Long range stealth orbital drop pod

The Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pod is an advanced variant of the UNSC Human Entry Vehicle. Their construction consists of simple Titanium-A shell covered with Lead Foil, to protect it from the heat, and a Stealth Ablative Coating to make the pods invisible to radar. They were used to land the 300 Spartan-III's on the surface of Pegasi Delta during Operation TORPEDO in 2545.

Background

Unlike the Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle, which must be launched from a vessel in orbit above 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 from slipspace into normal space safely; however, according to occupants, they are a "bumpy ride". They were implemented because a vessel might not be able to hold position in a planet's orbit due to hostile forces.

List of appearances

• Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (First appearance)

See Also

• United Nations Space Command
• Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle