Gloto-pattern Breaching Carapace

Gloto-pattern Breaching Carapace
Production information
Manufacturer:	Lodam Armory
Product line:	Covenant drop pod
Technical specifications
Length:	3.9 meters (13 ft)
Width:	3.9 meters (13 ft)
Height:	8 meters (26 ft)
Engine(s):	Impulse drive systems
Hull:	Unknown Covenant material
Complement:	1-5
Usage
In service:	Post-Covenant War conflicts
Affiliation:	Covenant Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction

The Type-51 Individual Breaching Carapace is a type of multi-occupant orbital entry vehicle used by the Covenant remnants, namely Jul 'Mdama's faction. Developed by Lodam Armory, the T-51 IBC is the most prominent model of drop pod in the post-Covenant War era. It is used for rapid insertions to planetary targets or even enemy vessels. Mostly supplanting the single-occupant pods favored in the past, it can carry up to five occupants; for larger-scale deployment, the Covenant employs the larger Type-54 Mass Deployment Carapace. The T-51 IBC is similar in size to the multiple-troop variant used by the original Covenant but sleeker and more elongated in design. It is equipped with forward-braking thrusters for deceleration and a set of terrain-locking prongs on its underside to anchor the pod to the ground.

Gallery

• Halo4-Concept-CovDropPod-01.jpg

  Renders of Type-51 IBC in Halo 4

• Halo4-Concept-CovDropPod-02.jpg

  Closeup detail view of the T-51 drop pod render

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  The Type-51 IBC on Meridian

List of appearances

• Halo 4 (First appearance)
  • Spartan Ops
• Halo 2: Anniversary
  • Terminals
• Halo: Escalation