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| |name=Long range stealth insertion 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.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', page 13</ref> They were used to land the 300 [[Spartan-III]]'s on the surface of [[Pegasi Delta]] during [[Operation TORPEDO]] in [[2545]]. |
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| '''Long range stealth orbital drop pods''' are an advanced kind of [[drop pod]] utilised by the military forces of the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoOP|HGoO|Chapter=Prologue}} | |
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| | Unlike the UNSC's 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, according to occupants they are a "bumpy ride."<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', page 16</ref> They were implemented because of the smaller target they present for counter-attacks than a Pelican, and, if one is destroyed, the entire squad is not lost. |
| Long range stealth pods are constructed of [[titanium]], lead foil, and encased in a layer of [[stealth ablative coating]] similar to that used on the [[prowler]] stealth warships of the [[UNSC Navy]]. Unlike standard drop pods used by the [[Orbital Drop Shock Troopers]], long range stealth pods can be fired from a [[UNSC carrier]] situated in [[slipstream space]], from which they automatically emerge into real space and (over the course of several hours) proceed to make landfall on a target [[planet]].{{Ref/Reuse|GoOP}}
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| Due to their specialised role, long range stealth pods have rarely been seen used by conventional UNSC forces. In [[2545]], three hundred such pods were launched from the [[Unidentified UNSC carrier class|carrier]] {{UNSCShip|All Under Heaven}} to deploy [[SPARTAN-III Beta Company]] onto [[Pegasi Delta]] to launch [[Operation: TORPEDO]]. The stealth pods took seven hours to travel from the carrier to the Spartans' target site, with nine such pods being destroyed during the insertion run.{{Ref/Reuse|GoOP}}
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
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| | ==See Also== |
| [[Category:UNSC vehicles]] | | *[[United Nations Space Command]] |
| | *[[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle]] |
| | [[Category:UNSC Vehicles]] |
| | [[Category:UNSC technology]] |