Drop pod glitch

Thel 'Vadam in a drop pod.

For the Halo 2 glitch involving Orbital Insertion Pods, see Orbital Insertion Pod Glitch.

The Drop Pod Glitch is a [[Halo 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made a vehicle to make coding the Elite reinforcements' entrance more convenient. That is, Bungie may not have wanted the Elites to attempt to fire upon the Flood (or worse, throw grenades) while in the pods, so they simply used a mechanism that was already in the game (vehicles) to force them to remain still. Using a vehicle would have had the convenient side-effect of allowing Bungie to easily force the Elites into the riding-in-a-drop-pod pose.

There is also the fact that using a vehicle would have been the only way to make the Elites stay still and use a custom animation.

The reason that the Master Chief cannot enter the pods is because he lacks the required animations. It is the same reason that unmodified (but allied) Grunts from Halo PC's Campaign cannot enter Warthogs in modified Halo Custom Edition maps.