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   | title='''Rat's Nest'''
   | created_by=[[Syp The Mighty]]
   | image=Rat's Nest Poster by jaxbeetle.png
   | director=Syp The Mighty<br>Sephtic <small>(animation)</small>
   | caption=Artwork by jaxbeetle
   | writer=Syp The Mighty<br>[[Revoltge]]
  | genre=Comedy<br>Western<br>Science Fiction
   | cast=Revoltge<br>DaksArt<br>EbbSkii<br>Pootan<br>JaxBeetle<br>Blankslate_GG
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   | director=Syp The Mighty
   | writer=Syp The Mighty<br>Revoltge
   | cast=Revoltge<br>TheiDsStudios<br>Daks<br>Ebb!<br>Blankslate<br>Pootan<br>jaxbeetle<br>
  | editor=Syp The Mighty<br>jaxbeetle <small>(''Part 1'')</small>
   | music=Cole Vakassian
   | music=Cole Vakassian
  | animator=jaxbeetle <small>(''Part 1'')</small><br>EprothStudios <small>(''Part 3'', ''5'')</small><br>Sephtic <small>(''Part 4'')</small>
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   | game_engine=''[[Halo#The Master Chief Collection|Halo 3 MCC]]''
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   | original_run=Summer 2025
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   | running_time=
   | status=Upcoming
   | status=Filming
   | previous=[[Guard Duty: Season 1|Season 1]]
   | studio=[[Spite Box]]
   | next=[[Guard Duty: Season 2|Season 2]]
   | previous=[[Season 1]]
}}'''Rat's Nest''' is an upcoming miniseries that serves as a prequel to the main ''[[Guard Duty]]'' series.
  | next=''Echoes''
}}'''Rat's Nest''', also called '''Rat's Nest: A Guard Duty Story''', is an upcoming ''[[Halo]]''-based [[machinima]] miniseries that serves as a prequel to ''[[Guard Duty]]''. It will be directed by [[Syp The Mighty]] from a screenplay she wrote with [[Revoltge]]. This series will center on [[Emery Eden]] just prior to his introduction in ''[[Season 1]]'' during an encounter with the guards stationed on [[Outpost Rat's Nest]].
 
It is planned to release summer 2025, with no specific date being given until production wraps. A teaser clip was included at the end of a [[9-5 Cast Announcement!|special video]] announcing the cast of ''[[9-5]]'', which featured Revoltge in-character as [[Emery Eden]] sending an audition for the lead role. On May 2, 2025, the official poster illustrated by jaxbeetle was unveiled as well as its release window upon the end of filming.


==Characters==
==Characters==
*[[Outpost Rat's Nest]] Guards
*[[Emery Eden]]
*[[Emery Eden]]
*[[Prim]]
===[[Outpost Rat's Nest|Rat's Nest Guards]]===
*[[Jace Casper]]
*[[Dina Jones]]


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
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|1.
|1.
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:GDRN.png|150px|link=]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:|150px|link=]]
|TBD
|Rehearsal
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
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|2.
|2.
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|TBD
|Break a Leg
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
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|3.
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|TBD
|Showstopper
|TBD
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|TBD
|The Last Dance
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
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|5.
|5.
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| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:|150px|link=]]
|Curtain Call
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
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|[[Crazy, Cupid, Love!]]
|February 14, 2025
|7:49
|The Guards learn the meaning of love from a special visitor.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Sides17.png|150px|link=]]
|[[Discord Announcement!]]
|March 28, 2025
|1:44
|June is here to announce the all new Spite Box Discord server!
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|Sarah and the Holy Kale
|TBD
|TBD
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==Gallery==
<gallery mode="nolines">
Rat's Nest Guards Coming Soon.png|Concept designs for the central characters, shown in ''[[Coming Soon]]''
Rat's Nest Tease.png|A production still featuring the guards of the eponymous outpost
RN logo.png|The preliminary logo, designed by Blankslate
Rat's Nest Teaser Poster.png|The teaser poster, featuring Blankslate's logo design
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*This series was announced in ''[[Coming Soon]]'', a ''Sides'' episode.
*The logo for this series was designed by Blankslate, who also voices [[Mitchell Miller|Miller]] and [[Jace Casper|Jace]].
*Its logo was designed by Blankslate_GG, the current voice of [[Jack O'Brien]].
*This series was announced in ''[[Coming Soon]]'', a fourth-wall breaking ''[[Guard Duty Sides|Sides]]'' episode produced upon the end of ''[[Classic Season 2]]''. It was written shortly after ''[[Season 1]]'' at the end of 2023 into early 2024. Its production was reaffirmed in ''[[Stay Tuned]]'', another fourth-wall breaking ''Sides'' episode, where its logo was revealed as well as the involvement of animators EprothStudios and Sephtic returning from ''[[Season 1]]''. A teaser was included in the [[9-5 Cast Announcement!|cast announcement]] for ''[[9-5]]'', with its production later referenced in ''[[Discord Announcement!]]'' by including [[Dina Jones]], a character set to be formally introduced in this miniseries.
*Syp and Revoltge consider [[Emery Eden]], a recurring character throughout ''[[Season 1]]'', to be the protagonist of this series.


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Revision as of 17:07, 6 May 2025

Rat's Nest, also called Rat's Nest: A Guard Duty Story, is an upcoming Halo-based machinima miniseries that serves as a prequel to Guard Duty. It will be directed by Syp The Mighty from a screenplay she wrote with Revoltge. This series will center on The Spartan just prior to his introduction in Season 1 during an encounter with the guards stationed on Outpost Rat's Nest.

It is planned to release summer 2025, with no specific date being given until production wraps. A teaser clip was included at the end of a special video announcing the cast of Nine to Five, which featured Revoltge in-character as The Spartan sending an audition for the lead role. On May 2, 2025, the official poster illustrated by jaxbeetle was unveiled as well as its release window upon the end of filming.

Characters

Rat's Nest Guards

Episodes

# Preview Title Released Runtime Description
1. [[File:|150px|link=]] Rehearsal TBD TBD TBD
2. [[File:|150px|link=]] Break a Leg TBD TBD TBD
3. [[File:|150px|link=]] Showstopper TBD TBD TBD
4. [[File:|150px|link=]] The Last Dance TBD TBD TBD
5. [[File:|150px|link=]] Curtain Call TBD TBD TBD

Sides episodes

Preview Title Released Runtime Description
Sides16.png Crazy, Cupid, Love! February 14, 2025 7:49 The Guards learn the meaning of love from a special visitor.
Sides17.png Discord Announcement! March 28, 2025 1:44 June is here to announce the all new Spite Box Discord server!
Sarah and the Holy Kale TBD TBD TBD

Gallery

  • Concept designs for the central characters, shown in Coming Soon

    Concept designs for the central characters, shown in Coming Soon

  • A production still featuring the guards of the eponymous outpost

    A production still featuring the guards of the eponymous outpost

  • The preliminary logo, designed by Blankslate

    The preliminary logo, designed by Blankslate

  • The teaser poster, featuring Blankslate's logo design

    The teaser poster, featuring Blankslate's logo design

Trivia

  • The logo for this series was designed by Blankslate, who also voices Miller and Jace.
  • This series was announced in Coming Soon, a fourth-wall breaking Sides episode produced upon the end of Classic Season 2. It was written shortly after Season 1 at the end of 2023 into early 2024. Its production was reaffirmed in Stay Tuned, another fourth-wall breaking Sides episode, where its logo was revealed as well as the involvement of animators EprothStudios and Sephtic returning from Season 1. A teaser was included in the cast announcement for Nine to Five, with its production later referenced in Discord Announcement! by including Dina Jones, a character set to be formally introduced in this miniseries.
  • Syp and Revoltge consider The Spartan, a recurring character throughout Season 1, to be the protagonist of this series.
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