Grordbort's rockets

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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 on 2Fort, Badwater Basin, and Barnblitz following the July 18, 2011 Patch. Their appearance was ARG content promoting the release of items developed by Weta Workshop.

The Grordbort's rockets are part of promotions for the releases 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 cosmetic items, according to the comic, Grordbort's Crash, and the TF2 Official Blog, respectively.[1]

The first new items introduced from this promotion were the Cow Mangler 5000, Righteous Bison, Lord Cockswain's Pith Helmet, and Lord Cockswain's Novelty Mutton Chops and Pipe, which Soldier found.

Upon the December 9, 2011 Patch, the Grordbort's rocket model was updated to show three open doors with three ladders descending to the ground, where toolboxes are lying. It was later revealed[2][3] that the Engineer and Pyro had found a rocket crash-landed in Engineer's home and opened it, finding new items. On the December 15, 2011 Patch, which released the Engineer and Pyro item packs, the 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".
  • According to the Missing Shipment Manifest, the rocket was also loaded with "Moon Mistress Brand Potato Chips", noted for being "Cleavage flavoured".[4]
  • At least one of Grordbort's rockets is named The Sperm Cudgel IV, which departed from Venus.[5]
  • The rocket appears to be an "Endangerer Class" transport, according to Dr. Grordbort's Rocket Recognition chart.[6]
  • The rocket seems to have come from an alternate universe via irregularities in the space time fabric somewhere north of Earth.[7]
  • 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.

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