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'''Gundam Sentinel''' is a photonovel series, one of many [[Gundam]] side-stories taking place in the Universal Century timeline. Written by veteran Masaya Takahashi, it takes place during the final phase of ''[[Zeta Gundam]]'' and the early stages of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Anime)|Gundam ZZ]]'' in UC 0088. The story shows [[The Federation]]'s efforts to stop an insurrection by elite Federation officers, former Titans calling themselves the New Desides. What's noteworthy about ''Sentinel'' is the debut of prolific mechanical designer Hajime Katoki, the artist behind other iconic Gundams in the franchise such as the [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (Anime)|V2 Assault Buster Gundam]], [[Gundam Wing|Wing Gundam Zero Custom]] and the [[Gundam Unicorn]]. ''Sentinel'' is regarded as one of the most well known Gundam side-stories to have been published, and is usually noted by fans as being one of the most mature stories in the franchise.
 
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* [[Civil War]]: The New Decides are Titans remnants.
* [[The Federation]]: Actually being proactive for once!
* [[Fun Withwith Acronyms]]: '''Ex'''traordinary '''S'''uperior (Ex-S) Gundam. But that can't compare to "'''A'''dvance '''L'''ogistic & '''I'''nconsequence '''C'''ognizing '''E'''quipment (ALICE).
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|ALICE ejects the 3-person core fighter to save her pilots, then shoots down the New Deside's shuttle and the remaining Z'oon with a single shot. Then S Gundam explodes in Earth's atmosphere.}}
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: It's the [[Gundam]] series...
* [[Interquel]]: Although ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Anime)|Gundam ZZ]]'' has already started by the time of this story.
* [[Mecha Expansion Pack]]: It's this story that really introduces the concept into the [[Gundam]] world. The S Gundam has a booster variant (large boosters instead of legs) and the Ex-S Gundam is basically a stronger S. The FAZZ is this to the ZZ Gundam, and there's a Zeta Plus variant with heavy boosters attached.
** On the opposite side, the Xeku Ein has at least 3 different mission configurations.
* [[Punny Name]]: The villains of the story are a new group of anti-colony soldiers. In the Universal Century, colonies are grouped into clusters called "Sides" - hence, New Desides (De-Sides).
** And then there's the Ex-S Gundam, which set the new gold standard in ridiculously overbuilt mecha designs.
* [[Shout -Out]]: Members of New Desides are based on Shinsengumi. And [[The Hero|Ryo Roots]] is based on ''Ryo''ma Saka''moto'' (='base', 'root').
* [[Super Prototype]]: Played with - the FAZZ and Zeta Plus Mobile Suits are essentially production versions of the [[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Anime)|ZZ Gundam]] and [[Zeta Gundam]].
** The FAZZ was made as a testbed for the [[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (Anime)|ZZ Gundam]]'s Full Armor parts, before Judau got them in that series. In a subversion, the ''parts'' do work as planned, but because the MS itself was gutted for cost purposes (leaving out the FA parts' Anti-Beam Coating, for example), it's a worse unit overall. All three get destroyed on the moon.
** The Zeta Plus, on the other hand, saw considerable service (mostly out of the spotlight) as a good, useful MS. The main S Gundam pilots even use them as trainer units, since they weren't given access to it at the time.
** And then there's the Ex-S [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|(Extraordinary Superior)]] Gundam, which both Katoki and Takahashi seemed to consider a [[Lightning Bruiser]] [[Game Breaker]]. Game depictions range from "useful" to "better than the [[Chars Counterattack|Nu Gundam]]".
* [[Theme Naming]]: Most of the characters are named after historical figures from the Bakamatsu period of Japanese history. The names tend to use the formula "Given name = direct Japanese-to-English translation, surname = part of the Japanese name changed to a close English homophone" (for example, Isami Kondo -> Brave Cod).
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: The only active female character is ALICE - and even she's S Gundam's AI without humanoid appearance.
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