Editing Covenant drop pod

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[[Image:CovDropPod Full.jpg|thumb|A group of pods land on Earth.]]
The '''Orbital Insertion Pod''' is a ubiquitous, one-man [[Covenant]]-manufactured high-altitude deployment vehicle. It is roughly cylindrical in shape, but with two tapered, slightly angular ends. It is made of burnished cyan-purple metal, but has an opulent, white interior with a contour that conforms to the physique of a Covenant [[Elite]]. Upon impact with the ground, the pod splits into two halves, revealing the interior and allowing the Elite inside to escape and move.

[[Image:GoldSword4.jpg|thumb|left|[[Zealot]] emerging from an Orbital Insertion Pod]]
The Orbital Insertion Pod is a mode of transportation currently in use by the [[Covenant]]. When the Covenant decide to capture a planet rather than simply [[glassing]] it from orbit, they use orbital insertion pods to drop Elites to the planet’s surface as shock troops. Use of these pods is very hazardous and is reserved only for critical situations, or when a surprise attack is necessary. It is theorized that the pods are coated with an energy shield to disperse heat and are armored to withstand anti-air flak cannon fire. The vaguely coffin-shaped pods are small and cramped, with barely enough room for one Elite and his weapon, and there appear to be no restraints or other devices inside. Upon landing, the front of the pod blows off to allow exit, so the fronts are probably placed on the pod just before the drop.

[[Image:ElitePod.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Minor Elite getting out of pod.]]
These pods were evident around [[New Mombasa]] during [[The First Battle of Earth]]. They also appear in the level [[Uprising]] as several allies aid the [[Arbiter]].

It is proposed that these pods are a Covenant spinoff of the [[Human Entry Vehicles]] (HEV)'s used by the [[ODST]]'s, colloquially known as "Helljumpers". 

''' Dimensions '''

Height: 4.95 meters (16.2 feet)

[[Category:The Covenant]]
[[Category:Technology]]