Editing Udka-pattern Assault Carapace

{{Title|''Udka''-pattern Assault Carapace}}
{{Status|Canon}}
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|name=''Udka''-pattern Breaching Carapace
|image=[[File:H2-CovDropPod-Extraction.png|x300px]]
|manufacturer=[[Assembly Forges]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|line=[[Covenant drop pod|Assault Carapace]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|model=
|cost=
|length={{Convert|6.6|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|width={{Convert|6.5|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|height={{Convert|16.3|ft|m|disp=flip|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|mass={{Convert|0.2|MT|sp=us}}{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|max speed=
|engine=
|hull=
|armament=
|crew=One operator
|complement=
|consumables=
|othersystems=
|firstuse=
|service=[[Human-Covenant War]]<br>[[Post-Covenant War conflicts]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
|role=Troop deployment
|affiliation=[[Covenant]]{{Ref/Reuse|Enc22}}
}}
The '''''Udka''-pattern Assault Carapace''' is a [[Covenant drop pod]] manufactured by [[Assembly Forges]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc22|Enc22|Page=284}} The ''Udka'' was heavily employed by [[Sangheili]] forces of the [[Covenant]] for during the [[Human-Covenant War]].

==Operational history==
''Udka''-pattern drop pods played a key role during the final months of the [[Human-Covenant War]]. During the [[Battle for Earth]], Sangheili forces of the [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] used these pods to drop into the city of [[New Mombasa]] in the battle's early stages.{{Ref/Level|H2|Outskirts}} They were later used in the onset of the [[Great Schism]], being used to deploy [[Covenant separatists|separatist]] forces onto [[Installation 05]]{{Ref/Level|H2|Uprising}} and the forces of the [[Fleet of Retribution]] into the [[Flood]]-infested city of [[Voi]] months later.{{Ref/Level|H3|Floodgate}}

== Gallery ==
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<gallery>
File:H2-CovDropPod-Screen.png|A screenshot of a Covenant drop pod in ''[[Halo 2]]''.
File:H2-CovDropPod-Extraction.png|A drop pod from ''Halo 2''.
File:H2E3_CovenantDropPod.jpg|A group of pods land in [[New Mombasa]] in the [[Halo 2 E3 demo|''Halo 2'' E3 demo]].
File:H2_CovenantDropPod_Exiting.jpg|A Sangheili about to exit a pod in ''Halo 2''.
File:H3_ArbiterDropPod.jpg|The Arbiter sitting in a drop pod.
File:H2A Concept CoviePod.jpg|Concept art of the drop pod for ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
File:H2A_CovenantDropPod_Closed.png|thumb|A front view of the Halo 2: Anniversary Covenant drop pod.
File:H2A_CovenantDropPod_Open.png|thumb|An inside view of the Halo 2: Anniversary Covenant drop pod.
File:H2A_CovenantDropPod_Back.png|thumb|A back view of the Halo 2: Anniversary Covenant drop pod.
File:H2A_CovenantDropPod_Top.png|thumb|An overhead view of the Halo 2: Anniversary Covenant drop pod.
</gallery>

== List of appearances ==
*''[[Halo 2]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' {{MCCo}}
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''

== Sources ==
{{Ref/Sources}}

{{Covenant Atmospheric/Exoatmospheric Vehicles}}

[[Category:Covenant vehicles]]