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[[File:Grocket.png|right|250px|The Grocket model]]
 
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{{Quotation|'''The Soldier'''|Hold on, this isn't a missile...it's a rocket. A rocket full of '''guns'''.}}
 
{{Quotation|'''The Soldier'''|Hold on, this isn't a missile...it's a rocket. A rocket full of '''guns'''.}}
  
'''Grordbort's rockets''' (also known as '''Grockets''') are crash-landed rockets bent to one side, with smoke and flames billowing out. They appeared on [[2Fort]], [[Badwater Basin]], and [[Barnblitz]] on [[July 18, 2011 Patch|July 18, 2011]].
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'''Grordbort's rockets''' (also known as '''Grockets''') are crash-landed rockets, bent to one side, with smoke and flames billowing out. They appeared in the game for a number of months in the year 2011. Their appearance was part of an [[ARG]] promoting the release into ''Team Fortress 2'' of particular interdimensional cosmetics and space guns developed by [[Weta Workshop]] in collaboration with [[Valve]]. Depictions of the rockets, their storyline, and their contents were also represented in [[comics]] and other media published by Valve and Weta Workshop. Both the appearance of the rockets in the game and changes to their appearance proceeded the dates of the release of [[Patches#Content packs|Content packs]] of Dr. Grordbort's items.
  
The Grordbort's rockets are part of the "[[Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack]]", "[[Dr. Grordbort's Moonman Pack]]", and "[[Dr. Grordbort's Brainiac Pack]]". The Grordbort's rockets contain "alien" weaponry and hats, according to the TF2 comic and TF2 blog respectively.  
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'''{{Patch name|7|18|2011}}'''<br>
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On July 18, black smoke could be seen rising from behind distant buildings and hills in the skylines of [[2Fort]], [[Badwater Basin]], and [[Barnblitz]]. Spectators could explore and observe wrecked spacecraft.
  
The first new items introduced from this were the [[Cow Mangler 5000]], [[Righteous Bison]], [[Lord Cockswain's Pith Helmet]], and [[Lord Cockswain's Novelty Mutton Chops and Pipe]], which Soldier found.
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'''{{Patch name|7|20|2011}} ([[Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack Update]])'''<br>
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Two days later, the [[Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack]] was released for the Soldier ([[Cow Mangler 5000]], [[Righteous Bison]], [[Lord Cockswain's Pith Helmet]], and [[Lord Cockswain's Novelty Mutton Chops and Pipe]]). The comic released with the Patch, ''[[Grordbort's Crash]]'', explained that the RED Soldier had found weapons, including the Righteous Bison, in a crash-landed rocket similar to those seen on the maps. The [[TF2 Official Website|Official Blog]] explained that the Weta Workshop had developed "some nifty-looking guns" for the game; the art of the post showing the Soldier with items from the pack and also showing the rocket that had crashed into the barn on 2Fort.<ref>[https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=5887 Fit for a King], July 20, 2011 Blog Post - TF2 Team (announcement for the release of the [[Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack]])</ref>
  
On [[December 9, 2011 Patch|December 9, 2011]], the Grordbort's rockets model was updated to show three open doors with three ladders descending to the ground, where toolboxes are lying stationary. It was later revealed that the Engineer and Pyro had found a rocket, and were given new items from it.
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Weta Workshop had also published content related to the rockets on [https://www.drgrordborts.com/dr-grordbort-s-infallible-aether-oscillators-where-science-meets-violence/ Dr. Grordbort's website], reporting loss of a space ship delivery due to irregularities in the space time fabric somewhere north of Earth.<ref>[https://www.drgrordborts.com/news-reel/missing-shipment-update/ Missing Shipment - Update! page on the Dr. Grordbort's website.]</ref> A [https://drgrordborts.com/news-reel/know-your-rocketry/ Know Your Rocketry guide] suggests that the crashed Grordbort's rockets seen in the game and media were "Endangerer Class" transports. A [https://drgrordborts.com/assets/Uploads/IMGMissing-ShipmentManifestlg.png Missing Shipment Manifest] for a rocket named ''The Sperm Cudgel IV'' lists all of the items in the Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack, as well as "[[w:The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress|Moon Mistress]] Brand Potato Chips" (Cleavage flavoured).
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'''{{Patch name|12|9|2011}}'''<br>
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In the second week of December, the Grordbort's rocket model was changed to show three open doors with three ladders descending to the ground, where the Engineer's toolboxes were seen lying, ​implying that the RED Engineer was scavenging technology from the wrecks.  
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'''{{Patch name|12|15|2011}}''' '''([[Australian Christmas 2011]])'''<br>
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A week later, the comic ''[[True Meaning]]'' revealed that a Grordbort's rocket had crashed into the RED Engineer's home where he and Pyro were celebrating the holiday season. Opening the crashed rocket, they found space guns inside and a note with greetings from another dimension (but no super baby). This then was background for the release of the [[Dr. Grordbort's Brainiac Pack]] for the Engineer and the [[Dr. Grordbort's Moonman Pack]] for the Pyro, as announced in the Official Blog the same day.<ref>[https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=7022 Team Fortress 2 Presents: Australian Christmas], December 15, 2011 Blog Post - TF2 Team (announcement of the release of the [[Dr. Grordbort's Moonman Pack]] and the [[Dr. Grordbort's Brainiac Pack]])</ref>
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In this same Patch, the Grordbort's rockets were removed from the game.
  
 
== Locations ==
 
== Locations ==
 
{|style="text-align:center"
 
{|style="text-align:center"
|<h3>[[2Fort]]</h3>
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|<big>'''[[2Fort]]'''</big>
|<h3>[[Badwater Basin]]</h3>
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|<big>'''[[Badwater Basin]]'''</big>
|<h3>[[Barnblitz]]</h3>
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|<big>'''[[Barnblitz]]'''</big>
 
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|<gallery>File:Grocket_2Fort.png|The Grordbort's rocket that crash-landed in 2Fort.</gallery>
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|<gallery>File:Grocket 2Fort.png|The Grordbort's rocket that crash-landed in 2Fort.</gallery>
|<gallery>File:Grocket_Badwater.png|The Grordbort's rocket that crash-landed in Badwater.</gallery>
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|<gallery>File:Grocket Badwater.png|The Grordbort's rocket that crash-landed in Badwater.</gallery>
|<gallery>File:Grocket_Barnblitz.png|The Grordbort's rocket that crash-landed in Barnblitz.</gallery>
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|<gallery>File:Grocket Barnblitz.png|The Grordbort's rocket that crash-landed in Barnblitz.</gallery>
 
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== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
'''{{patch name|7|18|2011}}'''
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'''{{Patch name|7|18|2011}}'''
* {{undocumented}} Added Grordbort's rockets to [[2Fort|ctf_2fort]], [[Badwater Basin|pl_badwater]] and [[Barnblitz|pl_barnblitz]].
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* {{Undocumented}} Added Grordbort's rockets to [[2Fort|ctf_2fort]], [[Badwater Basin|pl_badwater]] and [[Barnblitz|pl_barnblitz]].
  
'''{{patch name|12|9|2011}}'''
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'''{{Patch name|12|9|2011}}'''
* {{undocumented}} Updated the texture and model of the Grordbort's rockets.
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* {{Undocumented}} Updated the texture and model of the Grordbort's rockets.
  
 
'''{{Patch name|12|15|2011}}''' ([[Australian Christmas 2011]])
 
'''{{Patch name|12|15|2011}}''' ([[Australian Christmas 2011]])
* {{undocumented}} Removed the crashed rockets from the maps they were on.
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* {{Undocumented}} Removed the crashed rockets from the maps they were on.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
* The term "Grocket" comes from the filename of the prop in the GCF, <code>grocket_001</code>, and is an abbreviation of the full name "Grordbort's rockets".
 
* The term "Grocket" comes from the filename of the prop in the GCF, <code>grocket_001</code>, and is an abbreviation of the full name "Grordbort's rockets".
* According to the Missing Shipment Manifest, the rocket was also loaded with "Moon Mistress Brand Potato Chips", noted for being "Cleavage flavoured".
 
* At least one of Grordbort's rockets is named ''The Sperm Cudgel IV'', which departed from Venus.<ref>[http://www.drgrordborts.com/assets/Uploads/IMGMissing-ShipmentManifestlg.png Missing Shipment Manifest on the Dr. Grordbort's website.]</ref>
 
* The rocket appears to be an "Endangerer Class" transport, according to Dr. Grordbort's Rocket Recognition chart.<ref>[http://www.drgrordborts.com/news-reel/know-your-rocketry/ Know Your Rocketry! page on the Dr. Grordbort's website.]</ref>
 
* The rocket seems to have come from an alternate universe via irregularities in the space time fabric somewhere north of Earth.<ref>[http://www.drgrordborts.com/news-reel/missing-shipment-update/ Missing Shipment - Update! page on the Dr. Grordbort's website.]</ref>
 
* The rockets have been shown in two comics: [[Grordbort's Crash]] and [[True Meaning]]. Both feature at least one class finding new weapons inside rockets from another dimension.
 
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
File:Grocket Original Model.png|The original model of the rocket from July 2011
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File:Grocket Original Model.png|The original model of the rocket from July 2011.
 
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=5900 The Soldier Invades Comic-Con], July 21, 2011 Blog Post - TF2 Team
  
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{{Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack Nav}}
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{{Australian Christmas 2011 Nav}}

Latest revision as of 15:36, 10 August 2022

The Grocket model
Hold on, this isn't a missile...it's a rocket. A rocket full of guns.
The Soldier

Grordbort's rockets (also known as Grockets) are crash-landed rockets, bent to one side, with smoke and flames billowing out. They appeared in the game for a number of months in the year 2011. Their appearance was part of an ARG promoting the release into Team Fortress 2 of particular interdimensional cosmetics and space guns developed by Weta Workshop in collaboration with Valve. Depictions of the rockets, their storyline, and their contents were also represented in comics and other media published by Valve and Weta Workshop. Both the appearance of the rockets in the game and changes to their appearance proceeded the dates of the release of Content packs of Dr. Grordbort's items.

July 18, 2011 Patch
On July 18, black smoke could be seen rising from behind distant buildings and hills in the skylines of 2Fort, Badwater Basin, and Barnblitz. Spectators could explore and observe wrecked spacecraft.

July 20, 2011 Patch (Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack Update)
Two days later, the Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack was released for the Soldier (Cow Mangler 5000, Righteous Bison, Lord Cockswain's Pith Helmet, and Lord Cockswain's Novelty Mutton Chops and Pipe). The comic released with the Patch, Grordbort's Crash, explained that the RED Soldier had found weapons, including the Righteous Bison, in a crash-landed rocket similar to those seen on the maps. The Official Blog explained that the Weta Workshop had developed "some nifty-looking guns" for the game; the art of the post showing the Soldier with items from the pack and also showing the rocket that had crashed into the barn on 2Fort.[1]

Weta Workshop had also published content related to the rockets on Dr. Grordbort's website, reporting loss of a space ship delivery due to irregularities in the space time fabric somewhere north of Earth.[2] A Know Your Rocketry guide suggests that the crashed Grordbort's rockets seen in the game and media were "Endangerer Class" transports. A Missing Shipment Manifest for a rocket named The Sperm Cudgel IV lists all of the items in the Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack, as well as "Moon Mistress Brand Potato Chips" (Cleavage flavoured).

December 9, 2011 Patch
In the second week of December, the Grordbort's rocket model was changed to show three open doors with three ladders descending to the ground, where the Engineer's toolboxes were seen lying, ​implying that the RED Engineer was scavenging technology from the wrecks.

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)
A week later, the comic True Meaning revealed that a Grordbort's rocket had crashed into the RED Engineer's home where he and Pyro were celebrating the holiday season. Opening the crashed rocket, they found space guns inside and a note with greetings from another dimension (but no super baby). This then was background for the release of the Dr. Grordbort's Brainiac Pack for the Engineer and the Dr. Grordbort's Moonman Pack for the Pyro, as announced in the Official Blog the same day.[3]

In this same Patch, the Grordbort's rockets were removed from the game.

Locations

2Fort Badwater Basin Barnblitz

Update history

July 18, 2011 Patch

December 9, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Updated the texture and model of the Grordbort's rockets.

December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)

  • [Undocumented] Removed the crashed rockets from the maps they were on.

Trivia

  • The term "Grocket" comes from the filename of the prop in the GCF, grocket_001, and is an abbreviation of the full name "Grordbort's rockets".

Gallery

References

  1. Fit for a King, July 20, 2011 Blog Post - TF2 Team (announcement for the release of the Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack)
  2. Missing Shipment - Update! page on the Dr. Grordbort's website.
  3. Team Fortress 2 Presents: Australian Christmas, December 15, 2011 Blog Post - TF2 Team (announcement of the release of the Dr. Grordbort's Moonman Pack and the Dr. Grordbort's Brainiac Pack)

External links