Red vs. Blue (season 13)

Red vs. Blue: Season 13
File:Red vs. Blue Season 13 Poster.jpg
Game(s)	Halo 4
Genre(s)	Comic science fiction
Directed by	Miles Luna
Written by	Miles Luna
Voices	Jason Saldaña Joel Heyman Geoff Ramsey Gus Sorola Matt Hullum Dan Godwin Shannon McCormick Burnie Burns Miles Luna Gray G. Haddock Lindsay Jones Jack Lee Asef Ronen and Jen Brown
Release(s)	April 1, 2015 – TBA
Format(s)	Flash, QuickTime
No. of episodes	TBA
Website redvsblue.com

Red vs. Blue: Season 13 is the thirteenth season of the action comedy machinima series Red vs. Blue that premiered on April 1, 2015. Season 13 is the final installment of the Chorus Trilogy. The series is produced by Rooster Teeth Productions and loosely based in the Halo universe.

Synopsis

Setting and Overview

Season 13 is set on the planet Chorus, shortly after the Reds and Blues help end the civil war between the Federal Army of Chorus and the New Republic by exposing the involvement of Locus, Felix and their fellow mercenaries led by former UNSC Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Malcolm Hargrove. It is now all-out war with the Reds, Blues and Chorus against Hargrove and his mercenaries.

Trailer

• Release Date: March 6, 2015
• Time: 1:50

A new unnamed UNSC Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee receives a recorded message from Epsilon Church. Church explains that the message contains documents and video files of the treasonous acts committed by the new chairman's predecessor Malcolm Hargrove and his mercenaries as well as the actions of the Reds and Blues and the people of Chorus against the mercenaries. Church apologizes for sounding over dramatic, as he explains that this is a story of how he died.

Episodes

Prologue

• Date: April 1, 2015
• Time: 12:06

A UNSC ship called the Tartarus stumbles upon a lone Pelican and the ship's crew try to communicate with it. After the Pelican sends flashes of light to signify help, the crew on the Tartarus allow the ship to land in their docking bay so they can assist it. When the crew approach the Pelican, they discover the ship's "sole" passenger: Felix. Felix quickly gets along with Tartarus' crew and asks about their situation. The crew explain that they're transporting criminals for the UNSC, and the ship's captain, Mayers, jokes that nobody gives a "rat's ass" about them. Felix, however, says that he's interested and proceeds to attack the crew members, causing Mayers to activate the ship's alarm. Unfortunately, Locus, accompanied by other mercenaries, de-cloak from the Pelican and raid the ship. After killing all of the ship's crew, Locus and Felix make their way to the prison cells and inform the prisoners of their war situation on Chorus. Locus and Felix then explain that they are looking for people to recruit in their ranks and, in exchange, will get a large profit from it. Felix asks if anyone is interested to grasp their cell bars in solidarity. While some prisoners agree to join them, others refuse. Regardless, Felix opens the cells' airblock doors, purging several prisoners out into deep space. Felix and Locus remain unharmed with the use of their grav boots. After Felix closes the doors Locus congratulates the remaining prisoners being "hired".

Upon returning to the ship's main control bridge, a mercenary informs Locus and Felix of a prisoner, who saved himself from being purged by tying himself to his bedsheets, wishing to speak with them. Locus and Felix agree to see the said prisoner, which turns out to be Aiden Price, the former Counselor of Project Freelancer. The Counselor tells Locus and Felix that he knows specific details about the Freelancers that they will find useful, such as Wash and Carolina's weaknesses. Skeptical at first, Locus and Felix agree to have Price join their ranks and the latter leads them to another prisoner that has history with Project Freelancer; a prisoner that he believes will be of good use.

Meanwhile, at an unknown location, Grif asks Caboose what he is doing, in which the latter expresses his feeling of something bad about to happen.

Capital Assets

• Date: April 6, 2015
• Time: 8:11

In downtown Armonia, Grif is greeted by several Feds and Rebels, much to his annoyance. He then encounters Matthews, who thanks him for saving the armies back at Radio Jammer Station 1C for the 57th time, angering Grif. Grif then asks Matthews about Kimball's whereabouts, in which the latter tells him that she's at the armory. Grif makes his way there. At the armory, manned by Simmons, Lopez and Donut, Simmons and Donut argue with a Fed soldier regarding his heavy machine gun turret, as well as his armor color. Grif approaches them and asks them about Kimball's whereabouts. Donut explains that she was last seen in the training room, so Grif takes off to the training room. At the training facility, Wash instructs newly promoted lieutenant Palomo, Smith, Bitters and Jensen during a target practice session. Grif interrupts them and asks Wash where Kimball is. Wash, in turn, brings up Grif's absence during training, and when the latter remorselessly admits that he wasn't present, Wash punishes the lieutenants for Grif's actions. Regardless, Wash informs Grif that Kimball is in a meeting with Doyle at the war room, causing Grif to rush over there. At the war room, Kimball and Doyle argue over the Feds' overuse of ammunition, due to them preferring to use assault rifles over DMRs. Grif interrupts them and complains about why he isn't allowed to have second helpings in the mess hall. Doyle explains to him that it is because of their current food shortage but this quickly leads into an argument between him and Kimball. Grif continues to try to explain his case, but Kimball, annoyed, forces Grif out and places him on dish duty. After the two calm down Doyle informs Kimball of their men's most recent assault.

At Charon Research Complex 2C, it is revealed that the Chorus assault force led by Tucker, Sarge, Epsilon Church and Carolina successfully captured the base. Tucker and Sarge taunt the captured mercenaries with a rendition of Queen's Another One Bites the Dust. Carolina reverts their focus on the intel regarding Freelancer equipment and Church tells them to report back to their accompanying Feds and Rebels. When the two do so, Church and Carolina ponder over an alien-like structure nearby, wondering what other things Charon have been studying on Chorus.

What's Yours is Ours

• Date: April 13, 2015
• Time: 6:40

At Charon Research Complex 2C, a Fed approaches Carolina and Epsilon and informs them of their recovery of a domed energy shield. Carolina applauds the Fed and suggests they begin running some tests with it. Epsilon, however, states that they should instead focus on the floating tower, in which the Fed clarifies that it is actually a temple created by the aliens. Surprised by this, Epsilon and Carolina question the Fed on the temple, in which the latter explains that many of Chorus' inhabitants see these alien-structures as commonplace, with some of them even having visited them on tours. After Carolina tells the Fed to go secure the Freelancer equipment, Epsilon expresses his concerns about the temple despite how the residents of Chorus see it. Carolina then proposes they get help from someone who is an expert on the planet's alien technology: Dr. Grey. Dr. Grey is teleported to the research complex and explains, rather quickly, that the temple emerged from the ground after the UNSC pulled out but hasn't shown any activity thus far. After Tucker and Sarge enter the scene, Carolina orders Dr. Grey to study Charon's research while she and Epsilon take care of some armor upgrades.

After they leave, Grif and Simmons suddenly teleport to the complex, with Tucker and Sarge wondering what took them so long to arrive. They explain that they had to leave Donut and Lopez in charge of the armory, with Lopez speaking to the troops and Donut incorrectly translating for him. After Grif grabs the pirates' weapons collected by Sarge and Tucker's team with a teleportation grenade, Dr. Grey announces her discovery over the intercom and asks for the Blood Gulch Crew to come see her. Inside the compound, Dr. Grey reveals to the Reds and Blues that Charon have been trying to activate many of the alien temples, primarily the one near the complex. She also states that she is going to find out what the nearby temple does and asks for volunteers to join her. Sarge and Tucker agree to accompany her but Grey recommends that a four man team would be ideal, prompting Epsilon to suggest a particular person: Caboose. Caboose is teleported to the complex and is overjoyed about going on the "field trip", running around the entire compound. Tucker, unfortunately, is less than cheerful.

Tourist Trap

• Date: April 20, 2015
• Time: 8:20

Tucker, Caboose, Sarge and Grey arrive at a Charon excavation site located near the entrance of the floating temple. The group approaches the site to find it deserted. Grey has Tucker, Caboose and Sarge keep watch while she investigates the temple. Caboose and Sarge stand watch on top of the site's base, while Tucker is with Grey as she is translating ancient alien language. When Tucker pulls out his plasma sword, a holographic projection lights up with a symbol over the door. Tucker carefully approaches it and when a projection of an alien suddenly appears, he swings his sword at it and unintentionally activates the dormant temple, which gives off a bright purple light that can be seen by the Chorus soldiers at the captured Charon complex.

While this has been going on, Grif and Simmons returned to Armonia with the captured weapons. As Grif leaves to continue his laziness, he is confronted by the lieutenants and a crowd of Chorus soldiers, who tell Grif that since he has been absent from training, Wash has been making run laps constantly. Grif tries to leave but the mob attacked him and beat him up. Meanwhile, Donut is playing with an old alien rifle that was with the captured weapons in the armory with Simmons looking on. As the events of the temple happened, the rifle instantly activates and starts randomly shooting, causing destruction and chaos in the armory. Lopez arrives shortly after the destruction ends, and claims that he is not cleaning the mess up.

Back at the alien temple, Tucker, Caboose, Sarge and Grey stand in awe in front of a huge arsenal of alien weapons and vehicles. As they try to make sense of what happened, a voice is heard speaking in an alien language. Thinking that the alien is trying to talk to them, Tucker says "What's up" to it, and afterwards another beam of light appears and after it disappears, the alien weapons and vehicles disappear as well. Grey reveals to Tucker that he has just activated technology that has been dormant for many millennia. Suddenly, a new projection lights up, but this time showing a map of Chorus with a specific location being highlighted.

Cast

• Jason Saldaña: Lavernius Tucker
• Joel Heyman: Michael J. Caboose
• Geoff Ramsey: Dexter Grif
• Gus Sorola: Richard Simmons
• Matt Hullum: Sarge
• Dan Godwin: Franklin Donut
• Shannon McCormick: Washington
• Burnie Burns: Epsilon Church and Lopez
• Miles Luna: Felix
• Gray G. Haddock: Locus and General Donald Doyle
• Lindsay Jones: Vanessa Kimball
• Jack Lee: Malcolm Hargrove
• Asef Ronen: Aiden Price/Counselor
• Kerry Shawcross: Lieutenant Charles Palomo
• Ryan Haywood: Lieutenant John Smith
• Brandon Farmahini: Lieutenant Antoine Bitters
• Barbara Dunkelman: Lieutenant Katie Jensen
• Arryn Zech: Doctor Emily Grey
• Jen Brown: Carolina