Star-Vipers are highly-advanced Strato-Vipers who command the skies in advanced fighter jets designed by MARS Industries. These test pilots are precision-oriented experts in aeronautical engineering; they are also calculating, coldblooded warriors of the air. Dr. Mindbender surgically alters the Star Vipers by implanting an electro-magnetic shunt into the right side of their brains. Electronic impulses sent into the shunt give them very fast reflexes and heightened senses, giving them an advantage in high altitude dogfights. The Star-Vipers have an even higher tolerance for G-forces than a standard Strato-Viper.