Leonard L. Church

Leonard L. Church
Series	Red vs. Blue
Age	Unknown
Birthday	Unknown
Sex	Male
Species	Unknown
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Alignment	Chaotic Good

Leonard L. Church is one of the main characters from the Red vs. Blue series.

Background

The story of Leonard Church is quite possibly the most complicated story of any of the Reds or Blues. Leonard L. Church is the self-imposed leader of the Blue Team, following the death of their commander Butch Flowers (who in reality was Agent Florida, a freelancer who was from the same program as Texas and Carolina). However, Church has a secret that not even he is aware of. He is, in fact, the Alpha A.I. unit, a once fully self-aware AI that had gone through A.I. Metastability. However, as part of Project Freelancer, the director (who is the real Leonard Church) started to dissect parts of Alpha and take away several of its emotions, turning them into A.I. fragments.

After the loss of its memory unit (which was made into the Epsilon unit), Alpha was taken away by Agent Florida and implanted into a man named Jimmy, possessing him like a ghost. This was done to protect the Alpha unit from being absorbed, or destroyed, by Agent Maine, who had become known as The Meta thanks to his own A.I. unit, Sigma, wishing to become Metastable by reuniting with the other parts of the Alpha unit that had been separated. In order to hide in a place where no one would find it, Alpha was brought to Blood Gulch, and the other members of the Red and Blue teams were specifically picked by the U.N.S.C. and Project Freelancer to help hide it without letting it escape.

Powers & Abilities

• Skilled Strategist: Church has shown to be a great strategist thanks to his leadership and intelligence. He commonly leads the Blues and has also led the Reds and Blues against O'Malley's final assault. Church also took second-in-command under Agent Washington when the teams were pitted against the Meta. Lastly, he has defeated several enemies thanks to his great deal of logical reasoning.
• Highly Intelligent: Not only is Church one of the smartest Blood Gulch troopers, but he also has a great deal of logical reasoning. Because of this, he has defeated several enemies and even saved the teams from the bomb detonating in Episode 52. This is most likely due to the fact that he is the Alpha A.I. He still retains his intelligence when he returns as the Epsilon A.I., displaying it during his partnership with Agent Carolina.
• AI Possession/Interference: Due to being an A.I., Church has the ability to possess and take control of anyone. After "dying" for the first time in the series, Church first demonstrated this ability by possessing Sarge in order to rescue Tex. He has since then used this ability to learn vital info, sneak into bases, and even go against Omega in Caboose's mind. Being the Alpha, Church has shown to be much more skilled in possession than other A.I.s, as he completely takes over the host in a few seconds. Even when he became Epsilon, Church still retained this ability as it helped the group several times. He possessed a mongoose which allowed him to bond with Carolina, possessed Caboose to unlock his anger, and was able to put the remaining Tex-drones to 'rest' by splitting himself into multiple copies to possess them.

Equipment

• Battle Rifle: The Battle Rifle is the primary weapon of most characters in Red vs. Blue, with almost every character has been seen wielding it.
• Sticky Detonator: The Sticky Detonator is a type of grenade launcher that is in the form of a unique pistol. The detonator fires C-4 grenades that attach to the first thing it comes into contact with.
• SMG: The Sub Machine Gun (SMG) is a weapon used by many of the main characters of Red vs. Blue. With the small size of the weapon and the gun lowering technique, the SMG didn't look as threatening as most other weapons other than the Magnum. However, the SMG has a magazine size of 60 rounds and can shoot 15 rounds per second. It cannot jam and uses a processor to help aim up to 74% of accuracy, though overloading the processors will decrease the accuracy of 49%-45%.
• Magnum: The Magnum, (M6 series) is a weapon that is commonly used by nearly every character in Red vs. Blue and serves as a "representation” of the characters talking to one another in the series. It is actually most often the secondary weapon of many characters. The Magnum is also a standard issue weapon for Red and Blue armies.
• Teleportation Grenades: Also known as Future Cubes, Teleportation Grenades are a type of grenade that have the ability to "store" items in subspace that are caught in its blast radius. Then these items can be released when another grenade is thrown, allowing them to "transport" any item easily. In addition, these cubes can be set at different frequencies which will have different effects on those in their blast radius. Teleportation Cubes can be used to teleport anything in the blast radius to another location in a short amount of time, so long as the proper coordinates are inputted. If people use them to travel, they can suffer side effects such as nausea.
• Sniper Rifle: The SRS99C-S2 AM Sniper Rifle is Church's primary weapon in the series….but he can’t hit the broad side of a barn with it. He has terrible accuracy but occasionally he manages to hit something as shown when he surprisingly hit Freelancer Wyoming in Episode 99 and even the Meta. He also doesn’t know how to activate the zoom of the rifle. While the Sniper Rifle is Church’s primary weapon - other members of the Red vs Blue Team have used it and are quite frankly, much more skilled at using it than him with Tucker being able to kill three Wyoming clones with it. Donut has also shown expressive skill with the weapon - being able to snipe Doc’s Scanner out of his hands. As for the other Blood Gulch Members, they mostly use it for spying and not direct combat.
• Monitor: As he first appeared as Epsilon, Church can go inside an ancient artifact known as a monitor. In it, he floats and hovers about, can project a video from one of the events of Halo 3, can shoot a straight laser beam that burns if he gets angry enough and can self-destruct. Though after having a body, he no longer possesses it.

Feats

Speed

• Got out of the path of a speeding jeep, which has a maximum acceleration of 78 miles per hour.
• With the monitor, can shoot a laser beam that is straight and can burn upon contact.
• As Epsilon, can see everywhere around him move very, very slowly.

Durability

• Got zapped by a lightning bolt.
• Got launched halfway across the plain by a grav booster.
• Got continuously punched in the face by Tex with the monitor.
• Got clocked by Tex in Sarge’s robot body.
• Took a bullet.

Skill

• Rescued Agent Texas.
• Still managed to shoot Caboose’s pinkie toe off from several feet away despite being terrible with a sniper.
• Tricked and knocked out Sarge and Grif alongside Simmons and Donut.
• While inside the monitor, used it to kill C.T., who’s actually the former Leader of Charon Industries.
• With the Reds, Carolina, and Washington’s help, defeated an entire army of Agent Texas.
• Fought against Felix with the Reds and eventually killed him.
• Foiled Malcolm Hargrove’s plans, the CEO of Charon Industries
• Sacrificed himself into little fragments and erased his memories in order to save his teammates and the Reds.

Weaknesses

• Church, as a leader, is an asshole (even Epsilon, who was modeled after him, admits this), to the point that his team will argue with him and not work together well