The Blues and Reds

The **Blues and Reds**, are faction of simulation troopers originally stationed a Simulation Outpost "Desert Gulch". They currently operate as a terrorist group hell bent on the destruction of the UNSC, whom they claim responsible for their enslavement by Project Freelancer. Their overall appearance and roster are very similar to that of their doppelgängers: the Reds and Blues.

## Blues and Reds

### Teams

* Red Team
* Blue Team
* Zealots
* Various Simulation Fireteams
* Mercenaries

### Affiliations

* UNSC (formerly)
* Project Freelancer (formerly)
* Salem's Inner Circle (Remnant Timeline)

### Nickname(s)

Reds and Blues* Temple's Faction
* Idiots in Armor
* Pawns

Originally locked in a stalemate at their outposts, both teams quickly became bitter with Command after the death of Red Team member, Biff. After the dissolution of the Freelancer program, they discovered the true reason for their conflict. Filled with anger, the Blues and Reds were formed under the leadership of Mark Temple, the leader of Blue Team. Over the next few years, they convinced nearly all of the sim-troopers used by Project Freelancer to their cause: wiping out the UNSC. They turned into a terrorist cell, causing major events on UNSC colonies under the alias of the Red and Blues, a group of sim-troopers they bear a resemblance to. The faction was stopped by their doppelgängers, and most of them were imprisoned.

In the Remnant Timeline, the Blues and Reds are freed by Arthur Watts and Tyrian Callows, members of Salem's Inner Circle to assist them in dealing with the Reds and Blues and the Coalition. By that time, they had a target painted on their backs by Atlus and the Cosmic Powers.

## Members and Leadership

Much like the Reds and Blues, the Blues and Reds are faction consisting of two team: Red Team and Blue Team. However, instead of the role of leadership being shared by the leaders of both teams, control and authority is placed in one person. The Blues are Reds and are also more centralized compared to their heroic counterparts. Its members don't see themselves as two separate teams and only as one.

### Blue Team

#### Temple

**Mark Temple** is the current leader and founder of the Blues and Reds. He is the doppelgänger of the late Leonard Church aka the Alpha AI. Originally, he was a kind individual who took his job as a sim-trooper half-heartily. He even had a close friendship with Biff, a member of Red Team who he knew since childhood. After an battle alongside Agent Carolina, who was sent as part of an equipment test, he bared witness to Biff's death when he was indirectly killed by Carolina and Agent Texas. After Carolina refused to help him save Biff, Temple became bitter, and bore a hatred for the Freelancer Agents. After the fall of Project Freelancer, Temple and the rest of his sim-troopers learned the truth of the program. Angered and furious that they were used, he founded the Blues and Reds to wage war against the UNSC, whom he blamed for his enslavement by Project Freelancer.

In the Remnant Timeline, Temple and the remaining Blues and Reds were imprisoned for their crimes. They also were hunted by Atlus and the Cosmic Powers, who believed they were responsible for the near escape of Chrovos. They were broken out of prison by members of Salem's Inner Circle and joined them in their revenge against the Reds and Blues.

#### Buckey

**Buckey** is a member of the Blues and Reds, and the doppelgänger of Lavernius Tucker. Compared to Tucker, Buckey is a far more disgusting ladies man, and even has his own catchphrase: "Boom Chicka Wa Wa". He also uses a sniper rifle in combat, a weapon Tucker rarely uses.

### Red Team

#### Cronut

**Cronut** is the doppelgänger of Franklin D. Donut. Like Gene is to Simmons, Cronut is acts the same way he does to his heroic counterpart. He is often seen dying only to reappear later on, and even calls his armor color "Reddish-White".

#### Lorenzo

**Lorenzo** is Red Team's robot and mechanic. He is the doppelgänger of Lopez, but instead of speaking Spanish, Lorenzo speaks Italian, a language his team cannot understand. He has a liking for Italian and European culture. Like Lopez, Lorenzo is often reduced to a head when destroyed.

### Other Members

#### The Meta

**Freelancer Agent Maine** (known to many as the **Meta**), is a former member of the now defunct Project Freelancer. He was corrupted by the AI fragment Sigma to capture the remaining Freelancer AIs in order to achieve metastability. But he was ripped of this by the Alpha, who sacrificed himself to stop him. Free of Sigma, Meta became a shell of his former self, craving whatever was left of the AIs. He almost got the Epsilon unit, but was stopped by the Reds and Blues, alongside Teams RWBY and JNPR, and eventually killed. HIs armor would later come into the possession of Charon Industries.

In the Remnant Timeline, the Meta alongside Isaac Gates aka Felix was revived into a Grimm/human hybrid by Salem to serve Temple and Blues and Reds. Compared to his fellow hybrid, Meta was more of a mindless beast under Temple's control.

#### Felix

**Isaac Gates** (known under the codename **Felix**), is a former mercenary and soldier in the UNSC. He was hired by Malcolm Hargrove of Charon Industries to wage genocide on the plant Chorus in order to make a profit off the planet. While Locus was hesitate into kill innocent lives, Felix was ok with it. He was ultimately betrayed by Locus and killed by Lavernius Tucker.

In the Remnant Timeline, Felix and the Meta were revived into Grimm/human hybrids by Salem to serve the Blues and Reds. Where as the Meta was a mindless monster under Temple's control, Felix had his mind completely restored.

#### Zealots

The **Zealots** (also known as the **Red and Blue Grunts**), are group of sim-troopers used by the Blues and Reds. Unlike other simulation fireteams, both teams are religious zealots who idolize a flag as a religion. It is possible Temple used this as a way to get them to join his cause.

In the Remnant Timeline, the Zealots are loaned off the Jacques Schnee's Shadow Company. After Jacques imprisonment, the Zealots were incorporated back into the Blues and Reds.

### Former Members

There have been members of the Blues and Reds that have died, or simply left on their own accord.

#### Biff

**Biff** was a member of Red Team during their time in Desert Gulch, and was the doppelgänger of Dexter Grif. Prior to becoming a sim-trooper, Biff was best friends with Mark Temple and the two often hung out at night to drink beer in the middle of the canyon. Out of everyone on his team, Biff wished to go home to his girlfriend, who was pregnant with his son. He came up with a plan to be sent home by injuring himself during the next battle. The plan failed, as Biff was indirectly killed by Agents Carolina and Texas. HIs death would be the catalyst for the formation of the Blues and Reds.

#### Surge

**Colonel Surge** was the leader of Red Team, and the doppelgänger of Sarge. Much like his counterpart, Surge was constantly serious about war, and came up with convoluted plans of attack on his enemies. He gave command of the Blues and Reds over to Temple however, and he taught him how to be a leader. He was killed by Sarge prior to the Blues and Reds' imprisonment.

#### Loco

**Loco** was a member of Blue Team and the doppelgänger of Michael J. Caboose. He acted as the team's engineer and built many of their hardware. He was manipulated by the god Chrovos to build a time machine that could free him from imprisonment. He was killed by a stray bullet fired by Temple and died of his wounds.

#### Gene

**Gene** was the second-in-command of Red Team, and later its *de facto* leader after the death of their former leader, Surge. He was the doppelgänger of Richard Simmons. Unlike the other Blues and Reds and their counterparts (save for Donut, Sarge, Tucker, and Caboose), Gene is almost the exact same as Simmons, even in voice. Simmons himself hates Gene, believing he is nothing like him, which his friends often disagree with.

In the Remnant Timeline, both Gene and Lorenzo were imprisoned along with the rest of the Blues and Reds, after being MIA. In *Shattered Eclipse*, Gene begins to question Temple's leadership, slowly becoming fearful of his sanity. Temple killed him when he tried put a stop of his plans.