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Onyx Sentinels fire golden, lethal beams of energy from their central eye, which are thought to be similar in strength to the beam weapon used by monitors. These beams impact with explosive power and are powerful enough to blast apart rock formations and vaporize organic targets on contact.<ref name="G120"/> When multiple Sentinels merge to combine their fire, they can unleash a beam capable of destroying large starships.<ref name="G279">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 279-280''</ref> When they first appeared, a group of Onyx Sentinels destroyed a large mesa on Onyx; [[Ash-G099]] estimated the explosion to be equivalent to a megaton of TNT.<ref name="G118"/> | Onyx Sentinels fire golden, lethal beams of energy from their central eye, which are thought to be similar in strength to the beam weapon used by monitors. These beams impact with explosive power and are powerful enough to blast apart rock formations and vaporize organic targets on contact.<ref name="G120"/> When multiple Sentinels merge to combine their fire, they can unleash a beam capable of destroying large starships.<ref name="G279">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 279-280''</ref> When they first appeared, a group of Onyx Sentinels destroyed a large mesa on Onyx; [[Ash-G099]] estimated the explosion to be equivalent to a megaton of TNT.<ref name="G118"/> | ||
In combat, Onyx Sentinels possess adaptive behavior that is unique among known Forerunner constructs. The Sentinels are linked to one another, with each Sentinel recording and transmitting combat footage to one another. As they process new information, they adjust their strategies and combat behavior accordingly, and broadcast the altered battle plans to all Sentinels in range. This makes them highly dangerous on the battlefield, as a strategy that managed to destroy a Sentinel once will almost certainly not work twice.<ref name="G251"/> While they initially operated on their own, the Sentinels on Onyx soon configured into trios with a combined pair of them on patrol and one two or three kilometers above on overwatch.<ref name="G251"/> Even the hunter- | In combat, Onyx Sentinels possess adaptive behavior that is unique among known Forerunner constructs. The Sentinels are linked to one another, with each Sentinel recording and transmitting combat footage to one another. As they process new information, they adjust their strategies and combat behavior accordingly, and broadcast the altered battle plans to all Sentinels in range. This makes them highly dangerous on the battlefield, as a strategy that managed to destroy a Sentinel once will almost certainly not work twice.<ref name="G251"/> While they initially operated on their own, the Sentinels on Onyx soon configured into trios with a combined pair of them on patrol and one two or three kilometers above on overwatch.<ref name="G251"/> Even the hunter-killer pairs preferred to operate at a high altitude unless forced to descend near ground level.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 249''</ref> | ||
Onyx Sentinels can merge together, re-arranging their central spheres and orbiting booms into new, combined forms. These configurations can serve a variety of purposes; a pair of Sentinels can combine so that one can project a shield while the other fires, while a large group of Sentinels can form a cluster that can fire a single, devastatingly powerful beam of energy. Each combination adds cumulative power to their weapons, thrust, and shields.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 174''</ref> In space, large groups of Onyx Sentinels form crystalline geometries with [[seven]] as a baseline: at one point they formed into a triangular lattice of 49 Sentinels consisting of seven line-shaped formations each consisting of seven drones. Such a configuration was easily capable of overpowering a [[Covenant destroyer]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 232-233''</ref> When engaging [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]]'s fleet, thousands of the Sentinels combined into elaborate octahedral geometries.<ref name="G279"/> Although they do not possess a slipspace capability on their own, the combined Sentinel formations are capable of tapping into other vessels' [[slipspace drive]]s and using the active slipspace matrix to perform short-range jumps to gain an edge in battle.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 282-283''</ref> The space-borne Sentinel formations were also capable of effectively capturing the energy of Covenant [[plasma torpedo]]es and rendering them harmless.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 298-299''</ref> | Onyx Sentinels can merge together, re-arranging their central spheres and orbiting booms into new, combined forms. These configurations can serve a variety of purposes; a pair of Sentinels can combine so that one can project a shield while the other fires, while a large group of Sentinels can form a cluster that can fire a single, devastatingly powerful beam of energy. Each combination adds cumulative power to their weapons, thrust, and shields.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 174''</ref> In space, large groups of Onyx Sentinels form crystalline geometries with [[seven]] as a baseline: at one point they formed into a triangular lattice of 49 Sentinels consisting of seven line-shaped formations each consisting of seven drones. Such a configuration was easily capable of overpowering a [[Covenant destroyer]].<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 232-233''</ref> When engaging [[Voro Nar 'Mantakree]]'s fleet, thousands of the Sentinels combined into elaborate octahedral geometries.<ref name="G279"/> Although they do not possess a slipspace capability on their own, the combined Sentinel formations are capable of tapping into other vessels' [[slipspace drive]]s and using the active slipspace matrix to perform short-range jumps to gain an edge in battle.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 282-283''</ref> The space-borne Sentinel formations were also capable of effectively capturing the energy of Covenant [[plasma torpedo]]es and rendering them harmless.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 298-299''</ref> | ||