Guard Duty is a machinimated science fiction comedy series created by Syp The Mighty and Revoltge, premiering on December 22, 2023. It centers on the dysfunctional low level soldiers stationed on Outpost Black Out in the distant future of 2560.
A fan work loosely based on the Halo video games, this series occurs three years after the events of Halo 4 while being filmed within Halo 3.
Rat's Nest is an upcoming prequel installment to the Guard Duty series, taking place before Season 1. It will air sometime after Season 1 in 2024.
Trivia
The entire cast from Classic Season 2 reprise their roles for this series, while Winter and Firesinopa from Classic Season 1 have been cast as Eleanor Winkler and Felicity Benes respectively.
Unlike Classic, in which Syp The Mighty primarily wrote by herself, Revoltge has co-written every episode of this series and Rat's Nest.
While obviously non-canonical to the Halo video games as a fan work, Syp imagines the events of Halo: Combat Evolved through Halo 4 did indeed occur prior to the events of Guard Duty.
Guard Duty Classic is a science fiction comedy series created by Syp The Mighty, airing from January 5, 2012 until July 31, 2023. This is the original series continuity before Guard Duty was relaunched in 2023, centering on disgruntled security guard Geff Rodrigo and his fellow soldiers on Outpost Black Out whose lives change forever upon Geff signing them up for the "Spartan IV Program".
Major Malfunction is a miniseries retroactively considered to take place during Classic Season 1 that aired from July 30, 2012 until August 15, 2012. This series was retained as canonical to the current series continuity, taking place sometime during Season 1 after the episode Machine.
Halo, the video game series in which Guard Duty is based
Sandguardians, a Halo-based machinima series created by Intro-Mind that shares much of the same voice cast and is considered to take place in the same world as Guard Duty
