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Synopsis for "Alliance of Convenience"
In this action-packed story set on Cobra Island, the Recon Team consisting of Lt. Falcon, Dial-Tone, Spirit, Sneak Peek, Gung-Ho, and Tunnel Rat watches as the Baroness attacks a freighter but is unable to use heavy artillery due to the equipment on board. A squadron of Rattlers arrives, cutting off the Mamba air support, and the Baroness realizes her position is weak. She contacts Cobra Commander, who orders her to hold the line. Meanwhile, Serpentor resists suggestions for a break-out, urging patience, but upon receiving a call from Dr. Mindbender, he orders preparations for the break-out.
In the Gulf of Mexico, two Tomahawks land aboard the U.S.S. Flagg, carrying numerous Joes and General Hollingsworth, who explains the Joes have a mission to capture the airfield tower. Hollingsworth tells them that the US government has made a deal with Serpentor to support a constitutional monarchy against a fascist dictatorship, and the Pentagon will recover its black box. The Recon Team is instructed to capture the airfield tower while a fleet consisting of two Tomahawks, two C-130s, the Vector, and the W.H.A.L.E. is en route across the sea.
As the Recon Team heads down, Spirit notices they have been followed for a while. He captures the stalker, who shows them a storm drain that runs under the tower, and the team enters it, taking Minh with them. The Tomahawks land and discharge their passengers, but Lift-Ticket's is destroyed by a Mamba attack. Meanwhile, the W.H.A.L.E. takes out half the A.S.P. emplacements before it is destroyed. The Engineer Team charges forward to take out the remainder before the C-130s need to land. Battle continues in the tower as the Recon Team takes more floors, while at the freighter, Serpentor leads a charge out aboard the H.I.S.S.es, heading for the airfield.
Cobra Commander orders the Dreadnoks to use the Thunder Machine's guns to knock out the C-130 and block the runway, but he finds himself facing Serpentor and his H.I.S.S. squadron, and the Baroness has been captured and tied up on the front of Serpentor's own H.I.S.S. Meanwhile, the Recon Team has captured all levels of the Tower but is cut off from all sides when Gung-Ho looks out to see the massive army of Iron Grenadiers and many D.E.M.O.N.s and A.G.P.s landing. The story ends on a cliffhanger, leaving readers eager to know what happens next.