In other words Jynne, you want the sentinels to lie to you like all the politicians do, you want them to make outrageous claims that no one can truly live up to. promising you peace for example, you and I know there will never be peace as long as humans are alive, if your democracy can change the hearts of thousands upon thousands of people then maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing. The reality however is that it can't happen, the sentinels stand for order, it's not quite the same as true peace but it is a more realistic thing. Human inclination will simply gravitate to what is wrong and what is "bad", that is why a set of people are needed to generally give the public a prod in the right direction. Call it Omni tactics, call it what you will, but fact is it will be needed, because as long as people have too much freedom, they will abuse it, I even have to go to clan history on this one. The clans as we all know started simply as cheap labor to Omni-Tek, however over time, the clans simply said we don't want to make Omni-Tek's lives easier, we want freedom....
The clans rose up, they fought Omni-Tek for their rights as individuals to exist on their own on the planet they "loved" They conquered an Omni City and called it their own, not to mention made political and military movements that had gained much land after that, eventually sprouting Tir and other noted clan cities. The clans had a good deal of land, not to mention over time, a lot of omni employees decided they were tired of corporate living and they swelled the clans ranks. The clans outnumber Omni Tek by 2 or 3 to 1. We have the most powerful guilds, we control highly sophisticated weaponry and armors. Whatever sense of peace there was to be had was right in front of us...but as I said, human hearts wouldn't allow for it. The clans pressed on, and eventually turned in on themselves, the council of truth was a sad reality of this. They offered a voice for the clans that many simply didn't agree with, it's stance on neutrals and the ICC even made many council members break off and go their own way. Strife ensued and political unrest, eventually leading to the scandal with the Dust Brigade and the dissolution of the council was soon to follow. This shook the clans in a way that I believe they have yet to recover, the ICC sent guards to guard our cities..hahahahah we all know how THAT turned out.
Then we had the CoA, an attempt to merge the clans together into some sort of Military/Political party. I admit, I thought this idea could work, and was even in a guild that supported the CoA at the time. However the human heart reared it's head again. Strife ripped through the CoA, struggles for power, disagreements on how to direct the entire thing came up and a host of other problems that plague political movements. Tir was eventually overrun by omni pol patrollers and other omni militant forces, and don't cry that neutrals were innocent, I knew a few who stirred up trouble during the times they could walk freely through our capitol. Enter the Sentinels, they swept in at our darkest hour and cleansed Tir of those who threatened it's beauty. All seemed fine until Fisk made his stance on neutral oh so clear in a very candid interview. it sent the clans in an uproar, the small sense of order the sentinels brought, was rocked because a couple of them killed neutrals. It's become a stigma that the sentinels have yet to recover from, even though only a few truly feel this way, the rest are just following orders. However, in spite of this, many guards have been targetted randomly by radical clanspersons who call themselves, moderates...cause I guess they enjoy moderate killing, and they viciously slay these guards for their own personal glories, and call it a democratic movement.
The human heart at work again.
Which brings us to EndGame..the name in itself speaks so much about them, a group of immature hippy spoiled children who think the future of the clans is a game. Who think it is a contest to be won by the most popular among them, like some highschool soiree. They claim to want to bring democracy to the clans, and yet their efforts have only produced some dead guards, a list of empty promises and their members somehow not agreeing on the course of action their alliance should take in the recent notum wars, etc. In short their tale has yet to be written, but still, the human heart is fast at work already. These moderates, label the Sentinels as vicious tyrants and thugs because they've shot a few neutrals. They can think of nothing else to stick to the sentinels besides this stigma. However many of these moderates engage in random killing of their own, I have not seen one of them refute this fact. I even recall the endgame alliance raiding the temple of three winds, slaughtering those inside for their treasures..the followers of this cult had made no aggressions to any side of the conflict, nor let out any word of such aggression. in effect they were neutral. In EndGame's eyes however...it's quite alright as long as they gain something from it. Until they can justify their own murderous ways, I suggest they pick a new target, the sentinels are no more or less than what you are. At least however, they don't lie about their nature, and to me that speaks volumes about their character.