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{{character
|image=Cobb by Jillustrations.PNG
|profession={{cat tag|DDF pilots}}
|titles=Admiral of the Fleet of the [[DDF]],{{book ref|sky2|4}} Callsign: Mongrel
|groups=[[DDF]], Flight Instructor
|world=Detritus
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|first appeared=[[Skyward]]
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After the [[Battle of Alta Second]], he replaces [[Ironsides]] as admiral of the DDF,{{book ref|sky2|4}} though after returning from being trapped in the [[Nowhere]], he relieves himself from duty until he recovers and passes operational command to [[Jorgen Weight]].{{book ref|sf3|21}}
== Appearance and Personality ==
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Cobb is a crusty fifty-year-old man who looked old. {{book ref|Skyward|29}} Older than he deserved to. {{book ref|Skyward|20}} has grey hair and has a stark white mustache that made him appear much older. {{book ref|Skyward|8}} He limps due to an injury of the ejection after the Battle of Alta.▼
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▲Cobb is
He
Cobb is open with his students and answers as many “hard questions” as he can. He talked about Krell strategy and other topics that were previously banned.{{book ref|Skyward|38}} He takes teaching seriously and wants his students to do the same. His class’s flight maneuvers are often superior to those of other flights.{{book ref|Skyward|47}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==▼
Cobb was an excellent pilot who stopped flying after the
As First Citizen he became an instructor for new pilots; a job he excels at not only because he manages to teach complex flight moves, tactics and techniques; but because he does care for his students.{{book ref|Skyward|8}}{{book ref|Skyward|47}}
As commander of his flight, he chooses tactics
== History ==
He was the wing mate of [[Zeen Nightshade]] (callsign: '''Chaser'''), [[Spensa]]'s father, and fought with him in the
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He met his new class and made sure he was not up for jokes, he takes training very seriously as he understands many of them will die or not graduate. He obeyed orders from Ironsides including sending his new class into the battlefield after just one day of training. {{book ref|Skyward|6}}▼
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|Cobb to his team after their first battle{{book ref|Skyward|11}}
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Cobb was strict and tough with his class; he covered flight maneuvers, weapons and strategy. He was also monitoring, guiding and giving orders during the battles they participated while on training. {{book ref|Skyward|14}}▼
When Morningtide and Bim died, he intended not to talk about it and work them hard to forget. When he saw the discomfort of the team, he tried to give a comforting speech, but instead, he unsettled them. He said: “I feel like a munitions man, reloading artillery. I stuff you into the chamber, fire you into the sky, then grab another shell”. Spensa jumped in with a better speech of aiming for the sky where they are now. Afterwards, Cobb just asked them to stop wasting time and put their helmets on. {{book ref|Skyward|20}}▼
▲Cobb
confidential intel on both the Krell, the planet and history. Not much to go on, but it did help the team to understand more about them and the possibility of intelligent machines, which Spensa matched to MBOT. {{book ref|Skyward|27}}▼
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He also let them know the fights used in the simulation are modifications of real battles, this one in particular was the Battle of Trajerto and it was used to explain that if they needed to choose between Alta and Igneous, the second one is more important. They had to destroy Alta on that particular simulation. This gave Spensa the idea of looking for the Battle of Alta on the archives. {{book ref|Skyward|27}}▼
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After the battle where Hurl died, he gave an angry speech about people who don’t eject. He asked them to choose their life above being called cowards or trying to save the ship. He explained Hurl would not be buried with any honors as the pod was destroyed. He gave them a medical leave for a week and moved to write her parents a letter. {{book ref|Skyward|33}}▼
▲He also let them know that the fights used in the simulation are modifications of real battles
▲== Attributes and Abilities ==
▲Cobb was an excellent pilot who stopped flying after the [[Battle of Alta]]. {{book ref|Skyward|21}} As first Citizen he became an instructor for new pilots; a job he excels at due to his true concern for his students. {{book ref|Skyward|8}}
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|I feel like a munitions man, reloading artillery. I stuff you into the chamber, fire you into the sky, then grab another shell
|Cobb's thoughts on the fate of his students
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He helps Spensa learn the truth about her father and tells her there is a suspected genetic defect for his actions. He then asked her if she saw eyes in the dark or could hear the stars as her father had confessed before the incident.{{book ref|Skyward|40}}
During the Second Battle of Alta, he is contacted by M-Bot, who had written a new program and decided to help Spensa, who was in severe danger. Cobb answered the call and flew for the first time in years to save Spensa and managed to do so. After they reunited, he returned M-Bot to Spensa.{{book ref|Skyward|51}}
▲As commander of his flight, he chooses tactics that are safest for his crew. {{book ref|Skyward|25}} Because of this, his class is considered the safest one. {{book ref|Skyward|34}}
== Relationships ==
=== Spensa ===
Cobb was the only adult who stepped up for
Spensa later finds out from him he is the one who shot down
Cobb eventually gave Spensa his code to the DDF archive where she could copy the recording of the Battle of Alta, so she can learn the truth.{{book ref|Skyward|37}} He later gave her more details including that her father claimed to see hundreds of small eyes or could hear the stars.{{book ref|Skyward|40}}
== Quotes ==▼
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▲| That wasn't a joke!, I don't joke!
▲| Cobb to his team when meeting them {{book ref|Skyward|8}}
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After Spensa ejected and was expelled from the DDF; he wanted her to fight to stay in school, however she confessed on seeing the eyes and hearing the stars. He agreed it was best for her to stand down.{{book ref|Skyward|48}}
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▲| That was somehow the most embarrassing and inspiring display I’ve ever seen out of cadets! You should be ashamed. And proud.
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=== Ironsides ===
Judy Ironsides was Cobb’s flight leader in the Battle of Alta, she was the one who ordered him to shoot down Chaser.{{book ref|Skyward|21}}
Cobb had been more sensitive to all deaths than her and this difference seemed to have alienated them. She respects him but stands firm on her decisions. The other disagreement is on the existence of the defect causing Chaser to become a traitor, and moreover that this would be passed to Spensa.{{book ref|Skyward|i|1}}
Cobb knows and acknowledges Jorgen’s background and gives him the fight leader position since the first day.{{book ref|Skyward|8}} Still, he is as tough with him as with anyone, snapping at him when arrogant. He does give good leadership advice and wants him to earn respect.{{book ref|Skyward|11}}
▲| If you’ve got time to argue, I’m obviously not working you hard enough
▲| Cobb interruption of a Jorgen-Spensa argument. {{book ref|Skyward|23}}
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== Trivia ==
== Notes ==
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|title=Admiral of the Fleet of the<br />[[Defiant Defense Force]]
|prev=[[Judy Ivans]]
|this={{Detritus date|83}} to present
|next=''Incumbent''
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