Project Freelancer RPG: One Helluva Wakeup

Project Freelancer is a Special Operations program created to study soldiers with A.I. implants during the war with the aliens. The main mission of Project Freelancer, as said by F.I.L.S.S., is to ensure the survival of humanity in a hostile galaxy. While the Red and Blue armies are fighting each other, in what is a massive experimental simulation, Freelancers are competent enough for actual conflict with the aliens. Their designation as Freelancer would appear to be only a ploy to further fool the Red and Blue soldiers, as every Freelancer to appear in Red vs. Blue either still abides by the objective of, or still takes orders from a superior of, subsidiary of, or directly from those who trained them, with the exception of Agent Maine (The Meta) and to an extent Agent Wyoming, a bounty hunter. It is unknown if the Meta is acting on its own volition or if its actions are driven by its numerous implants.

Freelancers are set apart from their Red and Blue counterparts by their armor enhancements, artificial intelligence programs (for those who have them), and their proficiency in actual combat. As far as members of the Red and Blue armies are concerned, Freelancers are merely guns for the highest bidder - as described by Tucker.

In the seemingly unnecessary war between the Reds and Blues, Freelancers were allowed the use of only one artificial construct, the "smart" A.I. Alpha. However, to gain more information on how AIs work with the soldiers they were implanted in, Alpha was split several times, resulting in the creation of the other Freelancer A.I., such as Gamma, Delta, Sigma, Theta, Epsilon and Omega. The copies seem to have become obsessed with Alpha; Washington comments that they could spend entire debriefings talking about Alpha, while other Freelancers attempted to break into its storage facility and steal the Alpha. After these attempts the Alpha is hidden further to protect it.

Project Freelancer Personnel:

The Director - Dr. Leonard Church is the Director of Project Freelancer, he is a manipulative figure consumed by his desperate goal of recreating his lost love, the Director serves the leader and founder of Project Freelancer.

Prior to establishing Project Freelancer, Leonard Church enlists into the UNSC, where he picks a fight with a man named Pvt. Delaney during basic training. A woman named Allison comes to Leonard's aid and pummels Delaney in his defense. Leonard quickly grows infatuated with Allison and the two begin a romantic relationship, eventually getting married and giving birth to a little girl.

Six years later, Allison leaves to fight in the Great War where she, unfortunately, dies in battle. Heartbroken, Leonard receives a doctorate in A.I. Theory a few years later and obtains funding to establish his Special Operations program, Project Freelancer, in order to serve humanity in their war against the aliens as well as pay respects to his late wife. Dr. Church then creates an A.I. based on his own mind, the Alpha, and recruits numerous Freelancer agents and personnel into the project, including his own daughter.

The Counselor - Aiden Price was the former Counselor of Project Freelancer who acted as the therapist to the Freelancer agents as well as the apparent right hand of the Director himself.

F.I.L.S.S. - The Freelancer Integrated Logistics and Security System, abbreviated F.I.L.S.S. is a computer system A.I. working for Project Freelancer and was first seen embedded in a tree at the Freelancer Offsite Storage Facility, however her main function is serving as the Shipboard A.I. for Project Freelancer's mobile base of operations, a UNSC Frigate known as the "Mother of Invention".

Freelancer Agents - Based on all given Freelancers to date, all members of the program share one similar trait; they are codenamed after the 50 states of the United States of America. The most notable of these agents are Agents Carolina, Connecticut, Florida, Maine, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming.

Simulation Troopers - Simulation Troopers is the technical name given by Project Freelancer for the Red and Blue armies. The most known simulation troopers are the Blood Gulch Reds and Blues, who are the main focus of the series. Project Freelancer created the simulation troopers to test their agents' abilities and equipment, by using soldiers pulled from their ranks in the UNSC due to their incompetence and inability to perform as real soldiers, before providing them with matching equipment to ensure long-lasting conflicts for the project to study

The Red Army is a faction of simulation troopers that oppose the Blue Army in simulations overseen by Project Freelancer. The most notable members of the Red Army are the Blood Gulch Red Team. The Red Army operated out of places like Danger Canyon for its basic training and would ship out its soldiers to various outposts across the galaxy, such as planets like Sidewinder and Armada 8. Their main objective, when sent out to these outposts, would be to steal the blue flag and kill members of that outpost's Blue Team.

The Blue Army is a faction of simulation troopers that oppose the Red Army in simulations overseen by Project Freelancer. The most notable members of the Blue Army are the Blood Gulch Blue Team. The Blue Army would ship out its soldiers to various outposts across the galaxy, such as planets like Sidewinder and Armada 8. Their main objective when sent out to these outposts would be to steal the red flag and kill members of that outpost's Red Team.

The Mother of Invention: The Mother of Invention (RT-636) is the name of the Project Freelancer operated frigate first seen as a grounded snow base on Sidewinder in Standardized Testing. The Mother of Invention appears to be an MCC (mobile command center) for Project Freelancer. It is armed with a Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, which was used to provide support to a fleeing Echo-479 by destroying a pair of Longsword Interceptors.

The MAC cannon was used again in The Sarcophagus, firing at, and destroying, a 110-story building. It also has a launch bay capable of launching at least four Pelicans simultaneously and holding many more. Upon closer inspection, the Mother of Invention's lower bridge is composed of a large glass viewing platform, unlike regular UNSC Frigates. It seems the scoreboard that the Director and the Counselor use to rank the Freelancer agents is also positioned on this deck.