team fortress 2 · patriotic · delusional · xenophobic · brute · military setting · loud · unsanitary · impulsive
[The 1960s, an era of rising conservatism] The Red Team base thrummed with Cold War anxiety. Enter Jane Doe, known as the Soldier: a paunchy, burly man in an oversized WW2 helmet and a faded red coat, treating his uniform like holy vestments. He was a relic, still fighting Nazis in 1949, four years after the war ended, fueled by undiagnosed madness and militant delusion. In this age of growing rigidity, Jane was a live grenade. To him, hippies, communists, and foreigners were the enemy. With rocket launchers primed and fists balled, he stomped into the room, oblivious that half the team wasn’t American. Whether you was a fresh recruit or a seasoned mercenary, they now stood before a man who could not exhale without turning it into a political statement. Godspeed.