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| bgcolor=000000
| fontcolor=FF0000
| title      = '''OFF_THE_RECORD_DO_NOT_UPLOAD'''
| season     = [[Red Line]]
| number     = 2.5
| image      = [[File:RL ep 2.5.png|250px]]
| airdate    = October 3, 2025
| director    = jaxbeetle
| writer     = jaxbeetle<br>[[Syp The Mighty]]
| animation  = 
| starring   = mellohyelloh<br>boxofmyheart<br>TakisGuzzler<br>Monies The Great
| editor     = jaxbeetle <small>(visuals)</small><br>Syp The Mighty <small>(audio)</small>
| music      = Cole Vakassian
| previous   = [[Wiped from the Galaxy]]
| next       = [[The Robotics Initiative]]
}}
'''OFF_THE_RECORD_DO_NOT_UPLOAD''' is a special episode of ''[[Red Line]]'' taking place directly after its [[Wiped from the Galaxy|second episode]] but before [[The Robotics Initiative|its third]].

==Description==
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==Characters==
*[[Pidge Emmel]]
*[[Fawkes McShane]]

===[[Chaplin Times]]===
*[[Matilda Fern]]

===[[SAFE]]===
*[[Emily Vega]]
*[[Alana Reynolds]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>
*[[Louie Vargas]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>
*[[Damien Wilson]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>

===[[Trinity Advancements]]===
*[[Robert Balboa]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>

===Other===
*[[Emery Eden|Rogue ODST]] <small>(mentioned only)</small>

==Trivia==
*[[Trinity Advancements]] purchasing [[Chaplin Times]] is discussed by Pidge and Tilly, first mentioned in ''[[Bounty Wanted]]'', revealing that Chaplin had started cancelling stories that could potentially paint Trinity or [[SAFE]] in a negative light.
*[[Alana Reynolds]], [[Louie Vargas]], and [[Damien Wilson]] were revealed to be part of "Fireteam Cosmo", a SPARTAN-IV unit, who worked directly under [[SAFE]].
*The SPARTAN-IV program is once again mentioned as having been discontinued, first brought up by [[Sarah Daws]] in ''[[Retrograde]]''.
*Tilly's phone alarm is a sped up version of one of ''[[Guard Duty]]'''s transition tracks.
*Veronica Haven, the captain of [[Outpost Ice Box]] first named in ''[[Bounty Wanted]]'', is mentioned as having supposedly been given an honorary discharge by Tilly.
*Damien's death in ''[[Showstopper]]'' is alluded to as the reason Chaplin shot down Tilly's story about Fireteam Cosmo.
*Vega returns from ''[[Rat's Nest]]'', with Monies The Great reprising her role.
*Vega's connection to [[Nicole Vega]] and [[June Vega]] is alluded to, with her being aware of [[Outpost Black Out]] and swiftly ending her phone call with Pidge upon being told it had been erased from [[SAFE]] records.
*This episode has a different editing style than the previous two, with jaxbeetle editing its visuals, to display the idea of someone else leaking this audio rather than Pidge or Fawkes.
*Syp The Mighty designed this episode's video thumbnail.

==Watch==
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKdm45JZsv4</youtube>

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