Long range stealth orbital drop pod
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The Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pod is an advanced variant of the UNSC SOEIV. 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.[1] 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".[2] 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)
