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Subject: What is an ODST?

Someone clue me in. What is it? Since I don't know what it is, it may not be Halo 2 related, and therefore in the wrong forum.

  • 06.23.2004 10:43 PM PDT
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Orbital Drop Shock Trooper

= Marines on Crack

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orbital drop shock trooper
EDIT: nevermind

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The ODST are the second most effective type of human soldier, next to Spartans. ODST's are commonly called Helljumpers because of their means of getting to the enemy. They are basically fired out of a ship that is in orbit around a planet in an Human Entry Vehicle pod, or HEV. The temperature becomes extremely hot inside the pod during a jump, and sometimes it can become fatal. The ODST branch takes a certain kind of crazy to join. They aren't particularly friendly towards people who are not members of their organization, especially towards the Spartans.

  • 06.23.2004 10:50 PM PDT
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they in the books?

  • 06.23.2004 11:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: Grelvis
they in the books?


Affirmative.

  • 06.23.2004 11:38 PM PDT

Me: "OMFG, Dude... wtf!"
AbolitionofMan: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to betray you."
Me: "That's the 4th time in this game alone!"
Chris: "Third, besides he had the flag I was trying to stop him, how was I supposed to know you were there."
Me: "I said, 'I got the Flag, don't shoot.'"
Chris: "Well those Wraith shots take a while to reach you."
Me: "You were right next to me, I had killed him and a minute passed before you decided to shoot."
Chris: "Hahahahaha, yeah... that was great."

Posted by: The Sovereign
The ODST are the second most effective type of human soldier, next to Spartans. ODST's are commonly called Helljumpers because of their means of getting to the enemy. They are basically fired out of a ship that is in orbit around a planet in an Human Entry Vehicle pod, or HEV. The temperature becomes extremely hot inside the pod during a jump, and sometimes it can become fatal. The ODST branch takes a certain kind of crazy to join. They aren't particularly friendly towards people who are not members of their organization, especially towards the Spartans.


You might say that Eric Nylund stole a little bit of them from Robert Hienlein's Starship Troopers. They were called CAP Troopers cause they entered into battle from space out of a capsule pod shot from a ship.

Achilles

  • 06.24.2004 12:12 AM PDT