EAGLE FORCE:
Created By: Mego
Era: 1982
-So way, way back in 1982, at roughly the exact same time as G.I. Joe was being rebooted into
Real American Hero, the Mego Corporation created "Eagle Force", which was pretty much the same thing. Capitalizing on Reagan-era patriotism and "we're not being pushed around anymore!", it featured a band of Captain Eagle's anti-terrorism forces against R.I.O.T. (Roving International Organization of Tyranny) under General Mamba (based on Idi Amin), and containing numerous other ethnic villains, like the Arabic terrorist Nemesis. Characters suspiciously match up with G.I. Joe at points, featuring names like Wild Bill and a female character like Scarlett (the pilot Goldie Hawk).
The line was more or less destroyed by Mego's shit luck. See, the company was doing pretty okay in the 1970s, but turned down the offer to produce toys for some no-name sci-fi movie. Upstart company Kenner decided to give this "Star Wars" thing a try and suddenly they were making hundreds of millions of dollars and Mego went bankrupt by late 1982, even though apparently the first sets of Eagle Force sold out in Target stores. As a new line, Eagle Force was quickly ignored and dropped, while only Mego's successful things carried on and were bought up by other companies.
Eagle Force featured the eyepatch-wearing Captain Eagle, Big Bro, The Cat, Harley, Kayo, Redwing, Sgt. Brown, Stryker, Turk, Wild Bill, Zapper and Goldie Hawk. The R.I.O.T. forces include General Mamba, Baron Von Chill, Beta Man (an arsonist), Nemesis the Saboteur, Savitar the Ninja, and a Shock Trooper figure. Figures were die-cast, meaning they were shiny and pretty heavy. There was a mountain base, a jet, two jeeps and two tanks, all based on existing products so no new molds had to be created.
EAGLE FORCE/R.I.O.T. MEMBERS
Role: Military Agents
Group Affiliations: None
PL 6 (87)
STRENGTH 4
STAMINA 4
AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 8
DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 1
AWARENESS 2
PRESENCE 2
Skills:
Athletics 4 (+8)
Expertise (Soldier) 8 (+9)
Insight 1 (+3)
Intimidation 3 (+5)
Perception 4 (+6)
Stealth 2 (+5)
Technology 4 (+5)
Vehicles 4 (+8)
Advantages:
Equipment 2 (Pistol +4, Rifle +6), Ranged Attack 2, Set-Up, Teamwork
Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Guns +6 (+4-6 Ranged Damage, DC 19-21)
Initiative +3
Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +4, Fortitude +5, Will +6
Complications:
Responsibility (The Army)
Total: Abilities: 56 / Skills: 30--15 / Advantages: 6 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 10 (87)
-Eagle Force members are fairly savvy, hitting PL 6-7. More like a couple notches lower than G.I. Joes, because Eagle Force is lamer.
EAGLE FORCE:
CAPTAIN EAGLE- PL 7 (102): INT +1, AWA +2, PRE +1, Soldier +4, Ranged Attack +2, Improved Critical (Rifle), Leadership, Teamwork [15]
-The commander of the Eagle Force- an eyepatch-wearing grizzled soldier.
REDWING- PL 6 (91): Survival +8 [4]
-A Native American survival specialist with (naturally) a bow & arrow.
KAYO- PL 7 (94): FIGHTING +2, Fast Grab, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Hold [7]
-The Asian "Judo Expert".
WILD BILL- PL 6 (87):
-"Cowboy Commando".
SGT. BROWN- PL 6 (87):
-Black guy with a machine gun. Demolitions expert.
GOLDIE HAWK- PL 6 (89): Vehicles +4 [2]
-Blonde female pilot.
ZAPPER- PL 6 (89): Technology +4 [2]
-An electronics whiz (ie. the guy in charge of the radar) who looks humorously like a mustached hippie.
BIG BRO- PL 7 (91): ST +1, STA +1 [4]
-Very large black guy with glasses and a shotgun
HARLEY- PL 6 (89): Technology +4 [2]
-A big, burly, bearded "Ace Mechanic" with a rocket launcher.
THE CAT- PL 6 (91): Sleight of Hand +8 [4]
-Escape artist.
STRYKER- PL 7 (89): Ranged Attack +2 [2]
-Sharpshooter.
TURK- PL 7 (91): ST +1, STA +1 [4]
-Burly mustached strongman.
R.I.O.T.:
GENERAL MAMBA- PL 7 (101): INT +1, AWA +1, PRE +2, Soldier +4, Politics +4, Ranged Attack +2 [14]
-Rules the African nation of Zambriot as his base for world domination. Despite being based off of Idi Amin, he's just a rotund white guy with sunglasses.
NEMESIS- PL 6 (89): Terrorist +4 [2]
-The Arabic terrorist.
BARON VON CHILL- PL 6 (87):
-A "Medieval Mastermind" who wielded a crossbow.
SAVITAR- PL 7 (97): FIGHTING +2, Ninja +8, Stealth +4, Sword +3 [10]
-A ninja with a boxy-looking hood.
BETA MAN- PL 6 (87):
-An ugly-looking arsonist with a flamethrower.
SHOCK TROOPER:
-Generic mooks, shown as a white dude with sunglasses. Probably PL 4 nobodies.