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| Radish 329th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):Info on Ikari Warriors/Team needed"
, posted Sat 21 Sep 13:43
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I was just wondering the other day, I thought Ralph, Clark, Heidern, and Leona were mercenaries, yet in KOF 99-2001 we got Heidern commanding a dozen guys in a expensive looking room, he appears important and is going after Nest's Cartel. Now what exactly is a mercenary doing in a position of power like that, having control over satellites and ordering troops around the world?
In the SNKverse anything is possible. Corporations have battle stations in the sky, which they use Zeppelins to get to, and they have huge armies of Kyo clones, which go away when their boss is beaten in 3 on 1 combat.
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| DKW
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| "Re(1):Info on Ikari Warriors/Team needed" , posted Sat 21 Sep 13:58
Whoo, do you ever need to be brought back up to speed.
Little chronology:
Pre-'94: Paul and Vince, the original Ikari Warriors, go on a total of three harrowing missions. First is to save their commander from an occupying enemy force. Second is sort of a "companion game"; the warriors get zapped to a weird alternate dimension and have to fight their way out. The third (coming near the end of the pre-Neo Geo era) was different, as they battled mainly with their fists; their mission was to save the son of a world leader.
Neither man is directly related to any of the modern Ikari Warriors. Paul and Vince are not Ralf and Clark, and their names were not changed at any point, ever. Different people. Different. Different. (Did I mention that they're different?)
'94: Heidern's the commander of the IW. Ralf and Clark are his two most senior, trusted men. Heidern's getting on in years, but still has a fierce enmity toward the man who stole his happiness, Rugal Bernstein.
'95: Heidern confronts his immortal nemesis one more time. The Orochi Power finally destroys Rugal, and it's clear (for now, anyway) that he's not coming back. Heidern announces that he's leaving the team...effectively quitting his command. (Look, don't anyone try to give me a fudgy-fudged explanation otherwise...if you're not in the team, you don't lead the team. It's that simple.)
'96: The new gal, Leona, shows up. She immediately settles into the leadership role, although of course it's going to be a while before she earns Ralf and Clark's respect. Remember, these are mercenaries, who can leave at any time, meaning that Leona doesn't exactly have the option of constantly pulling rank and chewing out her guys, so the fact that she doesn't act like a completely bossy jerk does not mean that she has no control of the unit whatsoever.
'97: That Orochi thing. Leona has a real crisis on her hands, but this only strengthens the resolve of her men. She's really developing into her leadership role now.
'98: Well, you can interpret this any number of ways, of course, but what I like to think is that Leona finishes the job Heidern started all those years ago. Rugal finally realizes that the Ikari Warriors have his number no matter who's on top.
'99: Heidern, who obviosly has some clout, forms his own watchdog group. By now he's long since quit the fight-for-pay business; this is a full-time job for him. The motive isn't hard to understand...Nests Cartel is threatening the world, there's almost certainly a megalomaniacal ruler at the top, and Heidern doesn't want anyone to suffer like he did. Leona, the de facto leader of the IW since '96, is now the permanent, undisputed honcho. She's still loyal to Heidern...he's the one who saved her from the Orochi clan, after all...but they're most definitely now on equal terms.
'00: Aside from the introduction of Whip, not much changes here. A friend of Heidern is a friend of the IW, and vice versa; there's absolutely no dispute as to her role.
'01: Here we see the first really big shakeup in a while. Heidern's joined the team, and it's possible that he's had second thoughts about leaving, but Leona's not about to just give up her leadership role.
Well, there you have it. Oh, and don't worry about Ralf's comments about "slavedriver" Heidern, as it's very plainly just a joke (like Sie turning into a crappy manga drawing after a friggin' hug from Athena).
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Paul and Vince, the original Ikari Warriors, go on a total of three harrowing missions. First is to save their commander from an occupying enemy force. Second is sort of a "companion game"; the warriors get zapped to a weird alternate dimension and have to fight their way out. The third (coming near the end of the pre-Neo Geo era) was different, as they battled mainly with their fists; their mission was to save the son of a world leader.
"Re(3):Info on Ikari Warriors/Team needed" 
I'm pretty sure Rugal is right. 
the rainbow connection..." -Kermit