Gloto-pattern Breaching Carapace: Difference between revisions

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)
Mass:	0.77 metric tons (0.76 LT; 0.85 ST)
Complement:	1-5
Usage
In service:	Human-Covenant War; Post-Covenant War conflicts
Affiliation:	Covenant; Jul 'Mdama's Covenant

Revision as of 12:10, May 15, 2023

The Gloto-pattern Breaching Carapace,^[2] (UNSC Type classification: Type-51 Individual Breaching Carapace, T-51 IBC), is a type of multi-occupant orbital entry vehicle used by the Covenant remnants, namely Jul 'Mdama's faction.^[1]

Overview

Design details

The Gloto-pattern Breaching Carapace is a 1 to 5 personnel drop pod with a primary purpose to rapidly infiltrate planetary or ship-based defenses with discretion. 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.^[1]

Development history

The Gloto-pattern Breaching Carapace was developed by Lodam Armory.^[1]^[2]

Usage

The Gloto-pattern Breaching Carapace is the most prominent model of drop pod used by Jul 'Mdama's faction in the post-Covenant War era.^[1]

Gallery

Halo4-Concept-CovDropPod-01.jpg

Renders of the drop pod in Halo 4.
Halo4-Concept-CovDropPod-02.jpg

Closeup detail view of the drop pod render.

List of appearances

Halo 4 (First appearance)
- Spartan Ops
Halo: Escalation

Sources

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide - Vehicles, Non-human, page 121 (Covenant Drop Pod)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 284

[H4EVGCDropPod-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide - Vehicles, Non-human, page 121 (Covenant Drop Pod)

[Enc22P284-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 284

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 ==Overview==
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-The ''Gloko''-pattern Breaching Carapace is a 1 to 5 personnel drop pod with a primary purpose to rapidly infiltrate planetary or ship-based defenses with discretion. 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.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVGCDropPod}}
+The ''Gloto''-pattern Breaching Carapace is a 1 to 5 personnel drop pod with a primary purpose to rapidly infiltrate planetary or ship-based defenses with discretion. 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.{{Ref/Reuse|H4EVGCDropPod}}
 ===Development history===