- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: ggivnish
Maybe the drop pods have some kinda of huge spring or some super padding to help them survive the fall. It is also possible that Elites have much more durable skeletons and/or internal organs. One other thing. In First Strike the spartans free fall into the ground without drop pods they just use trees. Since the Elites have similar armor, one might think, an Elite could survive this fall. One other, other thing. It is possible these "drop" pods don't simply drop but actually have some kind of propulsion to slow them down.
The propulsion theory is a good idea, plus the spartans had better shields allthough it could be the pods have shields and some kind of formfitting hydro thingy system like a 1 use MJOLNIR