Sentinel of The Ark

Sentinels of The Ark are the judges in the Guidance Initiative. Created by the Echanai, these automatons scour the cosmos in search of worthy races to deem worthy of Echanai technology. They are the harbingers and protectors of the strongest trigma and alien weapons. They have been given the directive of protecting and serving the needs of the Ark.

Origin
Sentinels of The Ark were made by the Echanai to continue the Guidance Initiative. They were created to preserve the life within the ark as well as the genetic information recorded within it's databanks. They also oversee the Guidance Initiative, serving as judges of entire races. The Sentinels of The Ark have been equipped with powerful weapons to eliminate virtually any threat, natural or malicious, to the ark.

Security Protocols
All of their minds are programmed in sync with each other, but are built with a "severing" failsafe, should corruption of the mind attempt travel to another Sentinel. This cuts the connection between a corrupted Sentinel and any other Sentinel. This failsafe also removes any memory of The Ark or it's outpost. Since the Ark is run by an AI system, no Ark Sentinel can find it's way back to the Ark until the Ark allows it.

The Sentinels of The Ark have encountered an issue when it comes to preserving the Ark and it's secrets. Upon the God's discovery of the Guidance Initiative, they commanded a few of their guardians to capture and reprogram as many Sentinels of The Ark as possible. The result was the Sentinels of The Order. The Sentinels of The Order began to corrupt captured Ark Sentinels, themselves and turn them to the cause of The Order.

Components
Sentinels were created, using mostly biological material from deceased Echanai. Because of this, they are composed of mainly Echanite. This gives them a considerable amount of Trigma Potential. They also have been upgraded with micro plasma generators, making the Echanite alloy as potent and charged as possible.