Wiz: Before there was Red vs. Blue, there was Project Freelancer.
The Freelancers were highly-trained soldiers with experimental weaponry and a mission so secret, not even they knew what it was.
Boomstick: Kind of stupid in hindsight, but these were true soldiers.
The biggest and strongest of them all was Agent Maine.
Wiz: Maine was the muscle of the team, relying on his brute strength, wrestling styles and unwavering ferocity to intimidate and crush his foes.
Boomstick: While he likes carrying a M-16 magnum pistol into battle.
He really like a certain alien grenade launcher he stole, the Type-25 Grenade Launcher, A.K.A the Brute Shot.
So, the guy was a badass fighter.
Too bad Project Freelancer ended up turning him into a monster.
Wiz: Long story short, the director of Project Freelancer received a rare artificial intelligence for testing.
Boomstick: The director imagined an army of super soldiers paired with A.Is but he can only get the one.
Wiz: Being the resourceful scientist he was, the director decided to torture the A.I, forcing it to separate it's raw emotion into multiple personalities to save itself.
These personalities were captured as individual A.I fragments and paired with different freelancers.
Trust me, that's science.
Boomstick: Maine was given Sigma, the A.I fragment representing ambition and creativity.
And apparently, being creative means you're f***ing evil.
Wiz: Desperate to gather his fellow A.I fragments and reform it to form a perfect A.I.
Sigma manipulated and brainwashed Maine, turing him into the murdering psychopath known as the Meta.
Boomstick: The Meta went on a rampage, betraying his fellow freelancers and stealing their A.Is.
It was like the Predator, but tougher, meaner and with tons of overpowered equipment.
Wiz: His Domed Energy Shield creates a nigh impregnable force field.
Boomstick: It can block bullets, explosions and even shells from tanks.
Wiz: But there's a lot more to the Meta...
Boomstick: Which will cover in the very special full episode airing July 30th.
Wiz: That's right this matchup is not only a DEATH BATTLE, but also an episode of Rooster Teeth's Red vs. Blue.
Boomstick: So make sure you check it out and of course tune in next week for a quick rundown on the Meta's opponent.
Agent Carolina.