Long range stealth orbital drop pod
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Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pods are a more advanced variant of the UNSC Human Entry Vehicle used by the ODSTs for "helljumps." Unlike HEVs, which must be launched from a vessel in orbit of the target, Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pods can be launched while a ship is actually in Slipspace. To date, they are the smallest manned UNSC ships that are capable of transitioning into normal space safely. However, it also seems that only Spartans can man it. Still, they are, according to occupants, a "bumpy ride."[1]
Their construction consists of simple Titanium-A shell covered with Lead Foil and a Stealth Ablative Coating to make the ships radar invisible.[2]
They were used to land 300 Spartan III's on the surface of Pegasi Delta during Operation TORPEDO in 2545.
References
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx page 16
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx page 13
