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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 | 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 or most aboard. Most of the lifeboats seen had several [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marines]] who apparently did not survive the descent to Installation 04. | ||
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 | 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. | ||
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 (Level)|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 (Level)|Pillar of Autumn]] and [[Halo]])''</ref> on September 19, 2552. | ||