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==Types== | ==Types== | ||
[[File: | [[File:HR_OrbitalInsertionPod_Views.png|thumb|left|150px|Frontal and rear views of a single occupant pod.]] | ||
The drop pods may be the most varied of the transportation methods used by the Covenant, with the types encountered by [[human]]ity representing only a fraction of the gamut of models in Covenant service.<ref name="evg121"/> On the most basic level, they can be divided into two main categories: small, single-occupant pods used mainly by [[Sangheili]], and a number of types which allow the simultaneous deployment of multiple Covenant troops. | The drop pods may be the most varied of the transportation methods used by the Covenant, with the types encountered by [[human]]ity representing only a fraction of the gamut of models in Covenant service.<ref name="evg121"/> On the most basic level, they can be divided into two main categories: small, single-occupant pods used mainly by [[Sangheili]], and a number of types which allow the simultaneous deployment of multiple Covenant troops. | ||
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===Multiple-occupant pod=== | ===Multiple-occupant pod=== | ||
[[File: | [[File:HR_OrbitalDeploymentPod.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A type of multiple-troop drop pod used during the [[Fall of Reach]].]] | ||
Significantly larger than the single-occupant model, the multiple occupant drop pod has the capacity to deploy at least four Covenant warriors into battle. The pod is released from a ship, and freefalls through the atmosphere the same way the single-occupant version. When the pod is nearing the ground, it fires a series of downward-facing engines to slow it down. The hatches on the sides of the pod open some distance above the ground, allowing the infantry inside to exit the craft. Some models of multiple occupant pod remain on the ground like the single-occupant version after the combatants within have been deployed, while others rocket back to orbit, allowing them to be reused. Iterations of this type of pod were in use among [[Reformist]] [[San'Shyuum]] as early as the [[San'Shyuum-Sangheili War]]. These pods likewise had the capability to return to orbit and were equipped with force fields to hold their occupants in place during acceleration.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 7''</ref> | Significantly larger than the single-occupant model, the multiple occupant drop pod has the capacity to deploy at least four Covenant warriors into battle. The pod is released from a ship, and freefalls through the atmosphere the same way the single-occupant version. When the pod is nearing the ground, it fires a series of downward-facing engines to slow it down. The hatches on the sides of the pod open some distance above the ground, allowing the infantry inside to exit the craft. Some models of multiple occupant pod remain on the ground like the single-occupant version after the combatants within have been deployed, while others rocket back to orbit, allowing them to be reused. Iterations of this type of pod were in use among [[Reformist]] [[San'Shyuum]] as early as the [[San'Shyuum-Sangheili War]]. These pods likewise had the capability to return to orbit and were equipped with force fields to hold their occupants in place during acceleration.<ref>'''Halo: Broken Circle''', ''page 7''</ref> | ||
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==In the games== | ==In the games== | ||
[[File: | [[File:H3_CovenantDropPod_Exiting.jpg|thumb|250px|A [[Special Operations Sangheili|SpecOps Elite]] about to emerge out of his drop pod in ''[[Halo 3]]''.]] | ||
The single-occupant pods were the sole variety of Covenant drop pod featured in the games until ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', which introduced the multiple-troop version. The pods made their first appearance in the [[Halo 2 E3 Demo]], where the Elites came down and openly challenged John-117 with their [[energy sword]]s. In the games, they first appear in the ''Halo 2''<nowiki />'s campaign level [[Outskirts]] and subsequently are present around [[Mombasa]]. They also appear in the campaign levels [[Sacred Icon (level)|Sacred Icon]], [[Quarantine Zone(level)|Quarantine Zone]], and [[Uprising]], occupied by allies of the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]]. | The single-occupant pods were the sole variety of Covenant drop pod featured in the games until ''[[Halo: Reach]]'', which introduced the multiple-troop version. The pods made their first appearance in the [[Halo 2 E3 Demo]], where the Elites came down and openly challenged John-117 with their [[energy sword]]s. In the games, they first appear in the ''Halo 2''<nowiki />'s campaign level [[Outskirts]] and subsequently are present around [[Mombasa]]. They also appear in the campaign levels [[Sacred Icon (level)|Sacred Icon]], [[Quarantine Zone(level)|Quarantine Zone]], and [[Uprising]], occupied by allies of the [[Thel 'Vadam|Arbiter]]. | ||
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File:HReach-HOIP-DropPod-02.jpg|Unggoy inside a multi-occupant drop pod. | File:HReach-HOIP-DropPod-02.jpg|Unggoy inside a multi-occupant drop pod. | ||
File:HReach-HOIP-DropPod-03.jpg|An empty drop pod. | File:HReach-HOIP-DropPod-03.jpg|An empty drop pod. | ||
File: | File:HR CovenantDropPod Trapped.jpg|A player trapped inside the multiple-occupant pod. | ||
File:H4-T53CovDropPod-ScanScreen.jpg|The Type-53 Squad Breaching Carapace (SBC) in ''Halo 4''. | File:H4-T53CovDropPod-ScanScreen.jpg|The Type-53 Squad Breaching Carapace (SBC) in ''Halo 4''. | ||
File:H4-T54CovDropPod-ScanRender.png|The Type-54 Mass Deployment Carapace (MDC) in ''Halo 4''. | File:H4-T54CovDropPod-ScanRender.png|The Type-54 Mass Deployment Carapace (MDC) in ''Halo 4''. | ||