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"Well, this is the center that came up with all the ridiculous scenarios you guys have suffered through over the years. So have fun. Break some shit."
—Washington to the Reds and Blues in Reconstruction: Chapter 15

The Project Freelancer Operational Command Center, more commonly known as Command, is assumed to be the central location of Project Freelancer as well as the "Red and Blue 'simulation troopers' project". Command was in charge of creating Project Freelancer, which was headed by Dr. Leonard Church, as well as the side branch, Recovery, which was created to retrieve the A.I. fragments from dead or dying agents.

Role in Plot[]

During the Blood Gulch Chronicles, Command never directly contacts the Red and Blue soldiers, but instead, relays message through Vic/Vic Jr. During Episode 38, Sarge made a call to Command for an air strike and was greeted by Vic, the same Command representative who greets the Blues usually. Tucker realizes that the Red and Blue Civil War is a lie, just as he gets shot by a Rocket Launcher. Most of the others ignore this incident throughout most of the series. It is revealed gradually from the end of Season 5 and by Recreation's end, that Project Freelancer used a fake Red Army and Blue Army to run simulations of various scenarios, under the premise of a civil war.

Command soldiers

Freelancer soldiers outside Command

During Recovery One, Washington has many interactions with a female command representative whom he seems to interact with in a fairly casual manner.  During Reconstruction: Chapter 12, Washington reveals that Project Freelancer uses the Red and Blue Army outposts as testing grounds and practice, and as he also pointed out, there were no major plot advances at their stations in Blood Gulch unless a Freelancer came or there was a call with Command.

Later in Reconstruction, Washington, with the help of the Reds and Blues, sneaks into the command center to find the Epsilon A.I. and stop the Meta. Washington ends up activating a failsafe EMP that destroys all of command's technology except for Epsilon. It's soon revealed that there are simulation trooper bases located in Sidewinder, Battle Creek, Zanzibar, Rat's Nest, High Ground, and Valhalla. Due to the Reds and Blues' actions and revealing Project Freelancer's crimes, the UNSC disbanded Project Freelancer and confiscated its property, including Command.

Layout[]

Command is portrayed to be extremely large in the series, having several Halo maps to represent it. In Command's perimeter is a large plain and several buildings, one of which is the motor pool containing numerous vehicles. Along with this, inside Command is the A.I. Containment Facility, which is used to store Project Freelancer A.I. Another facility is in the center of the compound, which has access to activate an EMP wave that can shutdown the facility's technology completely. Also, there is a room that is used by the Counselor to interrogate personnel and evaluate their psyche.

Trivia[]

  • Although first mentioned in Red Gets a Delivery, Command didn't appear until 5 seasons and 2 mini-series later in the second saga.
  • Command is represented by more Halo maps than any other location in the series (5 if one doesn't include the A.I. Containment Facility).
  • The majority of Command is represented by the map, "Standoff", while the center of Command is represented by "Cold Storage", the Counselor's interrogation room is represented by "The Pit", the motor pool is represented by "Foundry", and the entrance to Command is represented by "High Ground". All of these maps reside in the Halo 3 engine.

See also[]

Main article: A.I. Containment Facility
Main article: UNSC Archives

External links[]

Locations
Halo: CE Era: Unnamed Planet (Blood Gulch)SidewinderCaboose's MindBattle CreekTeleporter NexusDanger CanyonTimberland
Halo 2 Era: Unnamed Planet (Great Burning PlainsUNSC Wind Power FacilityGreat SwampGreat Freezing PlainsCitiesIsland FortressUnderground Caves)
Halo 3 Era: Unnamed Planet (ValhallaHologram ChamberRat's NestOutpost 48-ACommandA.I. Containment FacilityAncient Alien TemplesFreelancer Offsite Storage Facility)UNSC Maximum Security Detention Facility
CG Animation Era: A.I. Storage UnitAngel On My ShoulderMother of Invention (Training Room)Bjørndal Cryogenics Research FacilityInsurrection BuildingUNSC ArchivesUNSC Scrap Metal Recycling StationLongshore ShipyardsClub Errera
Halo 4 Era: Chorus (Crash Site BravoForest BaseDesert Refueling StationNew Republic Headquarters
Crash Site AlphaArmoniaRadio Jammer Station 1CCharon Research Complex 2CCharon Excavation Site
Jungle TempleTemple of ProcreationEastern Mountain RangeCommunication TemplePurge)
Halo 5 Era: Earth (UNSC Supply DepotPower FacilitySammie Raphaello's Pizza)Chorus (Chorus Residential CityGeneral Doyle General Hospital) IrisAbandoned SettlementArmada 8 (Desert GulchUnderwater Lair)Broken RidgeStarseeds (Labyrinth) Everwhen
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