All FREELANCERS In Red vs Blue History EXPLAINED! 

The Freelancer saga and chorus trilogy in my opinion are the best content RT has ever made. The idea for these plots and characters are so unique and it's amazing how they still managed to somewhat stay in Halo's lore but still make it believable.

I personally believe that the headaches Maine was having during Season 10 were a result of Sigma trying to gain control over Maine. Sigma wanted Maine to take all the AI, and Maine didn't like that, so Sigma hurt him. And the headaches suddenly stop when Maine finally becomes the Meta, because he's given in to Sigma's influence.

“To cover up agent Florida’s disappearance they sunk the state of Florida into the ocean” EruptionFang 2022

Of all the "X is a failed Spartan" theories I've seen, Maine is at the top of my list. Listening to the Counselor's assessment of him in Season 13, it really seems like he comes from the same stock as Jorge or the Chief. He thinks of himself solely in terms of being a soldier, never seems to even consider questioning an order from a superior, and yet sees his duty as a soldier as more than simply following orders. All of which was very much part of the S-II program's training regimine. It's easy to imagine him being a recruit that suffered severe brain damage from the implantation process, and was deemed unfit for duty as a Spartan before being transferred to Freelancer.

I love that York was picked for his lockpicking skills yet unless I'm wrong each time we see him lock picking in the show he sets the alarm off and can't get it🤣🤣

The best I can come up with to explain CT's artifact hunt is that Charon's little private security force wasn't exactly legal either, so them going public with her evidence would have potentially put them all under a lot of scrutiny. So the artifact, being a Monitor, would probably contain a significant amount of valuable information that could be used as a bargaining chip. Kinda like Wash's situation later on. It's also possible the Insurrection Leader had started to realize what kind of person HE was working for too, and wanted to find a way to get himself and his unit out from under Hargrove's thumb. Recall how CT said, "Make a deal with *us,* keep *us* out of prison." Bit of a reach, sure, but much less so than any explanation I've come up with for the Blood Gulch Chronicles...

Seeing RVB content makes me cry bro, even something like this is enough to get me a little emotional. Everything about Red vs Blue just reminds me of a time when things were better, happier.

I always loved how Red vs Blue seems like it could fit in a corner in the Halo Universe, at least until Season 15+. I really wished Tex and Carolina could've had one last conversation that didn't end in spatting and having hissy fits. I also theorize that the reason Tex joined Wyoming in capturing Junior was because Project Freelancer was originally created to stop the Great War/Human-Covenant War. Alpha was getting tortured to try to find a way to stop it. Tex figured that using Junior to stop the war would save Alpha. So, ultimately, what felt like a betrayal at the end of Season 5 was actually supposed to be to save him. Oh boy, as far as CT finding out about the unethical practices goes, she would go pretty nuts if she found out that this was virtually _nothing_ compared to the SPARTAN-II Program led by Doctor Halsey. Ironically, the Spartans are both polar opposite and better than Freelancers in almost every way. The Spartan Program was more unethical and gruesome, yet created more powerful and professional soldiers that would fight together and win against more overwhelming odds. On the note of the Insurrection, I'm pretty sure there were never any actual Insurrectionists. All of the so-called Insurrectionists were actually either mercenaries, PMCs for Charon, or actual UNSC soldiers. I believe Project Freelancer was actually headed and funded by the likes of ONI from actual Halo canon, because that's exactly something ONI would do. I find it kinda funny that, of all the Freelancers, Washington is the only one who was confirmed to have fought the Covenant considering how much of a innocent, mediocre klutz he was in his early history with Project Freelancer. As a final note, Wyoming, Gamma, and Omega's plan to kidnap Junior and use him to manipulate the aliens is almost a 1-for-1 interpretation of what Operation Red Flag was in Halo canon, the main difference being the Spartans were supposed to capture a Prophet and use him as a bargaining chip instead of a manipulation tool.

The Triplets took out so much of the mystique surrounding Freelancer and then we got the final nail in the coffin with most of the surviving Freelancers being killed by Temple in Season 15. It’s one of the reasons I am more than happy to view Season 13 as the end of the series.

Kinda makes me wonder what it would be like if the freelancers ever encountered the Banished ?

I think Maine was easily manipulated because Maine didn’t have his own purpose in life he wanted a goal and sigma had a goal in life and was the AI of ambition that’s why he was given to Carolina she could resist his influence because she had her own goals in life

I still like the theory that Utah became caboose, due to the almost suffocation and caboose specifically saying he almost died from suffocation during one of the episodes

The motherly admiration of Carolina from Tex never crossed my mind until you mentioned it!

Carolina is one of the most tragic characters of RVB. A girl who grew up with memories of her parents together, her mothers death and how that death sent her dad spiraling in grief. She was there in his grief as he went father and father into obsession about bringing her back. She entered the program to make him proud yet he never openly expressed his pride in her even when she pushed herself mentally and physically to become the best candidate all because that grief powered obsession to “get it right”. That’s the tragedy, he couldn’t see that in his pursuit of bringing his true love back he was ignoring and traumatizing the best part of her left. The final scene between the two is the icing on the sad cake. A man left with nothing but memories and regrets. He knows in the end of his many failures, he failed Allison, his program was a failure and he failed his daughter. He finally admits that his daughter was his greatest creation… a creation he failed. This was RvB at its best, it had all the best writing when it came to humor, action and drama. So sad the series fell from grace as it did and now it is coming to an end.

That’s 27 Agents accounted for. 18 listed in this video, 3 named Dead by the sims, 6 unnamed Dead by the sims. 27 total. We still got 23 Agents left to be talked about. NEW SERIES FOLLOWING THEM AND THE REST OF PROJECT FREELANCERS PAST????

What really makes me sad is how York died. He was shot twice in the side… while having a healing unit… and the most sophisticated armor in the galaxy

Something in the RVB Chorus trilogy about Agent Maine is that he didn’t want to be a monster, just human. He tried to point it out to the doctors by growling and pointing at his head to get Sigma out but they just thought he was complaining about the headaches. Maine didn’t want to what he did- so Sigma tried to erase Maine and substitute him with the Meta. There did seem to be a little bit of Maine left as he did hesitate to kill Agent Washington- but after that, Maine was gone

Omg I've wanted something like this for forever! Thank you Eruptionfang!!! I didn't even know about Delaware and Alabama!

I really wish we'd gotten a season specifically just following Maine, his story is so tragic and I honestly loved every scene he was in

When I found out about this video, I thought "EruptionFang merged all his freelancer videos into one". Glad to see I was wrong. This was a very interesting video. On par with *The Complete, Unabridged Timeline of Red vs Blue*. Also, did you have a cold? You don't sound normal here.

17:20 I love how casual you mention sinking Florida

Keep the glory of this show alive

An hour long video about my favorite RT show with the most interesting and the most tragic group of characters RvB has ever introduced? Let me get my head-light fluid, this is gonna be sweet

I just realized, time travel effects the mind so maby that's why the Wyoming clones were so easily taken out.

I’m pretty sure what happened with Maine would have happened with anyone **except** Carolina. Each of the AIs was specifically formed for a specific freelancer. There’s a reason that Carolina was chosen for Sigma: her willpower. Just like Texas was the only one capable of holding back Omega’s rage, she was the only one capable of not being manipulated and subverted by sigma’s machinations.

I like the idea that The Freelancer program destroyed an entire state (something that would definitely cause alarm and draw attention) in order to cover up the missing SECRET AGENT from their SECRET PROGRAM. Like no one inside would look at a map and be like “huh. Wasnt there a state there? And what happened to the guy thats been everywhere in the background?

And that's why Project Freelancer is currently my all-time favorite tragic story. CT is my favorite agent, I would still love a story told completely from her perspective.

You are the man when it comes to “history of….” Or “…..time line explained” kind of videos. Clear and easy to follow. Great work as always man 👍🏾

This is incredible! Thank you for making this. It's very well-written. I can tell that you were dedicated to this series and no-doubt make this historical documentary a project that it deserved to be. Bravo!

Seeing all of this, for some reason made me cry and wanting to rewatch the show for the 5 or 6 times ? Their is something special with RvB, it's a confort series, it's stupid and yet so emotional, all those death seen, some funny, some not belong to the past where the show was rocking back then. I'm just being nostalgic lmao

She seems so genuinely happy to be growing her fanbase so large. You don’t see that nowadays, most content creators either dont care much for the milestone or put up a clearly fake reaction. I’m glad someone can still be happy to hit such a milestone

Calling back to your video on every known Freelancer M.I.A and K.I.A, it seemed that you only used the 15 or so released seasons at the time. You have so much more information in this video, hence the hour plus run time. Where did all the extra data come from? I guessing a Rooster Teeth official Red vs. Blue guide? Love the video, best Red vs. Blue analysis on the internet. Thank you for the quality content.

I think the lie of Tex attacking Wyoming is partially true. Perhaps Wyoming was just one of the first responders to Tex going rouge and got his ass handed to him and Gamma started the lie of trying to steal his A.I and equipment to give a somewhat valid reason to take down Tex if she ever approached anyone.

Honestly looking back, the freelancer seasons (9 and 10) were probably my favorite seasons of RvB and that might be solely due to the story of Project Freelancer itself and the way they wrote the freelancers themselves (I even still have that shirt RT sold that had most of the freelancers on it, big fan). Shame we never got to see more of the other freelancers only mentioned in name (especially when we saw the armors in season 15, though still not too big a fan of the season itself. Kinda wish 14 delved more into the past of them like it did with the blood gulch reds and felix and locust. Anyway great video on the freelancers, made me remember what I loved about them and keep up the great work. Peace.

This video filled I so many gaps! Thank you!

I still need to know if Caroline is north or south

You put so much time and effort in this thank you

One thing I’ve never been able to stop thinking about, there can’t be 50 freelancers, Carolina takes two states names, so uhhh

I actually have a fan made freelancer who ended up leaving the program early on because he saw the environment the director was creating and he thought it would be more fun to fight them . Dubbed freelancer Joy for his love of fun and fighting having his state name being taken by another freelancer. He was far from the fastest, strongest, or smartest but he was by far the most adaptable fighter in the ranks of the freelancer taking on character like Maine and Carolina in combat stalemating them by attacking their weaknesses and reducing their advantages. He was one of the freelancers designed to test armor mods early on and was even able to use a hand full without AI assistance due to his adaptability.

this is a great video, lays it out and just makes it simpler to understand keep it up man!

Really great video. So much effort was put into this and is greatly appreciated by me

Thanks, it had been a while since I had gotten into RVB, but this show is incredible, thanks for that reminder

The reason Maine was taken over by Meta was because of being shot in the neck. We see the same thing happen to Washington, minus the AI. The similarity was even addressed when Meta’s theme plays for Wash in season 16.

18:48 ok that bit about Florida and the part where other freelancers were supposed to go but got replaced with caboose etc is awesome info, I never caught that small detail

missed the part where he cares and prefers to be with the reds and blues as their stupidity and shenanigans makes him feel like his old cheerful self even though they stressed him out the same way they stressed church

Honestly, when you summarized season 15. I realized how much potential the premise actually had and wish it could’ve definitely been explored in a spin off series rather than the actual show. I think we’re all burned out on RvB so watching a spin-off series about sim trooper veterans being disillusioned, mistreated, and above all executed by the government they served for and to be abandoned would’ve been an amazing show.

FINALLY an eruptionfang rvb upload

My notifications haven't been working for a year , first notification I got

Nice video. Enjoyed it.

Good video man, thank you

Having seen most seasons more than once (at least up to season 10), seeing the background for Florida seemed all new to me. The issue of him being cold and callous with “Jimmy”, and the corruption to his list of preferred replacements, are something I don’t remember seeing at any point. They may have been Extras or I might just not have noticed them, either seem possible but also neither really feel likely. Some really good background and story explanation- great work.

I really appreciate the choices of when to stop telling one person's story and move on to the next to create a narrative throughout the entire video

I hope they can bring this series back to its former glory. Hopefully one day 😔🙏

FELT SAD THAT OG TEX NEVER HAD THE CHANCE OF GET A PROPPER RESOLUTION(Tho epsilon Tex had it)

If you believe in yourself and with a tiny pinch of magic, all your dreams can come true

So basically Carolina had her mother as a rival and her father as an ai friend? Wow..

Didn't this guy do a video on how Sister, Caboose and Donut are secretly freelancers?

The saga with the Freelancers was the best thing RVB had and the best thing RT made. It was just so damn incredible.

I think the reason C.T. Said not to use the info the stop Project Freelancer and find the artifact was that the Aliens did seem to worship it (As it looked like a Monitor for the Halo) and use that Artifact to help stop the war. If Project Freelancer stops testing and there is no more development, Humanity is still fighting a loosing war with the loss of an asset

I always assumed CT was after the Oracle ball to have the firepower to guarantee victory against project freelancer. Maybe the plan was to get that and also offer it up in exchange for being pardoned

This is a very cool h detailed video I remember back in the day RvB was considered one of the best Machinimas ever

The mixture of Halo soundtracks with Red vs. Blue is great to me. Both universes are definitely separate but they share a lot and I love both more than any other franchises.

Anyone notice the Final Fantasy XV soundtrack playing in there? It was the theme "Somnus" instrumental. Found that interesting, Great Video

Do hope the Triplets come back! Say, speaking of Freelancers, what ever happen to that Red vs Blue video about the whole "Are Caboose, Donut, and Sister freelancers?" theory after Episode 3 of Season 14?

Currently rewatching the series and one thing I'll say, there is a lot of foreshadowing to the freelancer saga in the early stages of RvB. Idk if they had it planned. Or just noticed opportunities later or what. But it makes for a good story

I attribute the metas fight scenes as the reason I always play tank classes in any game

well done!

how did this get so little views. Personally I feel that this is a great summary of Project Freelancer and did a great job.

Where was the Carolina undercover in the UNSC as McAllister from? I've never seen that.

I loved the entire Freelancer Saga

The part where you said Tex was Maines enemy and that he was following Wyoming is partially right. The reason they had live ammunition was because the director gave them the ammunition to use it against text to test how good Tex and prove that she was the best. And if you listen carefully C.T says it also

I didn’t expect to watch a 1 hour Ted Talk on project freelancer today but I did and I have no regrets.

One thing about tex is that she will ALWAYS fail because of Alison's death being ingrained in her personality

I think the scene where sigma wanted to know how the alphas split was the key to sigma taking over Maine. He may habe split Maine's mind in order to weaken him.

I loved this show I watched as a little kid on Netflix an thought it was a funny halo show but as I got older and rewatched the show again(3 times😅) it still is a funny show but with a deeper meaning and church/epsilons “death” on chorus still makes me shed a tear

I think an overlooked aspect of the Meta is how much his injury played into his tragic downfall. Immediately after recovery from the throat injury, he had Sigma in his head. Imagine hearing a voice in your head without any way for you to express yourself outwardly. It would be very difficult to socialize with other people and even keep your own thoughts straight, especially with a twisted AI like Sigma constantly trying to warp your ambitions. The Meta has always been my favorite villain in this series lol

How did you get those informations about agents such as Delaware or Alabama ?

I feel like making videos on other RVB characters lives would make a good series like "The life of Caboose" or something

What music did you use in the background for the triplets? I hear it everywhere and I believe its the track from the level “Lone Wolf” in Halo Reach but i can never find the songs name.

God I miss the OG rvb, such a good run

Curious what the song is playing in the background of the tex and Carolina part.

Hey man i love your content. If you do an ai video, id love to see how you explain yellow church as an ai. I personally think he is the missing ai XI

Will you do a simmilar video for the ai's?

The very first time I learned Tex was the director’s memory of his wife, the whole freelancer program elevated

Hi I was wondering if we could go on date and hold hands instead of breaking my back caboose. Tex I think that sounds like a good plan and yes I would love to go out .

Some of this info I don't know where you get it. Are there lore aspects that aren't in the show?

Its kinda funny, me and a buddy grew up watching RVB, and I vividly remember us both trying to claim a state to give our Halo 3 characters more depth/lore. He took on Kansas and I took Alaska. All these years later and RT finally brought both of them into their story. And even though Alaska was killed in what I would say is a mediocre way, it's fitting considering I moved on in life and essentially left my adaptation of Alaska suspended in time for well over a decade.

There can only be 50 of them + Puerto Rico obviously

Despite how goofy and fun RVB can be-this vid shows just how dark and tragic it was-and that's a good part as to why we loved it

Good to see all the other sim troopers and freelancers didn't die

oh my god i love how you pointed out that Crunchbite is the only alien weve ever seen project freelancer kill. So fucking funny that after everything they did for the purpose of winning the war, we only see them kill fucking *Crunchbite*

I noticed you used a Slowed down version of Forever. The song played when CT died for CT's part.

Why does my state have to be so depressing?😢

1:04:44 I don’t recall this scene, where is it from?

I would love to talk rvb with you dude. I see we have alot of similar views of the show but things like the freelancers sinking Florida i think we differ on. We both make theory videos and id be curious on how we both think of deeper details of the show!

Revelation of CT. Wash, are we the baddies?

Hey, so there's this new show that seems to be getting made. It's Halo Machinima, and it seems good. They've got one episode out so far, and it feels like it could fill the Red vs Blue void. It's called Crash, and I feel you should definitely take a look into it. Maybe even talk about it on the channel. It gives me hope, at least, that we can see some more good Halo Machinima again, and that the end of RVB isn't the end of it all.

Anyone know the piano music used when Maine's section starts? I can't seem to find it anywhere

The Graham Plowman Tracks work really well

Maine/Meta will always be my favorite cuz he was just so "meta" pun not intended. Seriously he was such a badass 😎