Editing Retriever Sentinel

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{{Disambig header|A variant of [[Strato-Sentinel]]s|other variant of [[Strato-Sentinels]]|Steward Sentinel}}

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|length=Slightly smaller than 478 meters<ref name="hitd103">''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'', Chapter 6</ref>

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|armament=*Gravitic beam<ref name="hitd103"/>

*Energy weapons {{C|irregular}}<ref name="hitd118">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 118'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

|armor=Little to none<ref name="hitd272">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 272-274'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

{{Quote|It's a '''Strato-Sentinel'''. It's one of the automated drones the Forerunners use on their artificial worlds. The Covenant originally thought them to be holy warriors of the Sacred Rings. There are many types of Sentinels that the Forerunners created—this particular one is designated as a '''Retriever'''.|[[Usze 'Taham]]<ref name="hitd103"/>}}

 

The '''Retriever Sentinel''', is a variant of [[Strato-Sentinel|Strato-]][[Sentinel]] drones employed by the [[Forerunner]]s. Considered to be one of the more powerful variants of the Sentinel, Retrievers are massive, ship-sized drones that were utilized to construct installations of the [[Halo Array]] from [[Installation 00]], as well as to provide maintenance to the Ark itself.<ref name="hw2">''[[Halo Wars 2]]''</ref><ref name="pl retriever">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Log]]: Retriever Sentinel''</ref>

 

{{Quote|Our records indicate that it employs an artificially produced gravitic force to remove minerals from a planet's surface. Those minerals in turn are used to build Forerunner structures and installations.|Usze 'Taham, referring to the Retriever Sentinels<ref name="hitd103"/>}}

A Retriever is capable of producing an [[Artificial gravity|artificial gravitic force]] that allows it to remove materials from a world's surface. Once in position above an acceptable place to harvest, the Retriever deploys its blue, gravitic beam towards the world's surface and begins hauling chunks of land caught in the beam into its underbelly.<ref name="hitd103"/> The mining process utilized by a Retriever is noted to create a tornado-like effect as the ground is pulled into the Sentinel's hold.<ref name="hitd272"/> If deemed necessary, a Retriever is capable of connecting and merging with another Retriever and forming a single unit. Combined Retrievers somewhat resemble an average Retriever, though they seem to be more effective in combat and are significantly more maneuverable. With no apparent drawbacks, a combined Retriever seems to take on the benefits of both Retrievers' speed and weaponry.<ref name="hitd122">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 122-126'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

When a Retriever is threatened or attacked, these Sentinels may use their gravitic beam as a dangerous and highly destructive,<ref name="pl sentinel">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Log: Forerunner Sentinels''</ref> though cumbersome, weapon. As the Sentinel was not designed for combat situations,<ref name="hitd107">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 107-108'' (Google Play edition)</ref> Retrievers have little to no shielding.<ref name="hitd272"/> In [[2555]], [[monitor]] [[000 Tragic Solitude]] outfitted thousands of Retrievers with massive energy weapons mounted on their fronts.<ref name="hitd122"/> These weapons are similar in design to the [[Sentinel beam]]s employed by the smaller [[Aggressor Sentinel]]s.<ref name="pl retriever"/> These Retrievers were capable of utilized powerful volleys of energy against opponents and were significantly faster and had greater maneuverability in space.<ref name="hitd122"/> Once destroyed, Retrievers typically exploded into a giant fireball that engulfed its surroundings.<ref name="hitd118"/>

{{Quote|I thought Retrievers were just for mining and gathering minerals!|[[Captain]] [[Annabelle Richards]], upon seeing a heavily armed Retriever<ref name="hitd118"/>}}

The Retrievers are among the most powerful of the [[Sentinel]]s employed by the [[Forerunner]]s,<ref name="pl retriever"/> with their primary purpose being the mining, gathering, and transporting of minerals and other natural resources from a world.<ref name="hitd118"/> Using its artificially created gravitic force, Retrievers extract materials from a world's surface and transport to construct Forerunner structures and installations.<ref name="hitd103"/>

The Forerunners utilized Retrievers to help in the maintenance of [[Installation 00]].<ref name="pl retriever"/> The Retrievers employed at the Ark worked with [[Assembler Sentinel]]s to construct new installations. Populating the [[Foundry]],<ref name="pl sentinel"/> Retrievers mined and gathered raw materials from the planetoid hosted in Installation 00's center and transported them to a forge within the Foundry that refined, processed, and stabilized the materials into the mold of a Halo installation.<ref name="hitd246">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 246'' (Google Play edition)</ref> The Assemblers would then use these resources to build components of the installations.<ref name="pl foundry">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Log: The Foundry''</ref> Although usually automated, Retrievers can be controlled by a [[monitor]]. Monitors are capable of effectively utilizing Retrievers in combat, and can have them overwhelm opponents.<ref name="hitd122"/>

A Retriever is programmed to complete its tasks with no deviations or hesitations.<ref name="hitd272"/> Although the function of the Retriever is primarily construction-related, the Sentinel is able to defend itself,<ref name="hitd107"/> or its installation,<ref name="pl sentinel"/> if necessary.<ref name="hitd107"/> However, Retrievers maneuver poorly and are unable to effectively combat modern [[Sangheili]] and [[human]] vessels alone.<ref name="hitd118"/> Thus, [[Aggressor Sentinel|Aggressor]] and [[Protector Sentinel]]s are primarily used as defensive constructs on installations.<ref name="pl sentinel"/>

==History==

Retriever Sentinels were utilized by the [[Forerunner]]s to aid in the construction of the [[Halo Array]] at [[Installation 00]], with the intentions of firing the rings to wipe out the [[Flood]].<ref name="pl retriever"/>

{{Quote|no=three|1=000 Tragic Solitude|q1=My Retrievers will mine the worlds in your system and obtain for me that which I need to effect repairs.|2=Olympia Vale|q2=Your Retrievers?|3=000 Tragic Solitude|q3=Indeed. I have thousands at my disposal. And I will send them through the portal to do what must be done in order to repair me. I am the Ark, and I must be repaired.|4=[[000 Tragic Solitude]] reveals the intent of his Retrievers to [[Olympia Vale]]<ref name="hitd203">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 203'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}}

After the [[Battle of Installation 04|destruction]] of [[Installation 04]] on [[2552#September|September 23, 2552]], Retrievers on Installation 00 began to mine the planetoid captured in the Ark's [[Foundry]] to construct [[Installation 08|a replacement installation]]. On [[2552#December|December 11, 2552]], these Retrievers were encountered and observed by [[Sangheili]] and [[United Nations Space Command]] forces during the [[Battle of Installation 00]].<ref name="hitd103"/> The battle ultimately resulted in the Ark becoming heavily damaged, leading to [[000 Tragic Solitude]]—Installation 00's now-[[Rampancy|rampant]] [[monitor]]—allocating all of his time and resources to the construction of thousands of heavily armed Retrievers that would mine [[human colonies]] for resources to repair the Ark, blaming humanity for damaging his installation.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 259'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

 

After the crew of ''Mayhem'' [[Operation: FAR STORM|succeeded]] in averting the activation sequence of the Halo rings, Tragic Solitude sent his army of thousands of heavily armed Retrievers through the portal to Earth. The Retrievers exited the portal over Kenya and some proceeded to extract materials from Earth, while others immediately engaged the dozens of vessels from the [[UNSC Home Fleet]] that were awaiting outside the portal. While the Retrievers' lack of armor made them vulnerable to human fire, their vast numbers overwhelmed the Home Fleet.<ref name="hitd272"/> However, members of the crew of ''Mayhem'' fired into the data banks of Tragic Solitude and the monitor reluctantly called off the Retrievers to convince his attackers to stop. The Retrievers retreated back into the portal and returned to the Ark, upon receiving Tragic Solitude's signal.<ref>'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 284'' (Google Play edition)</ref> After Solitude's subsequent destruction, the thousands of Retrievers turned dormant, remaining adrift in the space around the installation without any monitor to guide them.<ref name="hitd361">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''pages 361-362'' (Google Play edition)</ref>

[[File:HW2 - Anders with Sentinels.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Retrievers under the control of Ellen Anders.]]

{{Quote|When we first arrived here, the Ark had suffered great wounds from our war against the Covenant, and so we activated dormant Retriever Sentinels and deployed them to strip-mine lifeless planets for the materials needed to repair the installation. Like watching a sleeping giant nudged into wakefulness, the reconstruction slowly reached full automation until we were no longer needed to guide the Sentinels and could simply sit back and record the wonder of a world being reborn.|[[Nathaniel Palmer|Nathaniel J. Palmer]], an archaeologist of Henry Lamb Research Outpost<ref name="old wounds">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Log: The Healing of Old Wounds I''</ref>}}

 

Doctor [[Luther Mann]] theorized that the dormant Retrievers could be reactivated and utilized to repair the Ark, opening slipspace portals to strip-mine uninhabited planets for the resources and minerals required to repair the Ark.<ref name="hitd361"/> In [[2557]], a human research team traveled to Installation 00 aboard ''[[Eden Rising]]'' to establish a permanent base on the Ark, the [[Henry Lamb Research Outpost]]. Desiring to repair the installation, the researchers activated the dormant Retrievers,<ref name="pl henry lamb">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Log: Henry Lamb Research Post''</ref> under the guide and direction of the [[smart AI]] [[Isabel]]. To gain resources, the Retrievers were deployed to strip-mine lifeless planets. Before long, the Retrievers were able to enact repairs unsupervised,<ref name="old wounds"/> leading to Isabel and the researchers setting to the task of cataloging and analyzing the installation.<ref>'''Halo Wars 2''', ''Phoenix Log: Isabel''</ref> The Retrievers acted quickly and within months had largely restored the Ark to its former state,<ref name="pl retriever"/> as well as constructing another [[Installation 09|replacement Halo installation]] at the Foundry.<ref>'''Halo Wars 2''', campaign level, ''[[From the Deep]]''</ref>

However, in [[2558#October|October 2558]], the portal to the Ark had shut down again with the [[Banished]] arriving at the installation in the following month. The human researchers were killed by the Banished, while the Retrievers sought to defend their installation from the hostile invaders who were attempting to appropriate the installation for their own purposes.<ref name="pl retriever"/> In [[2559#March|March 2559]], {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} arrived over the Ark, where the ship's crew soon came into [[Second Ark Conflict|conflict]] with the Banished. During the resulting battle, UNSC forces managed to access the replacement Halo installation, having it depart the Ark's Foundry. In response, heightened automated security protocols were initiated and Retrievers were deployed to repel the invaders. While Banished and UNSC forces battled on the surface of the new Halo, a Retriever attacked forces from both sides. After UNSC forces managed to damage the Sentinel, the Retriever retreated for repairs. With UNSC forces taking control of three nearby control towers, Professor [[Ellen Anders]] of ''Spirit of Fire'' soon found a way to manipulate the Ark's command codes and bypass directive locks, allowing her to take control of the Retriever. The UNSC used the Retriever to disable a nearby [[energy barrier]], giving them access to the Halo's [[control room]].<ref>'''Halo Wars 2''', campaign level, ''[[The Halo]]''</ref>

Retriever Sentinels also played a role in guarding Forerunner starfighters. Several protected the entrance of a [[Despair-class fighter|Forerunner starfighter]] hangar, attacking UNSC and Banished forces indiscriminately. Major Vaughan and the UNSC managed to destroy it, allowing them to destroy the starfighter before the Banished could launch it to destroy the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}.

Atriox later issued orders to [[Pavium]] and [[Voridus]] to salvage material from around High Charity's crash site for their ongoing campaign against the humans, warning them not to go beyond the [[containment shield]]. Two Retriever Sentinels were dispatched to stop the Banished from reaching the crash site, but Voridus managed to shut down the Sentinel Defense Network, disabling all Sentinel operations. Ignoring Atriox's orders, Voridus breached the containment shield, releasing the Flood, which spread uncontrollably due to the Sentinels being disabled by the defense network. Once Voridus reactivated the defense network and Pavium cleared the launch sites clogged by biomass, Retriever Sentinels arrived to assist the Banished and lure the [[Proto-Gravemind]] out from its nest, effectively destroying it.

*'''Info:''' Summons a powerful controllable Retriever Sentinel. Super Unit and Ultimate Unit for Sentinels..

*'''Cost:''' Population 24, Supplies 1,800, Power 1,800

In ''[[Halo Wars 2]]'', the Retriever Sentinel is a Super Unit for Sentinels exclusive to [[Ellen Anders|Professor Anders]] that can only be built using a leader power. Unlike the [[G81 Condor]] or Banished Scarab, there can only be one Retriever Sentinel used by the player at a time. If the player picks the Retriever Unit leader power, Anders is able to deploy two types of Super Unit (G81 Condor and Retriever Sentinel). In gameplay information, Retrievers are labelled as an Ultimate Unit.

In the campaign's eleventh mission, "[[The Halo]]", Anders is able to take control of a Retriever Sentinel that initially attacks both the UNSC and the Banished. In the campaign, the Retriever is indestructible after the player manages to damage it to 25% of its HP, forcing it to retreat and repairs.

During Operation: SPEARBREAKER, the Retriever Sentinel is equipped with energy shielding, and can call in Sentinel Swarms to repair itself. During the salvage operation led by Pavium and Voridus, two Retriever Sentinel are dispatched to stop Voridus' Scarab and are destroyed once Voridus shuts down the Sentinel defense network at [[High Charity]]'s crash site. In an attempt to destroy a [[Proto-Gravemind]], Pavium reactivates the Sentinel defense network and clears a Forerunner launch site, which summons a Retriever Sentinel.

File:HW2-Sentinelpower.png|A Retriever and other Sentinels attack a Banished [[Outpost]].

File:HW2-batlefield.jpg|Retriever Sentinels, Protector Sentinels, and Aggressor Sentinels prepare to attack [[Decimus]].

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