Dear Vector Prime, we recently caught a glimpse of Ozone and Cleansweep, Decepticon Targetmaster partners that share names with two of GI Joe's Eco Warriors. Are they actually turncoats from such a respectable organization?
My, what a peculiar notion! No, sometimes different organizations and individuals will independently come up with the same codename. Take Recoil, for example, a name similarly used by both a Targetmaster and a member of G.I. Joe. With G.I. Joe being classified, and on an entirely separate planet, it’s no surprise that if Windsweeper’s new Targetmaster partners ran these names through the system before adopting them, they came back as being available.
Ozone was formerly a scientist at the Hi-Q Industrial Research Complex, who was fired after she was caught stealing reagents for her own purposes. When Hi-Test was recruiting Nebulans to work with the Decepticons, Ozone was a natural choice. She relished the opportunity to fight against her former boss with her new high-powered chemical laser form.
Cleansweep, by comparison, had been a waiter at the Gardens of Eternal Peace and Harmony Macrobiotic Restaurant. After years of serving customers and cleaning up after their half-finished meals, he couldn’t have been more ready to burn everything to the ground. His wide-angled maser rifle mode helps with this, scorching clean the whole area around him and his partners.