Rocket Name: Steve "Punch Bag" Palchuk Rocket Rank: Private Requested Reward: Whatever's deemed fair! Perhaps something that benefits one of his two most Rocket devoted Pokémon? Those being his Rocket starter Swampert, and the Haunter he originally got from Steven D.
Plot interactions:
As a player my main goal here was to give the good guys some Rocket butt to kick, which essentially makes Steve a glorified punch bag for most of this. At least it takes the heat off some of the Grunts? Which definitely wasn't his intent, but hey.
Still! I'm sure he managed to steal some cash, along with whatever TMs or battle items he could grab. I doubt he was especially discerning with the loot, but some of his smarter Pokémon might have steered him in the right direction where they could. He also helped out a few of his fellow Rockets. Sort of.
(Okay, he tried to bully them. Except Scorpia who he now thinks is the coolest person ever.)
As far as handwaved things/happenings earlier in the month... Steve hangs out at the Goldenrod base a lot anyway when he's not in the road, so he was perfectly located to be playing one of Santa's elves there. Being Rocket loyalists Buttsnack the Swampert and Boo the Haunter may have tried to put in some extra effort off their own backs too. Being a ghost Boo has a nice advantage when it comes to being sneaky, which helps him seek out where the good stuff is. Buttsnack probably bullied Steve into not slacking off with his elf duties, and made sure he still met his quota for turning in stolen Pokémon even if that's not technically required when working on other missions. Sometimes you've just got to be mean to your trainer.
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Rocket Rank: Private
Requested Reward: Whatever's deemed fair! Perhaps something that benefits one of his two most Rocket devoted Pokémon? Those being his Rocket starter Swampert, and the Haunter he originally got from Steven D.
Plot interactions:
As a player my main goal here was to give the good guys some Rocket butt to kick, which essentially makes Steve a glorified punch bag for most of this. At least it takes the heat off some of the Grunts? Which definitely wasn't his intent, but hey.
Links:
- Kazuki
- Shiro
- Jane
- Chip
Still! I'm sure he managed to steal some cash, along with whatever TMs or battle items he could grab. I doubt he was especially discerning with the loot, but some of his smarter Pokémon might have steered him in the right direction where they could. He also helped out a few of his fellow Rockets. Sort of.
(Okay, he tried to bully them. Except Scorpia who he now thinks is the coolest person ever.)
Links:
- Jules
- Doppio
- Scorpia
As far as handwaved things/happenings earlier in the month... Steve hangs out at the Goldenrod base a lot anyway when he's not in the road, so he was perfectly located to be playing one of Santa's elves there. Being Rocket loyalists Buttsnack the Swampert and Boo the Haunter may have tried to put in some extra effort off their own backs too. Being a ghost Boo has a nice advantage when it comes to being sneaky, which helps him seek out where the good stuff is. Buttsnack probably bullied Steve into not slacking off with his elf duties, and made sure he still met his quota for turning in stolen Pokémon even if that's not technically required when working on other missions. Sometimes you've just got to be mean to your trainer.