User blog comment:Western Gen/Speculations for Season 13/@comment-115.134.100.26-20150403125327

1. Plot twist; Aiden Price(The Counselor) is Tucker's father. Here's a wild guess on how it happens. Long ago, Aiden married with a woman and they soon had a son. But overtime due to Aiden's new job as Counselor of Project Freelancer, he and his wife divorced and Tucker took his mother's surname.

Although no longer together, the Counselor still cares deeply for his ex wife and son and when he heard that Tucker was enlisting to the UNSC,Aiden feared the worst that his son might be killed. The Director Leonard Church, who found out about Tucker, made a deal with Aiden. In exchancge for Aiden's absolute loyalty, the Director will pull some strings and placed Tucker in a place far away from the Great War. After that, Tucker was sent to Blood Gulch alongside Flowers.

That why Aiden was always on the Director's side from then on and was okay with Meta killing Wash from exposing PF's true nature. Interestingly, Counselor's relationship with the Director is similar to Tucker and Alpha/Epsilon.

In Season 13, upon hearing the Space Pirates mentioning Freelancers, Aiden, having read the story about the Blood Gulch Crew's pardon, he assumed correctly that Tucker is with Wash and Carolina. So, Aiden's reason for "allying" with the Pirates was so that he can destroy them from within and protect his son from them.

2. This season, the Feds and New Republic are trying to get along with one another. Although learning the whole truth about the civil war, tensions is still high between them as many people were killed.

Thankfully, Tucker, Wash and the rest will try to help to get these two sides to get along. Teams will comprised of a mix between Feds and News. Tucker might have some Fed team members to replace the ones he lost.