Talk:Onyx Sentinel

Name?
I've been thinking and doesn't it make sense that these would be called Defender Sentinels or something similar? The Aggressors are found on the "Sword" of the Forerunners, so the Defenders should be found on the "Sheild." This is just my speculation of course, but wouldn't it make good sense?

I remember some people a few months back creating CG pictures of how Onyx sentinels would have looked. Should we add one, as an "artists concept"?  Specops306 ,  Kora 'Morhek  21:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No, they'd be fanon... -- Lieutenant AJ [[Image:Lieutenant-grade4.gif|20px]] 21:05, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

I have a request that some one post a picture of a model I made that I believe is what I think the Onyx Sentinel here is the link: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=409cb18327a869d16f8cfd26bf31acbe

THIS IS MY OWN MODEL, PLEASE CREDIT ME!

Forerunner/Human Relations
Should the last line of the Appearance section be altered to say something about the Forerunner being the original humans, as made known by 343GS at the end of Halo 3?

Concept Art
These are some fan made concepts of what the Onyx Sentinel may look like. Note: This is Fan Art and is not a confirmed image of what the Sentinel looks like.

Here is my concept. I figured I would just take a monitor, and modify it. I noticed that all the previous concepts lacked the forerunner style. I also figured that since Monitors helped out the Reclaimers their eyes had the Marathon symbol in it I put the Shield World symbol in the eye of the Onyx Sentinal. ImmortalJoshua


 * It has some issues with proportions. The booms are supposed to be approx. three meters long, and the central eye about a quarter meter in diameter. And where was it stated that the symbol is the shield world symbol? It appears basically on every forerunner installation.--Jugus 15:56, 19 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, a friend of mine did a good concept of the Onyx Sentinel in his portfolio.-  5 əb'7 aŋk (7alk ) 17:12, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Concept art included in the article?
Some of the concept art in the above section is very good, I think that some should be included in the article, but with an included warning stating that it is fan art, not official canon. Anyone agree? --XG33Kx 03:58, December 15, 2009 (UTC)

I agree, the SPI Mark II has a fan art piece in it. I say we should use my image though because it is more "realistic" EchostreamFanJosh


 * No. The reason why the fan art is allowed in the SPI article is because there's already an established design of the armour, whereas the design of the Onyx Sentinel remains unknown.-  5 əb'7 aŋk (7alk ) 00:40, February 7, 2010 (UTC)

Usage
I have a theory as to why these sentinels are only used on Onyx, and not the Halos. Given the destructive power they wield, I think it would be unlikely that they would be used on the relatively thin surface of a Halo structure. Due to the fact that Onyx is more or less a solid planet, I think their protocols allow them to use higher grade weapons as there is next to no chance that they would ever cause some significant damage to the planet. Given that it only took a two kilometer diameter crater in the surface to cause installation 04 to break apart. To establish just how powerful they are, in the Ghosts of Onyx it is said to take at least two energy projector shots to destroy a Covenant ship-of-war, yet only I think 49 sentinels are able to completely vaporize a destroyer. next, an energy projector is capable of drilling through several kilometers in a single shot as seen in First Strike. Considering they have so much power and could cause so much damage to the balance, I see it as next to never that they would ever be deployed on a Halo installation. Saigo no Ken