While on patrol with Percy O'Hara in Elsewhere on Outpost Ice Box, Dino was stopped by a confused Captain Rico Suave, his boss, about why the two were still around. However, when Emery Eden showed up posing as a Spartan, Suave believed he and Emery were on the same side and shot Dino in the head personally, killing him instantly.
His original voice portrayal and color scheme in Elsewhere were an intentional reference to Imutii, a character Syp voices in The Misadventures of Onipex and Pals,a stop-motion series created by Prim's voice actor TheIdsStudios.
His name comes from a scrapped character for an unproduced reboot of Guard Duty that was written in 2014, intended to replace June Vega in the main cast. Here, he was to use the color scheme of Diego Jones from Major Malfunction and wear an ODST helmet. Regardless, his last name is never stated in-series.
When he was reintroduced into the main series continuity, HegelBagel was cast in Syp's place due to Syp wanting the character to feel more memorable. Additionally, he wears the Mark VI armor set rather than wear an ODST helmet as his Classic counterpart did.
