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⚫ FILE 005-A
⚫ BARNEY ROSS — ROUNDTABLE DOSSIER
⚫ CLASSIFICATION: OMEGA BLACK
⚫ ACCESSING…
Round Table Intelligence Archive — Level Omega Access
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Source:The Expendables (Film Series)
Name: Barney Ross
Alias: (None officially recorded)
Status: Alive
Age: 68
Date of Birth: July 6, 1946
Place of Birth: Italy
Nationality: Italian
Appearance (Actor): Sylvester Stallone
Tall, rugged, muscular in the way only a lifetime of combat can carve a man. Weathered face. Steely eyes. Always in tactical black, worn leather, or mission-rig gear. Signature look: black beret, black
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Rank
Commander — Expendables Unit (Round Table Division)
Senior Field Operative — The Round Table
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Position
• Founder & Commander of The Expendables
• Tactical Commander of The Expendables Unit under Cole Shaw's Round Table Command Structure
• Direct combat specialist and strategic mission lead on high-risk operations
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Skills & Talents Primary Skillset
• Elite military training (USMC / USAF)
• High-speed tactical reloading
• Sharpshooting with pistols (fastest in his unit)
• Close-quarters combat mastery
• Mission planning and strategic coordination
• Leadership under extreme pressure
• Exceptional pain tolerance and physical durability
• Veteran field experience in dozens of black-ops theatres
Notable Combat Traits
• Lightning-fast dual-pistol handling
• Indomitable will — fights through injuries that would down most soldiers
• Silent battlefield intuition from decades of combat
• High intelligence with battlefield adaptive thinking
• Hardened discipline from years of mercenary command
Signature Weapons
• Dual modified Kimber Gold Combat II 1911 pistols (custom Expendables engravings)
• Various assault rifles and revolvers, depending on mission needs
• Specialist in practical, high-efficiency firearms
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Affiliations
• The Expendables (Founder & Commander)
• The Round Table (Senior Operative, Expendables Division Commander)
• U.S. Marine Corps (Former)
• U.S. Air Force (Former)
• CIA (Intermittent Contractor)
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Family: (Official files list no recorded family; Barney keeps personal life sealed)
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Friends / Allies
• Lee Christmas
• Gunner Jensen † (Deceased — per Cole Shaw: Movie Multiverse canon)
• Hale Caesar
• Yin Yang
• Toll Road † (Deceased — per Cole Shaw: Movie Multiverse canon)
• Trench Mauser
• CIA (Church)
• Cole Shaw / Arthur
• Round Table Command
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Biography
Barney Ross was forged in fire long before he ever assembled a team. Born in Italy in 1946, he served his country through two elite military branches — first the U.S. Marine Corps, then the U.S. Air Force — before stepping into the world of black-ops contracting. Combat wasn't his job; it became his identity.
After leaving formal service, Barney founded The Expendables, a mercenary group operating off the grid, answering to no nation, only to each other. With a reputation for completing impossible missions, their name became synonymous with ghost-level black-ops work. Barney led them through dozens of operations — drug cartels, warlords, rogue generals, failed states, and political powder traps.
His long-time rival and sometimes ally was Trench Mauser, a fellow mercenary commander whose path often crossed and clashed with Barney's.
One of Barney's darkest chapters was the downfall of Stonebanks, his original co-founder who spiralled into war-crimes and betrayal. Barney killed him — or believed he did — carrying the guilt and weight of that betrayal for decades.
Later, Barney and his team undertook a covert CIA-sanctioned mission to uncover a global terrorist mastermind codenamed Ocelot. They came close, but an ambush wiped out eight members of Barney's unit. Only Barney survived. That mission carved permanent scars into him — emotional and physical — and Ocelot remained a phantom.
Barney's life changed again in Chapter 25 – Knights Recruited, when Cole Shaw (Arthur) crossed paths with the Expendables and recognized their unmatched synergy, discipline, and firepower. The recruitment wasn't coerced — it was earned. Barney evaluated Cole the way only a veteran can: through presence, eyes, tone, and resolve.
He saw not a boy playing soldier, but a leader forged from something colder, harder, and smarter than the modern world usually produces.
Barney brought the Expendables under the Round Table umbrella as a self-contained strike unit, maintaining their identity while integrating into Cole's rapidly expanding black-ops infrastructure.
For Barney, Cole Shaw is not a superior — he's a commander worth following. A man whose conviction reminds him of the best leaders he ever served under.
Now, Barney directs The Expendables as the Round Table's heavy strike division, responsible for operations requiring overwhelming force, veteran battlefield intuition, and the kind of controlled chaos only men like him can deliver.
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Personality
Barney Ross is the definition of old-world grit:
• Loyal to those he calls brothers
• Protective of his team
• Emotionally guarded, revealing only slivers of vulnerability
• Tough and relentless, physically and mentally
• A strategist with years of battlefield intuition
• Vengeful when wronged
• Commanding without ego, respected rather than feared
He leads like a father figure — stern, fair, and burdened by the responsibility of bringing his men home alive.
He attaches emotional weight to objects like his lucky ring, not for superstition, but as anchors — reminders of missions survived and ghosts carried.
Barney Ross is not a man defined by age.He's defined by endurance, purpose, and a lifetime of violence survived through sheer force of will.