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=== Non-combat roles === | === Non-combat roles === | ||
[[File:HM-Onyx.png|right|200px|thumb|Onyx's artificial crust dissolving into its constituent Sentinels.]] | [[File:HM-Onyx.png|right|200px|thumb|Onyx's artificial crust dissolving into its constituent Sentinels.]] | ||
Onyx Sentinels are also known to have other specific tasks beside combat, much like other types of Sentinels. Because of their modular design, they can transform into several different types of configurations. For example, they can interlace into oblong-shaped formations, which are used for excavating and earth-moving. In the center of the worm-shaped configuration travels a continuous stream of stone. This type of configuration has been observed excavating the underground Forerunner city in Onyx's [[Zone 67]] in order to allow access to the [[ | Onyx Sentinels are also known to have other specific tasks beside combat, much like other types of Sentinels. Because of their modular design, they can transform into several different types of configurations. For example, they can interlace into oblong-shaped formations, which are used for excavating and earth-moving. In the center of the worm-shaped configuration travels a continuous stream of stone. This type of configuration has been observed excavating the underground Forerunner city in Onyx's [[Zone 67]] in order to allow access to the [[Sarcophagus|shield world]] within. These variants are not hostile unless provoked.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 267''</ref> | ||
Another, more original role of the Onyx Sentinels was making up the entire planetary structure of Onyx. Under the artificial and entirely [[terraform]]ed surface were trillions of these machines, arranged into elaborate scaffolding resembling the carbon bonds of a polymer chain. This latticework made use of the Sentinels' components in a way that the central spheres served as joints, connected to one another by the cylindrical spars. In the end of the Onyx Conflict, as the portal to the shield world closed, the artificial planet dissolved with the sentinels obliterating a Covenant fleet.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 377-378''</ref> | Another, more original role of the Onyx Sentinels was making up the entire planetary structure of Onyx. Under the artificial and entirely [[terraform]]ed surface were trillions of these machines, arranged into elaborate scaffolding resembling the carbon bonds of a polymer chain. This latticework made use of the Sentinels' components in a way that the central spheres served as joints, connected to one another by the cylindrical spars. In the end of the [[Onyx Conflict]], as the portal to the shield world closed, the artificial planet dissolved with the sentinels obliterating a Covenant fleet.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 377-378''</ref> | ||
To maintain the Sentinel population of Onyx, the artificial planet had a massive [[Sentinel constructor factory|Sentinel production facility]] that produced a new Onyx Sentinel every six seconds.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 314''</ref> | To maintain the Sentinel population of Onyx, the artificial planet had a massive [[Sentinel constructor factory|Sentinel production facility]] that produced a new Onyx Sentinel every six seconds.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 314''</ref> | ||