In seasons 9 and 10, the Freelancer back story was mostly displayed in Poser. During the latter half of Season 9, a small team of animators joined Rooster Teeth, assisting Monty. In Season 10, Rooster Teeth gained a full team of animators to animate the Freelancer backstory, as well as during present day scenes. After Season 10, Monty Oum and the season's other animators went on to work full-time on RWBY, causing Season 11 to go back to traditional machinima. However, for Season 12, Chris Dike was hired as the new lead animator for the series, using the animation program Maya as opposed to Poser.