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Real Name: Rocket Raccoon
Occupation: Interplanetary explorer
Legal Status: Former chief law officer, Halfworld
Identity: Publicly known to the natives of Halfworld. Rocket Raccoon’s existence is not commonly known to the general populace of Earth
Place of Birth: Halfworld, Keystone Quadrant Star System
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: None
Base of Operations: Formerly the Cuckoo’s Nest, Halfworld, now aboard Ship
Past Group Affiliations: Captain of starship Ship
Known Powers:
Acute Senses: Like his Earth equivalent, the terran raccoon, Rocket has Excellent senses of smell and vision, and is able to see in the dark with no penalty.
Equipment:
Weaponry: Rocket normally uses a laser pistol capable of doing Remarkable force damage (energy damage to non-organic material, including robots) with a range of three areas.
Rocket Skates: Rocket wears rocket powered boot jets that allow him to fly at Excellent Air Speed (10 areas! round).
Talents:
Rocket Raccoon has Marksmanship, Martial Arts A, Piloting, and Acrobatics.
Contacts:
Rocket is considered a hero on Halfworld by the cured Loonies and the animal population. He is on relatively good term with the Incredible Hulk during the time when Bruce Banner transforms into the green behemoth.
Role-Playing Notes:
Rocket is tough but fair, a highly trained law officer accustomed to command. His attitude is that he is not a “hero:’ but simply a policeman doing his duty. With little to do once the Loonies were cured, and intrigued by the presence of an outside universe with creatures such as the Hulk, Rocket has taken to the role of space explorer wholeheartedly.
History:
Centuries ago, a group of humanoids settled the largest planet in the Keystone Quadrant star system. They built a complex to house and treat the insane, recording their medical observations in a psychiatric diary. When their funding was cut, they abandoned the project, but not before they created a staff of robots to provide for the humanoids. They then separated the quadrant from the rest of the galaxy with an impenetrable force field.
When a nearby star went nova, ensuing radiation gave sentience to the robots, who quickly chafed at the illogic of the humanoids, or “Loonies?’ Seeking to end their servitude, the robots used genetic engineering to give intelligence and awareness to the animals that had been left as companions for the patients. They charged the animals with the patients’ care and protection, then relocated to the far side of the planet, which they proceeded to strip bare through industrial endeavors, one of which was construction of a vast, humanoid spacecraft called Ship. The half-industrial, halfverdant planet became known as “Halfworld.”
The animals continued to care for the humans, and the robots provided equipment, weapons, and part for toys. The psychiatric diary left by the physicians (now known in legend as the “Shrinks”) became an indecipherable icon called Gideon’s Bible. Toys played an important part in Halfworld society as entertainment for the Loonies. Without toys, the Loonies lapsed into a deep melancholy, so the animals made certain nothing interrupted production. Two otters formed the first toy factory, and upon their death it was taken over by the mole Judson Jakes, who established his headquarters in the Spacewheel space station built by the tortoise Uncle Pyko. Pyko designed toys, weapons, an army of robots clowns, and the batlike Drakillers.
Jakes’ first attempt to steal Gideon’s Bible, decipher its secrets, and turn them to profit was stopped by the Hulk, aiding Halfworld’s chief law officer, Ranger Rocket Raccoon. The book was recovered, but not before Pyko secretly translated it, and returned the Hulk to Earth.
Jakes’ “Mayhem Makaniks” encountered its first competition when the serpentine Lord Dyvyne organized “Dyvynities, Inc.” and forced Jakes from Spacewheel. Jakes retreated underground and a Toy War ensued. Both coveted the otter Lylla, who was legal heir to the toy empire and romantically involved with Rocket Raccoon.
Rocket Raccoon opposed Jakes and Dyvyne and tried to end the war. The two joined forces in a mutual attempt to kill him, even as Pyko joined Rocket. Pyko, Lylla, Rocket, and his first mate, Wal Russ, took Gideon’s Bible to the robots and presented it to the Head Robot, who combined the information contained in the volume with the robots’ advanced technology to create helmets that would cure the Loonies. The four animals distributed the helmets. A last assault by Jakes and Dyvyne was narrowly foiled by the animals, the robots, and the newly aware humanoids.
The grateful humanoids began to plan the future, and offered Rocket, the other animals, and the robots positions as assistants and entertainers. Not interested in those roles, the animals and automatons entered Ship and launched an expedition to explore space and its many worlds.
One such planet was Hallaile, or “Witch World,” where Rocket Raccoon met the wandering Prince Wayfarer of Ithicon. The two fought the sorceress and a group of rogue animals. The outcome of that conflict is unknown.