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The '''Bumblebee'''<ref>[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive2.pl?read=54309 Quotes from Matt's Bungie Update]</ref> is a standard escape pod for the [[UNSC]]. It is 10.5 meters long, making it longer than a [[Scorpion Tank|Scorpion]].<ref>[[Real Sizes in the Halo Universe]]</ref> It can hold up to nine people ([[Pilot]] + 8 passengers) and it has enough supplies to last a week before it runs out of food and clean air.<ref>''Halo: The Flood''</ref> | The '''Bumblebee'''<ref>[http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive2.pl?read=54309 Quotes from Matt's Bungie Update]</ref> is a standard escape pod for the [[UNSC]]. It is 10.5 meters long, making it longer than a [[Scorpion Tank|Scorpion]].<ref>[[Real Sizes in the Halo Universe]]</ref> It can hold up to nine people ([[Pilot]] + 8 passengers) and it has enough supplies to last a week before it runs out of food and clean air.<ref>''Halo: The Flood''</ref> | ||
Most UNSC Ships carry several of these, and at most airlocks, there is at least one of them stationed. Like [[Pelican]] dropships, each | Most UNSC Ships carry several of these, and at most airlocks, there is at least one of them stationed. Like [[Pelican]] dropships, each has a call sign, usually consisting of three letters from the [[Phonetic Alphabet]], followed by a two-digit number. | ||
==Features== | ==Features== | ||
Bumblebee lifepods | Bumblebee lifepods are designed to ferry up to nine people at a time. They have one pilot seat as well as eight side-facing crash seats. The seats have harnesses to keep people from injury when crash-landing. The effectiveness of the safety features on the Bumblebee vary greatly, as can their reliability. Some of the Bumblebees featured in [[Halo: Combat Evolved|Halo]] landed without any injuries, while a lot had catastrophic failures resulting in the deaths of all aboard. Most of the lifeboats seen had several [[Marines]] who apparently did not survive the descent to Installation 04. | ||
Bumblebees | Bumblebees have little in the way of maneuverability. They feature thrusters and air-brakes to slow down during descent, but they can not reach escape velocity and leave a planet's atmosphere on their own. Also, normally after a landing, the pod can never be used again, as the pods will probably suffer a great amount of damage, including the air brakes breaking off in the impact, rendering it useless. | ||
The {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} carried a complement of these, likely several dozen. Most of them were used to evacuate the vessel when it was shot down during [[The Battle of Installation 04]]<ref>''Halo: Combat Evolved (seen on the levels [[Pillar of Autumn]] and [[Halo]])''</ref>on September 19, 2552. | The {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} carried a complement of these, likely several dozen. Most of them were used to evacuate the vessel when it was shot down during [[The Battle of Installation 04]]<ref>''Halo: Combat Evolved (seen on the levels [[Pillar of Autumn]] and [[Halo]])''</ref>on September 19, 2552. | ||
==Known Bumblebees== | ==Known Bumblebees== | ||
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*The Bumblebee pilot seen in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] is the only female character (other than Cortana and [[Foehammer]]) encountered in the game. | *The Bumblebee pilot seen in [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] is the only female character (other than Cortana and [[Foehammer]]) encountered in the game. | ||
*The name may very well come from the fact that it has 4 fins much like a bumblebee has 4 wings and 4 legs. | *The name may very well come from the fact that it has 4 fins much like a bumblebee has 4 wings and 4 legs. | ||
*There can be up to 300 lifepods to a ship. | *There can be up to 300 lifepods to a ship.{{Verify_source}} | ||
*They can only | *They can only be piloted in [[Halo: Custom Edition]]. | ||
*The opening hatch of the pod that [[Master Chief]] uses to escape the [[Pillar of Autumn]] is still open as the pod is in space.{{Verify_source}} | |||
*The opening hatch of the pod that [[Master Chief]] uses to escape the [[Pillar of Autumn]] is still open as the pod is | |||
== Images == | == Images == | ||