Captain Mainframe

This article is about the heroic G.I. Joe computer specialist - for his evil Shattered Glass counterpart, see Dataframe (SG).

Name: Captain Mainframe
Faction: G.I. Joe
Species: Human
Function: COMPUTER SPECIALIST
Division: US Marines
Sub-Group: None
Type: FC

Too much of the modern battlefield is computer coordinated not to have a computer specialist right out there in the field with you. Problem is, most hackers don't exactly fit the combat profile. Mainframe is the exception. He was ten years older than the next oldest trainee at Parris Island and he still finished at the top of his class. He's got brains -- but he's hard. Mainframe enlisted in the Army Airborne at the age of seventeen and made it over to South-East Asia for the last year of hostilities, just in time to get his Combat Infantryman's Badge. He left the army to get his degree from MIT on the G.I. Bill and did a stint toiling in the antiseptic corridors of Silicon Valley making big bucks and fighting off boredom with a stick. Luckily, the Marines were looking for a few good men with just his qualifications. The proper papers were signed, and Mainframe was back in uniform.

“

Just get me to the target and I can crack any system!

”

File Information[]

File Name Blaine L. Parker

Birthplace Phoenix, Arizona

Aliases Dataframe; Capt Mainframe

Primary MOS (PMOS): 2602 -- Signals Intelligence/Electronic Warfare Officer

Necessary MOS (NMOS): 2611 -- Cryptologic Digital Network Technician/Analyst

History[]

Canonical/Pre-MUX/Theme History:[]

He was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1955. Mainframe originally served in the Army Airborne, enlisting when he was seventeen years old. He got to Vietnam for the last year of the war and received his Combat Infantryman's badge. He left the Army and got his degree at MIT on the G.I. Bill, and went on to work in the computer industry. It made him lots of money, but bored him very quickly. When he learned the Marines were looking for computer experts, he signed up and was soon back in uniform.

Mainframe was recruited by the G.I. Joe team in 1986, working as their primary computer expert. A few months after joining the team, Mainframe was sent on a mission into a Middle Eastern nation torn apart by the war between the Royalist rebels and the forces of dictator Colonel Sharif. Spy satellites had detected the infrared signature of a Cobra Terror-Drome launch base hidden in the country, and Mainframe and Dusty were sent in to locate the base. In exchange for helping the Royalists ambush one of Sharif's weapons convoys, the rebels gave the Joes a guide to lead them through the desert. The guide was a teenage rebel named Rashid. As the trio made their way across the desert, Rashid showed Mainframe no respect, seeing him as a weak "fixer of computers", far from the great fighting man Dusty was. Mainframe was mostly amused by the boy, not caring enough about his opinion to explain his past as a soldier. At the end of the mission, Mainframe's skills as a soldier came into play, and he gained Rashid's respect. In fact, Mainframe made such an impression on Rashid, the boy became an expert in computers himself, and was later seen working for Destro.

Once the Joes' established the new Pit headquarters in Utah, Mainframe spent much of his time there, working with the team's advanced computer systems. After detecting a shuttle launched from Cobra Island, Mainframe headed into space onboard the space shuttle Defiant to defend U.S. satellites against a Cobra attack.

Some time later, Mainframe worked on the U.S.S. Flagg as part of General Hawk's operations team during the Joes' involvement in the Cobra Island civil war. He served in the same capacity on the Flagg later during the Battle of Benzheen.

For the next few years, Mainframe worked at the Pit, occasionally involved in research and development for new weapons systems. After the Joe team was shut down in 1994, Mainframe returned to the computer industry, working as a software developer in Seattle, helping his company give its rivals some stiff competition.

MUX History:[]

When the Joes were reinstated in 1997, computer technology played an even greater role in the military, and Mainframe was happy to return to the team. In 2008, Mainframe started using the codename "Dataframe," but in 2011 he went back to using "Sgt. Mainframe." In 2012, Mainframe was commissioned as a Chief Warrant Officer (CWO2).

In 2013, Mainframe participated in an EDC-led raid in Trucial Abysmia that resulted in the rescue of celebrated human rights activist Anwar Assan. Sheikh Mohammed was on the site at the time, and he was physically assaulted by Mainframe. General Alawai got the king to safety, but the attack has severely undermined Mohammed's faith in Cobra's effectiveness and protection. Mainframe was impressed with Spike Witwicky's ability to repair injured Transformers literally on the fly, and Spike was impressed with Mainframe as well.

In October of 2014, Mainframe hacked Trypticon's security subsystems, allowing a small team of Autobots and G.I. Joes to infiltrate the base to capture Dr. Arkeville and rescue Typhoon.

In 2019, Mainframe was promoted to Captain (Capt).

OOC Notes[]

Since only the Marvel comics are canon, Mainframe is still alive. The Mainframe/Zarana Relationship...

Logs /Posts[]

2017[]

June 28 - "An Unlikely Ally" - Mainframe and Major Bludd meet unexpectedly in a back alley in Los Angeles.
July 5 - "LA Operations" - Mainframe is ready to move against the BATs in Los Angeles.
July 12 - "BAT Command Infiltration" - Mainframe and Major Bludd infiltrate a BAT installation to try to free Los Angeles from Cobra control.
July 14 - "LA Operational Success" - Mainframe takes out the BATs in Los Angeles.

2020[]

Apr 12 - Pit Cyber-Security Notice[]

TO: G.I. Joe Command (Rank 7+)

CC: Doc Greer

FROM: Mainframe

SUBJECT: Recent Transmission & Pit Cyber-Security

I’ve spent the last week combing over every last byte of the anonymous transmission received concerning the Siberian Eastlands and the former location of the Decepticon cityformer, Trypticon. Additionally, I’ve requested satellite imagery of the vicinity in an attempt to confirm or deny the contents of the transmission. Finally, I’ve gone through a comprehensive cyber-security sweep of the Pit to ascertain whether or not the Pit is compromised on a technological level.

First, the satellite imagery: while the city appears to be present, the satellites also show irregularities. From the looks of it, the outpost itself seems to be running almost as much power as the city, which can’t be right. I would have asked the Oktober Guard to take a look from the ground, but they’ve not exactly been friendly to us the last several years; instead, we were able to get a fly-by from an UAV drone, and it confirms the transmission: the city isn’t physically present, and it doesn’t look like the outpost is manned. There is a Decepticon shuttle present, also confirming the transmission.

Second, I’ve engaged in a thorough sweep of the Pit’s entire computer infrastructure. If we were hacked, it was a damn good one, because the digital footprint is minimal. All the same, I can also confirm that we were not cyber-attacked in any way, shape or form – no viruses, no worms, no hydras, not even a Trojan horse anywhere in the system. So there is good news on that front as well.

General Hawk, at your convenience, I’d like to have a talk with you – and with Doc Greer as well, if she’s available. I have a suspicion about who may have sent this, but I still need to get some confirmation or denial on that suspicion before I say anything further. That said, the Pit is as cyber-secure as ever.

Blaine L. Parker Captain, United States Marine Corps

2022[]

Apr 09 - Extensive Enterprises Update[]

Good Morning. After extensive decryption and analysis, I have my report about Extensive Enterprises.

       It seems they're using theories published by Dr. Laszlo Vandermeer, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Not-so-coincidentally, Dr. Vandermeer disappeared, along with his research, from his New England home on March 30, 2020, without a trace. Search of his published works indicates a clear link to whatever Cobra is using to teleport people across the planet -- stable teleportation was the focus of Vandermeer's work.
       Data indicates Cobra is holding him aboard the Solar Serpent in orbit but is about to transport him to a hidden lab. If we want to try to rescue him and get him back, our best chance is in transit -- the data doesn't mention where that lab is, and if we miss our chance, we may not have another way to find him.

2023[]

May 15 - Investigation Report[]

It's a message. From Mainframe.
To Hawk, Duke, Command
Titled: Sec Com collection and Phone Record

Text Only:

Sec footage from the subpoena from the Arashikage dojo came back. Mostly outside but some of a courtyard. Here's the list of folks of note and when they were seen. :

Snake Eyes: March 11 and March 22*.

Storm Shadow seems to have been there more than not from February onwards.

Scarlett: March 10, March 22*, March 24**, March 26***, April 25, April 28 - 29
General Hawk: March 25
Lifeline: March 25
Kamakura: March 11, March 22*, March 24, March 25
Concealer: March 11, March 24, March 25

*Buncha formal wear coming through the front. Kamakura's in formal kimono pants things, Scarletts in formal kimono, Storm Shadow was also in a full formal rig.

>**March 24 is outside cams and it's the whole file. Shows Scarlett attacking Storm Shadow just outside the building after they stood there for a while. Kamakura came out after the single hit and then Scarlett left.

We also got back phone records for Snake Eyes personal device. As it's Joe property but he's under the intel cover, took some wrangling and we're still working on more recent requests. The one that stands out from the general all-clear pings is this one dated 4/28/2023:

(Image of Scarlett in gi pants, t-shirt, passed out face down on a futon in a small, wood paneled room)

Message: we’re getting along -great-! Seriously: I don’t know what’s going on, but she came here itching for a fight. No fight but I did get her stinky self to go shower. I let Hauser (Duke) know where she was.

>***Scarlett showed back up in that formal kimono rig

We're working on getting more phone records, but the upside is our field operatives' devices are hard as heck to trace. Downside is our field operatives' devices are hard as heck to trace.

Mainframe out.

Players[]

Mainframe was temped by Chatterbox's player in 2010, 2013, and 2015, and by Bzero in 2017, but is available for application.
In 2020, Mainframe was temped by Darksabrz.
In 2022, Mainframe is temped by Nighthawke8.

Gallery[]

References[]

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