

However, the CIA disagreed with this, and refused to help The Boss, forcing her to utilize the Philosophers' spy channels for the first time to accomplish it. The Boss was forced to leave Jack when she was assigned a new top secret mission by the President on Jinvolving recruiting Russians who were against the new single-party regime in Moscow to steal and sabotage various Soviet space projects and possibly directly become involved when necessary. During 1957, she also was invited to the newly instated HALO School at the JFK Special Operations center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and was also responsible for the development of the HALO jump. John claimed that because of his training, part of him belonged to The Boss and that they were more than just friends, soldiers, or lovers. She spent nearly a decade with John, training him as her disciple and developing the tactics of CQC, a basic form of close quarters combat. Jack), and was drawn to him due to sharing similar experiences. It was around this time that she first met a 15 year old John (a.k.a. On November 1, 1951, The Boss was involved in the atomic testing at the Nevada desert, where she was exposed to radiation, and rendered infertile. The Cold WarĪfterwards, The Boss began participating in secret projects run by the U.S. In 1947, two years after the end of the war, The Boss disbanded the Cobra Unit due to tensions between the Philosophers. She gave birth to a baby boy, though he was soon taken away from her by the Philosophers. The caesarean section required in the chaos left her with a snake-shaped scar on her torso. It was there that she gave birth to her and The Sorrow's child on the battlefield, going into labor after she had been shot in the gut. The Boss felt that his living resulted in the Cold War, which made her partially responsible as well.ĭuring the D-Day landings at Normandy, The Boss and her Cobras were sent on a mission to destroy several V2 rocket installations near Juno Beach. She grew to regret failing the mission, even after it transpired that Neumann being a spy was actually Soviet misinformation to sabotage the Manhattan Project. After six months, The Boss made a complete recovery, theorizing that her body may have willed her to live for her child. Though she avoided a bullet aimed for her gut, she received a graze to the side of her brain and would enter a coma for three months. She proceeded with the mission as planned, though she ended up blowing her cover due to being distracted by her pregnancy. But just before the operation, she found out that she was pregnant by The Sorrow. In 1943, The Boss was ordered to infiltrate Los Alamos and assassinate one of the Manhattan Project scientists, John von Neumann, under the belief that he was a Nazi spy, and make it seem like his death was accidental. The Boss became a legendary soldier, and was considered by many to be the "Mother" of America's special forces. The entire Cobra Unit looked up to her as their mother and leader, and she formed a close relationship with The Sorrow. Likewise, she was also trained in sniping by The End.

They participated in many special operations during World War II, contributing heavily to the Allied forces' victory. In 1942, The Boss (then known as The Joy) founded the Cobra Unit, which consisted of herself, The Pain, The Fear, The End, The Fury, and The Sorrow. Zero delivered his SAS winged dagger pin to her after his death and she continued to keep it with her right up until her death. On December 30, 1941, she and Zero lost a close friend who had served under her in Layforce (likely during Operation Crusader in Egypt). According to Major Zero, the SAS motto, "Who Dares, Wins," was a tribute to The Boss. In addition to this she participated in many "snatch" missions, in which she had to capture important officers without killing them the incidents later served as the basis for her development of CQC. She also planned the dummy raids on Heliopolis and the bombings of German air bases during the North African Campaign. There she met David Oh, with whom she later formed the 22nd SAS Regiment. In 1941, during World War II, The Boss was invited to the SAS as a special adviser, which resulted in the creation of Layforce and the original L Detachment. The Boss later went on to become an instructor at one of the Philosophers' "charm schools." She learned from her father the most forbidden secrets of the Philosophers, and as a consequence, the shadowy organization arranged for his death. The Boss was born in 1922 as the daughter of one of the original and higher-ranking members of the Wisemen's Committee, and later grew up in the care of the Philosophers. 1.4 Secret operations in the Soviet Union.
