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

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.

The Grockets are part of the "Dr. Grordbort's Victory Pack". The Grockets contain "alien" weaponry and hats, according to the TF2 comic and TF2 blog respectively. The 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.

On December 9, 2011, the Grocket model was updated to show three open doors with three ladders descending to the ground, where toolboxes are lying stationary.

Locations

2Fort

Badwater Basin

Barnblitz

Update history

July 18, 2011 Patch

December 9, 2011 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Updated the texture and model of the Grocket.

Trivia

  • The term "Grocket" comes from the filename of the prop in the GCF, grocket_001.
  • 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 the Grockets is named The Sperm Cudgel IV, which departed from Venus.[1]
  • The rocket appears to be an "Endangerer Class" transport, according to Dr. Grordbort's Rocket Recognition chart.[2]
  • The rocket seems to have come from an alternate universe via irregularities in the space time fabric somewhere north of Earth.[3]
  • The Grockets 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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