Red vs. Blue: Recovery One
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Red vs. Blue: Recovery One | |
| Engines | Halo 2 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Running time | Three minutes per episode (average) |
| Created by | Burnie Burns Matt Hullum |
| Voices | Shannon McCormick Mark Bellman Shannon Merlin Leigh Eddie |
| Releases | October 28, 2007 – December 7, 2007 |
| Number of episodes | 4 |
| Website http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/ |
|
Red vs. Blue: Recovery One is an action-based 2007 video miniseries produced by Rooster Teeth Productions and distributed via the Xbox Live Marketplace. A sequel to the Red vs. Blue series, Red vs Blue: Recovery One picks up where the Red vs. Blue: Out of Mind mini series left off.
Contents |
[edit] Synopsis
The Recovery One miniseries picks up after Out of Mind. The main character is a soldier named Agent Washington, also referred to by the call sign Recovery One. The series is available to the public on the Red vs. Blue website, and available in high-definition for purchase on the XBL Marketplace. Burnie Burns has stated that the mini-series, in addition to shedding some more light on the freelancer project, is also important in setting up a background for a new upcoming character. [1]
With the exception of Mark Bellman, who plays the AI Delta, no voice actors from previous Rooster Teeth productions lended their voice talents to this series. Instead, the other three main characters were voiced by other actors who auditioned for the roles. The characters Washington, South and Command were played by new actors Shannon McCormick, Shannon Merlin and Leigh Eddie respectively. Recurring character Wyoming makes a cameo appearance in the first episode but does not have any dialogue. [2]
[edit] Plot
The series opens at Omega's base from episode 5 of Out of Mind. The two guards that were killed in a firefight by Tex are shown lying dead on the ground. A soldier arrives at the scene and identifies himself as Agent Washington, one of the forty-nine AI-implanted soldiers named after the 49 remaining states in the U.S. However, Washington elaborates to the AI Delta in the deceased York's suit that he does not have an AI anymore due to complications with his previous one. Washington then proceeds to recover Delta and store him. Shortly aftwards, he is attacked by Wyoming[3] and is nearly finished when cornered, but manages to escape with Delta intact. The episode ends with him leaving to respond to another distress signal.
Washington attends to a dead soldier who put out the distress call. There is also a female soldier named Sally at the scene. Washington refers to them as "North" and "South" respectively for North and South Dakota,[4] indicating that they too are among the AI-implanted soldiers. Through their conversation, it is revealed that the female and the deceased male are twin siblings and that the brother's AI, Theta, is missing. Washington receives an order from his command post that the recovery of Theta is top priority and that the current situation was "Priority Zero," and had to be contained. He hesitantly accepts the order, and appears to have killed South with a pistol shot to her head.
However, he does not kill South, and realizes that South was only alive to make him stay longer for an unknown enemy to set up an attack. Washington explains to South why exactly she was kept alive: after answering the fifth distress call, Washington began to suspect an unknown being is trying to kill all the remaining freelancers and gain both their AIs and their armors' special abilities. Realizing he couldn't face the being alone, Washington requests the help of South in order to fight it. Owing to his own misgivings about AIs, he implants Delta into South so the construct can aid them. These misgivings are revealed to be a result of the death of Washington's own AI, which went insane and committed suicide while still synchronized with Washington.
Washington and South move to confront the enemy, but South shoots Washington in the back, leaving his fate ambiguous (he is revealed to have survived in the next series). South then tricks their attacker and steals the ship the latter used to follow them, contacting her command post and informing them of the success of their plan to double-cross Washington. She then tells them since she has Delta she will not be returning to command, and flies off in a hijacked ship. The command post warns South that they will find her if she doesn't come back, but South is not fazed, ending the transmission (and the episode) by saying, "It's not you I'm worried about."
[edit] Episode list
| # | Marketplace release | Website release (sponsors) | Website release (public) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 28, 2007 | October 28, 2007 | March 03, 2008 | 3' 41" |
| 2 | November 5, 2007 | March 10, 2008 | 3' 29" | |
| 3 | November 20, 2007 | November 22, 2007 | March 17, 2008 | 4' 42" |
| 4 | December 6, 2007 | December 6, 2007 | March 24, 2008 | 4' 10" |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Red vs. Blue: Recovery One Part Four commentary
- ^ Red vs Blue: Recovery One Part Three commentary
- ^ Red vs Blue: Recovery One Part One commentary.
- ^ Red vs Blue: Recovery One Part Two commentary.
|
|||||||||||
