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Sentinel
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Ship Information
Classification
Purpose
Fleet Defence
Ship Type
Defense Pod/Microship
RU Cost
70 RUs
Technical Information
Mass
21 tons
Length
(Width: 14.5 metres)
5.6 metres
Acceleration
1000 m/s2
Speed
250 m/s
Armaments
1 Small Mass Driver
Usage
Eras
Affiliation

The Sentinel is a Kiith Somtaaw microship, developed and utilized during the events of the Beast War.

Overview[]

The Sentinel was originally envisioned as a remote drone craft for an advanced mobile sensor platform. However, even the most advanced AI could not keep up with what the Somtaaw engineers wanted. When they added a force-field generator and tested it, the Sentinel AI was confused by the distortions created by polarized gravity fields, leading to a Dervish Multibeam Frigate being cut in half with all hands lost.

However, the project was saved by Aart ne Somtaaw, a small member of the engineering team. He installed a cockpit onto a Sentinel, donned a vacc suit and pushed the craft to its limits. This led to the creation of the smallest manned ship in Hiigaran space. Aart was rewarded for his efforts by being chosen to assemble the first Sentinel Squadron: The War Dwarves, short pilots who have the unglamorous and dangerous jobs of standing guard and creating force fields to protect their kiith mates in much larger capital ships.

Gameplay[]

The Sentinel is the first microship made available during the single player campaign, near the end of Mission 5. It is armed with strong Mass Driver weapons (later upgraded to Energy Cannons), sturdy armor relative to its size, and can be upgraded with Advanced Sensors, allowing it to detect Mimicked or Cloaked vessels. Despite being similar to the Kushan or Taiidan Defender in armament and turning ability, Sentinels are almost exclusively used to shield large Capital Ships with their Force Field upgrade. 12 Sentinels are required to completely shield friendly vessels with their force field. Anything smaller than Frigate-class ships are too small and too fast to be effectively shielded by the Sentinel. The force field itself must be researched and existing Sentinels upgraded, before the force field can be used. The force field itself starts at Level 1, and can be upgraded twice, to Level 2 and Level 3.

  • Level 1: Protection from Mass Drivers: The starting level for the force field, this Sentinel upgrade effectively absorbs Mass Driver projectiles, but is weak against everything else.
  • Level 2: Protection from missiles: The second level allows the Sentinel force field to effectively absorb the damage from standard missile attacks, as well as strengthening the resistance to Mass Drivers. Unfortunately, the Beast's Cruise Missile isn't impeded by this upgrade; its organic tip absorbs the field charge and allows it to slip through the shield unhindered.
  • Level 3: Protection from energy-based weapons: The third and final upgrade for Sentinel force field technology. The overall force field's power is greatly increased, as well as providing much greater protection from energy-based weapons, such as Energy Cannons and Ion Cannons.

Although it is stated that Level 1 force field cannot protect from missiles and energy based weapons and Level 2 force field cannot protect from energy based weapons, it is half-true. For example: the Level 1 force field does provide protection from missiles and energy based weapons, although the field's strength will deplete much faster than after upgrading it.

During Beast War[]

Sentinels were actually meant to protect Caal-Shto from damage in Kadiir Nebula. As the events progressed, they became invaluable in protection. It is unknown how Beast acquired this technology, but it used Sentinels very often, mostly to protect their Infected Carriers and Infected Heavy Cruisers. Kiith Somtaaw used the advantage of Sentinels in order to fight back Imperials and Turanic Raiders. Also it was revealed that the Sentinel force field can be shut down by using advanced sensors- the subverted Clee-San was revealed (in the intro cutscene at the start of Mission 16) to have done this while leading an attack on a Hiigaran Scout base. As victims of Beast attacks were often initially unaware of the alien-subverted nature of their assailants and with the Sentinel's failed test as a drone taken into account, it is likely that the Clee-San actively pinged the microships and was registered on their systems as a friendly, causing them to drop their fields in a misguided effort to avoid harming fellow Hiigarans until it was too late.

Trivia[]

Appearances[]

References[]

Main Factions Minor Factions
Kushan and Hiigaran Ships
Fighters
Microships Sentinel-class Defense Pod (HWC) • Leech-class Breaching Pod (HWC)
Scouts Arrow-class Scout‎ (HW) • Seeker-class Reconnaissance Fighter (HWC) • Hiigaran Scout (HW2)
Interceptors Blade-class Interceptor‎‎ (HW) • Spectre-class Cloaked Fighter (HW) • Acolyte-class Heavy Fighter (HWC) Hiigaran Interceptor (HW2)
Bombers Thunderbolt-class Attack Bomber‎‎ (HW) • Hiigaran Bomber (HW2)
Defenders Shield-class Defender‎ (HW)
Weapons Platforms Hiigaran Gun Platform (HW2) • Hiigaran Ion Platform (HW2)
Fireships Mimic-class Infiltration Craft (HWC) • Martyr-class Mimic Composite Vehicle (HWC)
Corvettes
Light Corvettes Cavalier-class Light Corvette (HW)
Corvettes Avenger-class Acolyte Composite Vehicle (HWC)
Heavy Corvettes Hammer-class Heavy Corvette (HW) • Ambassador Corvette (HW)
Gunships Hiigaran Gunship (HW2) • Pulsar Gunship (HW2)
Logistical Support Corvettes Porter-class Salvage Corvette (HW) • Mercy-class Repair Corvette (HW)
Multi-Weapon Corvettes Tempest-class Multi-Gun Corvette (HW)
Minelayer Corvettes Resolute-class Minelayer Corvette (HW) • Hiigaran Minelayer Corvette (HW2)
Frigates
Assault Frigates Vengeance-class Assault Frigate (HW) • Minion-class Heavy Tug (HWC) • Flak Frigate (HW2) • Torpedo Frigate (HW2)
Logistical Support Frigates Matriarch-class Support Frigate (HW) • Marine Frigate (HW2) • Hiigaran Defense Field Frigate (HW2)
Ion Cannon Frigates Firelance-class Ion Cannon Frigate (HW) • Hiigaran Ion Cannon Frigate (HW2)
Multi-Weapon Frigates Dervish-class Multi-Beam Frigate (HWC)
Drone Frigates Puppeteer-class Drone Frigate (HW) • Hive-class Advanced Drone Frigate (HWC)
Super Capital Ships
Destroyers Revelation-class Destroyer (HW) • Perdition-class Missile Destroyer (HW) • Deacon-class Destroyer (HWC) • Hiigaran Destroyer (HW2)
Carriers Imperator-class Carrier (HW) • Shaman-class Carrier (HWC) • Hiigaran Carrier (HW2)
Heavy Cruisers Avatar-class Heavy Cruiser (HW)
Battlecruisers Hiigaran Battlecruiser (HW2)
Dreadnoughts Archangel-class Dreadnought (HWC) • Kalash (DoK)
Motherships
Motherships Kushan Mothership (HW) • Hiigaran Shipyard (HW2) • Pride of Hiigara (HW2)
Non-Combat Ships
Resource Collectors Providence-class Resource Collector (HW) • Worker-class Resource Collector (HWC) • Hiigaran Resource Collector (HW2)
Resource Controllers Redemption-class Resource Controller (HW) • Chieftain Mk. 3-class Ore Processor (HWC) • Hiigaran Mobile Refinery (HW2)
Drones & Probes Target Drone (HW/HW2) • Seeker-class Probe (HW) • Proximity Sensor (HW) • Hub-class Research Ship (HW) • Trapper-class Gravity Generator (HW) • Veil-class Cloak Generator (HW) • Kushan Sensors Array (HW) • Hiigaran Probe (HW2) • Hiigaran Proximity Sensor Probe (HW2) • Hiigaran Sensor Distortion Probe (HW2)
Other Logistical Ships Khar-Selim (HW) • Scaffold (HW) • Explorer-class Deep Space Mining Vessel (HWC) • Clee-San (HWC) • Hiigaran Crew Transport (HW2) • Khar-Toba (HW/HW2/DoK)
Space Stations Chimera Station (HW2) • Tanis Station (HW2)
Turanic Ships
Fighters
Interceptors Bandit-class Interceptor (HW/HWC)
Corvettes
Corvettes Thief-class Corvette (HW/HWC) • Brigand-class Missile Corvette (HW/HWC)
Frigates
Frigates Dagger-class Ion Array Frigate (HW/HWC)
Super Capital Ships
Carriers Lord-class Attack Carrier (HW/HWC)
The Beast Ships
Fighters
Fireships Cruise Missile (HWC)
Motherships
Motherships Beast Mothership (HWC) • Naggarok (HWC)
Non-Combat Ships
Space Stations Nomad Moon (HWC)
Other Logistical Ships Beacon Pod (HWC)
Bentusi Ships
Fighters
Interceptors Super Acolyte (HW/HWC)
Motherships
Motherships Bentusi Exchange (HW) • Bentus (HW2)
Non-Combat Ships
Barges Cargo Barge (HW)
Taiidani Ships
Fighters
Scouts Fiirkan-class Scout‎ (HW)
Interceptors Triikor-class Interceptor‎‎ (HW) • Koshiir-Ra-class Defense Fighter (HW)
Bombers Kaark-class Attack Bomber‎‎ (HW)
Defenders Seejur-class Defender‎ (HW)
Weapons Platforms Orbital Ion Cannon Turret (DoK)
Fireships Cruise Missile (HWC)
Corvettes
Light Corvettes Raachok-class Light Corvette (HW)
Heavy Corvettes Taiidan Heavy Corvette (HW) • Ambassador Corvette (HW)
Logistical Support Corvettes Tiirshak-class Salvage Corvette (HW) • Taiidan Repair Corvette (HW)
Multi-Weapon Corvettes Diirvaas-class Multi-Gun Corvette (HW)
Minelayer Corvettes Wodaan-class Minelayer Corvette (HW)
Frigates
Assault Frigates Kudaark-class Assault Frigate (HW)
Logistical Support Frigates Heeshk-class Support Frigate (HW) • Tiifal-class Defense Field Frigate (HW)
Ion Cannon Frigates Sajuuk Cor-class Ion Cannon Frigate (HW)
Super Capital Ships
Destroyers Skaal-Tel-class Destroyer (HW) • Skaal-Fa-class Missile Destroyer (HW)
Carriers Saarkin-Cho-class Carrier (HW)
Heavy Cruisers Qwaar-Jet-class Heavy Cruiser (HW)
Motherships
Motherships Imperial Flagship (HW) • Headshot Asteroid (HW)
Superweapons
Superweapons Low Orbit Atmosphere Deprivation Weapon (HW/HW2)
Non-Combat Ships
Resource Collectors Taiidan Resource Collector (HW)
Resource Controllers Siim Salla-class Resource Controller (HW)
Drones & Probes Target Drone (HW/HW2) • Taiidan Probe (HW) • Proximity Sensor (HW) • Taiidan Research Ship (HW) • Koraal-class Gravity Generator (HW) • Fushai-class Cloak Generator (HW) • Raakel-class Sensors Array (HW)
Other Logistical Ships Field Generator (HW) • Colony Ship (HWC)
Space Stations Research Station (HW) • Nomad Moon (HWC)
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