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| “ | You must remember that Agent Maine and The Meta are two distinctly different psyches. The Meta was the result of the Sigma A.I. manipulating Maine. His sole objective was perfection. When the A.I. fragments were destroyed by Agent Washington, The Meta was destroyed along with them, leaving behind a damaged shell of a man. Unlike Sigma, his only remaining goal was to obtain power. His actions were more reckless. His behavior, more sporadic. | „ |
| ~ Aiden Price explains Maine and the Meta to Locus. |
Freelancer Agent Maine, later known as The Meta, is a major antagonist in the web series Red vs. Blue, serving as the main antagonist of the "Recollection" trilogy comprising Seasons 6-8.
A rogue Freelancer, The Meta's goal was to reunite Alpha and all the A.I fragments of Project Freelancer so that the Meta could achieve "Metastability", in which an A.I would become classed as human. Following the EMP, which erased all of Project Freelancer's A.I barring Epsilon, the Meta's goal turned towards capturing Epsilon to regain some semblance of power and killing Washington and the Reds and Blues who had triggered the EMP.
Overview[]
Before his villainous role, Maine was a Freelancer, striving to become strong. After a throat wound disabled his ability to speak, he was given Sigma to help him communicate. However, he became a slave to his influence, betraying Project Freelancer and getting enough armor enhancements and A.I.s to reach "Metastability". Changing his name to refelct this, he became a major threat to Project Freelancer, UNSC, the general population, and the Reds and Blues.
Personality[]
Though he had some honorable qualities during his time as a Freelancer, including saving Carolina's life by taking a sniper round aimed at her spine, the Meta was nevertheless aggressive, blameworthy, traitorous, amoral, unethical, and somewhat sociopathic. During his match with Tex, he, along with Wyoming had no qualms about killing her with live ammo (though it was hinted by C.T that the Director may have ordered this). He was also extremely violent when angered. An example of this was when Sigma reminded him about the soldier who shot him in the throat, Maine was furious, eager to kill him for revenge.
Unlike Omega, who was obstreperous, impolite, brash, and loud, the Meta was a stoic and imperturbable man of few words who let his actions speak for him. He said very little when he was capable of speaking and was very proud of his power. He was also not above taunting his enemies with his strength, such as when he allowed the Sleeveless Insurrectionist to deal the first blow, then catching it and sadistically twisted his arm, forcing the soldier to his knees and killing him with a single punch. Complimenting his vicious and temperamental nature, The Meta's fighting style was very destructive, relying on power, brute strength and wrestling attacks. However, this combat form was unrefined, and against more skilled fighters, such as Tex, The Meta was at a disadvantage.
Despite his somewhat brutish, loathsome, and insensitive personality, the Meta was also very manipulative devious, manipulating the Reds into attacking the Blues and using Washington and South as pawns to obtain A.I. for his own possession. As the Meta, Maine had become a predator. Whether it was his own volition or the A.I.'s will to do so, he slaughtered everyone (including his former comrades) who got in his way. He was nothing short of a monster, willing to increase his power at the cost of countless lives. Even after losing all of his A.I.s, the Meta only aided the Chairman and Washington in order to steal the missing A.I. from them to regain some of his power.
Skills and Abilities[]
Weaponry[]
Agent Maine with his Brute Shot.
The Meta is skilled with multiple weapons, but prefers to use his Brute Shot (known to Donut as the "Kick-Ass Broom") as his signature weapon, and has used its grenade launching abilities and blade to deadly effect. The Meta also wields a magnum pistol as a sidearm and has tried to kill Wash with it many times and used one to try and kill Tex during training in Introductions. In Chapters 10 and 11 of Reconstruction, the Meta threw a Warthog and several other large objects at Grif and the Reds. The Meta, being as powerful as he is, could be considered a weapon himself.
Combat[]
The Meta battles Agent Washington.
The Meta is one of the series' most lethal Freelancers and characters overall. During his time as a Freelancer, Agent Maine possessed an impressive level of physical strength, durability, stamina, and athleticism. He fought through multiple Insurrectionists in The Sarcophagus and fought evenly with an Insurrectionist soldier after a sniper rifle round to the chest during Spiral. Maine was also the only agent shown capable of moving (and fighting) after being hit by rounds of paralyzing paint, a testament to his amount of sheer brute strength. He even managed to disarm Tex while painted, and it required a headshot to completely paralyze him.
The Meta smashes the Reds Warthog.
Maine has been revealed to be quite heavy, capable of counter-balancing the Sarcophagus, and smashing a Warthog's hood and sending the occupants flying by simply by landing on it. In his rematch with the Sleeveless Insurrectionist, he effortlessly killed the soldier with one punch. He is possibly the physically strongest and most resilient known Freelancer agent.
Shortly before the events of Recovery One, the Meta had killed four other Freelancers who were (according to Delta) better fighters than Wash. Later, when Wash confronted The Meta at the Zanzibar power plant, despite not being able to use his abilities due to insufficient power, The Meta still managed to defeat Washington. The Meta is most likely (with its several armor enhancements) a deadlier and more capable fighter than Tex. For example, when the Reds ask what he is, Church describes The Meta as being "like eight of her.".
Durability and Strength[]
Agent Maine still moving after several gunshots to the throat.
The Meta is also very durable, being able to survive around 10 Trip Mine explosions along with the subsequent explosion of a Warthog, both without taking an injury. He was capable of sustaining a few Chaingun rounds, getting physically beaten multiple times, receiving five knife related wounds, two embedded in the chest and back, a point-blank explosion from his own Brute Shot, take four close-range shotgun blasts, and even getting Tucker's Energy Sword driven through his chest, all without any time to heal in between and still be able to move with his usual agility and strength without any sign of struggle despite these injuries.
Agent Maine stops a Warthog dead in its tracks.
Additionally, he is revealed to have incredible strength, as shown in Reconstruction Chapter 10 when he lifts a Warthog over his head and throws it at Grif with very little effort, and later is shown to have thrown much more at Grif. Whether this is due to one of the many armor enhancements the Meta had obtained at that point, or simply his own sheer brute strength is unknown. His strength was later shown at the end of Introductions, as he launched a large stone block at Tex with simply a punch. In Season 10, Maine was able to stop a Warthog in its tracks when it attempted to run him over and destroyed it by easily tearing its tow hooks off and kicking it back with no visible effort.
Trivia[]
- The Meta is one of the few characters to have his own theme music: "(When) Your Middle Name is Danger" by Trocadero. The music played for the Meta is the same music that is played in the Reconstruction Trailer and has been played in every chapter of Reconstruction the Meta has appeared in with the exception of Chapter 11.
- Out of all the characters in the series, the Meta has the most shown/confirmed kills at 30+ kills.
- The Meta's death is likely poetic justice as it's very similar to Carolina's "death," his first victim when he became the Meta, as the two were both thrown off a cliff at Sidewinder and his death was caused by the Reds, who he originally used for his own benefit when tricking them to stop Washington in Reconstruction.
- Sigma saying "We are The Meta" may be a reference to the character Venom's quote "We are Venom" in the Spiderman comic book series.
- The Meta speaks only three times in the series, with the first being in the episode Lifting the Veil, where he yells "Get off me!" to a medic. He speaks two more times in The Sarcophagus and in Spiral.
- He appeared on the fellow Rooster Teeth series DEATH BATTLE! to fight Agent Carolina and was defeated by her.
External Links[]
- The Meta on the Red vs. Blue Wiki
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