Sentinel Automated Combat Droids

Sentinels are advanced robots constructed by the Kingdom of Edolas for the purpose of combat, construction, maintenance, and mining. They possess mostly limited Artificial Intelligence, and are combat programmed to suppress enemies and protect Edolas infantry. There are many forms of Sentinels as seen below.

Introduction

Built contemporaneously with the construction of the Exsphere Factory Moon, Sentinels are utilized as all-purpose workers, guards, and active combat personel in the Edolas military. The mechanical nature of the Sentinels make them ideal combat units against an enemy that could possibly adapt to Ventus tactics; changing the battle completely while aiding the Ventus in breaking enemy lines. Controlled by their own basic AI functions, as well as Saix himself at times, Sentinels do their many duties tirelessly and attack as their protocol demands.

Despite this, most Sentinels are in fact for non-combat purposes; Constructor Sentinels and Strato-Sentinels making up most of the Sentinels in Edolas due to their incredible construction and mining abilities. The technology for these Sentinels was one of the main technologies gained from Ancient data storages, and was improved further to create the many variants of Sentinels that exist today. Currently, these Sentinels number in the low billions; and are increasing every day.

When not in combat most Sentinels serve as basic repair, maintenance and security drones for Edolas installations, ships, and facilities; working in conjunction with Constructor Sentinels to ensure that everything remains in working order. All Sentinels have automatic override systems built into both their software and their hardware for the Sky King and Saix to use, in the unlikely case that a Sentinel turns on Edolas.

Design

Sentinels are generally grayish white in color, and have robotic appendages or simply anti-gravity FLOAT rings, along with a central "head"; this are the basic traits of each Sentinel, as the form of the Sentinels differ greatly depending on their combat or non-combat purpose. Their powerful offensive weapons and defensive energy shields make them very effective in combat against intruders or foreign objects that present themselves as threats, and many have smaller lasers which are used for both repairing damaged Edolas constructs, and self-repair should the Sentinel be damaged in combat. Sentinels are usually propelled by both an anti-gravity unit located on the undercarriage which are capable of traveling at high speeds but cannot sustain long range travel, but more recent models of Sentinel use both bipedal and Air Treck-assisted movement to get around.

Sentinels are created at Sentinel Production Facilities, massive factories that are located all around Edolas. These Facilities produce all types of Sentinels constantly. These massive assembly lines at maximum performance can produce Sentinels at a very fast rate to either supplement existing defenses or to replace those Sentinels destroyed for whatever reasons. Sentinel Production Facilities are not limited to just the Factory Moons and construction areas of planets, Production Facilities are located on every area of Edolas that requires guarding, although these facilities are different in appearance and may be either ground or mobile based platforms.

Combat

The Sentinels are the first automated defense systems employed to assist with a situation and generate a proper response protocol. While Sentinels are strong enough to handle a situation, they are usually more of a supplement rather then a reliable combat system; this has changed in recent months, with more powerful Sentinels being created on Exsphere, but their role is still mainly played by regular Ventus. The Sentinels' weapons system are on mostly limited due to power constraints and other functions, with only the Knight and Promethean Sentinels being given truly powerful weaponry.

Because of the limited A.I most Sentinels have, they are only able to handle situations on a basic scale; which makes them vulnerable to strategic attacks. Because of their limited intelligence they are not often able to perform evasive maneuvers when facing imminent attack and are usually destroyed. In large overwhelming numbers Sentinels are more than capable of handling a situation until more permanent measures can be applied. This does not apply when superior intelligences, such as Prometheans or Saix himself, guide them; greatly increasing their combat potential until they could handle entire battles on their own.

The Sentinel's energy shield is its primary defense mechanism - once taken down, Sentinels are usually susceptible to any type of small arms fire. When a Sentinel has been damaged beyond repair, the Sentinel explodes violently and releases a powerful EMP blast. This is a strategic last resort, as the blast will disable any nearby electronics, including any weapons the enemy may be using. Other Sentinels can steer clear of this blast, being given advance priority warnings that allow them to evade both the explosion and the EMP.

Variants

Different variants of the Sentinel have been utilized for different combat roles, and can vary from area to area; the following is a list of all combat and non-combat Edolas-created variants of the Sentinel: