History[]
Early Years[]
Born as part of a litter to a pair of Racoon's that were taken from Earth, by the powerful being, scientist, and prominent geneticist, known as the High Evolutionary, the Racoon that would one day become known as Rocket Racoon, was then just a simple animal. As well as a test subject known as 89P13. Until one day he and his siblings were subjected to experiments by the High Evolutionary, who sought to create the perfect society, by creating the perfect race himself. Due to this Rocket not only became a mutate and cyborg, but also gained a massive boost in intelligence. The same happening to one of his other siblings, his brother. Though the rest of Rocket siblings died during the experiments, unable to handle them. Not that it mattered to the Evolutionary. Who only cared about results.
After Rocket and his brother gained sentience the Evolutionary placed them under the care of a minder named Khevix, who then introduced the siblings to other animals with Earth-born ancestry who had survived the High Evolutionary experiments. Who were Lylla, Wal Rus, and a rabbit named Blackjack O'Hare. The brothers becoming fast friends with their fellow augmented animals, as well as Khevix, who generally came to care for all of them. He and Rocket developing a particularly close relationship over their shared loved of technology and engineering. So much so Khevix even gave him the name Rocket. All of which helped the young Racoon, along his brother and friends, cope with the deep trauma he began to accumulate do to the High Evolutionary continued experiments on him. That is until one day the High Evolutionary noticed a certain genius in Rocket and befriended him, as well as began including him in his work. A fact he loved, until one day Rocket learned from the High Evolutionary himself that he thought of Rocket and his fellow mutates as nothing more than defective mistakes, and thus ordered their disposal.
Faced with this utter betrayal Rocket began planning an escape for himself and all his companions. But before he could enact it Khevix appeared the night before the groups supposed execution and freed them all. Having come to truly see them as friends. Though right after this happened the High Evolutionary appeared himself and killed Khevix. Angered by this Rocket moved to attack the man, on!y to be easily overpowered and placed in a position to be killed. Only for Lylla, who had become his lover, to sacrifice her life for his. Thanks to this Rocket and the rest were able to escape. But faced with the guilt of both Lylla and Khevix death's Rocket separated from his brother and remaining companions and decided to go his own way. Giving himself a form of self-imposed punishment for his personal failures.
Meeting Groot[]
After separating from Ranger and the others in Batch 89, Rocket quickly built a reputation, of the infamous kind. Since he became a thief and mercenary, wracking up multiple charges and arrests, many of which has him thrown in prison. Which Rocket eventually broke out of, even setting a record for the most prison escapes in the known universe. But despite his new life Rocket, although he would never admit it, felt the pain of loneliness. But that all changed one day after he found himself captured by Shi'ar forces, while in Shi'ar space, where he once again found himself thrown in prison. A dungeon to be exact. Which was already occupied by two others. A member of the Flora Colossi race named Groot, and a man named Tibius Lark, who was slowly dying from the wounds inflicted on him by the Shi'ar who captured him. For his actions in breaking Groot out of the personal zoo of a high-ranking official within the Shi'ar Empire.
And knowing Groot would end up on the same situation, or worse, should the same official get ahold of him once more Lark decided to take a chance on Rocket. So he not only told him Groot's story, but also asked him to protect him Faced with this, as well as seeing similarit in Groot's life to his own, Rocket decided to honor Lark request. Thus after the man died he busted himself and Groot out of prison. Where the two then became a bounty hunting duo.