Viper, in a battle near Springfield; she was drawn by revenge into the ranks of Cobra. She is Qualified in most small arms used by Cobra, and is highly skilled with her weapon of choice, the M-21 Sniper Rifle, the Steyr-Mannlicher SSG-PII, and most recently, the Swedish PSG-90. She also has cybernetic replacements of both arms and one of her eyes, due to her encounters with the G.I. Joe ninja teams. Built into her right arm is a .50 caliber sniper rifle. It is recoilless, and the arm is linked to her cybernetic eye. The same can be said of the .45 caliber pistol barrel in her left hand. Also built into the forearm of her left arm is a set of claws that retract into her arm when not in use. Her right eye has infrared and low-light capabilities, along with zooming capabilities, up to 8x normal sight.

Canonical/Pre-MUX/Theme History:
February 5, 1970: Diana Bourne (later to become Artemis) was born.

August 15, 1986: Battle of Springfield, Diana's father dies. Diana is taken, along with the rest of the population of Springfield, to Cobra Island.

May 30, 1988: Diana, drawn by revenge, swears alliegence to Cobra, and joins Cobra officially, as a Viper. Joins Range Viper Training Program.

December 1989: After 18 months of Training, the First Range-Vipers of Cobra are sent into action, in Eygpt (Diana is in this group), Sierra Gordo, Somalia, and in limited numbers on Cobra Island

March 1990: Diana is sent to Cobra Island, and recieves H.I.S.S. tank training.

August 1990: Diana is sent to train with the Alley-Vipers for Advanced Training with the Cobra Rage Urban Assault Vehicle.

September 1990: Diana volunteers for Sniper Training. Graduates Top of Class in 2 months, fully qualified. Returns to Somalia, to rejoin Range-Vipers, now as Range Viper Squad Leader.

November 1990-July 2001: Diana leads first one, than two Squads of Range-Vipers throughout action in the Mid-East, including action against the G.I. Joe team in the War in Benzheen, Terror Drome Defense action against the Oktober Guard, and multiple Actions against the Israeili Defense Force.

August 2001: Diana is recalled to Cobra Island to undergo advance Leadership Training. Training Includes Advanced Tank and Rage Driving Courses, Squad Tactics, Advanced Survival Training

August 2002: Diana is given a Code Name, Artemis, and granted three Squadrons of Range-Vipers to Command.

MUX History:
Artemis First Mission leads her across the path of an 'old friend'. Someone she babysat for in Springfield, and had no idea was now a G.I. Joe. Kamakura. This rocks her to the core, and causes her to rethink many things she holds true. While still searching her true feelings, she gets colder to anyone she meets, tougher, and more ruthless. This leads her to many missions where she will take risks, where he engages with G.I. Joe opratives she should not.

She spends many months targeting civilians, trying to call out any member of the G.I. joe team that will come out, with mixed results. On numerous occasions Snake-Eyes, Kamakura, Sgt. Slaughter, Jinx, Wisp, Temera, and Kilroy come out and face her, with mixed results both for them, and herself. After many such engagements, she kills a Greenshirt, in action, enraging Snake-Eyes even more than the numerous civilian deaths she has caused seems to have done. In revenge, he and Jinx sneak to the Colombia Base, and lure her into a trap. One there, they take out her entire Range Viper Squad, and Snake-Eyes savagely beats Artemis. Before he is finished,he slices off the first three fingers of her right hand, including her trigger finger.

This results in a choice for Artemis, retirement, or allowing Cobra to give her a cybernetic hand. Her loyalty to Cobra Commander allows her no choice, she accepts the Cybernetic Hand, insisting they include a Pistol in the upgrade, and a close in weapon of some kind, for self defense. They install some claws, and a .45 caliber pistol in her right hand. She announces to the Joes that she is still around, by engaging in yet more brutal and open tactics.

She is diagnosed by Cobra Doctors as psychotic, anti-social, and also suffering from depression. She is placed on a drug cocktail to keep her from being overly dangerous, while on Cobra Island, or at the Colombia Base, at least to Cobra personal.

Soon there after, she is trapped in the past, when a NASA rocket explodes, sending herself, Major Bludd, Tele-Viper 742, Baroness, Over-Kill, Vypra, Hawk, Snake-Eyes, Jinx, Lifeline, Katie, and Chatterbox into the past, and all the way across the country, into California, in 1849, just before the Gold Rush.

Upon returning to the real timeline, and not causing any damage to it, Artemis lays low for awhile. In theback of her mind, she s stilltrying to decide what to do about her feelings for Kamakura. She loves him, but as a member of Cobra, and he as a Joe, it is truely a Montague and Capulet story straight out of Shakespeare. Eventually, she decides that since she can not have him, she will kill him. She calls him out, and tries to kill him. Repeatedly. A series of very nasty battles ensue between the two, evenly matched fighters, and in the end, Kamakura beats her, for what appears to be the last time. He cuts off her left arm with his Katana, a shuriken pierces her right eye

After being grievously injured by Snake-Eyes and Kamakura, Artemis was rebuilt as a cyborg.

2007

 * August 10 - Once Upon A Joe In The West Pt 1

2008

 * January 18 - An Evening at Camp Crystal Lake

2010

 * January 21 - Andersen Assault

Jan 07 - IC Report
TO: Cobra Command

FROM: Artemis

RE: The Search for Cobra Commander

When Over Kill raided Wright Patterson, I took the opportunity to sneak into the base, with a Squad of Range Vipers and One Techno-Viper. We scoured the base Computers, and found no real reference to the Commander, except for entries dated near the time of his disappearance. I need more Intelligence Reports, anything that might point out where the Commander went, or was taken.

I have returned to the Island, pending more information.

Artemis

Feb 04 - IC REPORT
TO: Cobra Command

FROM: Artemis

RE: After Action Report

I was on vacation in Cabo last night, a well deserved rest after shooting a couple Marines in Waco a few nights back, when Snake-Eyes showed up. One of Destro's Iron Grenadiers was along for the time off, and we engaged Snake-Eyes. He was hurt severely, before his reinforcements showed up, forcing a retreat by our forces.

I am in Medical, at the moment, recovering from the wounds, but most of my 'injuries' actually occurred to the cybernetic prosthetics, so my time in Medical should be limited.

Artemis

Players
Artemis was created and is played by The-Baroness