The V.C's

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 * Image                  = V.Cs.jpg
 * RealName               =
 * CurrentAlias           = V.C's
 * Aliases                = Vacuum Cleaners
 * Alignment              = Good
 * Universe               = 2000 AD


 * Creators               = Gerry Finley-Day; Mike McMahon
 * First                  = 2000 AD prog 140


 * HistoryText            = The V.C's (or "Vacuum Cleaners") were a squad of spacefaring commandos from the various colonised planets of the Earth's solar system in the year 2531 AD, who were tasked with fighting the Geeks, a hostile alien race intent on conquest. The original squad consisted of Jupe, their sergeant (one of an incredibly tough race genetically engineered for life under the heavy gravity of the moons of Jupiter), Hen-Sho (who was born on Mars, which had been colonised by China), the surly and aggressive Ringer (born on an outpost orbiting Saturn), the mutant Dwarf Star and the mentally unstable Loon (who had spent six years on the lunar garrison on punishment detail ). They were joined by Steve Smith, the only V.C actually born on Earth, something which provoked resentment from his comrades (particularly Ringer) who nicknamed him "Earthworm".

The squad were generally hated by their superiors, in particular "the Dishwasher", a senior member of the Diplomatic Corps) because of their undisciplined ways, the V.C's received little support from them in their mission, and in fact, the Dishwasher's attempts to get rid of them by sending them on a number of insanely ill advised missions eventually resulted in the deaths of Dwarf Star, Hen-Sho and Loon, and resulted in Jupe being blinded and Ringer driven insane, before Ringer finally decapitated him after discovering he had sold out to the Geeks. Despite all this, however, the surviving V.C's (Smith and Jupe) eventually succeeded in ending the war by destroying Geek High Command with the assistance of the cyborg General Moore.

Second Series
Years later, Smith (now a Major) rejoined the army to lead a new squad of V.C's including Kali, Ryx, Tycho, Tommy Hoff and the Geek Keege when hostilities broke out again thanks to the manipulative actions of the alien alliance called the Polity (who also turned out to have been behind the first Geek war).


 * Equipment              =
 * Transportation         = A starship controlled by the artificial intelligence nicknamed Brother (later destroyed).
 * Weapons                = Yes. Lots of them.

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 * Notes                  = The original series was created by Gerry Finley-Day, with the opening episode drawn by Mike McMahon, later installments being drawn by Garry Leach, John Richardson and Cam Kennedy. Writer Steve MacManus also worked on the original series (which ran from 2000 AD progs 140 to 178 in 1979-80), while the revived series (which ran from 2000-2006) was written by Dan Abnett and drawn by Henry Flint and Anthony Williams.
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