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Like [[Pelican]] and other [[dropship]]s, each has a call sign, usually consisting of three letters from the [[phonetic alphabet]], followed by a two-digit number.{{Ref/Novel|Id=tf2|TF|Chapter=2}} SKT-9 Bumblebees are equipped with beacons,{{Ref/Reuse|halo}} and possess limited visual and audio capture capabilities.{{Ref/Novel|TF|Detail=[[Halo: The Flood#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]}} | Like [[Pelican]] and other [[dropship]]s, each has a call sign, usually consisting of three letters from the [[phonetic alphabet]], followed by a two-digit number.{{Ref/Novel|Id=tf2|TF|Chapter=2}} SKT-9 Bumblebees are equipped with beacons,{{Ref/Reuse|halo}} and possess limited visual and audio capture capabilities.{{Ref/Novel|TF|Detail=[[Halo: The Flood#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]}} | ||
The SKT-9 can hold up to nine people (including the pilot), and it has enough supplies to support 126-person-days of life support.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} It has one pilot seat as well as eight side-facing crash seats. The seats have harnesses to keep | The SKT-9 can hold up to nine people (including the pilot), and it has enough supplies to support 126-person-days of life support.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} It has one pilot seat as well as eight side-facing crash seats. The seats have harnesses to keep people from injury when crash-landing.{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}} Though they are noted as being one of the safer methods of UNSC ship evacuation,{{Ref/Reuse|library}} the effectiveness of the safety features on this Bumblebee vary greatly, as can their reliability. During the [[Battle of Installation 04]], some of these Bumblebees landed without any injuries to their passengers, while others suffered catastrophic failures while in mid-air, resulting in the deaths of most or all aboard upon impact.{{Ref/Reuse|halo}} | ||
SKT-9 Bumblebees | SKT-9 Bumblebees feature thrusters and air-brakes to slow down during descent.{{Ref/Reuse|library}} Although it has a pilot control station,{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Twitter|Id=fictionfriday|Halo|1195356027878699008|Halo|Quote=The SKT-9 Bumblebee is a heavy lifeboat that can hold up to eight passengers and has a pilot control station, though by default it uses a simple escape-and-evasion autopilot routine after boosting away from its host vessel. #FictionFriday}} the Bumblebee has little in the way of maneuverability, as it is not intended for extended atmospheric use, nor are its thrusters powerful enough to escape a planet's atmosphere;{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}} Jacob Keyes noted that a Bumblebee lifeboat "flew like a rock".{{Ref/Reuse|tf2}} Instead, the lifeboat using a simple escape-and-evasion autopilot routine after boosting away from its host vessel.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}}{{Ref/Reuse|fictionfriday}} Once it enters atmosphere, the Bumblebee makes a controlled crash landing with aerobraking panels and drogue chutes.{{Ref/Reuse|enc22}} Thus, after a landing, the lifeboat can never be used again, as the air brakes disengage upon descent; the lifeboat would have likely suffered a great amount of damage as well.{{Ref/Reuse|enc09}}{{Ref/Reuse|enc11}} | ||
There may be some animosity between Bumblebee pilots and Pelican pilots; during the Battle of Installation 04, [[Carol Rawley]] noted she would rather die piloting her own Pelican than trust her fate to "some lifeboat jockey".{{Ref/Reuse|tf1}} | There may be some animosity between Bumblebee pilots and Pelican pilots; during the Battle of Installation 04, [[Carol Rawley]] noted she would rather die piloting her own Pelican than trust her fate to "some lifeboat jockey".{{Ref/Reuse|tf1}} | ||
