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Who knows if they're the "Sentinels" we're thinking of? You're thinking of floating machines that try to kill you, or build the forerunner world.

If you've read more than ten books willingly in your life, then you'd realize that "sentinels" can mean something else. Those look like plain buildings that stand "guard" over something, much like you'd have statues "standing guard" over the entrance of a building.


You can't see the floating machines can you?


More likely to be personal crafts than anything.


With the machines in mind, the term sentinels can either mean the machines or the giant structures. As it isn't captalized, you could be right in believing they refer to the buildings themselves, meaning they do serve a specific purpose.

  • 08.27.2011 11:40 AM PDT

@accordingto343

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The Librarian called Mount Kilimanjaro a "snow capped sentinel", maybe it's just a word to describe something big.

  • 08.27.2011 11:41 AM PDT

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Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Who said the Ark could make new Shield Worlds?

The Ark has a large number of Sentinels, does it not?

  • 08.27.2011 11:42 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

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Posted by: ROBERTO jh

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Who knows if they're the "Sentinels" we're thinking of? You're thinking of floating machines that try to kill you, or build the forerunner world.

If you've read more than ten books willingly in your life, then you'd realize that "sentinels" can mean something else. Those look like plain buildings that stand "guard" over something, much like you'd have statues "standing guard" over the entrance of a building.[/quote]

You can't see the floating machines can you?[/quote]

More likely to be personal crafts than anything.[/quote]

With the machines in mind, the term sentinels can either mean the machines or the giant structures. As it isn't captalized, you could be right in believing they refer to the buildings themselves, meaning they do serve a specific purpose.


Rob are you aware that the word has several meanings? cobra just pointed out the the librarian called a mountain a sentential.


So anything extremely large could be called that.

  • 08.27.2011 11:44 AM PDT

@accordingto343

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Except it doesn't construct anything with them.

  • 08.27.2011 11:45 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?


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Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Who said the Ark could make new Shield Worlds?

The Ark has a large number of Sentinels, does it not?


But who said it could make shield worlds? it is the materiel that is the issue not the workers.

A single shield would would take the materiel of a few halos.

  • 08.27.2011 11:45 AM PDT

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Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Except it doesn't construct anything with them.

Oh really? They constructed the Halo Arrays and the portal to the Ark.

[Edited on 08.27.2011 11:49 AM PDT]

  • 08.27.2011 11:48 AM PDT


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Posted by: ROBERTO jh

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Who knows if they're the "Sentinels" we're thinking of? You're thinking of floating machines that try to kill you, or build the forerunner world.

If you've read more than ten books willingly in your life, then you'd realize that "sentinels" can mean something else. Those look like plain buildings that stand "guard" over something, much like you'd have statues "standing guard" over the entrance of a building.[/quote]

You can't see the floating machines can you?[/quote]

More likely to be personal crafts than anything.[/quote]

With the machines in mind, the term sentinels can either mean the machines or the giant structures. As it isn't captalized, you could be right in believing they refer to the buildings themselves, meaning they do serve a specific purpose.


Rob are you aware that the word has several meanings? cobra just pointed out the the librarian called a mountain a sentential.


So anything extremely large could be called that.



That is exactly what I was agreeing too.

My first thought was that the description was calling the floating machines sentinels, as in the robotic security devices used by Forerunners. After reading through the thread, I now believe that the term is referring to the structures themselves. Therefore, considering the description singles out the structures, they must serve a specific purpose.

The term sentinel, should this be true, is merely detailing the structures' great size, not implying the buildings are robot death machines (however awesome that would be). I know what sentinel means, don't take me for a fool I am not.

  • 08.27.2011 11:49 AM PDT

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Except it doesn't construct anything with them.

Oh really? They constructed the Halo Arrays and the portal to the Ark.


I meant the Sentinels themselves weren't used as construction material.

  • 08.27.2011 11:50 AM PDT

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Posted by: grey101

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Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Who said the Ark could make new Shield Worlds?

The Ark has a large number of Sentinels, does it not?


But who said it could make shield worlds? it is the materiel that is the issue not the workers.

A single shield would would take the materiel of a few halos.

True but, as said in my previous theory, if the Shield World rebuilding was triggered by the destruction of the the last one, the build time would be around 20 years. Meaning, they might have been able to gather the materials.

[Edited on 08.27.2011 11:54 AM PDT]

  • 08.27.2011 11:52 AM PDT

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Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Who said the Ark could make new Shield Worlds?

The Ark has a large number of Sentinels, does it not?


But who said it could make shield worlds? it is the materiel that is the issue not the workers.

A single shield would would take the materiel of a few halos.

True but, as said in my previous theory, if the Shield World rebuilding was triggered by the destruction of the the last one, the build time would be around 20 years. Meaning, they might have been able to gather the materials.


They would also have to have the material to simulate a real world, send sentinels with the world, have it right above 00 while it's being built, have materials to STOP the sw after it arrives at its location, protect it from collisions...

I don't see it happening.

  • 08.27.2011 11:59 AM PDT

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