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Against a backdrop of a future war between two factions, the noble Southers and evil Norts, the comic follows Rogue, a G.I. ([[Super Soldier|Genetic Infantryman]]) and his three comrades' search for the Traitor General, a man in the Souther high command who sold the Southers' battle plans to the Norts, which led to the massacre of all the GIs except Rogue. 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).

The series was supposedly ended for good in 1996, though the odd spinoff did appear. 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 was blocked by the editors. 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.

 

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Venus Bluegenes

* [[Alternate Continuity]]: The video game.

* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: In the Rogue continuity, Rogue encounters a interesting version of the trope, a super soldier prototype (a predecessor of himself) waiting out in the wilderness to die a death of old age, seeing it as dignified and declaring that "suicide ain't my style". Rogue subsequently {{spoiler|holds off a Nort assault force in order to give the old man his wish, the narrative stating openly that it's something he wants for himself one day.}}

** Friday attempts suicide, but finds that he's been genetically programmed to be unable to do so.

** And probably most of Friday's adventures, barring ''The War Machine''.

* [[Commie Nazis]]

* [[Fan of the Past]]: A dark version of this trope occurred in the ''[[Rogue Trooper]]'' story "Fort Neuro". Rogue arrived at the titular fort, hoping to find shelter and some time to let the biochips calm down. However, the stress of holding off a Nort siege for years coupled with isolation due to their sanity slipping, causing the four garrisons to degenerate into [[Parodies]] of Napoleonic France, a 50s British seaside resort, a group of disco freaks, and wannabe supermodels. Rogue and the robots eventually managed to knock some sense into them.

* [[Gas Mask Mooks]]: The Norts. Justified in that the horribly toxic atmosphere of Nu Earth makes chem-suits essential for any normal human.

* [[Hopeless War]]: 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.

* [[Insert Grenade Here]]: A common way Rogue destroys Nort heavy tanks.

* [[Klingon Promotion]]: Most Nort War Marshals.

* [[The Mole]]: Sister Sledge

* [[The Neidermeyer]]: Major Magnam.

 

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