Bumblebee-class escape pod: Difference between revisions

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Name: Bumblebee-class escape pod
Craft: UNSC Class-3 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboat, Controlled
Type: escape pod
Scale: starfighter
Length: 10.4 x 2.2 x 4.0 meters
Skill: space transports
Crew: 1
Passengers: 8 troops
Cargo Capacity: 10 metric tons
Consumables: 1 week
Maneuverability: 1D+2
Space: 1
Atmosphere: 63; 173.5 kmh
Hull: 1D
Weapons - None

Description: The Class-3 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboat, Controlled, also known as the Bumblebee, is a standard escape pod for the UNSC. It is 10.5 meters long, making it longer than a Scorpion. It can hold up to nine people (including the pilot) and it has enough supplies to last a week before it runs out of food and clean air.

Most UNSC Ships carry several sets of these, stationed at airlocks. Like Pelican dropships, each has a call sign, usually consisting of three letters from the Phonetic Alphabet, followed by a two-digit number.

Features

Bumblebee lifepods were designed to ferry up to nine people at a time. They have one pilot seat as well as eight side-facing crash seats, all of which have harnesses to protect the occupants 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 landed without any injuries, while a lot suffered catastrophic failures while in mid-air resulting in the deaths of all or most aboard upon impact. Most of the lifeboats seen had several Marines who apparently did not survive the descent to Installation 04.

Bumblebees had 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 most likely suffer a great amount of damage, including the air brakes breaking off before or during the impact.

The UNSC Pillar of Autumn carried 18+ bumblebee pods. Most of them were used to evacuate the vessel when it was shot down during the Battle of Installation 04 on September 19, 2552.

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 '''Description''': The Class-3 Enclosed Heavy Lifeboat, Controlled, also known as the Bumblebee, is a standard escape pod for the UNSC. It is 10.5 meters long, making it longer than a Scorpion. It can hold up to nine people (including the pilot) and it has enough supplies to last a week before it runs out of food and clean air.