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- Elite rapid-deployment infantry.
- Orbital Drop Shock Troopers [ODSTs] are elite infantry that make quick work of
- any nearby enemy troops with their silenced SMGs. ODSTs can place a
- proximity-fused demolition charge and deploy from orbit anywhere in explored
- territory using the ODST drop leader power. Other units in the drop zone may
- take damage from the ODSTs' meteoric arrival.
- A special forces raiding unit of the Marines, ODSTs are deployed from the Spirit
- of Fire to turn the tide of battles, raid enemy bases. and assassinate high-value
- targets. A normal UDST day entails a hair-raising drop from orbit While encased
- in an armored drop pod. The ODSTs enter the atmosphere at high speed and
- brake just short of impact. Because of the speed with which they enter the
- atmosphere, the pods get extraordinarily hot, giving ODSTs the nickname
- 'Helljumpers' and their slogan "Feet first into Hell!"