History ComicBook / RogueTrooper

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* RecycledInSpace: TheAmericanCivilWar with the Southers as the Confederate and the Norts and the Union.

The series was supposedly ended for good in 1996, though there was the odd spinoff or two. In 2002, popular writer Gordon Rennie revisited the ''Rogue'' continuity with a new series of stories set during the hunt for the Traitor General. This series was well received, and Rennie attempted to reboot the continuity for a second time, but his editors blocked him. He has said he would like to write more stories in the ''Rogue Trooper'' universe, but these would focus on side characters and what's going on elsewhere on Nu Earth. Rennie would later create ''The 86ers'', based in the same universe, but in a different star system.

* BrainUploading: Mostly in the original, though not unseen in newer incarnations.

* AlternateUniverse: A WhatIf strip: what if Gunner had survived the Quartz Zone Massacre instead of Rogue? [[spoiler: he becomes a CompleteMonster who uses Souther troops as decoys. They later kill him, Rogue and the rest of the team, leaving his skeleton in the sand.]]

* AlternateContinuity: The video game.
** Interesting.... the video game actually seems to follow the original Rogue continuity reasonably closely -- a lot of the locations are there, though in a different order.
** It's the ending where the major difference occurs.

* ActionGirl: Venus Bluegenes

** Interesting.... the video game actually seems to follow the original Rogue continuity reasonably closely- a lot of the locations are there, though in a different order.

* AlternateUniverse: A WhatIf strip ask what Gunner had survied the Quartz Zone Massacre instead of Rogue [[spoiler: he becomes a CompleteMonster who uses Souther troops as decoys. They later kill him, rogue and the rest of the team. Leaving His skelton in the sand.]]
* AbnormalAmmo: In the Rogue continuity, the weapons are described as being "las" based, but they are depicted as ejecting casing like projectile weapons. A close-up of a cartridge reveals that the bullets have lenses, which is somewhat similar to older descriptions of Imperial Guardman's las-gun.

* HopelessWar: While never directly stated, it is suggested that the Southerns are constantly losing to the numerically superior Norts, leading them to develop wonder weapons like the G.I.'s.
* InsertGrenadeHere: A common way Rogue destroys Nort heavy tanks.

* MeaningfulName: Rogue got his name long before he went rogue as there was always something different about him compared to other [=GIs=]. Friday's came from the fact that he was cloned on a Friday (More specifically, he was a "Friday job", where less attention was put into it, due to the impending weekend)and had a flaw in him, leaving him less brainwashed. And, of course, Colonel Kovert.

* TheMole: Sister Sledge

*** In the game it's more like [[ColdWar Cold War turned Hot]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment IN SPACE!]] With the Norts being Russians and the Southers being NATO

* StateSec: The Souther Secret Service, more commonly known as S3. Wear grey uniforms with no rank or insignia. Their initials are [[{{Anvilicious}} not coincidental]].

* WeHaveReserves: both sides employ this trope to various levels. The Souther Milli-com will order troops to continue suicidal attacks, while Nort battle commanders will have their men charge enemy positions.

* AlternateUniverse: A WhatIf strip ask what Gunner had survied the Quartz Zone Massacre instead of Rogue [[spoiler: he becomes a CompleteMonster who uses Souther troops as decoys. They later kill him, rogue and the rest of the team. Leaving His skelton in the sand.

The series was supposedly ended for good in 1996, though there was the odd spinoff or two. In 2002, popular writer Gordon Rennie revisited the ''Rogue'' continuity with a new series of stories set during the hunt for the Traitor General. This series was well received, and Rennie attempted to reboot the continuity for a second time, but his editors blocked him. He has said he would like to write more stories in the ''Rogue Trooper'' universe, but these would focus on side characters and what's going on elsewhere on Nu Earth.

Steve White took up the writing after Fleisher, and in order to regain interest, he had Friday team up with Rogue, who now existed in the same universe. This move was not well received due to continuity issues and some rather controversial plot points. %I didn't get the impression that there were controversial plot points from the above, so if someone can explain this, that would be great.%

Steve White took up the writing after Fleisher, and in order to regain interest, he had Friday team up with Rogue, who now existed in the same universe. This move was not well received due to continuity issues and some rather controversial plot points. %I didn't get the impression that there were controversial plot points from the above, so if someone can explain this, that would be great.%

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''Rogue Trooper'' is a science fiction strip in the British comic 2000 AD, created by Gerry Finley-Day and Dave Gibbons and first published in 1981 and is ongoing.

The comic follows Rogue, a G.I. (Genetic Infantryman: a genetically modified, blue-skinned, manufactured elite soldier) and his three comrades' search for the Traitor General. His comrades are in the form of biochips (onto which a G.I.'s entire personality is downloaded at the time of death for later retrieval) and are named Gunnar (mounted on Rogue's rifle), Bagman (on his backpack) and Helm (on his helmet).

A second story involving another G.I. named Friday on another planet was later introduced during a brief return of Gibbons in 1989, sometime after the resolution of the plot-line of the original. This story focused more on the war in general then the particular character, and almost all subsequent stories are derived from this incarnation.

A very long running comic strip, it was abandoned early on by creator Dave Gibbons, picked up by various other writers and artists who took the comic in various directions. Different plot threads and alternate situations developed over time, leading to a complicated history and canon within the comic, which can mostly be attributed to the alternative story established in Gibbons brief return to the comic.
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Norts from the original continuity.
* AwesomeBackpack: Bagman in the Rogue continuity.
* TheBaroness: Kaptain Natashov.
* BrainUploading: Mostly in the original, though not unseen in newer incarnations.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: In the Rogue continuity, Rogue encounters a interesting version of the trope, a super soldier prototype waiting out in the wilderness to die a death of old age, seeing it as dignified.
* CommieNazis
* ContinuityReboot: The return of Gibbons in 1989 created this, fittingly, as Rogue's story had run to completion by that point.
* DeathWorld: Nu Earth. Very much Nu Earth.
* DressCodedForYourConvenience: It's readily apparent who's on what side.
* EliteMooks: Most notably the Kashan Legion. Hard, ruthless bastards who all but annihilated the G.I. Regiment. Granted, they had some help, but that's still pretty BadassNormal.
* GasMaskMooks: The Norts. Justified in that the horribly toxic atmosphere of Nu Earth makes chem-suits essential for any normal human.
* KlingonPromotion: Most Nort War Marshals.
* TheNeidermeyer: Major Magnam.
* NightmareFuel: Bio-wire, semi-sentient barbed wire which seeks out human targets, punches through their chem-suits, and tears them apart from the inside.
* SuperSoldier: Many, most notably Rogue and Friday.
* StateSec: The Souther Secret Service, more commonly known as S3. Wear grey uniforms with no rank or insignia. Their initials are [[{{Anvilicious}} not coincidental]].
* TankGoodness: The Blackmare Tank. Its main turret is bigger than most whole normal tanks.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Bland and Brass, body-looters and war profiteers.
* [[ThoseWackyNazis Those Wacky Norts]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: All G.I.'s as they aren't given shirts before going into combat.
* WarIsHell

* TheBaroness: Kaptain Natashikov.