Thanks to the Lectroid raid on the Institute
recounted in the adventure Across the Eighth Dimension, both Rawhide
and Sam (then Jet Car crew chief) had spent some minutes clinically dead
before we'd been able to revive them, and by then the word had gotten out
that both of them were deceased. In light of our own raid on Yoyodyne,
we'd been too pressed for time to correct those initial reports immediately.
Ultimately, both men had decided to take advantage of their "official"
status by infiltrating the World Crime League's east coast operations.
T-Bear had been appointed Jet Car crew chief for the duration of their
mission, and has retained the title -- though Sam has resumed some of
the responsibilities -- ever since. -- Reno