Chimera

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**Chimera** is the name of terrorist leader.

## Biography

### Army Service

The man who would become known as Chimera served in the United States Army as a Green Beret, and was a licensed psychologist. Chimera was part of an ultra-hush operation in Central America, serving alongside an Airborne Ranger known as "Snake Eyes". In 1999, Chimera began to have mental breaks from reality, leading to him murdering his family before raiding an army skunk works for equipment, including two hundred pounds of C4.

### Domestic Terror

Chimera deserted the army and started an energy company pyramid scheme which earned him billions and led him to become one of America's richest men. Over the next seven years, Chimera raised a family in Florida and his wealth allowed him to build a replica of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house in Dallas, Texas. In 2006, Chimera's energy company pyramid scheme crashed and burned, stripping him of his wealth. Chimera murdered his second family in Florida, then headed for the Las Vegas Center for Reconstructive Surgery to change his appearance.

While at the clinic, Chimera has his face changed completely so that photographs of him were useless. However, the patient in the next bed was Snake Eyes, the Airborne Ranger he had served with in Central America, who recognised him. Snake Eyes sent a fax to the army, informing them of Chimera's presence at the clinic. However, Chimera reasoned that there was no point in getting a new face if people still knew what he looked like. Ensuring that the entire surgical and post-op teams that had worked on him were on site, Chimera used some of the C4 to blow up the clinic, destroying all records of his surgery. Snake Eyes was the only survivor, having been blown clear in the blast.

Retreating to his home in Dallas, Texas, Chimera soon found it under siege from A.T.F. and F.B.I. agents, along with representatives from the United States Army. The combined forces stormed the building, but Chimera was highly trained and managed to fight off the assault, leaving a large number of federal agents dead and missing. Realising that Snake Eyes was still a loose end, Chimera returned to Las Vegas, heading to the North Las Vegas Community Hospital to kill him. Arriving at the hospital, Chimera found a woman, Connie, in Snake Eyes place. Chimera blew up the ward in the hospital before giving chase to Snake Eyes who was being loaded into a van by a man and a woman. Snake Eyes managed to escape his clutches.

Using information he obtained by hacking into the F.B.I.'s database, Chimera began recruiting among home-grown anti-government groups, anarchists, tax resistors, and survivalists. Beginning in Montana, he took control of a militia group by killing their leader. Chimera's group hijacked a National Guard convoy in Wyoming, stealing weapons including a TOW missile launcher. They subsequently used the TOW launcher to attack a Finks armored security van in northern Utah, stealing the money inside and killing the security personnel. Chimera began to work his way south, heading towards an abandoned military base in Nevada.

Along the Utah/Nevada border, Chimera's group met up some professional operators recruited to the cause. Chimera had also kidnapped the daughter of a Midwest governor, who was integral to Chimera's future business plans. Arriving at a location in the desert, Chimera found a control panel hidden in a cactus, triggering the sequence to open an underground ramp into a large abandoned complex. As they entered the base, Chimera explained his plan to his recruits, which was to cause financial instability by gaining control of a major bank and buying up sub-prime mortgages.

Taking control of the base, Chimera was made aware that there were six infrared signatures on the surface, and they had been found. Chimera, despite being surprised that opposition had arrived sooner than expected, nevertheless cut off their communications.

## Appearances

* *G.I. Joe: Origins #1* (First appearance)
* *G.I. Joe: Origins #2*
* *G.I. Joe: Origins #3*

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 *G.I. Joe: Origins #1*
2. ↑ *Revolutionaries #1* dates the formation of G.I. Joe to 2006, placing *G.I. Joe: Origins #1* around this year. Chimera was noted to have deserted the United States Army seven years previously for a date of 1999.
3. ↑ *Revolutionaries #1* dates the formation of G.I. Joe to 2006.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 *G.I. Joe: Origins #2*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 *G.I. Joe: Origins #3*