Editing Sentinel Major

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[[Image:3Sentinals.PNG|right|thumb|300px|Three Sentinel Majors firing [[Sentinel Beam|beams]].]]
'''Sentinel Majors''' are artificial flying constructs designed by the [[Forerunners]] and serve on the [[Halo]] Installations. 

==Introduction==
They are similar to a regular [[Sentinel]], but are gold in color, have stronger blue beams, are protected by a light energy shield, and fire more accurately. They were only observed on [[Installation 05]], however in the games, there are some in most of the levels containing [[Flood]].

Sentinels have been known to have been created long before Installation 04 was ever conceived. They operated automated facilities such as Gas Mines like the one found on [[Threshold]] for "untold centuries" before the facility was redesigned to research the [[Flood]]. Therefore it is possible that they were only outfitted for combat after the Flood was discovered.

==Function== 
The Sentinels are the "police" of the Halo installations, and are controlled by the [[Monitor]] of the Installation. Their primary purpose is to contain small outbreaks of Flood, however they can only manage flood for a short time. Should an outbreak grow beyond the sentinels' ability to control, [[Enforcers]] and Sentinel Majors are activated by the Monitor of the Installation to assist the Sentinels. It is also possible that there must be a massive outbreak, like the one on Installation 05, to give reason enough to construct these stronger versions.

In combat, their shields are less powerful than that of an [[Elite]], and the beam fired is blue instead of orange. It is also more powerful, but its battery drains faster as a result. You can pick up this beam and the normal beam as your primary and secondary [[weapons]]. One can tell the difference between the weapons simply by noting that the stronger of the two is gold in color, rather than steel.

== Trivia ==
*Sentinel Majors do ''not'' appear in [[Halo 3]] or [[Halo: Combat Evolved]], however the [[Automated Turret]] somewhat replaces the Forerunner drone in Halo 3.
*A Sentinel Major's Sentinel Beam fires a lustrous blue beam instead of orange and is stronger.
*When a Sentinel Major's [[Sentinel Beam]] is dropped it takes the color of an average Sentinel Beam. When picked up, however, the color is gold like a Sentinel Major and the beam is blue.
*It is presently unknown ''why'' the Sentinel Majors don't appear in Halo 3, it would've been entailed a weighty and influential combatant against the Flood and also considering that Installation 00 is one of the most prominent and important of [[Halo Array|Installations]].
* A possible glitch in Halo 2 is to pick up two Sentinel Beams, one is a regular and another is a Major.

==Related Links==
*[[Sentinel]]
*[[Enforcer]]
*[[Constructor]]
*[[Sentinel Launcher]]
*[[Sentinel Production Facility]]
*[[Sentinel Beam]]

== Sources ==
*''[[Halo 2]]- [[Sacred Icon]] (Level)''
*''[[Halo 2]]- [[Quarantine Zone]] (Level)''

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