I'm so sorry I took so long to up date. I've got family problems going on at home and my teachers won't cut me some slack. I'm failing half of my classes. Science, History, and Spanish. That's beside the point. Thank you for the reviews on the story. I hope you enjoy this chapter and give me good reviews. I do not own Halo, nor am I getting paid for this.
Key: Talking, Thinking, (Author's Note), Recap, [Translation]
Recap: "When the Alpha was made, they tore it apart and made the AIs. O'Malley is it's rage, Delta is it's logic, Epsilon is it's memories, and so on and so forth. Epsilon can lead us to Alpha. That's the only way to stop Main. Alpha will know how to stop them." Taylor explained.
"Sounds simple enough. But were do we go?" Church asked. Taylor looked at everybody and walked to the diver's seat.
"Sheila, start up the ship." Taylor ordered. Then she faced everybody. "Guys, do you know what this means?"
"It means that we're going to die?" Caboose asked.
"It means we're going home" Taylor started,"…We're going to Command."
*Two Hours Later*
"Gød, how long does it take to fly down to Earth?" Griff complained.
"We're flying from a different planet Griff, it takes awhile." Simmons said.
"I've never been in a ship like this before, it's so big." Sister exclaimed.
"Maybe I can show you something else that's big. Bow Chika Bow Wow!" Tucker said.
"Shut up Tucker." Church yelled. "Have you gotten a hold of Wash, Tex?"
"Yeah, he said he'd meet us at the landing field." Tex said.
"Good. He's the only one who can get us to Epsilon." Taylor said.
"Yeah, about that. You do know that it's locked up?" Church asked.
"Yeah." Taylor replied coolly.
"And if we take it, that would be stealing?" He asked.
"Yep." She said.
"And that when we do steal it, an entire security system will go off and everyone will be after us?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
"And we're most likely to be hunted down and killed?"
"That's the plan."
"You're crazy."
"How are we even going to get in anyway?" Griff asked. "We're not freelancers."
"Another reason that we need Washington." Taylor said. "He can get us in, so can Tex. And Church can posses some poor soul and we're in."
"How do you even know if Wash will help us?" Tex asked.
"Trust me, after we tell him what we know, he'll want to catch the Meta as much as us." Taylor replied. "But before we go head first on getting to Epsilon, we make a quick stop somewhere in the base."
"I don't get it. If they didn't want anyone to get Epsilon, why didn't they destroy it?" Simmons asked.
"It's sometimes cheaper to hide something than to delete it." Taylor said.
"Destination nearly reached." Sheila reported. They all looked out side to see their home planet. They all looked at it with longing eyes. They never thought that the time they see their home, they would be stealing from a secret base that could be used to destroy the world.
"Wow, it's really beautiful from out here." Taylor said, seeing the Earth for the first time in space.
"Sheila, how long will it take to reach the airfield?" Church asked.
"Approximately 15 minutes." Sheila answered. Finally, they reached the airfield. There, they saw the freelancer Washington. He walked up to them and eyed them suspiciously.
"Now what was so important that you needed to tell me that couldn't be told over the phone?" Wash asked.
"Washington, we need your help." Taylor started. "We're going to steal your AI from Command." Washington stared at them wide eyed.
"What?! You're going to steal my crazy AI from Command?!" Washington yelled.
"No need to yell." Griff said.
"You guys are crazy if you think I'm going to help you." Wash stated.
"Look Wash, there's a screwed up freelancer collecting AIs and killing their hosts. I think that he's going to go for your old AI and steal the Alpha." Taylor explained. Wash just shook his head.
"He can't steal the Alpha because it doesn't exist." He said.
"It does. And you know that. It showed it to you." Taylor said.
"How do you know?"
"You'll be surprised at what I know about Washington, that's why we need you. You're the only person that can get us inside."
"What do we do once we have it?"
"We hide it away were the Meta can't find it."
"And what if he catches us?"
"We run. Now will you help us or not?"
"…Fine, I'll go along with your crazy idea for now."
"Thanks. Now let's get a move on."
"How will we get inside? We're not freelancers." Griff repeated.
"We're going to use freelancer cars. You guys will hide in a tank while Wash, Tex, and Church lead us in as freelancers in a jeep." Taylor explained.
*One hour later*
"Finally, we're in." Simmons said.
"This place needs more lighting. It'll give it a more airy feeling." Donut commented.
"Quit the fancy talk Donut. Now what do we do missy?" Sarge said.
"We need to find someone. He should be around here somewhere." Taylor said. Suddenly, she had a headache again. She suddenly saw a bright light, and people hovering over her. Then, they were gone. Everything looked normal again.
"Kid, are you alright?" Church asked.
"I'm fine. I just keep seeing these flashes. It's been happening since Gary and O'Malley." Taylor explained. "I don't know what they are, but it's getting a little hard to tell reality from my dreams."
"Let me tell you something," Church started. "You'll know your dreaming, if you can't feel anything. Does that help?"
"Not really. Sorry." Taylor said.
"It's okay. Now who are we looking for?" Church asked.
"I'll know when I see him." She responded. Then they came across a door that was slightly opened. They looked inside quietly. In there, they saw a man. Most likely in his late 40s, early 50s. He had smoothed black hair with lines of gray, blue eyes, a small goatee, a white button up shirt, a loose black tie, black dress pants, and nice shoes. They all crept in quietly.
"Excuse me sir, who are you?" Taylor asked.
"What?! Who the hell are you? Get the hell out of my office!" The man yelled.
"Sorry sir, I'm just looking for someone!" Taylor said.
"You have five seconds to get out." He yelled.
"Look, sir-"
"Five."
"I just need to-"
"Four."
"If you just let me-"
"Three."
"Listen, we just-"
"Two."
"Douche bag, just listen to her." Church yelled.
"One." The man finished. He pulled out a gun from under his desk and aimed it at the group. Then, he started to fire it several times. Fortunately, he missed them with every shot, even though they were a few feet away from him. The gun quickly ran out of bullets in time. They all just stared at him, not believing he had such a horrible aim.
"Dude, you're not very good with that thing, are you?" Tucker asked.
"Up yours." The man yelled.
"There's only one man on this planet who can have that bad of an aim." Taylor thought. "Excuse me sir, but you wouldn't be the Director of Project Freelancer, would you?"
"As a matter of fact, I am. Why do you ask?" He asked.
"Everyone, I want to introduce you to the man who made all of this possible." Taylor said.
"What do you mean? What the hell is going on?" Tex asked.
"Guys, not only is this man the Director, he is Doctor Leonard Church." Taylor announced.
"Leonard Church? That sounds a lot like Church's name." Caboose noted.
"Doctor, I'm sure you have met him before, but, it's been a while." Taylor said pointing at Church.
"What? What are you talking about Taylor?" Church asked.
"Church, I need you to listen to me." Taylor said. "Why do you think Command stuck you in some useless, backwater canyon where no one ever goes? Why do you think you always agreed with everything Gamma said, why do you think that O'Malley couldn't get in your head, and why you can jump from person to person the way it can. Church, there is no such thing as ghosts. You're one of them, you're an AI, you...are the Alpha." For a long while, no one said any thing. They were still trying to take in what she just said. Finally, Church broke the silence.
"That's a load of shit." Church said.
"Okay, I expected something like this." Taylor admitted.
"You think I'm an AI?!" Church asked.
"Is it really that hard to believe? How?" Taylor asked.
"Uh, maybe because I'm a human. And I have been my entire life, and I have memories of my child hood!"
"All AIs are based off a real human mind. You're bound to have some resent memories before the war, they're just not yours."
"Fuck that bull shit. Tex, back me up on this."
"Yeah, I don't believe it's true either." Tex said. "I'm a ghost too, but I'm not an AI."
"Yeah, about that Tex. There's a slight chance that you're an AI too." Taylor confessed.
"What?! It sounded crazy when you said Church was an AI, but now you're suggesting that Tex is an AI?!" Tucker asked.
"Director, can you back me up on this?" Taylor asked the director.
"Just hold on, what's going on?" He asked.
"Sir, I believe you remember Alpha, the AI that was given to you and the one that you based off of your mind." Taylor said.
"I do, but how did you figure all of this out?" Director questioned.
"Yeah, I think we all like to know that." Griff said.
"Okay, this might sound impossible in everyway in existence," Taylor said, "But I've been watching you guys for a long time. And so have a few other people, and-"
"Wait, what do you mean 'watching us'?" Sarge asked.
"Some people video tape your every move and post it on the Internet." Taylor said. "After a while, I put two and two together-"
"Four!" Caboose exclaimed.
"That wasn't a test Caboose." Taylor said.
"Yes it was. I won. A +!" Caboose announced.
"Any who, I figured out that you two obviously aren't ghosts. Now it would be nice if we can get back to the main problem at hand." Taylor concluded.
"Fine, what do you want?" Director asked.
"We need to lure the Meta here and release the EMP." She told him.
"It's called an E.M.P." Wash corrected.
"Ya know what? I don't care if it's called 'Screw You'! We just need to get this done right and on the first try." Taylor yelled.
"That's a problem." Director said. "I can't release something like that without the Counselor's authority. It's a password that he knows and I don't. He changed it a few days ago and I have no clue what it is."
"Then we'll have Church posses him and he'll figure it out." Tex said. Suddenly the phone on the Director's desk rang. He picked it up.
"Hello?" He said. They all listen closely to hear who was on the other line.
"Ah, Doctor. I'm glad you picked up. I was afraid you would dodge my call again." The voice said. Taylor recognized this voice as the Chairman.
"Hello Charles. What do you need?" Director asked.
"I'm in the conference room. I need you to come here immediately." He replied.
"Wait. You're here?"
"Yes, I am. Now hurry along. I don't have all day."
"I'll be there as soon as I can." As he was about to hang up, Charles spoke up.
"One moment Doctor. I also want you to bring your little friends with you. I'm sure that we will have much to talk about." The other line went dead. The director looked up to see a camera in his office. He cursed under his breath. He figured that Charles saw the entire conversation on the video.
"I need you guys to come with me." The Director ordered. They all followed him threw the long halls to a very large room with a long table in the center of the room. At the very top of the table sat the Chairman.
"Greetings Doctor. It's a pleasure to see you again. Who are these young children?" He asked pointing at the group.
"These are some old friends who were in the war. They came to pay me a visit." The Director explained.
"Don't take me for a fool old friend." Charles said offended. "It's obvious that the one that looks like a younger version of you is Alpha. And the red head is you version of the one you once loved. What was her name again?"
"Her name was Allison. And I still love her." He replied angrily.
"Ah yes. Allison. But you are not really Allison, are you? You're… Chi."
"Yes, she is."
"And if I'm correct, she is the shed of Alpha's love, yes?"
"Right again."
"Hold on one second!" Tucker yelled. "You're telling us that this bitch is Church's love?! You're some crazy guy if she's your love." Tex punched him in the gut.
"If that is all you needed sir, I would like to return to my business." The Director said impatiently.
"I'm afraid I can't let you do that old friend." Charles said snapping his fingers. Suddenly, a squad of ten men came in threw the windows (Sounds corny, I know. But just bare with me here.) and pointed their guns at them. "You see, if you shut down the program, my plans will be ruined."
"What plans?" Taylor asked.
"In due time my dear. But before that, I have to conceal you before it is time. Please follow these men, or face the punishment." Charles threatened.
They all ran for their lives. One of the soldiers shot Sarge in the neck with a dart. He fell to the ground and began to shake violently. Suddenly, he stopped, he was knocked out cold. The darts were filled with sleeping drugs. Simmons, Griff, Sister, Doc, Donut, and Caboose were shot down. As they were running, Taylor, Tucker, Wash, and the Director were shot next. Charles shot Lopez in the leg with a regular gun, stopping him from running. He said something in Spanish, probably the 'F' word. All that was left was Church and Tex. Tex was shot in the back. Church picked her up bridle style and began to run again. He was shot in the leg, but he kept running, slowly. He was shot again in the arm, twice. The drugs took over him and he collapsed. The soldiers surrounded him, making sure he wouldn't get up again. Charles slowly walked up to him.
"Impressive. He has a strong will. We'll get rid of that soon. Lock them up! Clean up any wounds they may have and check their vitals. You have four hours before the drugs wears off." He ordered. He didn't want them to die… yet. He had special plans for them. Especially Church.
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Name: The Director A.K.A. Dr. Leonard Church
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Rank: Director
Hair: Black with sides white
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5'9 Weight: 146
AI: The creator of them
Back Round: The Director is head of Project Freelancer, and he is responsible for most of the scenarios that the Red and Blue armies encounter. He and the Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee are heard in the introductions of most Reconstruction episodes, alternating in a series of messages. He apparently uses both armies as test subjects for his experiments. His own forces wear white armor and run the Command Center that the armies call for missions. Throughout Reconstruction, he was suspected by the Chairman of wrongdoing with his experiments and underwent a criminal investigation for his misuse of military equipment and the Alpha AI, eventually leading to his arrest. In the epilogue, it was revealed that the Director is the original Leonard Church, and the soldier and AI Church was based on his own mind. He is haunted by memories of the woman he loved, who died some time previously, and has allegedly implanted his memories of her into an AI.
Freelancer Agents
Name: David
Freelancer Name: Washington
Alternate codename: Recovery One
Armor Color: Grey with yellow trim
Armor Upgrade: Original (Unknown), Healing Mechanism (from York)
Gender: Male
Rank: Freelancer
Hair: Dark brown
Eyes: Green
Height: 6 ft Weight: 123
AI: Epsilon (Memories)
Back Round: Another member of the Special Ops unit that included Tex, Wyoming and York, Washington is an embittered member of the unit who is infamous for an incident in the past where his AI, Epsilon, malfunctioned while still in his system; as a result of the accident, Washington distrusts AI constructs and refuses to allow them to be placed in his system. According to Washington, Epsilon's mind allegedly broke down and the confused mental activity mixed with his own, and Washington had trouble distinguishing, which thoughts were his and which were Epsilon's. Epsilon would later "commit suicide" while still in Washington's head. This left his sanity questionable and after the accident, Washington refused to be paired with AIs or even other agents again. His commanders eventually decided to send him on a mission to retrieve other AIs from their dead hosts, knowing full well he would not place them in his system. It is currently unknown what his Special Ops amour enhancement is. Having thus received his mission and having been codenamed Recovery One, Washington went about his business finding AIs and transporting them, including York's AI Delta. After retrieving the latter from O'Malley's base and being attacked by Wyoming, Washington was ordered to locate a pair of twins codenamed North and South Dakota and recover North's AI, Theta. Upon reaching the twins, he discovered North already dead, South distraught, and Theta gone. His commanders ordered him to execute South to keep the situation quiet, but Washington instead only pretended to, and kept South alive, believing the unit members were being hunted and their AIs stolen, and thinking he would need South's help to stop their enemy. However, once he gave Delta to South and ordered her to get the AI back to base, she double-crossed him and shot him in the back to distract their attacker; it turned out his commanders had been counting on him keeping South alive so that the attacker would be drawn into the open and a strategy against it could be devised. South told the attacker that she had set a charge on Washington's armor to explode, and reported Washington to command as Killed In Action by the enemy. In Reconstruction, it is revealed that Washington survived, as he was in possession of York's healing mechanism at the time he was shot. He also retains feelings of anger and vengeance towards South, and openly expresses a desire to hunt her down. His superior is willing to acquiesce, but first he is sent on a mission to find the last people involved with the Omega AI, since it is believed that the enemy that he encountered has come into possession of Omega. Washington is then told to get back into his old suit of amour and is sent to Blood Gulch, where he encounters Sister, Sarge and Lopez, in a series of meetings he finds bewildering. When he reveals he is gathering information about Omega, Sarge gives him the location of Caboose. Proceeding there, Washington takes Caboose with him and departs to get Church, after which the three set out to Outpost 17-B. Eventually the trio get to the crashed ship but while at the outpost Washington receives a beacon telling him where South is. After a brief battle with the Meta, he finds South injured. Delta informs him that South's ultimate goal is self-preservation, and that she would only get in their way, which leads to Washington executing South with a gunshot to the head. They then pursue the Meta to the windmill, where Washington engages it in battle. He is defeated, but survives, and they attempt to continue following the Meta when the Reds appear. In the confusion, Washington manages to engage and drive off the Meta once more. Shortly after, he discovers Church in his ghost form, a fact Church had tried to hide from him. Despite the oddities he is confronted with, Washington does not allow the situation to get the best of him and decides the group must go to Command. After successfully gaining access inside of Command, Agent Washington took Church to the AI Storage facility and revealed his AI was stored inside of Command along with the rest of the failed AIs, and informs Church of the true nature of the program and the fact that Church himself is the Alpha AI. After the Reds and Caboose escape with Epsilon, he and Church remain behind to activate the EMP. Then after a tense confrontation with The Director, The Counselor, and The Meta, Washington is able to activate the EMP. Despite not being affected by the EMP, he is injured from a gunshot wound inflicted by the Meta, which he survived.
Name: Reginald
Freelancer Name: Wyoming
Armor Color: White
Armor Upgrade: Temporal Distortion (Removed)
Gender: Male
Rank: Freelancer
Hair: Pale Yellow
Eyes: Pale Green
Height: 5'9 Weight: 129
AI: Gamma/Gary (Deceit)
Back Round: A ruthless mercenary with a British accent, Wyoming is hired by O'Malley to kill Tucker. Like Tex, Wyoming had been trained in a secret project, in which all the participants were paired with an AI and code named after one of the 49 American states still in existence at the time. Little to anyone's knowledge until late in the series, Wyoming's AI had been Gamma. Wyoming has a habit of giving an insincere "sorry" to his victims just prior to killing them, but, in one instance, retracts this apology when Tex complains to him that he has destroyed what she considers her alien ship. He also is never shown getting agitated, showing no signs of annoyance when he can't spot his target during an assassination - indeed, he seems impressed. During Wyoming's search for Tucker, one of his targets, he single-handedly eliminates the entire Sidewinder Red Team (Tex had already killed the Sidewinder Blues before the events of the series proper, as depicted in a flashback in episode 10). In episode 43, he is also responsible for shooting a rocket launcher out of Tucker's hands, thereby preventing Tucker from killing Church before the bomb inside the latter explodes (although according to one of the time-traveling Churches, this act had little consequence, as the present was destroyed either way). In the middle of season 4, the quest team discovers that Wyoming has survived the explosion: He appears in the temple in the Great Freezing Plains, for a purpose yet to be revealed, and kills the Alien and destroys his ship. He then runs from the scene, pursued by a furious Tex. In Out Of Mind he uses a Warthog to escape Tex, but she manages to place a homing device on it. However, Wyoming has a conversation with a thus far unnamed associate in which it is evident that both he and his benefactor are planning something for Tex. Later in the mini-series, York's AI mentions Wyoming underwent mental damage after his AI, Gamma, removed itself from his system, and York mentions that "Reggie" had a penchant for knock-knock jokes, something Gary is notorious for. After O'Malley leaves his base behind to travel to Blood Gulch (as seen in Season Four), Wyoming remains behind to safeguard the base. Tex and York stage an assault, and Wyoming, with two underlings, confronts them. Wyoming kills York but finds himself at the mercy of Tex, who threatens to "pummel [Wyoming] senseless" and extract information from his gear after he reveals he knows of O'Malley's jump into someone else. After the threat, Wyoming decides to tell her, but Tex decides to use her method anyway. According to Tex, Wyoming teleported away before she could interrogate him, although in Recovery One, Wyoming reappears at the base to attack Washington before leaving to Blood Gulch. After learning the name of Wyoming's AI, Gamma, Church deduces that the computer Gary is in actuality Gamma, and therefore is the one responsible for teleporting Wyoming to his location. At some point after he was transported to the future, he hired at least four red and blue bodyguards, two of them having accents. Little is known about these guards, or when, how, or even why Wyoming hired them. One of the few things certain is that the four that appeared are all dead, three of them Tex's hands, the last one by York. These guards only appeared in Out of Mind. He has since retrieved Gamma from the computer terminal of O'Malley's fortress, and reappeared in Blood Gulch, taking the Blues hostage with the help of Gamma, controlling the tank, which used to house Sheila. As part of the same super-soldier program as Tex, Wyoming was granted not only an AI but an armor enhancement as well. This enhancement is revealed during Wyoming's attack on the Blues (occupying the Red Base at the time) when he continually loops a particular stretch of time in order to modify events in his favor. His use of the time looping is discovered by Tucker, who was aware of the time loop thanks to a side effect of carrying the energy sword. Tucker eventually lulled Wyoming into complacency and stabbed him with the sword early in the loop, killing him. However he and Church quickly discovered that as with the time loop that Church once experienced, several copies of Wyoming were being created and were congregating under the Red Base. In the resulting chaos, Gary was disabled and, to the surprise of the Blues, the Reds attacked the Wyomings, leaving only one alive. Cornering him, the Blues discovered the villain's ultimate plot. In episode 100, Tex dispatches the final Wyoming, while Church tries to broadcast to hide Tex from Omega. Tex then uses Wyoming's helmet to obtain coordinates for the ship in which she later escapes. The helmet is believed to be destroyed along with everybody else when the ship appears to explode. However, it would later appear that the helmet survived, as the ship is known to have crashed at Outpost 17-B.
Name: Unknown
Freelancer Name: New York
Alternate codename: Foxtrot Twelve
Armor color: Tan with steel trim
Armor Upgrade: Healing Mechanism (Removed)
Hair: Light Blonde
Eyes: Bright Green
Back Round: York is another member of the AI experimental program, along with Tex and Wyoming. York is an infiltration specialist who seems to have become unemployed since the program closed down. When it was commonly believed by the characters that the megaton bomb in Church's stomach had sent them 800 years into the future, Tex theorized that the reason York was most likely able to survive that long was because of his armor's ability, which over time would've just kept constantly healing in order to stave off the effects of old age. Despite his armor's healing mechanism, however, it did not heal his injured eye, nor does it save his life later. His only appearances are outside the series proper; he is found by Tex during Part Three of the miniseries Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind, trying to break into a store. Somewhere in his history with Tex and Wyoming, his left eye was "broken" in an attempt to defeat Tex while Omega was still implanted in her head. This event has left him bitter toward Omega, and he accepts Tex's proposal of infiltrating his base out of pride. At the end of Out of Mind, he and Tex attempt a raid on Omega's base. The two are caught in a firefight against Wyoming and two of Wyoming's minions. Tex tries to shoot Wyoming, but her gun malfunctions. As the two scramble for cover, York is shot twice in the upper left chest by Wyoming; Delta reports that the bullets were fatal. The AI stays with York and manages to fool Wyoming with a hologram of Tex, until York's death, with Delta appearing to perish as York's armor shuts down, having chosen to stay with York to maintain his pain medication as opposed to going with Tex. The healing mechanism in his amour would have future repercussions, however, as the operative named Washington retrieved it, along with Delta, and it saved his life when he sustained a few bullet wounds to the back.
Name: Unknown
Freelancer Names: South Dakota, Recovery Two
Armor Color: Violet with green trim
Armor Upgrade: Dome Shield (Removed)
Back Round: South Dakota, referred to as South, is another member of the freelancer operation in which Tex, Wyoming, York and Washington enlisted. South signed up with her twin brother, who was appropriately given the codename North Dakota, or North. Unlike some of the other operatives, however, South was not given an AI partner; according to South, there was more than one group of soldiers for implantation, and after complications with the first group, specifically Washington himself, no more AIs were given to operatives in the next group, including South. Later, Delta states she was part of an experiment alongside her brother, North, to analyze how some agents without AIs would respond to working with agents who did have AIs. She still, however, received an amour enhancement, able to create a domed energy shield. She had told Washington that this enhancement had been stolen, but this was not the case. South's first appearance is in part two of the mini-series Recovery One, where Washington encounters her alongside her deceased brother. South claims that she found North already dead when she arrived, and North's AI, Theta, was already missing. Washington called his commanders to let them know of the situation while South has a long monologue about growing up with North and wondering what life will be like now that he's dead. Washington is ordered to kill South, but instead keeps her with him, as he believes the freelancers are being hunted and their equipment, including their AIs, are being stolen. As he refuses to have an AI implanted into himself, he resolves to giving South the Delta AI he had already recovered so Delta can be protected. He orders her to use a nearby ship to escape, but she shoots him in the back so she can make an easier getaway from their enemy. She then radios the same commander, and it is revealed she also operates under the codename Recovery Two, and that she was using Washington to draw out the enemy so that command could devise a strategy against it with the promise of an AI as a reward. She then refuses to return to base, flying away with Delta. Command threatens to locate her with other agents, but South claims she is more worried about something else. In the opening episode of Reconstruction, South's whereabouts are listed on a communications screen as still unknown. A very much-alive Washington states his desire to hunt her down, and his superior states that they are not far from letting him, also feeling the sting of her betrayal, although Washington harbors some resentment towards Command as well, given that South was under their orders when she attacked him. In Chapter 4 it shows South and Delta are following Washington, but unbeknownst to them, the Meta is as well and spots them, coming up behind them at the end of the episode. In the next episode, Washington receives a call from his commanders alerting him to the fact that South is in critical danger, as shown by a distress beacon sent by Delta. When Washington and the others arrive, they find South under heavy fire from the Meta, using her energy shield enhancement to protect herself, but she is attempting to abandon Delta and her enhancement so she could escape. Caboose guns her down and after the Meta leaves, Washington interrogates her. According to Delta, South also betrayed her brother North much like how she betrayed Washington and Delta. Delta says that there is a high probability she would betray them again, so Washington kills her, then destroys her body per Recovery procedure. Although her armor is destroyed as well, it is unknown of what becomes of her shield enhancement.
Name: Unknown
Freelancer Name: North Dakota
Armor Color: Purple with green trim
Armor Upgrade: Unknown (Removed)
Back Round: North Dakota, referred to as North, is South's twin brother, enlisting in the Freelancer Program at the same time. He is only seen after having been killed, off-screen, by the Meta, when Washington follows the distress signal sent out by North's amour. When Washington arrives, he finds North and South together, South having claimed that she had heard a cry from North and found him already deceased. Like York, North still had his AI partner, Theta, in his possession at the time of his death, but Washington and South surmise that his attacker stole it. While surveying his dead body, South gives a lengthy spiel about growing up with North and how the two of them were both so alike in almost every way. It is revealed in Reconstruction that South actually betrayed him in a similar way she betrayed Washington, in order to lure the Meta into stealing North's armor components, giving South the time she needed to flee. Delta claims she lured him into a position where he could be killed as opposed to killing him directly.
Name: The Meta
Freelancer Name: Agent Maine
Armor Upgrade: Temporal Distortion (From Wyoming), chameleon amour and unknown other abilities stolen from dead agents, Original (unknown)
Armor Color: Red in Recovery d that Gamma, Theta and Omega are also in the Meta's possession, so it can be assumed they are also here.
AI: He is shown with seven A.I.
Back Round: The Meta is a mysterious character that is hunting down Freelancers, killing them, and taking their equipment and AIs. At the end of Reconstruction Chapter 3, a blue soldier is seen dropping an illusion and becoming a white soldier with brown shoulder pads; Burns confirmed this character to be the Meta in the commentary for the episode. He also stated that the reason behind the brown-on-white color scheme is because the Meta scavenges the amour of those it kills as well as the equipment. Prior to this, only a brief glimpse of it had been shown in part IV of Recovery One, where it only growled and wielded a grenade launcher, the Reconstruction trailer, and a flashback sequence in Reconstruction Chapter 1, where it additionally possessed Tex's armor enhancement to cloak itself. Its name was unknown until episode one of Reconstruction, where it is referred to as "The Meta" by Agent Washington and the Counselor, in reference to a cryptic message scratched into a wall of Outpost 17-B's Red base. It refers to itself as 'we,' presumably due to the number of AI's it has incorporated. The Meta altered a message to be sent to Sarge at the Blood Gulch Red Base and tricked him into pursuing Washington, Church and Caboose. The Meta then sneaked up behind the AWOL agent South. During the fight in which Washington, Church, and Caboose arrived, it is revealed to have possessed Wyoming's time-distortion enhancement as well as his AI, Gamma. In the aftermath of the encounter Washington receives a recovery beacon from Agent Maine, who is later confirmed to be the Meta. The Meta retreats to the windmill facility and attempts to recharge using the generator. It is also during this time that it steals Delta from Caboose (who had been carrying Delta) and shown to be carrying 6 or more AI's at once. After a minor encounter with Washington and the Blues it completes this task and proceeds to attack the Reds for an unknown reason, but retreats after Washington attacks it with a ripped-off turret. It reappeared some time later, hiding on the tank that the Reds and Caboose used to infiltrate the Freelancer base with Washington and Church. Soon after, it engages numerous Recovery agents attempting to capture Washington and the others. Washington believes the Meta is attempting to infiltrate the facility to locate and steal the remaining AIs. It pursues and injures Washington, demanding to see the Alpha. The Director and Counselor attempt to negotiate with it to secure its co-operation, but Church jumps into its head, causing the Meta to shudder and jerk, giving Washington time to set off the EMP before a deal can be brokered. Its current fate is unknown.
Artificial Intelligences
Name: O'Malley
Alternate names: Omega, Om-Ali, and Doctor O'Malley
Armor Color: Grey (Caboose's mental projection), whatever armor color his host is
Original Host: Tex
Personality: Rage
Back Round: The common enemy of both the Red and Blue Teams, O'Malley is an AI that was put into Tex's armor during training in order to make her more aggressive and dangerous. According to the agents of the program, O'Malley's real name is Omega. The name O'Malley originates from a portmanteau of Omega and Tex's real name, Allison (Om'Ali). The Omega AI, Tex claims, was a program designed to enhance her skills and attitude. According to Agent Washington, he developed the ability to jump via radio to other hosts entirely of his own device, and would jump from person to person numerous times while a part of the program, although Washington notes he had a preference for Tex; Wyoming, too, notes that Omega strongly desires to be reunited with Tex. O'Malley is evil and aggressive, a parody of over-the-top megalomaniacal super villains. O'Malley wants to annihilate both teams, either to destroy or take over the universe, and to "crush every living soul into dust". He expresses these desires in long monologues accompanied by extended fits of evil laughter and extreme close-up shots of his visor. He is also able to understand Lopez's Spanish, but needs help to issue commands to Lopez's robot army, and occasionally mispronounces words (pronouncing nuclear as nuclear and struggling with the word fruition). Toward the end of season 1, just before Tex attacks the Reds for the second time, O'Malley assesses that Tex has little chance of survival and leaps via radio into Caboose. Under O'Malley's possession, Caboose periodically makes threatening statements in "a scary voice," but O'Malley is never able to take full control. After being forced out of Caboose by Church and Tex, O'Malley possesses Doc, of whom he is able to take almost total control and use to further his own agenda. He seems to work for Vic to some degree, hiring Wyoming to take out Tucker, claiming Vic will give them a bonus for killing him, but it is unknown if this deal was permanent or temporary. O'Malley's confrontation with the Alien near the end of season 3 leaves his fate ambiguous, but it is revealed in episode 73 that Lopez, Doc, and he are still alive and have been hiding in a secret lair. In the following episode, O'Malley, Doc, and Lopez return to Blood Gulch, at the request of Church, to diagnose Tucker's illness. In return, O'Malley demands something to be named later. He never does name his price, however, as at the end of Season Four, he takes his chances and jumps via radio out of Doc. Throughout most of season 5 his location is unknown; the Blue Team assuming he is in Sheila because of her erratic and violent behavior. The suspicion then falls on Church when Sheila reveals O'Malley's current location to be "the Blue leader." Church quickly dispels this in episode 96 as he was never officially promoted, and it is then revealed that O'Malley currently inhabits Captain Butch Flowers. It is ultimately revealed that he is intending to infect Junior as soon as the latter takes possession of Tucker's sword, so that he can control Junior and exploit the Aliens. In episode 100, after Tex begins broadcasting on an open channel to lure O'Malley, the AI instead jumps into Simmons, leading to his being knocked out by Tex, and continues to jump from character to character. When he finally jumps into Tex, they take the ship and begin to lift off, but Andy, who was already placed on the ship by the Red team, detonates, apparently killing everyone on it, including O'Malley. However, in Reconstruction, Washington and his superior officer ponder whether O'Malley is actually alive and has been stolen by a mysterious new enemy. In Chapter 16, it revealed that Omega is a fragment of the Alpha's emotions: anger. He is meant to have a larger role in chapter 19, where a battle scene between the Meta and the Recovery Agents is shown. One projected idea was Omega possessing a Recovery Agent and using the body to kill other agents. One of the few characters to be voiced by more than one actor, several of the production crew, including Burnie Burns, have claimed they prefer the O'Malley presented by Matt Hullum (while the AI controls Doc) rather than the O'Malley in Caboose (voiced by Joel Heyman). Hullum brings about more depth to the role, and the O'Malley presented by him has been regarded as a combination of Stewie Griffin, Dr. Evil, Gollum and many other villains. In the final episode, O'Malley jumps to nearly everyone in the canyon, and is then voiced by each character's respective voice actor.
Name: Gary
Alternate name: Gamma
Original Host: Wyoming
Personality: Deceit
Back Round: Gary is a computer, similar to Durandal in Marathon that Church meets after being propelled into the past. He claims the facility is the housing facility of the Great Weapon, which is later revealed to be the fortress that O'Malley occupies in the future. In the future, Gary is seen as the base computer of the fortress, although he does not talk until Church arrives there. He is fond of jokes, and sometimes uses knock-knock jokes to communicate instead of giving a straight answer. Claiming to have been built by the race of the Alien, Gary knows nothing about his creators, but only of The Great Destroyer and his race, the Shisno, a pejorative of humans described as the equivalent of the feces of the feces of the foulest-smelling animal on the planet. Upon learning of The Great Prophecy, Church has Gary research and builds a teleporter to transport him back to Blood Gulch in the recent past, in an attempt to prevent everything that has gone wrong. At near full processing power, Gary takes slightly over a millennium to finish this task, having spent some processing time telling jokes. Despite his humorous disposition, Gary is polite and well mannered, which makes his relationship with Andy very tense. At one point, the two bicker with each other, and Gary gets irritated at Andy's uncouth nature. But when the "Sacred Quest" team leave the fortress, and Church returns to Blood Gulch, Gary is left behind, and nothing is seen of him until Season 5. After learning the name of Wyoming's AI (Gamma), Church concludes that Gary is actually Gamma and not an alien computer. Church phones Gary, and after an awkward conversation of Gary saying he is not Gamma, Gary hangs up, and has a short conversation with Wyoming himself, who instructs Gary to "hop in." It is later apparent that Gary used Wyoming's special time traveling ability to transport himself back in time to contact Church. At the end of Episode 97 Gary is now in the tank which previously housed Sheila's AI. He begins to shoot at the Blues under the command of Wyoming, but Tucker, taking control of the situation, plugs a cable from the ship housing Sheila into the tank and downloads Gary into the ship, where Sheila manages to lock him behind a firewall. His fate beyond this is unclear. In Reconstruction, the ship that crash landed in Outpost 17-B is confirmed to be the same that Gary was in episode 100 of the Blood Gulch Chronicles, apparently not exploding, but rather crash landing. Afterwards, the Meta took both Gamma and the armor enhancement in Wyoming's helmet. In Chapter 16 of Reconstruction, it is revealed Gamma was the deceitful fragment of the Alpha AI.
Name: Delta
Alternate Name: "D"
Armor Color: Green
Original Host: New York
Personality: Logic
Back Round: Another AI created in the same program as Omega and Gamma, Delta ("D" for short) is the AI originally assigned to the operative codenamed York. Unlike the other experimental program recruits, York still has his AI with him. This is because unlike the other AIs, Delta does not pose a threat to anyone; instead, he is extremely logical and analytical, to the point of being largely unfamiliar with human emotions. Matt Hullum has described Delta as "large devoid of personality. York often asks for Delta's advice on certain situations, such as whether or not to help Tex, and uses Delta to watch his left side during combat owing to his visual impairment. Burnie Burns also notes that Delta was useful in Recovery One as a way of reminding the audience indirectly of the various rules of the freelancer program and the AIs. Delta often appears as a holographic miniature soldier beside York's head; the green glow was created in game by using the plasma pistol according to Burnie Burns. However, Delta can modify his appearance to match the situation. When threatened by Tex, he went "on alert" and his glow turned red. Later, in a ploy to trick Wyoming, Delta managed to change his size and color, and effectively stopped the green glow surrounding him, although it faded back in when he began to speak. Much like his fellow AI Gamma, Delta is polite and well mannered, even bidding good luck to his enemy Wyoming when he believed himself to be shutting down. After York was fatally wounded at O'Malley's base, Delta began administering some anesthetics and decided to remain with York, having picked up a fond attachment for his host despite repeatedly getting confused over other human emotions. When an operative dies their amour shuts down AIs within them, and so it was believed Delta perished with York. However, some time later, another agent named Washington came to collect Delta, very much alive and confused as to why he was not shut down, which turns out to be because AIs are too expensive to simply destroy, and are instead encrypted for a Recovery Agent to pick up. Washington manually removes Delta from York's suit and takes him away. He is to be implanted in another freelancer, referred to as South, in order to help Agent Washington combat an unknown enemy that has been hunting the remaining freelancers. Following this, South betrays Washington and her commanders and escapes with Delta, claiming to have been intending to collect him all along. In Reconstruction, Delta is still shown to be in the possession of South, warning her about the risks of following Washington. South attempts to abandon Delta as bait for the Meta, but she is stopped by Washington, Caboose, and Church. He is then given to Caboose as a new host just before Washington, on Delta's advice, kills South. Not long after, the Meta finds an unconscious Caboose, who split off from the group on Delta's insistence. Several other unidentified AIs appear around Delta as the Meta collects him, welcoming him while he remains silent. In Caboose's mind, Church discovers critical information that Delta left in order to help Washington: the prerecorded message, "Memory is the key." Caboose's mental projection of Delta's message also warns Church that the next time they meet, the AI may not want his help. In Chapter 16, it is revealed that Delta is the logic fragment of Alpha, which the Alpha shed so as to not be able to analyze the suffering it endured.
Name: Epsilon
Armor Color: Blue
Original Host: Washington
Personality: Memory
Back Round: Epsilon was originally the AI partner of Agent Washington at the start of the program. Physically, he appeared as a holographic soldier much the same as Delta, except he glowed with a blue luminescence. Epsilon is somewhat infamous among the soldiers of Project Freelancer, as he is revealed to be the first AI to break down. While the others that went rampant were soon to follow, South claims that all plans for future AIs were put on hiatus because of Epsilon. He is described as having committed suicide, the only known case of such an occurrence, while still inside Washington's helmet, and thus, while still interfacing directly with Washington's mind. Washington notes that as Epsilon broke down, he had trouble distinguishing which thoughts were his own and which belonged to Epsilon. The event left Washington bitter towards AIs and other agents in general. However at the end of episode 15 of Reconstruction, it is revealed that some remnant of Epsilon is still intact, within the AI vault at the Freelancer Outpost. Washington gives him to Caboose and instructs the latter to turn him over to the authorities. In the final episode, Caboose manages to save Epsilon from an impending EMP wave. At the end of Reconstruction Caboose is shown to have taken Epsilon's container to safety at Blue Base. However, it is revealed in episode 4 that Caboose is attempting to combine Epsilon with Tex's body and Sheila to create a "super best friend", but has so far been unsuccessful. Later in episode 6 it was revealed that Epsilon has the ability to maintain memories of anything it is told, and as such as memories of the entire Alpha fragments. Thanks in part to the Red Team's hologram room at their base in Valhalla, Epsilon takes on the appearance of Delta and orders Caboose on a mission to the desert Tucker and Donut were sent to prior to Reconstruction. The main reason that Epsilon was broken and went 'insane' was the fact that that it is the memory portion of the Alpha AI. During the process of acquiring more AI from the Alpha, the heavy stress from excessive simulation and torture, forced it to sever the memory portion of itself for self-preservation. Since Epsilon is the memory of Alpha, Epsilon began to replay the memories of the torture in Washington's mind and 'feeling' the pain of its former life, committed suicide. As such, Washington is fully aware of what happened to the Alpha AI and refuses to put another AI in his head, as he wasn't sure that he could keep it a secret from a program. Ironically, this refusal for AIs is why he was recruited to be a Recovery agent. Epsilon appears to suffer something of a split personality, as he refers to himself as "we" due to him remembering all of theother AIs.
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