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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Thanks to being a CompositeCharacter of Maine and Jaune, he's still a brute with a MyCountryRightOrWrong mentality, but he's also much friendlier and scrupulous than canon Maine ever was.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Surprisingly, what little we see of him pre-fragmentation shows he was this to the Freelancers, in spite of having never met them.
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* GenreSavvy: He realizes and calls out the similarity of his battle with Phantom!Sigman inside Maine's head to ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin''.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: By Sigma, who used his desire to figure out his true identity to manipulate Maine into letting Sigma access his implants. The end result was the Meta, who is completely broken to Sigma's will.
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* PunchClockVillain: As a coping mechanism for his actions in Project Freelancer, Maine behaves like a cold, ruthless killing machine in the field and his usual self outside of it. [[DeconstructedTrope This is deeply unhealthy.]]
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* DeadpanSnarker: Generally copes with the situations he winds up in with a healthy dose of snark.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Church's character arc and activities are given almost as much focus as Jaune's, and his actions help drive the plot along.
* FreudianExcuse: Most of his issues are a result of the horrific psychological torture that he endured at the Director's hand, which as Delta notes, left him a bitter shell of his former self.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Church's character arc and activities are given almost as much focus as Jaune's, and his actions help drive the plot along.
* FreudianExcuse: Most of his issues are a result of the horrific psychological torture that he endured at the Director's hand, which as Delta notes, left him a bitter shell of his former self.
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* GenreSavvy: He realizes and calls out the similarity of his battle with Phantom!Sigman inside Maine's head to ''VideoGame/TheEvilWithin''.
* HeroicBSOD: When [[spoiler:Tex finally makes him accept that he is the Alpha, he clearly starts panicking as it sinks into him he isn't and never was human, and that he's essentially the clone of a man that tortured him, ruined the lives of countless people, and forced the Reds and Blues into fighting a pointless war.]]
* HeroicBSOD: When [[spoiler:Tex finally makes him accept that he is the Alpha, he clearly starts panicking as it sinks into him he isn't and never was human, and that he's essentially the clone of a man that tortured him, ruined the lives of countless people, and forced the Reds and Blues into fighting a pointless war.]]
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* SirSwearsALot: He's the most prone to using profanity out of the cast and drops [[PrecisionFStrike F-bombs]] constantly.
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* SitcomArchnemesis: To Ruby, due to his constant swearing and her hatred of swearing.
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* TomatoInTheMirror: He's still in denial about being an AI, in spite of the litany of evidence for this being the case. [[spoiler:He finally accepts this, and promptly reacts how you'd expect; a HeroicBSOD and then anger.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: From what we see of him pre-fragmentation, he was far more openly caring and polite, and though he was somewhat bitter, he was nowhere near the jerk he is in present day.
* TookALevelInJerkass: From what we see of him pre-fragmentation, he was far more openly caring and polite, and though he was somewhat bitter, he was nowhere near the jerk he is in present day.
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The embodiment of the Alpha's rage.
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The embodiment of the Alpha's logic.
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The embodiment of the Alpha's ambition, who broke Jaune's mind and transformed him into the Meta.
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The embodiment of the Alpha's deceit.
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The highly amoral head of the Project.
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The embodiment of the Alpha's rage.
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The embodiment of the Alpha's logic.
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The embodiment of the Alpha's ambition, who broke Jaune's mind and transformed him into the Meta.
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* PosthumousCharacter: He was destroyed in the EMP blast, though a phantom version of him still haunts Jaune's mind.
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The embodiment of the Alpha's deceit.
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[[folder:The Director]]
The highly amoral head of the Project.
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* [[spoiler:RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Was this in canon, here she's been given the same type of robotic boy as Penny.[/spoiler]
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* AdaptationalBadass: On account of being a CompositeCharacter, sharing the same history and experiences with Maine. He best showcases this by taking down Team RWBY, followed by Team NPR.
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* AdaptationalBadass: On account of being a CompositeCharacter, sharing He shows this as both Jaune and Agent Maine:
** Since he's actually Agent Maine, he shares the brute's incredible strength and combat ability, best showcased when he effortlessly beat both Team RWBY and his former team at the samehistory and experiences with Maine. He best showcases this by taking down Team RWBY, followed by Team NPR.time.
** On the flip side, as Agent Maine, he managed a feat that his canon self never did, winning a few rounds of the training match against Agent Texas. Several occasions have shown that he's still near enough her combat level for her to consider him a genuine threat.
** Since he's actually Agent Maine, he shares the brute's incredible strength and combat ability, best showcased when he effortlessly beat both Team RWBY and his former team at the same
** On the flip side, as Agent Maine, he managed a feat that his canon self never did, winning a few rounds of the training match against Agent Texas. Several occasions have shown that he's still near enough her combat level for her to consider him a genuine threat.
* BerserkButton:
** All it took for him to decide to utterly decimate Cardin was watching him bully Velvet.
** Call him the Meta at your own peril.
** All it took for him to decide to utterly decimate Cardin was watching him bully Velvet.
** Call him the Meta at your own peril.
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* HeroicBSoD: Near the end of his first mission as Maine, Jaune was ordered to kill a group of civilian scientists in spite of his protests. He did as he was ordered, but afterwards was reduced to a sobbing, vomiting mess.
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* HeroicBSoD: DoNotCallMePaul: Prefers to be called Maine instead of Jaune because he's still getting used to his memories, but he responds fairly to both. On the other hand, don't ever call him the Meta or he will wreck your shit in the blink of an eye.
* HeroicBSOD: Near the end of his first mission as Maine, Jaune was ordered to kill a group of civilian scientists in spite of his protests. He did as he was ordered, but afterwards was reduced to a sobbing, vomiting mess.
* HeroicBSOD: Near the end of his first mission as Maine, Jaune was ordered to kill a group of civilian scientists in spite of his protests. He did as he was ordered, but afterwards was reduced to a sobbing, vomiting mess.
* VitriolicBestBuds: The "best" part is still getting there, but he and Church argue constantly yet consider each other friends.
* AdaptationalBadass: Canon Church wasn't able to shoot someone standing two feet in front of him with a full clip of a pistol. This Church manages to get two headshots with his sniper rifle during his battle against [[spoiler:mental Sigma]].
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: On account of his behavior. While some tolerate him and care about him, such as Penny (who can never really find a reason to hate anyone) and Tex (his girlfriend), he tends to grate on everybody's nerves. Team RWBY's especially.
* OnlySaneMan: He ''considers'' himself this since he's the only person who seems to realize the threat Maine poses. In reality everyone else considers him an annoying, if useful, ally.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: On account of his behavior. While some tolerate him VitriolicBestBuds: The "best" part is still getting there, but he and care about him, such as Penny (who can never really find a reason to hate anyone) and Tex (his girlfriend), he tends to grate on everybody's nerves. Team RWBY's especially.Maine argue constantly yet consider each other friends.
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The leader of Team JNPR. Following a mission gone wrong, Jaune was missing and presumed dead for months. In reality, under mysterious circumstances, Jaune was transported to a UNSC facility and was captured by C.T, leading to his memories being wiped and forcibly enlisted in the program under the identity of newbie Freelancer Agent Maine.\\\
As a result of Sigma's manipulations and the Director's experiments, Jaune's personality became unhinged and was reduced to being Sigma's puppet as the AI went about his plans to capture the other AI Fragments and reach metastability. At the end of ''Revelation,'' following his encounter with the Reds and Blues of Project Freelancer, the Time Distortion Unit malfunctioned and returned Jaune to Remnant.
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The leader of Team JNPR. Following a mission gone wrong, Jaune was missing and presumed dead for months. In reality, under mysterious circumstances, Jaune was transported to a UNSC facility and was captured by C.T, leading to his memories being wiped and forcibly enlisted in the program under the identity of newbie Freelancer Agent Maine.\\\
As a result of Sigma's manipulations and the Director's experiments, Jaune's personality became unhinged and was reduced to being Sigma's puppet as the AI went about his plans to capture the other AI Fragments and reach metastability. At the end of ''Revelation,'' following his encounter with the Reds and Blues of Project Freelancer, the Time Distortion Unit malfunctioned and returned Jaune to Remnant.
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* BewareTheQuietOnes: Sure, Jaune is still Jaune, but after taking 9 bullets to the throat, he essentially is unable to talk and was paired up with Sigma. [[SarcasmMode That certainly didn't go balls up]]. Even when Sigma is removed, he's still one of the most dangerous characters in the story, and loves to prove it on more than one occasion.
* CompositeCharacter: Jaune and Maine are the same person, with Jaune going through the same experiences as the big brute. It certainly helps evolve him into an AdaptationalBadass.
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* BewareTheQuietOnes: Sure, Jaune is still Jaune, the same adorable dork who got himself pinned to a tree, but after taking 9 bullets to the throat, he essentially is unable to talk and was paired up with Sigma. [[SarcasmMode That certainly didn't go balls up]]. Even when Sigma is removed, he's still one of the most dangerous characters in the story, and loves to prove it on more than one occasion.
* CompositeCharacter: Jaune and Maine are the sameperson, person in the fanfic, with Jaune going through the same experiences as the big brute. It certainly helps evolve him into an AdaptationalBadass.
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The Alpha Artificial Intelligence, based off of the mind of the Director of Project Freelancer. After being forced to undergo experiments that caused it to break its mind off into fragment AI pieces representing different facets of its emotions, the AI was implanted into an unsuspecting soldier and transferred to Blood Gulch under the identity of Private Leonard L. Church.\\\
Following the events of ''Reconstruction,'' Church was presumed destroyed by the EMP wave that wiped out most of the assets at Project Freelancer HQ. In truth, Church and several other AI were revealed to be alive, but damaged and were restored. Church was the first AI to be repaired and currently serves as Jaune's translator, much to his chagrin.
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* InsistentTerminology: He is a ''ghost'', not an AI. Notably he still refers to himself as a ghost [[spoiler:despite knowing he is indeed the Alpha.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Not apparent at first, but he does show he cares about people. In his own little way. Not that he would ever admit it.
* KnewItAllAlong: He was fully aware that he was [[spoiler:an Artificial Intelligence, or at the very least had an idea he wasn't who he was claimed to be. Despite remembering Texas as his girlfriend who cheated on him behind his back, he also knew that her full name was Allison ''Church.'']] By his own admission, being [[spoiler:a ghost was much more preferable in his mind than being based off a man as callous as the Director.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Though technically alive in the form of Epsilon, Church still died in the EMP blast at the end of ''Reconstruction.'' In the fanfic, he and many other AI were only damaged and had to be repaired.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: On account of his behavior. While some tolerate him and care about him, such as Penny (who can never really find a reason to hate anyone) and Tex (his girlfriend), he tends to grate on everybody's nerves. Team RWBY's especially.
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