Sentinel Armada

"...just to be sure"

The Sentinel Armada (センチネル艦隊 Senchineru Kantai) is the mighty space fleet of the Primus Vanguard. When the mystical power of the stars fails, there's always orbital bombardment.

Fiction

Precursor World

Blue Big Convoy combined his α Matrix and Matrix Sword to create a beacon to summon the Sentinel Armada during their battle with the Specters. Blue Big Convoy comic

Primus sent the Sentinel Armada to the defense of the Green Planet to repel a Vok incursion. Finale Prelude

After the dissolution of the Vanguard, the last Sentinel sprang to the rescue of the last survivors of the Blue Order, Magna Convoy and the faint echo of Blue's spark within the Matrix Sword. Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic The ship crashed in a jungle on an unknown planet where it was discovered by Convobat, who entered it and woke the unconscious Magna Convoy. Cybertron Convobat Straxus tracked the vessel down and attacked it with his Rollermaster Corps, only to be repulsed by Magna and Convobat's efforts. The two then departed the planet with the ship, seeking to track down any other surviving members of the Primus Vanguard. Cybertron Magna Convoy

Reports of the Sentinel Armada's demise proved exaggerated as seven of its number were seen alive and well (albeit with clipped wings in Burning Red Sentinel Prime's case) in Magna Convoy's reconstituted Vanguard. Finale

Notes

• As with most things in the world of the Primus Vanguard, the Sentinel Armada is based on existing toys, in this case an armada of Titans Return Voyager Class Sentinel Prime virtual redecos.
• In addition to being recolors of a Sentinel Prime toy, the Sentinel Armada fulfill a role bearing a strong resemblance to the Animated Omega Sentinels. Y'see what they did there with the name?
• In Blue Big Convoy's online comic, eight ships are seen in the sky despite the Vanguard only having seven orders. To whom an eighth Sentinel was affiliated is not clear as the characters in question only appear in the background of one panel.
• It is not clear how similar they are as most of their head designs have yet to be seen—Red Sentinel Prime has the "Titan Force" Infinitus head while blue Omega Sentinel's head is a virtual redeco of Titans Return Ptero.
• Selects series colorist Josh Perez released a Twitter thread commemorating the comic's conclusion detailing his influences for the designs of the various Sentinels.^[1]
  • The Yellow Order Sentinel is very specifically modeled after Bumblebee's Legends class Classics toy as something of a signature, Perez being a noted Bumblebee collector.
  • The Green Order Sentinel is primarily based on the Unicron of Light, with a splash of Green Lantern and Ben 10 for spice.
  • The Purple Order Sentinel continues the established motif of the Purple Order by closely mapping the character model of SSSS.Gridman character Akane Shinjō (新条 アカネ), as much as a space shuttle can look like an anime schoolgirl anyway.
  • The Black Parade Sentinel is loosely inspired by the Brave character Dino Geist, as well as Bass from Mega Man.
  • Lastly, the White Order Sentinel is based on the McDonald's/Tomy Commandron toys, which Perez had previously used as inspiration for the color scheme of Sterling. Perez notes that any resemblance to Halonix Maximus was entirely coincidental.

References

See also

• Animated Omega Sentinels
• Guardian robots