The Babysitter

The Babysitter is one of the seven short films comprising the anime adaptation of the Halo universe, Halo Legends. Babysitter focuses on the rivalry between the SPARTAN-II Commandos and the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers.

The first preview of Legends and Babysitter was revealed on September 17th, 2009 during Spike TV's GTTV Presents "Halo 3: ODST" Countdown to Launch.

Summary
A squad of four ODST's are sent on a mission to eliminate a key Covenant Prophet on a distant planet. However, they are accompained by Spartan Cal-141, who is the commanding officer for this mission. To the frustration of the squad, the Spartan is the one carrying out the assassination, neglecting their own sniper, O'Brian, to backup.

Characters

 * Cal-141
 * O'Brian
 * Dutch (Unknown if this is the Corporal Taylor H. Miles "Dutch", Center Right)
 * Sheckmen (Far Right)

Locations

 * Eridanus (Mentioned only)
 * Unnamed Covenant-held world
 * Logistics/Re-fueling Base (Mentioned only)

Organizations

 * Covenant Empire
 * United Nations Space Command
 * UNSC Navy
 * UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command
 * SPARTAN-II Program
 * UNSC Marine Corps
 * UNSC Marine Infantry
 * Orbital Drop Shock Troopers
 * 105th ODST Division

Species

 * Human
 * Jiralhanae
 * Sangheili
 * San 'Shyuum
 * Unggoy

Vehicles

 * Destroyer 933-DD
 * Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle

Weapons

 * Close Quarters Combat Weapon System
 * M7S Caseless Submachine Gun
 * MA5B ICWS Assault Rifle
 * SRS99C-S2 AMB Sniper Rifle
 * Type-2 Energy Weapon/Hammer

Trivia

 * The Babysitter is the first of the seven films to be released, albeit on Xbox LIVE.
 * The Forerunner structures present in the film have a strong Japanese influence to their architecture, this is because of the Japanese animation company that made the movie.