The Soldier

Jane Doe, also known as The Soldier, is one of the main characters from the Team Fortress 2 series.
== Charactah Account ==
The Soldier is a crazed, jingoistic patriot from Midwest, USA. Tough and well-armed, he's versatile, capable of both offense and defense, and a great starter class to get familiar with the game.
The Soldier is well known for his spectacular rocket jump. In defiance of all good sense and judgment, the Soldier can detonate a rocket at his feet and launch himself skyward at the cost of some health (which can be reduced by the Gunboats, or negated altogether by the Rocket Jumper). This ability allows the Soldier to appear from unexpected places and reach areas off-limits even to the Scout's double jump and Hype jumps.
Well-balanced and possessing both survivability and mobility, the Soldier is considered one of the most flexible classes in Team Fortress 2. Despite his low ground movement speed, he is capable of using rocket jumps to reach his destination quickly. His large health pool is second only to that of the Heavy, and his wide array of armaments and weaponry allow him to bring whatever weapon or equipment is best suited to the situation at hand. 
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Team Fortress 2
=== Video Games ===
* Hero Academy
* Peggle Extreme
* Team Fortress 2
* Team Fortress Classics
* The Orange Box
=== Webcomics ===
* Nerf NOW!!!
== Trivia ==
* The Soldier's real name is unknown, but he has been referred to as Jane Doe.[1]
** John/Jane Doe are names used to refer to an anonymous person of unknown identity, the name changes depending on gender.
* The Soldier has made several posts on the Official Blog, often referring to the Team Fortress 2 team as "The Powers That Be."
* The Soldier is both a priest and a lawyer as stated in Grave Matters pg. 14, although he mentions this is conditional to specific states/countries.
* The Soldier calls everybody "maggots", especially when he is irritated. However, he also calls his teammates (especially the Scout) "son" when not.
* The Soldier may also call his team "maggots" if they are not helping him cap a control point.
* On May 1st 2020, when the Soldier's voice actor, Rick May died from COVID-19 in April 8 2020, aged 79 in a nursing home in Seattle while recovering from a stroke, Valve released an update to Team Fortress 2 adding a tribute to May's voice work as the Soldier in the form of a new main menu theme titled "Saluting The Fallen", and locking the character image in the main menu to Soldier. The update also added statues of the Soldier saluting to most of the official in-game maps. These statues all feature a commemorative plaque dedicated to May, and will reportedly last through the end of the month of May. The statues emit a number of pre-selected voice lines from the Soldier when approached. Many Team Fortress 2 fans have released tribute videos on YouTube to tribute May.
** According to a Reddit user, who saw a YouTube comment containing May's final words, May, in his final hours, told a friend "It took a pandemic to kill me." Although, this is not confirmed.
** Best class in the entirety of Team Fortress 2.
** The Soldier was revealed to be clone of MacArthur, Eisenhower and Patton in the story arc "Balding Eagles"
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Soldier at Team Fortress Wiki
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