Nine to Five
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Nine to Five, also stylized as 9-5, is a Halo-based machinima web series created, written, and directed by jaxbeetle, co-directed by Syp The Mighty, and produced by Spite Box. It will center around Team 199, a group of soldiers tasked with hunting with an alien parasite known as the Flood on behalf of a company.
Kami, J.C. Bourne, CaramelizedChaos, and Kalum Thorpe were announced as the main cast on February 23, 2025, in a special video featuring Emery Eden from Guard Duty. A proper teaser was released on March 21, 2025, which introduced additional cast member boxofmyheart as the voice of V. A second teaser came out on September 12, 2025, featuring a scene from an upcoming episode. It premiered on October 31, 2025.
Central Characters
| Character | Portrayed by | Series | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| Shep Ackerman | Kami | Main | |
| Brunt Presley | J.C. Bourne | Main | |
| Kanan Barlowe | CaramelizedChaos | Main | |
| Conroy Wakefield | Kalum Thorpe | Main | |
| V | boxofmyheart | Main | |
Episodes
| # | Preview | Title | Released | Runtime | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 
|
Shep of Theseus | October 31, 2025 | 7:54 | Shep wakes up and doesn't feel so good... |
| Preview | Title | Released | Runtime | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
a_very_serious_shep_audition.WAV | February 23, 2025 | 2:12 | A very special announcement regarding the 9-5 official casting-! Wait what's this? A last minute audition?! |
|
The Lost Prometheus | March 21, 2025 | 1:38 | "Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change." |
|
Nine to Five TEASER | September 12, 2025 | 0:52 | Time to clock in! |
Trivia
- Nine to Five is Spite Box's second machinima series, and the first created by jaxbeetle.
- This series was initially envisioned as a comic before being reimagined as a machinima series.
- Nine to Five was subtly referenced in Crazy, Cupid, Love! before it was announced, with Nicole recounting to Sarah a story of her and June landing in a location called Wakefield, the last name of one of Nine to Five's main characters Conroy Wakefield.
- This series will be filmed within the Halo: The Master Chief Collection game engine, specifically a heavily modded Halo 3 as well as Halo: Reach.
- While Nine to Five does use the setting of the Halo games, it does not take place in the same universe as Guard Duty.
See Also
- Halo, the video game series in which 9-5 is based
- Guard Duty, another Halo-based machinima series by Spite Box