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   | title=Rat's Nest
   | title='''Rat's Nest'''
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   | image=Rat's Nest Poster by jaxbeetle.png
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   | genre=Tragicomedy<br>Western<br>Science Fiction
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   | created_by=[[Syp The Mighty]]<br>[[Revoltge]]
   | created_by=[[Syp The Mighty]]<br>[[Revoltge]]
   | director=Syp The Mighty
   | director=Syp The Mighty
   | writer=Syp The Mighty<br>[[Revoltge]]
   | writer=Syp The Mighty<br>Revoltge
  | animator=Sephtic <small>(''Episode 4'')</small>
   | cast=Revoltge<br>Daks<br>Ebb!<br>Pootan<br>jaxbeetle<br>Blankslate<br>TheiDsStudios
   | cast=Revoltge<br>Daks<br>Ebb!<br>Pootan<br>JaxBeetle<br>Blankslate
  | editor=Syp The Mighty
   | music=Cole Vakassian
   | music=Cole Vakassian
  | animator=jaxbeetle <small>(''Part 1'')</small><br>EprothStudios <small>(''Part 3'', ''5'')</small><br>SephticMI <small>(''Part 4'')</small>
  | artist=jaxbeetle
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   | episodes=5
   | game_engine=''[[Halo#The Master Chief Collection|The Master Chief Collection]]''
   | game_engine=''[[Halo#The Master Chief Collection|Halo 3 MCC]]''
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   | original_run=Summer 2025
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   | running_time=
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   | status=Upcoming
  | studio=[[Spite Box]]
   | previous=[[Season 1]]
   | previous=[[Season 1]]
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   | next=''[[Echoes]]''
}}'''Rat's Nest''' is an upcoming action comedy miniseries created by [[Syp The Mighty]] and [[Revoltge]] that serves as a prequel to ''[[Season 1]]''. This series will center on [[Emery Eden]] just prior to his introduction in ''[[Guard Duty]]'' as well as featuring the guards stationed on [[Outpost Rat's Nest|eponymous outpost]].
}}'''Rat's Nest''' 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 currently in development, though no release date will be given until it has wrapped production to air on a weekly basis.
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 ''[[Nine to Five]]'', 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==
*[[Emery Eden]]
*[[Emery Eden]]
*[[Outpost Rat's Nest|Rat's Nest Guards]]
*[[Prim]]
 
===[[Outpost Rat's Nest|Rat's Nest Guards]]===
*[[Jace Casper]]
*[[Dina Jones]]
 
==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:left"
|+
|-
! # !! Preview !! Title !! Released !! Runtime !! Description
|-
|1.
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:|150px|link=]]
|Rehearsal
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
|-
|2.
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:|150px|link=]]
|Break a Leg
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
|-
|3.
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:|150px|link=]]
|Showstopper
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
|-
|4.
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:|150px|link=]]
|The Last Dance
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
|-
|5.
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:|150px|link=]]
|Curtain Call
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
|-
|}
 
===''[[Guard Duty Sides|Sides]]'' episodes===
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|+
|-
! Preview !! Title !! Released !! Runtime !! Description
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Sides16.png|150px|link=]]
|[[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!
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |
|[[Sarah and the Holy Kale]]
|TBD
|TBD
|TBD
|-
|}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery mode="nolines">
Rat's Nest Tease.png|The guards of [[Outpost Rat's Nest]]
Rat's Nest Guards Coming Soon.png|Concept designs for the central characters, shown in ''[[Coming Soon]]''
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>
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*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.
*The original logo for this series was designed by Blankslate, who also voices [[Mitchell Miller|Miller]] and [[Jace Casper|Jace]].
*[[Blankslate]], voice of [[Mitchell Miller]], created the logo for this series. Blankslate will also reprise his role as [[Jace Casper]].
*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 ''[[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 [[Emery Eden]] to be the protagonist of this series, and think of it as a ''Season 1.5'' rather than a side story.
*Syp and Revoltge consider [[Emery Eden]], a recurring character throughout ''[[Season 1]]'', to be the protagonist of this series.
*Taking the lessons learned from the production of ''[[Season 1]]'', Syp intends for this series to be fully produced prior to airing for a weekly release schedule as well as a personalized soundtrack.


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Revision as of 16:53, 15 May 2025

Rat's Nest 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

Trivia

  • The original 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.