Sandguardians

Sandguardians is a comic sci-fi machinima web series created by Intro-Mind, under his label Intro-Mind Productions. The story follows two teams fighting a lengthy war game in Sandbox, in order to be promoted to high ranking guards of the ONC. When a Banshee crash lands in the area, the secrets it holds changes the lives of the soldiers inhabiting the battlefield.

The first season originally aired from July 30, 2011, to August 20, 2011, and was later remastered, airing from November 27, 2011, to April 21, 2012. The second season aired from June 25, 2012, to August 12, 2013. The third season premiered on May 11, 2014 and concluded January 30, 2017. The fourth season is set to premiere over five years later, on April 4, 2022.

Guardians

 * Guardian Seal Vladaam (Season 1-Season 3; KIA)
 * Guardian Dax Shepard (Season 1-Present; Active)
 * Guardian Jason L. Scott (Season 1-Present; Active)
 * Guardian Ichabod "Icky" Tunsworth (Season 1-Present; Active)
 * Guardian David Miller III (Season 1-Present; Active)
 * Guardian Natasha Claire (Season 1-Present; Active)
 * Guardian Evelyn Nash (Season 1-Present; Active)
 * Guardian Allan Silver (Season 2-Present; Active)
 * Guardian Micheal "Mickey" Barrett (Season 3; KIA)
 * Guardian Bartholomew Haramai (Season 3-Present; MIA)
 * Guardian Marilyn Houston (Season 4-Present; Active)
 * Guardian Iamo Kasam (Season 4-Present; Active)
 * Guardian Archibald "Archie" Walker (Season 4-Present; Active)

Blue Team

 * Gunnery Sergeant "Legend" Cogburn (Season 1-Present; MIA)

Red Team

 * Private First Class Aliel Gates (Season 1-Present; Active)
 * Sergeant Wilbur Wayne Frank (Season 1-2; KIA)

Ordinance Nationality Corporation

 * Head Chancellor Heinrich Winters (Season 2-Present; Active)
 * Brigadier Jeremy Bernard (Season 2-Present; Active)
 * Haku/Guy in White (Season 1-2; KIA)
 * Engineer Thomas Hubbard Newman (Season 1-2; KIA)
 * Major Elijah Johnson (Season 3-Present; Active)
 * Vice Chancellor Archer Sydney (Season 3-Present; Active)

Other

 * Dr. Arthur McGrath (Season 1-2; KIA)

Minor

 * HQ Operator (Season 2-Present; Active)
 * Diablo (Season 2; KIA)
 * Jeremy (Season 2; KIA)
 * Gates's Conscience (Season 2; Active inside Gates' mind)
 * Desert Soldier (Season 1; KIA)
 * Engineer Ollie Johnson (Season 2; KIA)
 * Pilot (Season 2; KIA)
 * Hornet Attacker (Season 2; KIA)

Story


The first season of Sandguardians follows the events of the Blue and Red team soldiers of Sandbox. During a battle, Dax, a Blue Team soldier, spots a Banshee flying over the battlefield. When the ship is hit and destroyed by the Guardian Towers, he sees an Elite falling out from the destruction and informs his teammates: Legend, Ichabod, and Jason, as a result. The Elite, named Seal Vladaam, eventually reveals himself to the Blues, telling them that he is a Guardian on a journey to a rendezvous meeting. Meanwhile, the Red Team unintentionally steal an engineer that was meant to go to Blue base and use him to fix their vehicle, in order to prepare for their final assault.



The second season takes place over one week after the events of the previous season. Dax, Jason, and Seal journey to the Guardian rendezvous meeting, while Legend and Icky fend for themselves, now the remaining Blue team members in Sandbox. Meanwhile, Gates informs his team about a vision he had, where his Conscience told him that a soldier in white armor will be arriving. Despite his teammates' disbeliefs, Gates' vision appears to be true as a white soldier arrives at Sandbox in search for Seal Vladaam.



The third season picks up shortly after the previous season, with Dax, Jason, Nash, and Seal being taken captive by the head of the ONC, Chancellor Heinrich Winters and his number one man Brigadier Bernard. Meanwhile, the Sandbox Reds and Blues attempt to finally figure out the secrets behind the Guy in White and the secret weapon he mentioned, the Life Saver, but unexpectedly get wrapped up in the Guardian-ONC civil war in the process.



The fourth season picks up a few days after the previous season, where the Sandbox Reds escape the ONC's attack on DotCom and find themselves on the run. Meanwhile, the Sandbox Blues make plans with their new Guardian allies to utilize the stolen data from Project Genesis to bring the ONC down for good.

Trivia

 * The original episode 7 was the very first episode of Sandguardians filmed & completed.
 * The original episodes of 1-11 were filmed and voiced simultaneously.
 * After the original airing of Sandguardians ended, Intro-Mind had acquired a DVD Recorder and was able to remaster the first season, as well as use it for future machinima projects.
 * Episode 1 was featured in a podcast by DangerClosePodcasts, on January 4, 2012. The video can be found here.
 * It was confirmed in an April 1, 2013 update by creator Intro-Mind that there will be a Sandguardians: Season 3. It was also hinted that there would most likely be a Sandguardians: Season 4. Season 4 was later confirmed in January 2022.