The Soldier

"And from that day forward, any time a bunch of animals are together in one place, it's called a ZOO!"

- The RED Soldier

The Soldier is a character from Valve's Team Fortress series, and is a playable class in Team Fortress 2.

Fanon Wiki ideas so far

 * Guile VS The Soldier

History
During the peak of World War II, a young man known only as Mister Jane Doe saw the war as the perfect opportunity to join the American Army. However, he was rejected by all military branches he applied to. Every single branch. Regardless, he bought his ticket to Poland anyway. Once there, he taught himself to load and fire a variety of weapons before embarking on a Nazi killing spree, and being awarded many medals for his work (ones that he designed and made himself). But just as quickly as Jane's slaughter-fest began, as soon as the war ended in 1949, so did his killing spree.

Although there was no more world war to fight for, this would not be the end of his fighting career. Despite not being an actual soldier, Redmond Mann decided that he would be the perfect candidate to be one of nine mercenaries to be put to the fighting test in the feud against his brother, Blutarch, over the land of the Gravel Pits. With Jane back on the warpath, his current fighting style and weaponry, as well as his get-up, earned him the mercenary name of The Soldier.

Background

 * Name: Jane Doe (presumably)
 * Height: N/A
 * Weight: N/A
 * Blood type: Red
 * Hardened to a life of war
 * Generally refers to enemies as fly larvae
 * Owns a copy of M. Bison's hat

Rocket Launcher

 * Clip: 4 rockets (somehow)
 * Maximum ammo: 20 rockets
 * Appears to be a heavily customized and stylized RPG-7 Grenade Launcher
 * Rockets not affected by gravity...
 * ...but are affected by significant damage falloff over distance

Shotgun

 * Sawed-off pump action model
 * Clip: 6 shots with 10 pellets
 * Maximum ammo: 32 shots
 * Closest real-life equivalent is the Ithaca M37 Shotgun
 * Useful for when the rocket launcher needs reloading or out of ammo, or for when rocket use is ill-advised
 * Also used by the Engineer, Heavy and Pyro

Shovel
Grenades
 * Hand-held shovel made or provided by Mann Co
 * Apparently used by Soldier for twelve years
 * Originally used as a trench-digging tool
 * Real life equivalent is the U.S. Army M-1943 entrenching tool
 * Stored on the Soldier's belt
 * Doesn't use them in normal combat

Rocket Jumping

 * Done through use of the rocket launchers
 * Allows for better jumps and air mobility at cost of health
 * Jumps can be chained for extra speed and distance
 * Gives the Soldier an aerial advantage
 * Death from above!

Critical Chance

 * Completely random and can occur at any time
 * Usually identified through electric sounds and team coloured glow
 * Deals triple damage with no damage falloff
 * Certain items or effects force the crit effect
 * So much destruction and pain

Feats

 * Has fought and bested the BLU Team for over ten years
 * Slaughtered many Nazis in his World War 2 stint
 * Able to fight robot mercenaries
 * Mastered the rocket jump technique
 * Able to recite quotes from the United States Marine Corps and Sun Tzu's The Art Of War off by heart or memory
 * Survived the onslaught of Merasmus the Magician
 * Capable of both offense and defense

Faults

 * Not very intelligent
 * Often relies on brute force and military instinct in battle
 * Too many rocket jumps will kill
 * Questionable mental stability
 * Slow on the ground
 * Relies on health kits and ammo packs to remain topped up (without Medics)