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'''Propulsion | '''Propulsion pods''' are bulbous, around 1/10th the size of a [[human]] [[freighter]], resembling tugboats used to push supertankers out to sea. They connect the rear of the vehicle with a powerful magnetic coupling and are used to give those human space [[vehicles]] (mainly freighters) that did not have a [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] built into them for the ability to enter [[Slipspace]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 23''</ref> | ||
They were used during the escape from the planet [[Harvest]]. After the [[First Battle of Harvest|first meeting]] with the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] went sour, [[Sif]], following a plan by [[Jilan al-Cygni]], moved hundreds of Propulsion Pods from the [[Tiara]] out into space, to coordinate weeks and months ahead of [[Harvest]], along its orbital path several days before the Covenant warship, [[Rapid Conversion]] arrived. <ref>''' | They were used during the escape from the planet [[Harvest]]. After the [[First Battle of Harvest|first meeting]] with the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] went sour, [[Sif]], following a plan by [[Jilan al-Cygni]], moved hundreds of Propulsion Pods from the [[Tiara]] out into space, to coordinate weeks and months ahead of [[Harvest]], along its orbital path several days before the Covenant warship, [[Rapid Conversion]] arrived. <ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 278-79''</ref> | ||
When the Covenant began attacking Harvest, they fled from surrounding cities to Utgard, the capital of Harvest and the location of the [[ | When the Covenant began attacking Harvest, they fled from surrounding cities to Utgard, the capital of Harvest and the location of the [[space elevator]] depot. As war waged around them, +250,000 Humans managed to escape the planet by packing into 236 freight containers which where loaded into the Space Elevator along with two "grease buckets", maintenance containers that carried [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]]'s and al-Cygni's [[Harvest militia|militia]] men. The freight containers that survived, along with the two "grease buckets", then traveled the length of the Space Elevator strands, passing the Tiara and jettisoned out into space, where they coupled with the Propulsion Pods, allowing them to enter Slipspace and escape from the Covenant.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 352''</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 13:34, May 30, 2011
Propulsion pods are bulbous, around 1/10th the size of a human freighter, resembling tugboats used to push supertankers out to sea. They connect the rear of the vehicle with a powerful magnetic coupling and are used to give those human space vehicles (mainly freighters) that did not have a Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine built into them for the ability to enter Slipspace.[1]
They were used during the escape from the planet Harvest. After the first meeting with the Covenant went sour, Sif, following a plan by Jilan al-Cygni, moved hundreds of Propulsion Pods from the Tiara out into space, to coordinate weeks and months ahead of Harvest, along its orbital path several days before the Covenant warship, Rapid Conversion arrived. [2]
When the Covenant began attacking Harvest, they fled from surrounding cities to Utgard, the capital of Harvest and the location of the space elevator depot. As war waged around them, +250,000 Humans managed to escape the planet by packing into 236 freight containers which where loaded into the Space Elevator along with two "grease buckets", maintenance containers that carried Johnson's and al-Cygni's militia men. The freight containers that survived, along with the two "grease buckets", then traveled the length of the Space Elevator strands, passing the Tiara and jettisoned out into space, where they coupled with the Propulsion Pods, allowing them to enter Slipspace and escape from the Covenant.[3]
Sources
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 23
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 278-79
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 352
