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The Renegades, commanded by Sgt. Slaughter, was a motley four-man operation consisting of Sgt. Slaughter, Mercer, Red Dog, and Taurus. The Renegades answered only to themselves and never officially existed on any government ledger and weren't carried on the rosters of any existing military unit. There is no computer access to their dossiers and they are paid through a special fund earmarked for "Pentagon Pest Control." Therefore, The Renegades functioned with little restraint and the U.S. military could deny culpability should The Renegades be compromised.
Taurus was a circus acrobat in Europe who did occasional undercover work for Interpol. His circus act involved breaking two-by-fours on his own face, a feat which made the G. I. Joe top brass think he was just crazy enough to join their black ops team, and Taurus was given a recruitment offer on the spot. Taurus has been cross-trained in explosives and mountaineering and is fluent in a dozen languages.
The Renegades were reassigned to Europe in 1989. It is presumed Taurus went back to working
occasionally for Interpol as the Renegades had already broken up when G.I. Joe was decommissioned in 1994. It is believed that Taurus has not officially or unofficially rejoined G.I. Joe at this time. However, with Red Dog's deployment to India in 2001, it is apparent that G.I. Joe is still utilizing their pre-1994 resources whenever possible.
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