Strato-Sentinel

Strato-Sentinel is the name applied to a type of Forerunner Sentinel.

Variants

 * Retriever Sentinel

Prehistory
Strato-Sentinels were used as escorts during the Forerunner-Flood war. Following the firing of the Halo Array, Strato-Sentinelsassisted the keyships with the reintroduction of species throughout the Milky Way, as per the Conservation Measure, accompanying the vessels back to species' homeworlds. Strato-Sentinels assisted with the excavation and construction of a massive slipspace portal on Erde-Tyrene, in the present-day country of Kenya, that had been set into motion by the Librarian before her death. These Strato-Sentinels were spotted by the human tribe elder N'chala, in the years after the reintroduction, who mistook the sentinels for gods.

Behind the scenes
Strato-Sentinels were originally planned to appear in Halo 3, but were ultimately cut from the game. One of the early settings for the maps "Construct" and "Blackout" was the interior of a damaged Strato-Sentinels in orbit around the Foundry, where other Strato-Sentinels could be seen in the distance harvesting materials from the Foundry's resource moon. However, this idea was scrapped. During production, they were known as "Strato-Sentinels", a name that would later be adopted in subsequent canon. The Strato-Sentinels were also intended to be included in Halo 4, though they were removed from the game during the pre-production stages.

List of appearances

 * Iris
 * Halo 3: The Cradle of Life
 * Halo Legends
 * Origins
 * ''Halo: Hunters in the Dark
 * Halo Mythos
 * Halo Wars 2
 * Halo: Renegades
 * Halo: Outpost Discovery
 * The Ring Experience