Editing Suspa Al-pattern Assault Carapace

{{Title|''Suspa Al''-pattern Individual Assault Carapace}}
{{Status|Canon}}
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The '''''Suspa Al''-pattern Individual Assault Carapace''' ("'''fire seed'''") is a type of [[Covenant drop pod|insertion pod]] employed by the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Reuse|WF66}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
The ''Suspa Al'' is a single-occupant design of insertion pod, hosting only a single [[Sangheili]] warrior. The pod is a teardrop-shaped design, with the bottom of the pod serving as an armor-piercing ram capable of punching through the fortified hull of a [[warship]] or deep into an armored bunker to deliver their payload deep into the heart of an enemy area. The pod's occupant sits in a shock couch, cocooned in a series of crushing [[gravitic]] [[Gravitic web|webs]]. All of the pod's life-support and safety systems are optimised for use by Sangheili warriors, and the pod's controls give the occupant a great degree of freedom in how the pod maneuvers during a drop, as opposed to the [[drop pod]]s employed by the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]].{{Ref/Reuse|WF66}}

When landing, the pod's door  explodes off the front of the craft to allow the warrior to swiftly exit and engage the enemy. The door contains [[Inertial compensator|inertial compensation]] [[stasis generator]]s, which mitigate the risk of the occupant being killed or injured during transit and pre-impact deceleration.{{Ref/Reuse|WF66}}

==Operational history==
During the empire's height, the ''Suspa Al'' [[design pattern]] was rarely employed, as [[artisan]]s allied with the Covenant's [[Sangheili Zealot|Zealot]] orders jealously guarded the secrets of their construction.  Only the most pious of commanders were granted the honour of requisitioning their use, and only their use in battle guaranteed replacements.{{Ref/Reuse|WF66}} Many of the Sangheili troops selected for such orbital drops were themselves taken from the Zealot order, or otherwise aspired for membership in their chapterhouses.{{Ref/Reuse|WF66}}

Following the [[Great Schism|collapse of the Covenant]], the usage of the ''Suspa Al'' remains largely similar to how they were employed during the empire's reign, though the Zealots are now divided in loyalty amongst a large number of [[Covenant remnants|successor factions]], and exercise less discretion in judging the worthy.{{Ref/Reuse|WF66}}

==Production notes==
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The ''Suspa Al'' pattern of drop pod was concepted by [[:Category:Images by Steve Chon|Steve Chon]] and modelled by [[:Category:Images by Kayl Myers|Kayl Myers]] for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.{{Ref/Site|URL=https://www.artstation.com/artwork/1Z9PZ|Site=ArtStation|Page=Halo: Reach - Covenant Drop Pod|D=04|M=07|Y=2024}} The drop pod was featured in the [[Halo: Reach E3 2010 Trailer|reveal trailer]] shown at [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3]] [[2010]], though was cut from the final game and replaced with the {{Pattern|Yado|Intrusion Carapace}}.

In the demo, the drop pods are used by the Covenant troops attacking the [[Sabre Program Launch/Research Range]] at [[Farkas Lake]] in an early build of the level "[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]". The design seen in the final game is notably sleeker and rounder, effectively rendering the original E3 model [[Cut Halo: Reach vehicles|cut content]].

The ''Suspa Al'' made its first official in-game debut in the mission artwork for the ''[[Halo: Spartan Assault]]'' level [[Mission 1: Assault on CF-32|Assault on CF-32]], which features a ''Suspa Al'' in the background traced from one of Kayl Myers' original ''Halo: Reach'' renders. The later [[2017]] release of ''[[Halo: Warfleet – An Illustrated Guide to the Spacecraft of Halo]]'' featured a high-resolution double-page spread focusing on the ''Suspa Al'' pattern, with a great deal of information provided about its usage by the Covenant empire.{{Ref/Reuse|WF66}} This feature brought the drop pod back into ''Halo'' canon.

==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:HR_CovenantDropPod_Concept.jpg|Concept art for this drop pod.
File:HR CovenantDropPod Overview.png|Renders of ''Suspa Al'' in ''Halo: Reach''.
File:HRE3 CovenantDropPod.jpg|A ''Suspa Al'' in the attack on Farkas Lake.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach E3 2010 Trailer]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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{{Covenant Atmospheric/Exoatmospheric Vehicles}}
[[Category:Covenant vehicles]]