- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
In the books, the ODST's are the most potent fighting force at the UNSC's disposal short of the spartans. They we also around long before the spartans, and their reputations is legendary. They're swift, ruthless, and fanatical. Theyt kick ass and dont take names, but when a job needs getting done, the ODST's will do it, no matter how ugly it gets. Their credo is "Drops jets and feet-first into hell." and its branded on each ODST's arm.
They enter a combat zone in orbital drop pods that are deployed from ships in space. A common saying among the ODSTs when a pod's chutes fail to open is that they "dig their own grave."
They also hate the Spartans, there is an intense rivalry between them over who is the best. The spartans see them as a bunch of pyschos and glory hogs, and the ODST's think the Spartans are freaks. However, in Halo 2, the Demo shows the MC working side-by-side with them, they're recognizable by the helmets and bulkier armor.