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The '''Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pod''' is an advanced variant of the [[UNSC]] [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOEIV]]. Its construction consists of a simple [[Titanium-A armor|Titanium-A]] shell covered with [[Lead Foil]], to protect it from the heat of re-entry, and a [[Stealth Ablative Coating]] to make the pod invisible to radar.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 13''</ref> They were used to land the 300 [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-III]]'s on the surface of [[Pegasi Delta]] during [[Operation TORPEDO]] in [[2545]]. | The '''Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pod''' ('''LRSOIP''') is an advanced variant of the [[UNSC]] [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|SOEIV]]. Its construction consists of a simple [[Titanium-A armor|Titanium-A]] shell covered with [[Lead Foil]], to protect it from the heat of re-entry, and a [[Stealth Ablative Coating]] to make the pod invisible to radar.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 13''</ref> They were used to land the 300 [[SPARTAN-III Program|SPARTAN-III]]'s on the surface of [[Pegasi Delta]] during [[Operation TORPEDO]] in [[2545]]. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||