The answer to the ultimate question of “you ever wonder why we’re here” is two-fold. In-universe, it’s because a clandestine government organization decided that these ragtag group of army rejects would amount to nothing more than expendable training dummies for their elite Freelancer soldiers, so they split them into two teams and manipulated them into thinking they were at war with each other. Out-of-universe, it’s because 5-6 otherwise normal dudes decided to have some fun with the multiplayer of Halo: Combat Evolved and made what they thought would be a short-lived machinima about a bunch of soldiers in a box canyon in the middle of nowhere. Instead, what they created was a story that would last 21 years, inspiring other online content creators, giving levity to our troops abroad during the early years of the War on Terror, and even influencing aspects of the very Halo series itself! That my friends, is why we were all there. Long live Rooster Teeth. Their legacy will always endure in our hearts.