▁large . ▁ ▁America ' s ▁El ite ▁One ▁year ▁after ▁the ▁previous ▁series , ▁sat ell ites ▁begin ▁falling ▁out ▁of ▁orbit ▁and ▁crash ing ▁into ▁major ▁cities , ▁resulting ▁in ▁massive ▁civil ian ▁cas ual ties . ▁Th inking ▁that ▁Cob ra ▁is ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁attacks , ▁the ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁Team ▁is ▁react iv ated ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁new ▁threat . ▁The ▁team ▁eventually ▁disco vers ▁that ▁a ▁man ▁named ▁V ance ▁Wing field , ▁who ▁once ▁attempted ▁to ▁start ▁a ▁nuclear ▁war ▁and ▁was ▁pres umed ▁dead , ▁is ▁behind ▁the ▁attacks . ▁Meanwhile , ▁Cob ra ▁Commander , ▁who ▁has ▁been ▁re building ▁his ▁forces ▁since ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁series , ▁in fil tr ates ▁the ▁U . S . ▁government ▁by ▁dis gu ising ▁himself ▁as ▁White ▁House ▁Chief ▁of ▁Staff ▁Gar rett ▁Fre el owe . ▁He ▁tries ▁to ▁conv ince ▁the ▁President ▁to ▁shut ▁down ▁the ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁team . ▁When ▁he ▁fails , ▁he ▁creates ▁a ▁new ▁team ▁called ▁the ▁Phoenix ▁Guard ▁led ▁by ▁General ▁Philip ▁Rey , ▁a ▁former ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁commander . ▁The ▁Phoenix ▁Guard ▁in fil tr ates ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁headquarters , ▁and ▁man ages ▁to ▁capture ▁several ▁Jo es , ▁until ▁General ▁Rey ▁disco vers ▁the ▁true ▁ident ities ▁of ▁the ▁Phoenix ▁Guard ▁members . ▁G . I . ▁Joe ▁then ▁capt ures ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁Phoenix ▁Guard , ▁and ▁after ▁the ▁failed ▁attack ▁on