Sentinel Program

"We need monsters now."

- Major Welles elaborating on the nature of the Sentinels



The Sentinels are a group of elite soldiers who are partially immune to the Chimeran virus as experimental byproducts of Project Abraham. Because of Project Abraham's experiments, they have been gifted with the superhuman abilities that most Chimera display, such as heightened senses, abnormal strength, and the ability to partially heal themselves. They can essentially be described as being part human, part Chimera.

For their immunity to the Chimeran virus and abilities the Sentinels are specifically tasked with the most dangerous missions, as each Sentinel is said to be worth at least three Rangers each, and even in death they could possibly claim hundreds of Chimeran lives. Sentinels operate in small squads of four, with one leader per squad; however, sometimes the squads are teamed up to take on particularly daunting missions (as is mostly the case in the book Resistance: The Gathering Storm). During their missions, Sentinels are usually supported by Black Ops soldiers.

The main character of the first two Resistance games, Nathan Hale, is a member of the Sentinels during the events of Resistance 2, after being inducted into the program sometime after the events that occurred at SRPA Station Igloo. It is unknown how many Sentinels have survived throughout the course of the Chimeran War; the only known Sentinel to be alive at the close of Resistance 2 was Joseph Capelli.

Origins
The first conception of the Sentinels was proposed on July 14th, 1948 by SRPA Tactical Ops. SRPA had sought to create a class of super-soldiers that are on par against the Chimera, and as well to find a immunity to the Chimeran virus which easily brought Europe's downfall. In doing so, SRPA launched the creation of Project Abraham for this endeavored program.

Backgrounds
Project Abraham enlisted the candidates who are "capable soldiers with strong ties to country and honor." Though, the chosen were only told on the pretense that they were volunteered for a research in seeking a cure to the "European influenza" and all information about the Chimera were less informed. The soldiers that enlisted had their varying reasons for participating: many took part to escape their troubling circumstances, such as committing murder, committing assault and using participation to avoid going to prison and trying to pay back debt. Others who had enlisted "did it for their families", wanted to know what was happening in Europe, did it to accompany a friend who was taking part in it, and one already knew what the project's purpose was. The Project also offered $10,000 for anyone who wanted to enlist; however, when the candidates were taken in for an interview and were told of the potential fatalities of Abraham, some were aggravated while others accepted what they were being told.

The soldiers were left with the others as a selected audience chose who should be injected, but when the soldiers were sent into the clinic to be injected some tried to kill the doctor whilst others took the injection, it began to change the soldiers' bodies and some died because of suffocation and other unstable maladies, whilst others fell into comas.

Following the events of Project Abraham, the survivors were placed in SRPA to begin immediate Sentinel training.

The Sentinel Program
Following Project Abraham, SRPA released many of the surviving candidates into their respective military while under clandestine observations until being reclaimed after being exposed to the Chimeran Virus when sent into combat. On July 13th, 1951 SRPA Executive Director Lyle K. Parsons ordered the reclamation of all surviving test subjects of Project Abraham to be analyze should the threat of further transformation, such as the case of Jordan Adam Shepherd. Black Ops teams were sent to retrieve the soldiers and necessarily used sedatives on them as a precaution given their and their superiors' lack of acknowledge of how far the virus had progressed.

The soldiers were then taken to the nearest SRPA base where doctors would examine them for at least two days until being fully allowed to joined the Sentinels.

Positions
Each Sentinel has varied military specialties to choose from such as being a demolitionist, technician, sniper, recon, guide, medic, aircraft pilot, intelligence, Non-Commissioned Officer, team leader, overall leader.

Teams
With those jobs chosen SRPA then had to come up with teams that had a variety of people of different specialties and also, most importantly, a strong team leader. One of the reasons why the first Sentinel mission dubbed 'the Maiden Voyage of the Sentinels' failed was because the leader of Alpha Team let the others make the decisions and argue over them causing confusion.

Inhibitor
Despite the Sentinels' immunization to the Chimeran virus, their condition is simply stalling their transformation into Chimera. Therefore, all Sentinels are required to be inoculated daily with Inhibitor treatments to slow the conversion process. Sentinels also wear I-Packs which administers an aerosol version of the inhibitor when the user inhales through the hose connected to the Pack. Every so often the I-Pack will deplete and Sentinels are required to visit the nearest SRPA base for treatment.

Psychiatry
Each Sentinels are checked by their personal psychologists in order for them to make sure that each Sentinel stayed mentally stable, which was made more difficult because of the fact that every Sentinels were prone to injuries associated with inhibitor shots. The many mental instability among the most Sentinels who struggled to cope beside combat related stress is the fact that they were cut off from their families and anyone close to them given the absolute government secrecy of the Sentinels.

Punishment
The Sentinels reserved the same military discipline from regular soldiers in the armed forces. As the case of Joseph Capelli for his belligerent personality and mild assault streak, resulted him in numerous suspensions, brief imprisonments, and a rank demotion. Also, given the Sentinels' secrecy from the public and are listed as deceased, Sentinels are given a zero tolerance quota from ever directly contacting the public, and even from their families. In the case of Benjamin Warner, he was given several citations for contacting his family and was lastly detained in the brig when leaving his post for personally meeting his family.

Given the rising situation of the Chimeran War, many Sentinels had their sentenced reduced due to their abilities and needs in the battlefield.

Known Operations

 * Battle of Fort Anchorage - Date unknown. (Between December 1950 - January 1951) - Alpha Team - Mission Unsuccessful.
 * Operation Bellerophon - February 13th 1951 - Kilo Team - Mission Unsuccessful.
 * Operation Icarus - November 1st 1951 - Bravo Team - Mission Unsuccessful.
 * Battle of Bear Butte - November 16th 1951 - Echo Team and other Sentinels - Mission Successful.
 * Operation Iron Fist - November 28th 1951 - Echo Team - Mission Successful.
 * Battle of Adams/Wabash station - December 3rd 1951 - Echo Team - Mission Successful.
 * Operation Shadow Strike - April 19 - 22 1952 - Specter Team - Mission Successful.
 * Operation Iron Hand - July 25th 1952 - Echo Team - Mission Successful.
 * Operation Green Eagle - July 27 - August 5, 1952 - Specter Team - Mission Successful.
 * Operation Kodiak - October 11th 1952 - Echo Team - Mission Successful.
 * Operation Charon - November 2nd 1952 - Echo Team - Mission Successful.
 * Operation Frozen Fortress - November 11th 1952 - Echo Team - Unknown.
 * Operation Allied Shield - December 7-12, 1952 - Specter Team - Mission Successful.
 * an assault in Bend, Oregon * - December 8th 1952 - Alpha Team - Mission Unsuccessful.
 * eliminate a conversion center in New York City * - Between 15 - 20th December 1952 - Charlie Team - Mission Successful.
 * Operation Viper Pit - December 18-27, 1952 - Specter Team - Mission Successful.
 * an assault on a Chimeran communications array in Montana * - December 31st 1952 - Delta Team - Unknown.
 * Battle for the Holar Tower - May 17th 1953 - All Sentinels - Mission Unsuccessful.
 * Operation Crucible - May 24 - June 9, 1953 - Specter Team - Mission Successful.
 * Operation Wrath of God - June 14-21, 1953 - Specter Team - Mission Successful.
 * Operation Black Eden - June 26th 1953 - Echo Team - Mission Successful.

- the battles with the symbol * means operations that are not named/unnamed.

Others
This is a known list of possible Sentinel candidates who didn't survive the events of Project Abraham or etc.


 * Captain Frank Anthony Gennaro - Committed suicide when his body was burning up due to high metabolism after injected with the Chimeran virus.
 * 1st Lieutenant Glenn Albert Khaner - Was suffocated by extra tissue which was formed.
 * Lieutenant Kenneth Danby - Col. D. Peterson demanded the release of Danby to his base in Bryce Canyon, Utah and avoiding the injection.
 * Sergeant Channing Brown - His internal organs liquidfied.
 * Sergeant Keith Todd Oster - Oster threatened to kill the doctor who was to inject him with the Chimeran Virus and was forced to be killed in self-defense.
 * Private Jordan Adam Shepherd - Mutated into Daedalus.

List of Known Teams

 * Alpha Team
 * Bravo Team
 * Charlie Team
 * Delta Team
 * Echo Team
 * Foxtrot Team
 * Haymaker Team
 * Kappa Team
 * Kilo Team
 * Lima Team
 * Serpa Team
 * Specter Team

Trivia

 * In Resistance: Retribution's infected mode, James Grayson, Donovan Cooley and Roger Cosby were reported to have been given the injection which makes Humans turn Sentinels by Lt. David LaSalle of Specter Team. But given infected mode is non-canon, they can't be added to the list of known Sentinels.
 * Out of the 35 official Sentinels that are known as of now, 20 (21 if you count Hale) are known to have died.