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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The ODSTs are heavily inspired by the [[Wikipedia:Mobile Infantry (Starship Troopers)|Mobile Infantry]] from [[wikipedia:Robert Heinlein|Robert Heinlein's]] novel ''[[wikipedia:Starship Troopers|Starship Troopers]]''. | *The ODSTs are heavily inspired by the [[Wikipedia:Mobile Infantry (Starship Troopers)|Mobile Infantry]] from [[wikipedia:Robert Heinlein|Robert Heinlein's]] novel ''[[wikipedia:Starship Troopers|Starship Troopers]]''. The Bullfrogs show particularly strong influence from the Mobile Infantry through their extensive use of jetpacks. The Bullfrogs refer to the use of jetpacks as "bouncing", a term taken straight from the book. | ||
*Despite being trained in the use of jetpacks, a Bullfrog will never use his jetpack except when | *Despite being trained in the use of jetpacks, a Bullfrog will never use his jetpack except when programmed to do so in specific locations. Because of this, it is common for a player to have lost several members of his fireteam to falling by the end of the mission. Similarly, they often jump into large groups of Covenant forces and are quickly killed. This is odd, considering that Bungie could have programmed the Bullfrogs to have the AI similar to that of [[Sangheili Ranger]]. | ||
*Players can somewhat imitate a Bullfrog member by equipping all ODST armor pieces, the UA/NxRA utility, GUNGNIR knee guards, and using the Jetpack as their [[Armor abilities| | *Players can somewhat imitate a Bullfrog member by equipping all ODST armor pieces, the UA/NxRA utility, GUNGNIR knee guards, and using the Jetpack as their [[Armor abilities|armor ability]]. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== |