In Halo 2, during the missions Sacred Icon and Quarantine Zone, the player would encounter a strange form of sentinel. This type of sentinel looked like a standard Aggressor model, except it had gold plating, stronger shields, and fired a blue sentinel beam that did more damage. This Sentinel Beam could also be picked up and wielded by the player. The sentinel itself was called a Sentinel Major in the game files. While originally building my Guardian Sentinel, I got an idea...''What if there were 'Major' variants of other sentinel types, for example, Guardians?''

Controls:

Pitch: Move Forward/Reverse

Roll: Strafe Left/Right

Yaw: Rotate Left/Right

VTOL: Change Hover Altitude

FireGuns: Fire Sentinel Beam

AG1: Overclock Impulse Drive

AG2: Safety toggle for Pulse Missiles

Onboard Weapons:

Sentinel Beam: Ionized particle emitter that melts through targets at an alarming rate. Select a target, then hold down the fire button until the beam fires (Mobile users may need to add a wing gun or minigun to enable the button). If the beam does not autoaim, cycle targeting mode. Check the Guardian's back (or the Heads-Up Display in first person) while firing for charge status.

Pulse Missile: Energy based projectile with enhanced flight characteristics. Creates a slipspace detonation on impact. Due to risk of overload, capacitor bank cannot be recharged and discharges below certain water depth. Maximum of 60 projectiles total. Needs line of sight for guidance. Can change targets mid-flight.

Additional Notes:

• Credit where credit is due, the autoaim system has been slightly modified from NewmanSTAR's Killswitch Concept Aircraft on this site.

• The Sentinel beam uses 2 miniguns, the outer minigun (the more dim, larger diameter beam effect) does a lot less damage, but has a slight knockback effect, while the inner minigun (the brighter, more solid core) just melts things.

• The Sentinel Beam now has a limited firing arc, if you count a 110 degree cone of doo- er, fire limited. (the beam is limited to 55 degrees to the left, right, up, down, or anywhere in between)

• The ''floaty bits'' around the central chassis now move when the Guardian changes altitude

• The Heads-Up Display has no text, but still notifies you on the status of boost, weapon charge, and whether or not the pulse missiles are selected. (pay attention to the HUD when you change things in first person)