Difference between revisions of "Matthew Cobb"

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He has a sense of humor and is very strict with his class. {{book ref|Skyward|8}} Cobb cares for his students, grieving for the ones who die in battle. He has strong feelings on the topic of refusing to eject when in danger. {{book ref|Skyward|33}} He dislikes placing young cadets into battle before the end of their training. {{book ref|Skyward|20}}

HeCobb is vocalopen aboutwith his feelingstudents ofand spendinganswers soas many lives“hard inquestions” thisas warhe can. QuotingHe hetalked said:about “IKrell feelstrategy likeand aother munitionstopics man,that reloadingwere artillerypreviously banned. I{{book stuffref|Skyward|38}} youHe intotakes theteaching chamber,seriously fireand youwants intohis students to do the sky,same. thenHis grabclass’s anotherflight shell”maneuvers are often superior to those of other flights. {{book ref|Skyward|2047}}

He was the wing mate of [[Zeen Nightshade]] (callsign: '''Chaser'''), [[Spensa]]'s father, and fought with him in the [[Battle of Alta]]. {{book ref|Skyward|Prologue}} After Chaser came backreturned from the sky and began to shootshot down friendly ships, Cobb shot him down on [[Judy Ivans|Ironside's]] orders.

SpensaCobb wasreviewed given aSpensa's non-pilot related exam to make sure she would not be accepted at flight school (DDF). She however stayed and answered [[Jorgen]]´s empty exam. Cobb reviewed it and, after talking to her, he gave her a First Citizen pin to help her get ininto flight school. He had to useused his status and political position for thispower to happenenroll her. {{book ref|Skyward|6}}

HeWhen he met his newSpensa's class, andhe made sure it was clear to histhe studentscadets that he waswould not up fortolerate jokes. He takes training very seriously, as he understands many of them will die or not graduate. He obeyedis compelled to obey orders from Ironsides, some of which includinginclude sending his new class into the battlefield after just one day of training. {{book ref|Skyward|6}}

Cobb wasis strict and tough with his class; as he coveredcovers flight maneuvers, weapons and strategy. He was also monitoring,monitored guidingand guided them, and givinggave the cadets orders during the battles they participated in while onin training. {{book ref|Skyward|14}}

WhenFollowing Morningtide's and Bim's dieddeaths, he intended not to talk about it and workedwork them hard to forget. When he saw the cadets' discomfort of the team, he tried to give a speech: “Ithat feelended likeup aunsettling munitionsthem man, reloading artilleryfurther. I stuff you into the chamberFortunately, fire you into the sky, then grab another shell”. This unsettled them more and Spensa jumped ininterjected with a better speech about aiming for the sky where they are now. As soon as she finished, Cobb just askedtold them to stop wasting time and to put their helmets on. {{book ref|Skyward|20}}

After some more training, battles and many questions from the team on Krell tactics, Cobb shared with them some confidential intelligence on both the Krell, and the planet and its history. NotIt much, butwas enough to help the team to understand more about themtheir enemy and home and the possibility of intelligent machines, which reminded Spensa of [[M-Bot]]. {{book ref|Skyward|27}}

He also let them know that the fights used in the simulation are modifications of real battles,. oneOne in particular was the [[Battle of Trajerto]]. and itIt 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}}

After the battle where Hurl's dieddeath, he gavegives an angry speech about peopleejecting, whoasking don’twhether eject.they Hewould askedrather them to choose their life above beingbe called cowards or tryingdie tosaving save thetheir ship. He explained that Hurl would not be buried with any honors as the pod was destroyed. He gavegives themthe class a medical leave for a week and moved to writewrites her parents a letter. {{book ref|Skyward|33}}

He helpedhelps Spensa learn the truth about her father and followedtells through explaining people believeher there is a suspected genetic defect for his actions. andHe then asked her if she saw eyes in the dark or could hear the stars as her father had confessed he had, 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 for itself 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 gavereturned M-Bot to Spensa. {{book ref|Skyward|51}}

|title=Admiral of the Fleet of the<br />[[Defiant Defense Force]]

|this={{Detritus date|83 <span title="Landfall Date"> LD</span>}} to present

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