WarGames

WarGames
General Information
Created by	Syp The Mighty
Director	Syp The Mighty Revoltge (additional machinima)
Writer	Syp The Mighty
Cast	Syp The Mighty Intro-Mind Revoltge TheIdsStudios EthanChaotic Blankslate_GG Speakonia
Music	Revoltge Syp The Mighty
Episodes	4
Production Information
Studio	Syp Productions
Game Engine	Halo
Original Run	July 21, 2022 - April 24, 2023
Running Time	13:55
Status	Ended
Production
Previous	Major Malfunction
Concurrent	Season 1
Next	Guard Duty

WarGames is a Halo-based machinima comedy miniseries created by Syp The Mighty. A direct spinoff of Guard Duty, WarGames centers on HQ Commander Ignacio Dominguez bringing a group of protocol robots from a military training facility to be retrofitted for an actual military operation led by a Spartan under his command.

When produced, this miniseries was considered to occur during and after Classic Season 1 as part of the original series continuity. When the main series continuity was reset, WarGames was retained as canonical to occur sometime during Season 1, but how it ties in remains to be seen.

Characters

HQ

• Red (4 episodes)
• Yellow (4 episodes)
• Green (3 episodes)
• Blue (3 episodes)
• Commander Ignacio Dominguez (3 episodes)
• Spartan Louie Vargas (2 episodes)
• Spartan Alana Reynolds (2 episodes)
• Commander Randy DeLuca (1 episode)
• Brigadier (1 episode)

The Damned

• Pink (3 episodes)
• General Corvus (2 episodes)
• Riel (2 episodes)
• Kazi (2 episodes)
• Fazeka (1 episode)

High Ground Guards

• Captain Jack O'Brien (2 episodes)
• Corporal Linda Kelen (2 episodes)
• Private Frank Collins (2 episodes)
• Private Diego Jones (2 episodes)

Guards

• Private Geff Rodrigo (1 episode)
• Captain Mitchell Miller (1 episode)

Other

• Emery Eden (1 episode)
• Prim (1 episode)
• Molotov (1 episode)
• Cocktail (1 episode)

Episodes

#	Thumbnail	Episode Title	Release Date	Running Time	Description
1.		BOSS	July 21, 2022	1:55	Something finally happens.
2.		UPGRADE	September 10, 2022	2:39	Red wakes up in a mysterious new place.
3.		DECEPTION	November 26, 2022	2:32	Louie leads the color-coded robot soldiers to a seemingly abandoned outpost, not knowing what lies ahead.
4.		AMBUSH	April 24, 2023	7:18	The color-coded soldiers are imprisoned by aliens!

Trivia

• WarGames reveals the fates of the central characters from Major Malfunction, an older Halo-based machinima series with a similar premise to Guard Duty that featured music from Revoltge and was co-created by Syp The Mighty.
• While considered a side series, WarGames provides much of the world-building that episodes created afterward would rely on, such as Classic Season 2 and Season 1. This series establishes:
  • Outpost Pit Fall, while not referred to by name, is a training facility in which Spartans practice in simulated firefight exercises.
  • The UNSC Cosmo, the UNSC-owned frigate that commands Outpost Black Out and other outposts as well as fleshing out its commander by extension.
  • The Damned, an alliance of various non-human species attempting to awaken a Forerunner called "Starbreaker."
  • Outpost High Ground, another outpost under the UNSC Cosmo's command. This outpost appeared in Major Malfunction, but is placed into the Guard Duty continuity here.
  • The Brigadier, a Spartan and humanity's greatest champion investigating incidents involving Emery Eden without knowing who he is.
  • Molotov and Cocktail, two assassins assisting in the Brigadier's investigation.
• Despite being produced as part of Guard Duty, Syp and Revoltge still consider this series to be canonical to the main series continuity.
• Much of the footage from the latter two episodes of WarGames would later be reused to create the fourth episode of Major Malfunction.

External Links

• WarGames on YouTube