Rocket Stormer

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## Tactical Analysis

* **Storm wagon:** Carved out of the now-growing recreational vehicle trend, the Rocket Stormer uses a battery of anti-air rocket mortars.

* **Light up my life:** Thankfully, the rocket stormer has a secondary system to use against the enemy. A barrage of flares can be sent up to light up the field, as well as blind any nearby enemies.

* **Outta gas:** Using nearly thirty year old rocket designs against aircraft is ridiculous enough, but the fact that the Rocket Stormer also can't depress their weapons enough to target the vehicles they'd be most effective against is downright sad.

* **Glued to the gas pedal:** The rocket stormer drivers who survive eventually realize that the best defense is to run for the hills, or failing that fire back. That's why they learn how to remove the speed governors on their RVs, practically doubling their speed, and further modified their Z-batteries so that they can depress low enough to hit ground units, realising that said rockets are rather effective against vehicles.

## Background

"*What more do you expect from it? It's the ideal vehicle of real men."*

-  Travis diMartino, driver
Camping to the 1st World must seem like a temporary insanity to many in India and Africa. People who purposefully leave their safe, well-fed and maintained homes, traipse around the wood for a few days "roughing it", then come back covered in bites and sunburns. What's missing is the psychological reality; as much as he tries to separate himself, man is still a creature of nature. But that doesn't mean he can't camp in style. Since the 1930s, a growing market of mobile "recreational vehicles" has sprung up in America. Large vans or even buses, with all the amenities of a modern home; kitchenettes for meals, beds to sleep in, even bathrooms with hot and cold water. The RV trend is growing rapidly, with one defecting Soviet Akula officer noting that buying an RV was one of his reasons for his defection.

Some people have taken the RV in another direction. They see it as the perfect way to live "off the grid" and away from what they see as an oppressive culture. They roam the nation from coast to coast, seeking out adventure and new experiences unburdened by suburban life. They stay in contact with the world and each other by HAM and CB radio, trading stories of what they've seen and spouting off on their views of the world, the economy, and how their views are the only ones not being whitewashed. This explains to many why their various rants are often offensive at the very least.

Unlike the other factions of the Network, this loose confederation contacted the Third Eye asking to join. Operating under the presumption that the Third Eye was the type of person who understood their lives and goals, they volunteered to use their RVs as mobile listening posts, keeping tabs on the enemy at all times. The Third Eye agreed, and gave them a reference to the Phoenix Front's regional arms dealer.

Back in Belfast the suppliers reportedly had to check their eyes before they sent the order. Instead of ordering a small SAM battery or machine guns, the drivers reportedly wanted any and all anti-air mortar rockets the Front had on-hand. The reasoning? "If the British thought it could work, then it should work for us!" Despite repeated attempts to try and reason with the group, citing that the Z-batteries were set up in the *forties*, the Front eventually got sick of hearing about "truths" of the world and sent the Network the rockets. Aided by the Network's amateur engineers, the new "Rocket Stormer" groups spread across the nation. The Third Eye even arranged for them to gather flares to light the places their headlights couldn't. Now roaming the nation (and the world when they can manage), the rocket stormers present an unbelievable threat (in that no one can believe it) to the Network's enemies.

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