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|name=Orbital Drop Shock Troopers | |name=Orbital Drop Shock Troopers | ||
|image=[[File:ODST Crest.png|50px]]<br/><sup>The emblem of the ODSTs</sup> | |image=[[File:ODST Crest.png|50px]]<br/><sup>The emblem of the ODSTs</sup> | ||
[[File:ODSTs.png|300px]] | [[File:ODSTs.png|300px]]<br/><sup>Two standard variants of ODST armor. | ||
|affiliation=[[Unified Earth Government]]<ref name="FG">[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx '''Bungie.net''': ''ODST Field Guide'']</ref> | |affiliation=[[Unified Earth Government]]<ref name="FG">[http://halo.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx '''Bungie.net''': ''ODST Field Guide'']</ref> | ||
|branch=*[[UNSC Marine Corps]]<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/odst '''Halo Waypoint''': ''ODST'']</ref> | |branch=*[[UNSC Marine Corps]]<ref name="universe">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/factions/odst '''Halo Waypoint''': ''ODST'']</ref> | ||
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{{Quote|We had a damn hard job, and we did it better than anyone.|Spartan [[Edward Buck]], a former Shock Trooper, referring to the ODST.<ref name="nb6">'''[[Halo: New Blood]]''', ''pages 6-7'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | {{Quote|We had a damn hard job, and we did it better than anyone.|Spartan [[Edward Buck]], a former Shock Trooper, referring to the ODST.<ref name="nb6">'''[[Halo: New Blood]]''', ''pages 6-7'' (Google Play edition)</ref>}} | ||
Serving as the rapid reaction force of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]],<ref name="logofwar"/><ref name="HE58">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''pages 58-63'' (2011)</ref> Orbital Drop Shock Troopers are distinguished by their unconventional method of deployment, known as "transorbital support interdiction",<ref name="universe"/> in which the troopers are dropped to the surface of a world aboard small, purpose-built [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|deployment vehicles]]. This allows them to conduct a variety of missions against targets that more conventional forces cannot approach undetected.<ref name="FG"/> ODSTs—trained for any kind of landing operation—expect to arrive at a world with hellish conditions, only to enter incredibly difficult combat zones.<ref name="HE58"/> ODST deployment via SOEIVs is often considered more effective than [[dropship]] deployment, as it allows for a spacecraft to make a quick pass over a world and deploy hundreds of ODSTs in SOEIVs in rapid succession. Additionally, since ODSTs are deployed separately, rather than together in one ship, the casualty rate of SOEIV deployment is lower than that of conventional dropship deployment.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/unsc-droppods '''Halo Waypoint''': ''UNSC Drop Pods'']</ref> | Serving as the rapid reaction force of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]],<ref name="logofwar"/><ref name="HE58">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''pages 58-63'' (2011)</ref> Orbital Drop Shock Troopers are distinguished by their unconventional method of deployment, known as "transorbital support interdiction",<ref name="universe"/> in which the troopers are dropped to the surface of a world aboard small, purpose-built [[Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle|deployment vehicles]]. This allows them to conduct a variety of missions against targets that more conventional forces cannot approach undetected.<ref name="FG"/> ODSTs—trained for any kind of landing operation—expect to arrive at a world with hellish conditions, only to enter incredibly difficult combat zones.<ref name="HE58"/> ODST deployment via SOEIVs is often considered more effective than [[dropship]] deployment, as it allows for a spacecraft to make a quick pass over a world and deploy hundreds of ODSTs in SOEIVs in rapid succession. Additionally, since ODSTs are deployed separately, rather than together in one ship, the casualty rate of SOEIV deployment is lower than that of conventional dropship deployment.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/tech/unsc-droppods '''Halo Waypoint''': ''UNSC Drop Pods'']</ref> | ||
