June Vega

June
Full Name	Juniper Vega
Title	Corporal
Design
Armor Set	Mark VI
Armor Color	Steel (with violet trim)
Weapons	SMG Magnum
Profession
Occupation	Guard
Affiliation	UNSC Outpost Black Out
Personal Info
Species	Human
Pronouns	She/Her
Status	Alive
Relationships	Nicole Vega (sister)
Official Info
First Appearance	Pilot
Voice Actor	Syp The Mighty

Corporal Juniper "June" Vega is a main character in Guard Duty, voiced by series creator Syp The Mighty. She is a soldier stationed on Outpost Black Out.

Personality

June is a jaded and cynical woman who has a disdain for most of her fellow soldiers on Outpost Black Out, including her sister Nicole. She seemingly even forgets their relation in Infinity after nearly leaving Nicole behind upon her departure from Outpost Black Out. Despite her bad personality, she is always assigned to patrol with her optimistic coworker Geff Rodrigo, whom she dislikes.

Biography

Events of Season 1

In Wish, June briefly listens to her coworker Geff's rant about their uneventful lives, though eventually June walks away from him to somewhere else on Outpost Black Out. In HQ, she insults Geff for trying to call HQ before running off. Later, Sarah and Nicole tell June about their watch of Lord of the Rings before the three entered a discussion over a perceived plot hole. During a moment of silence afterward, Geff approached the three to take inventory, though June did not respond before Geff ran off crying from Nicole and Sarah's rude turning down.

Classic continuity

Like the other guards of Outpost Black Out, June had been stationed there for years prior to Talking, as shown in the flashback sequence of Truth.

Events of Classic Season 1

In Talking, June listens to her coworker Geff complain about their status as security guards as opposed to "real" soldiers. June dismissed these complaints, and made fun of Geff with her boss Mitchell Miller as Geff tried calling HQ in Something. During The Point, Geff learns of the Spartan IV Program taking new candidates and convinces June to join him on the condition that Miller and Sarah also take part. As she prepared to depart in The Transfer, June criticized Sarah's attempt at bringing all of her luggage. When Emery Eden, under the guise of an official UNSC pilot in Infinity, is about to depart with the guards, June's sister Nicole Vega reveals herself and chides June for forgetting about her. After a quick stop at Outpost Rat's Nest, the guards were sent to Cold Storage.

Events of Classic Season 2

At the end of Clueless, June unveils herself to Miller and Geff as she reveals she transitioned from male to female. Miller was confused but didn't seem to mind, while Geff was supportive. Despite Geff's support, June would join Miller in insulting him. During an all-hands meeting in Paranoia, June and Sarah are sent by Miller to investigate a reading from his radar. This led to the two encountering a silent Emery in Arrival, though Emery would ultimately decide against harming them. Miller was unimpressed by June and Sarah's explanation of events in Reactionary as Nicole made herself known after breaking out of the Flood containment center she was trapped inside of. Miller then commanded everyone to join him in a thorough search around the outside of Cold Storage, leading June and the other guards to re-encounter Emery in an unfriendly reunion. After Emery attacked Miller and revealed he was there for Geff, June was unfazed by it. Moments later in Dare, Emery is shot at by unknown attackers. Fearful for their own lives, June runs off to cover while Sarah and Nicole hide behind a crate in the opposite direction. Miller, waking up in a cold sweat, ends up catching up to her and the two decide to stick together as they discover the attackers' warthog. Stealing it, Miller drives the pair to a now-abandoned Outpost Ice Box for refuge as the pair figure out what their next course of action is, much to June's chagrin.

Trivia

• June presents as male in Classic Season 1, being referred to as Josh. In Clueless, the first episode of Guard Duty, she's shown to have transitioned to a woman and adopted her new name in-between seasons. This makes her the first transgender character in the series.
  • Because of this, the flashback sequences at the start of Truth and Dare that occur before Classic Season 2 deliberately avoid referring to June by name and gender. Additionally, Sides episodes produced during Classic Season 2 that are implied to occur on Outpost Black Out such as Tagged completely ignore June's prior identity.
  • Additionally, the new Season 1 ignores that she was male altogether by having her present as female from the start.
• In flashbacks shown within the Halo engine, June is shown wearing the full Mark VI armor set like the rest of the guards, despite wearing a Mark V helmet in the Classic era Halo-set episodes. This is due to Halo 2 not featuring as much armor customization and thus June was unable to be filmed with her usual Mark V helmet. She would later don the standard Mark VI in Season 1.
• June's last name, Vega, is revealed in Tagged on Geff's computer screen.
• June's voice is simply series creator Syp The Mighty's natural speaking voice.
• In Pilot and Classic Season 1, June wears a CQB chest plate in addition to her Mark VI shoulder pads and Mark V helmet. However, from Annoyances onward she wears a Mark VI chest plate. While Syp can't remember the reason for the initial change, she retained the Mark VI chest plate in Classic Season 2 to be consistent with the other guards as the CQB had become associated with higher ranking soldiers by that point.
  • Beginning with Wish, June now wears the complete Mark VI armor set to match the other guards.

Gallery

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  June during Classic Season 1, with the CQB chest plate and Mark V helmet

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  June during Classic Season 2, now having the standard Mark VI armor set with the Mark V helmet

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  June in Wish