Guard Duty
Guard Duty is a Halo-based machinima web series created and written by Syp The Mighty and Revoltge, directed by Syp, and produced by Spite Box. It is centered around the dysfunctional guards of Outpost Black Out as strange events unfold around them in the distant future. It is a reboot of Guard Duty Classic.
The first season aired from December 22, 2023 until August 19, 2024, with a second season currently in development.
Characters
Main article: Characters
Main
| Character | Portrayed by | Main | Miniseries | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | S2 - Echoes | Rat's Nest | Red Line | ||
| Geff Rodrigo | Intro-Mind | Main | Guest | ||
| Sarah Daws | Ella Rhee | Main | Guest | ||
| Nicole Vega | Xanthe Folan | Main | Guest | TBD | |
| June Vega | Syp The Mighty | Main | Guest | ||
| Mitchell Miller | Blankslate (S1E5—) Syp The Mighty (S1E1—S1E4) |
Main | Guest | TBD | |
| Emery Eden | Revoltge | Recurring | Main | TBD | |
Supporting
| Character | Portrayed by | Series | Miniseries | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | S2 - Echoes | Rat's Nest | Red Line | ||
| Prim/Primal | TheiDsStudios | Recurring | TBD | Recurring | TBD |
| Corvus | Natasha (RN5—) Syp The Mighty (S1E7—S1E10) |
Recurring | TBD | Guest | TBD |
| Pathfinder | Heza | Recurring | TBD | Guest | TBD |
| Randy DeLuca | ethanchaotic | Recurring | TBD | Guest | TBD |
| Ignacio Dominguez | Syp The Mighty | Recurring | TBD | Mentioned | Guest |
| Robert Balboa | Revoltge | Guest | TBD | Guest | Mentioned |
| 212 Exultant Forge | jaxbeetle (RN5—) Syp The Mighty (S1E7) |
Guest | TBD | Guest | TBD |
| Brigadier | Corvaeraas | Guest | TBD | Guest | TBD |
| Valentine | Heza | Guest | TBD | Guest | TBD |
| Raven Carmine | Daks | TBD | Main | TBD | |
| Ellie Melons | Ebb! | TBD | Main | TBD | |
| Polly Pockett | Pootan | TBD | Main | TBD | |
| Dina Jones | jaxbeetle | TBD | Main | TBD | |
| Jace Casper | Blankslate | Guest | TBD | Main | TBD |
| Molotov | Revoltge | Guest Director's Cut |
TBD | Guest | TBD |
| Cocktail | Annie | Guest Director's Cut |
TBD | Guest | TBD |
Main Series
Season 1
For more information, visit Season 1
Season 1 is the first season of Guard Duty, introducing the characters and setting of Outpost Black Out, airing from December 22, 2023 until August 19, 2024. It was directed by Syp The Mighty from a screenplay she wrote with Revoltge.
S2 - Echoes
For more information, visit Echoes
Echoes is the upcoming second season Guard Duty, to enter proper development when production wraps on Rat's Nest. It's title was revealed in Stay Tuned, an episode of Guard Duty Sides. It will be directed by Syp The Mighty from a screenplay she is writing with jaxbeetle and Revoltge.
Side Series
Rat's Nest
For more information, visit Rat's Nest
Rat's Nest is a prequel miniseries to Guard Duty, centering on an outlaw encountering the guards of Outpost Rat's Nest, airing since June 29, 2025. It will be directed by Syp The Mighty from a screenplay she wrote with Revoltge.
Red Line
For more information, visit Red Line
Red Line is an audio drama set in the world of Guard Duty, centering around ex-journalists Pidge Emmel and Fawkes McShane who start a podcast after leaving the news outlet Chaplin Times.
Gallery
Logo during Season 1
The series thumbnail
A special comic for Thanksgiving 2024 by Syp The Mighty with colors by jaxbeetle
Artwork by jaxbeetle to commemorate production wrapping on Season 1
Artwork by jaxbeetle for the release of The Last Dance, the penultimate episode of Rat's Nest
Trivia
- Though obviously non-canonical to the Halo video games as a fan work, Syp The Mighty considers the events of this series occurs sometime after the events of Halo 3.
- This series is filmed within the Halo: The Master Chief Collection game engine, specifically Halo 3.
- Before the development of Season 1, various attempts at rebooting the series were attempted between 2012 and 2022 including:
- A reboot in which Annoyances was to be the first episode of that was originally made while Syp was part of machinima group Firelight Studios to be set entirely on Outpost Black Out. Six episodes were written for this version, with Revoltge co-writing the first two episodes, structured like a sitcom. This version was scrapped upon Syp's departure from Firelight Studios, with Revoltge never being part of the group to begin with.
- A second reboot that Question and Bagels were made to promote. This version was fully written, with 10 episodes, and would have had a completely different plot with more mystery elements. This version was scrapped while Syp prioritized working on her Bionicle-based stop-motion series Misguided followed by her taking five year break from making videos to focus on making original webcomics.
- A third reboot while Syp was part of a sketch comedy group 06 Media, with her friends Dagnarrow and Dazalaras to star with her. This version was also fully written, with 19 episodes, once again with a completely different plot that would have saw Jace Casper as part of the main group instead of June in addition to Jones from Major Malfunction as a sixth guard. When 06 Media went on an indefinite hiatus, this version was scrapped.
- Various unmade versions including a pilot for a fourth reboot set earlier in the timeline of when the guards first meet, an original live action comedy short for 06 Media featuring Geff and Jace, an original webcomic reboot part of Syp's CLEG series, and an original stop-motion reboot using figures hand-crafted by Syp. All of which would be scrapped upon the production on Classic Season 2.
- Full episodes of the series began being re-released on Spite Box's Tumblr, beginning with Season 1.
See Also
- Halo, the video game series in which Guard Duty is based and filmed within
- Guard Duty Sides, a companion series of bonus Guard Duty episodes outside of the main story
- Guard Duty Classic, the original series in which Guard Duty is based on
- Nine to Five, a Halo-based machinima series created by jaxbeetle (voice of Dina and Forge) that is also produced by Spite Box
- Sandguardians, a Halo-based machinima series created by Intro-Mind (voice of Geff) that shares much of the same voice cast as Guard Duty