Rocket

Background: Subject 89P13 is a raccoon who was genetically and cybernetically modified by the High Evolutionary, giving him enhanced intelligence and the ability to speak. Naming himself Rocket, he befriended other experiments that he was in containment with, with them believing they would soon be allowed to live in peace on a new planet. While aiding High Evolutionary in perfecting his experiments, Rocket discovered that he, along with his friends, were slated to be killed. Rocket attempted to free his friends, only for the High Evolutionary to kill them in front of Rocket ruthlessly. Rocket then attacked his former master, mutilating him. Afterwards, Rocket boarded a ship and fled into the cosmos, his once innocent life stripped away and replaced with guilt, anger and trauma.

Personality: Due to the inhumane experiments done to him, Rocket became bitterly, even bitingly sarcastic, foul-mouthed and cynical, as well as generally misanthropic, but in recent years seems to have adopted a more calm and temperamental demeanor. He is also easily enraged and extremely aggressive, which, in turn, makes him exceedingly trigger-happy with an innate desire for violence. Despite his toughness, he also possesses a cruel and slightly morbid sense of humor. Underneath all the trauma, Rocket still has a good heart, but he is scared to show that part of him, because it was a weakness that the High Evolutionary manipulated, and he doesn't want to be manipulated again.

Physiology: Rocket is a genetically engineered talking raccoon. In many aspects he is very much alike a normal raccoon, his body being only subtly different from a regular animal at first glance. Whilst his face is not very different from that of a normal raccoon (albeit perhaps with a greater ability for facial expressiveness), he does however posses a slightly human-like body structure, his legs being longer and oriented to line up with his body more than on a normal raccoon, enhancing his ability to walk upright. His hips and torso also appear to have been restructured to enhance bipedality, and his shoulders and upper arms also appear fairly human-like. These differences are not drastic however, and seem to not greatly compromise his ability to move on all four, as he is shown to be able to do so in the movie. It could perhaps be said that Rocket's body is semi-anthropomorphic in most respects. In addition to being genetically altered, Rocket is shown to have cybernetic implants within his body.

Outfit: Rocket wears a orange colored jumpsuit with brown leather shoulder pads, spandex weave, and a gray utility belt for holding his two blasters. Rocket's jumpsuit has a zipper that runs down the front, from his neck down to his groin area. The jumpsuit has a hole in the rear for Rocket's tail to stick out of.