<p>Allthough I like to believe RVB is canon to Halo. </p><p>Heck, even the home page trivia section tells us Project Freelancer was made by the UNSC. </p>

<p>Yeah because it was. You can infer that from Reconstruction. </p><p>RvB took some basic elements of Halo canon, but RvB itself is not canon to Halo. Plasma pistols are medical scanners and these new grenades teleport stuff instead of exploding. Guilty Spark killing Johnson was supposed to be a "training video" or something. Stuff like that which... doesn't quite fit into Halo canon. </p>

<p>Project Freelancer is to the UNSC what the Spetznaz was to the Russian army, essentially an experimental group meant to make the ultimate soldier, it can be canon to halo as they have insurrectionists, alien tech and are into diplomatic relations which signals that the war is actually over and the aliens and humans co-exist, the reason for using weapons for things they arent meant to is simply due to a lack of props. The Freelancer Project was given expendable soldiers, the worst washouts the UNSC ever had, so yes, Maine could be a failed SPARTAN II although it is irrelevant. To further move onto the irrelevancy of this conversation I would also like to put forward that maine may have been a wrestler in highschool as he uses 3 wrestling moves at Longshore Shipyards and Sidewinder, these moves are specific to the sport and aren't found in martial arts as they are considered innefective unless the person is extremely strong. Now, back to being on topic Maines sociopathic tendencies could also simply be a predesposition to violence, some people tend to suffer from this and it does not necessarily make they a failed SPARTAN as they could have just naturally been strong and violent while his weight could be explained by all the armor and added body mass from experiments </p>

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Considering that Red vs Blue is sub-exists with the Halo universe, an interesting theory would be that Maine is a failed SPARTAN II, for those who don`t know, the SPARTAN II program was known to have some crippling side effects to some of the candidates, such as muscular distrophy or parkinson`s disease. Meta could have been one of these failed SPARTANs and the detriment the program did to him could have been Mental instability, as he is seen as aggressive as sometimes ruthless even BEFORE been the Meta (such as when he tried to kill Texas in a training round). <p>The UNSC could not have just eliminated Maine but at the same time they couldn`t use him the way they would the other SPARTANs or give him some desk work at ONI (As usual with the Failed SPARTANs) so they probably decided to give him to Project Freelancer. Why? Maybe because they would want to see how an AI could further enhance the capabilities of a SPARTAN, this could further be evidenced by the experimental nature of the project and the fact that Maine, at that point would be...expendable. </p><p>
</p><p>If you think about it, this could explain some things about him, such as his super strenght or his weight (Average SPARTAN weighs 120 kg, Maine's a big guy, he could have weighted even more) and also his resilience as he gets shot (8 Times), ran over and beaten before getting medical aid. His mental instability could explain how sigma could have been able to manipulate him so easily and he also became proggresively more dependent on him for doing things such as, speaking : Voicing his thoughts and the such. </p> </i></div>
<p>In Change in plans the Chairman did say that Project Freelancer was trusted with one of the military's most valuable assests, and we hear this while Maine is gearing up, this could mean that Maine was the asset that the military had trusted Project Freelancer with.   </p>

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Considering that Red vs Blue is sub-exists with the Halo universe, an interesting theory would be that Maine is a failed SPARTAN II, for those who don`t know, the SPARTAN II program was known to have some crippling side effects to some of the candidates, such as muscular distrophy or parkinson`s disease. Meta could have been one of these failed SPARTANs and the detriment the program did to him could have been Mental instability, as he is seen as aggressive as sometimes ruthless even BEFORE been the Meta (such as when he tried to kill Texas in a training round). <p>The UNSC could not have just eliminated Maine but at the same time they couldn`t use him the way they would the other SPARTANs or give him some desk work at ONI (As usual with the Failed SPARTANs) so they probably decided to give him to Project Freelancer. Why? Maybe because they would want to see how an AI could further enhance the capabilities of a SPARTAN, this could further be evidenced by the experimental nature of the project and the fact that Maine, at that point would be...expendable. </p><p>
</p><p>If you think about it, this could explain some things about him, such as his super strenght or his weight (Average SPARTAN weighs 120 kg, Maine's a big guy, he could have weighted even more) and also his resilience as he gets shot (8 Times), ran over and beaten before getting medical aid. His mental instability could explain how sigma could have been able to manipulate him so easily and he also became proggresively more dependent on him for doing things such as, speaking : Voicing his thoughts and the such. </p> </i></div>
In Change in plans the Chairman did say that Project Freelancer was trusted with one of the military's most valuable assests, and we hear this while Maine is gearing up, this could mean that Maine was the asset that the military had trusted Project Freelancer with.   </div> <p>Not so fast, remember Maine's Armor is also extremely well built, even compared to the other freelancer Spartan Armor models (which are likely experimental versions of actual SPARTAN armor, meaning, uhm... lets just say unpleasant things for those who had to be trained to get into that armor, unless after the war they found a way to get it on without having to basically break into the persons body). It had survived at least 300 times more punishment than anyone elses, and, although he may be physically strong, his armor certainly provides him with a boost on the already present strength, also, the extra weight can be explained by the amount of armor he is wearing (also making him appear physically bulkier compared to his partners) the different face shield is also an indicator of his armor being more advanced. The fact that it was given to him though speaks volumes of his familiarity with powered armor, meaning that he could easily have been a failed SPARTAN II and as he had the most experience with powered armor he was trusted with it. But, it could also be because he is the least tactically intelligent member of the group, he takes the worst or least cover at all times, is always the first one injured or shot and never thinks outside of the box, they could have given him the armor simply because otherwise he would have been dead in seconds with his urge to simply charge and deal with his problems up close and head on. So, either skilled but unstable, or powerful but stupid, your choice </p><p>
</p><p>Also, its irrelevant yes, but discussing old things in a new light always leads to amazing new views, and sometimes, helps move along the future... </p>

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Considering that Red vs Blue is sub-exists with the Halo universe, an interesting theory would be that Maine is a failed SPARTAN II, for those who don`t know, the SPARTAN II program was known to have some crippling side effects to some of the candidates, such as muscular distrophy or parkinson`s disease. Meta could have been one of these failed SPARTANs and the detriment the program did to him could have been Mental instability, as he is seen as aggressive as sometimes ruthless even BEFORE been the Meta (such as when he tried to kill Texas in a training round). <p>The UNSC could not have just eliminated Maine but at the same time they couldn`t use him the way they would the other SPARTANs or give him some desk work at ONI (As usual with the Failed SPARTANs) so they probably decided to give him to Project Freelancer. Why? Maybe because they would want to see how an AI could further enhance the capabilities of a SPARTAN, this could further be evidenced by the experimental nature of the project and the fact that Maine, at that point would be...expendable. </p><p>
</p><p>If you think about it, this could explain some things about him, such as his super strenght or his weight (Average SPARTAN weighs 120 kg, Maine's a big guy, he could have weighted even more) and also his resilience as he gets shot (8 Times), ran over and beaten before getting medical aid. His mental instability could explain how sigma could have been able to manipulate him so easily and he also became proggresively more dependent on him for doing things such as, speaking : Voicing his thoughts and the such. </p> </i></div>
In Change in plans the Chairman did say that Project Freelancer was trusted with one of the military's most valuable assests, and we hear this while Maine is gearing up, this could mean that Maine was the asset that the military had trusted Project Freelancer with.  </div>Not so fast, remember Maine's Armor is also extremely well built, even compared to the other freelancer Spartan Armor models (which are likely experimental versions of actual SPARTAN armor, meaning, uhm... lets just say unpleasant things for those who had to be trained to get into that armor, unless after the war they found a way to get it on without having to basically break into the persons body). It had survived at least 300 times more punishment than anyone elses, and, although he may be physically strong, his armor certainly provides him with a boost on the already present strength, also, the extra weight can be explained by the amount of armor he is wearing (also making him appear physically bulkier compared to his partners) the different face shield is also an indicator of his armor being more advanced. The fact that it was given to him though speaks volumes of his familiarity with powered armor, meaning that he could easily have been a failed SPARTAN II and as he had the most experience with powered armor he was trusted with it. But, it could also be because he is the least tactically intelligent member of the group, he takes the worst or least cover at all times, is always the first one injured or shot and never thinks outside of the box, they could have given him the armor simply because otherwise he would have been dead in seconds with his urge to simply charge and deal with his problems up close and head on. So, either skilled but unstable, or powerful but stupid, your choice <p>
</p><p>Also, its irrelevant yes, but discussing old things in a new light always leads to amazing new views, and sometimes, helps move along the future... </p> </div> <p>He's not stupid, just probably not the smartest of the group, besides he doesn't really need to dive behind cover due to his resilience. </p>

i do see this happening as in the new episode Locus asks about the Meta so although he is unfortunantly not going to be back the Counseler could shed some light on this issue and we will see if it's right or not but i definantly agree due to Maine's ridiculous strength and durability

<p>Wait a minute, if the Meta is infact a Spartan (Failed still kinda counts, right) then he's like the Master Chief right, and if the Master Chief is able to survive falling from space TWICE (Or 3 times if you include Halo Combat Evolved), then the Meta shoud reasonably be able to survive falling from a cliff, but hey this is Red vs. Blue since when has everything been reasonable. </p>

<p>But, also like a SPARTAN he managed to drown... you drown so easily in the halo games and Maine would be no exception to that rule, the fall didn't kill him, drowning did. Sooooo... dead </p>

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<p>Well, we didn't know that he died from drowning at the time did we, also I don't think dying in the game has to do with drowning so much as it is going off the map becuase sometimes in the game you die before hitting the water. </p>