Faced with need to develop throwback defenses and weapons for hand-to-hand combat with both beasts and hostile tribes, Rockjumper, Chief of the Sky Shadows, has been forced to improvise from what materials were at hand in Tribes: The Dog Years, the new color comic book from Soulcraft Comics.

Rockjumper’s resourcefulness is his fortune.  It was Rockjumper who brought his tribe its first major technological advance with the introduction of recovered sports equipment as combat armor.  One of his early scavenging expeditions led his brother, Deerslayer, then the Sky Shadow Chief, to a warehouse filled with packaged and boxed products meant to be delivered to stores:  among them a sporting goods retailer.

The helmets, elbow pads, football uniforms, shoulder pads, and facemasks  were quickly repurposed by the Sky Shadow warriors under Rockjumper’s direction.  Soon, dozens of Sky Shadow hunter and warrior teams were sent into battle wearing plastic and synthetic fabrics instead of metal and hides.  With their lighter and machine-manufactured armor, the Sky Shadows found themselves well fit for battle with advantages in both weight and flexibility.

Tribes: The Dog Years is coming soon to SoulCraftComics.com