Mitchell Miller

Miller
Full Name	Mitchell Miller
Title	Captain
Design
Armor Set	CQB (helmet/chest) Mark VI (shoulders)
Armor Color	Sage (with white trim)
Weapons	Sniper Rifle Magnum
Profession
Occupation	Guard
Affiliation	UNSC SAFE Program
Personal Info
Species	Human
Pronouns	He/Him
Status	Alive
Official Info
First Appearance	Wish
Voice Actor	Blankslate (2024—) Syp The Mighty (2022—2024) James Brown Jr. (2013) Chase Hobby (2012)

Captain Mitchell Miller is the head guard of Outpost Black Out, voiced by Blankslate.

Personality

Miller is a despicable, angry old man who projects his insecurities onto the other soldiers stationed on Outpost Black Out. His rude behavior is likely due to his participation in the Invasion War. He regards women as beneath him, making snide comments at Sarah's expense in Wish. Because of this, the soldiers he works with do not like nor respect him and barely tolerate him.

Role in Plot

Events of Season 1

In Wish, Miller chastises Sarah Daws for being unable to fix his destroyed Mongoose until Geff Rodrigo comes in and asks while restating Sarah's reasoning. Miller's acknowledgement of this led Sarah to storm out of the room, followed by an also-present Nicole Vega and Geff. Miller simply grumbles about his dislike for his own platoon on Outpost Black Out. Later, in HQ, Miller dismisses Geff's attempts to call HQ. Sometime after that, in Fax, Miller asks Sarah if the faxes from HQ had arrived. Without answering him, Sarah storms off as Nicole follows away from Miller.

The next day, in Machine, Miller admires his newly-repaired mongoose before Geff approaches him to ask about their job status. After Miller rejects Geff, a large crate falls and crushes the mongoose much to Miller's dismay. Sarah reveals she had been the one to order a robot who later introduces itself. Miller dismisses it immediately, calling it a "bucket of bolts" before being attacked by the robot. Watching him get beaten by the robot, Geff calls for Nicole to save Miller from it, to which she arrives and manages to deactivate it. Miller then reluctantly thanks Nicole before June Vega wakes up and notices the chaos, deciding to walk away from it rather than ask questions. Shortly after, in Replacement, Miller enters where his subordinates are on break before chastising them about not working. Due to a rude back and forth of insults with Nicole and Sarah, Miller storms off specifically by being questioned about what he's done for humanity since the Invasion War.

Later, in Dysfunction, he yells at June Vega in an attempt to communicate with her before growing impatient and storming off after ignoring her helmet being broken. Sometime after, in Invader, Miller holds a meeting after the alarms around the outpost go off upon a detected intruder. After a back and forth between himself and the guards, Miller orders either Nicole, Sarah, or Geff to make the call to HQ to report it after claiming they don't respect him as his excuse for not making the call himself. When both Geff and Nicole decline, Sarah begrudgingly agrees to make the call though their commander Ignacio Dominguez dismisses the incident as a glitch. As a result, Miller ends the meeting and returns to patrolling.

During Stashed, Miller reveals he has a son to Geff after being questioned about missing his civilian life. Miller immediately rescinds on disclosing more information, and tells Geff he will begin ignoring him to Geff's annoyance. Miller then makes his way to his room where he encounters Sarah and Nicole observing his large pile of bagels. After being asked, Miller immediately goes on the offensive and accuses the pair of eating his "defenseless" bagels and kicks them out. After making jokes at Miller's expense, Nicole and Sarah depart and leave Miller behind. Alone, Miller grows weary of his surroundings as if to realize he was being watched before dismissing it and walking off to find something else to complain about.

Classic

Miller's role during Classic

Miller during Paranoia Like the other guards of Outpost Black Out, Miller had been stationed there for years prior to Talking, as shown in the flashback sequence of Truth. Miller first appears in Something, asking June Vega why Geff Rodrigo is calling HQ. After a quick back and forth, Miller directs June to remind Sarah to receive a fax from HQ before being swiftly rebuffed. Later, in The Point, Miller chides Sarah Daws for failing to fix his Mongoose despite being the team engineer. Sometime after, in The Transfer, Geff informs Miller and Sarah about apparent applications to the SPARTAN-IV Program by inquiring about their interest in signing up for such a thing. Miller and Sarah agree, with Miller telling Geff to call HQ about applying. Later, Miller waited with Geff by the landing bay on Outpost Black Out as they awaited their transport. Suddenly, their pilot arrives. Immediately after, in Infinity, Miller and Geff gather Sarah and June to board the transport when Nicole Vega suddenly rejoins the group after being forgotten by everyone. When they're all gathered in the transport, the guards soon realize their pilot has switched to someone else who dislikes them greatly. This new pilot would make a short stop on Outpost Rat's Nest, to which Miller complimented before being informed that this new pilot intended to destroy said outpost. Miller makes a guest appearance in the final episode of WarGames, Ambush, where he criticizes Emery Eden for firing missiles toward Outpost High Ground. This leads Emery to insult and dismiss Miller.

Relationships

Geff

Miller tries to mentor Geff in his own, demented way, though Geff is unaware. Despite this, Geff is Miller's favorite based purely on the fact he is a man as shown by him acknowledging Geff's statements about his Mongoose even though Sarah had said the same thing just moments before in Wish.

Sarah

Miller does not respect Sarah's intelligence and questions her status in the military to begin with just for being a woman. In Wish, Miller annoys Sarah to the point of the latter storming off, leading Miller to call her a "primadonna." Miller also applies Sarah's successes to Geff Rodrigo, also seen in Wish.

Nicole

While certainly not fond of her, Miller seems to at least respect Nicole as he doesn't insult her as he does Sarah in Wish and in Machine he thanks her for saving him from the malfunctioning repair robot rather than apply credit to Geff.

June

June and Miller dislike each other intensely, getting into an argument almost immediately during Invader. This stems from a lack of respect for one another, and thus they stay away for the most part.

Gallery

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  Miller during Wish

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  Miller during Machine

Trivia

• Miller was voiced by Chase Hobby in Classic Season 1 and the Sides episode Annoyances, then voiced by James Brown Jr. in Bagels, another Sides episode. In Classic Season 2 and the first four episodes of Season 1, he was voiced by Syp The Mighty. Since Replacement, the fifth episode of Season 1, he has been voiced by Blankslate.
  • Syp The Mighty had been wanting to recast Miller since the production of Classic Season 2 wrapped, with Revoltge initially vetoing it. Syp would ultimately get her wish during the production of Replacement, casting Blankslate in her place. Blankslate will additionally re-dub the season's earlier episodes for its At The Movies re-release, as Syp felt his performance was better suited for the character overall.
• In The Point, Miller briefly mentions that he fought in the Invasion War.
• In Clueless, Miller offhandedly mentions his deceased wife.
• Miller is the only member of Outpost Black Out to not be depicted in the Halo 2 engine, with only his voice being heard in the flashback opening of Truth. This is due to Miller's unique armor configuration being unavailable in that game, as it was not introduced until its sequel and the main game the series uses, Halo 3.
• Miller was originally planned to die for good in Truth, but Revoltge convinced Syp to keep him alive for Dare and beyond.
• While Miller has his now-signature sniper rifle in his debut appearance, he uses a battle rifle in the following three episodes. He is seen with his sniper rifle again when the pelican flying him and the guards away from Outpost Black Out stops at Outpost Rat's Nest, though it's not explained how he regained it as he's seen with his battle rifle when he departed from the former. Regardless, Miller retained his sniper rifle in Annoyances and the rest of the series as his primary weapon.
• Since Bagels, Miller has had a fascination with bagels, being mentioned again in Bitter and once more in Wish.
• While the other guards had their faces designed by JaxBeetle, a member of Spite Box who makes webcomics with Syp, for the promotional artwork celebrating the end of Season 1, Syp chose for Miller to remain faceless. As a result, he was depicted with his helmet in the final illustration.