Guard Duty
Guard Duty is a Halo-based machinima comedy series created by Syp The Mighty and Revoltge, airing since December 22, 2023. It is centered around the dysfunctional guards of Outpost Black Out as a despicable teal menace seeks them out. It is filmed within The Master Chief Collection game engine. It is a reboot of Guard Duty Classic, with the voice cast of Classic Season 2 reprising their roles.
Characters
Main article: Characters
Main
| Character | Portrayed by | Series | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Rat's Nest | ||
| Geff Rodrigo | Intro-Mind | Main | TBD |
| Sarah Daws | Ella Rhee | Main | TBD |
| Nicole Vega | Xanthe Folan | Main | TBD |
| June Vega | Syp The Mighty | Main | TBD |
| Mitchell Miller | Blankslate (2024—) Syp The Mighty (2023—2024) |
Main | TBD |
| The Spartan | Revoltge | Recurring | Main |
Supporting
| Character | Portrayed by | Series | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Rat's Nest | |||
| Prim | TheiDsStudios | Recurring | ||
| Ignacio Dominguez | Syp The Mighty | Recurring | ||
| Randy DeLuca | EthanChaotic | Recurring | TBD | |
| Robert Balboa | Revoltge | Guest | TBD | |
| Pathfinder | HezArt1 | Guest | TBD | |
| Corvus | Natasha (2024—) Syp The Mighty (2024) |
Guest | TBD | |
| Brigadier | Corvaeraas | Guest | TBD | |
| Valentine | HezArt1 | Guest | TBD | |
Series
Season 1
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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.
Rat's Nest
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Rat's Nest is an upcoming prequel miniseries to Guard Duty, centering on The Spartan prior to the events of the series. It is currently in production.
S2 - Echoes
Echoes is the upcoming second season Guard Duty, to enter proper development when the production wraps on Rat's Nest. It's title was revealed in Stay Tuned, an episode of Guard Duty Sides.
Gallery
Main series logo
Official artwork by Jax Beetle
A special comic by Syp The Mighty and Jax Beetle for Thanksgiving 2024
Trivia
- Syp The Mighty was largely inspired by the popular Halo machinima series Red vs. Blue when she made Classic Season 1. When developing Classic Season 2, Syp intentionally avoided rewatching Red vs. Blue as she sought different inspirations particularly in adult animated series Archer and Harley Quinn as well as sitcom Always Sunny in Philadelphia and the 2021 film The Suicide Squad. For Season 1, Syp largely maintained those same influences in addition to Parks & Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, while Revoltge was influenced by animated series Legend of Vox Machina and RWBY among various anime series.
- Though obviously non-canonical to the Halo video games as a fan work, Guard Duty seems to occur sometime after the events of Halo 4 whilst being filmed within the Halo 3 engine.
- 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 alternate version only had two episodes written, with little plot. When Syp took an extended hiatus from video making to focus on her own original webcomics, this version was scrapped.
- A third reboot while Syp was part of a sketch comedy group 06 Media, with fellow members 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.
- While Syp solely created Guard Duty Classic, Revoltge was given co-creator credit for this series due to helping Syp craft the story from the ground up.
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
- Sandguardians, a Halo-based machinima series created by Intro-Mind (voice of Geff Rodrigo) that shares much of the same voice cast as Guard Duty
External Links
| Guard Duty Episodes | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | Wish • HQ • Fax • Machine • Replacement • Dysfunction • Invader • Stashed • Overture • Retrograde |
| Sides | Long Story, But... • Team Cosmo! • Listen Up! • Stay Tuned |
| Classic |
Classic Season 1: Talking • Something • The Point • The Transfer • Infinity |
| Related | At The Movies • Sandguardians • BattleDudes |