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Subject: Marine battlefield insertion, anyone know for sure?
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There's something that i've been wondering about for a while, and that something is the manner of Marine insertion. What I mean is, well, check out this backround.

http://www.bungie.net/images/games/halo2/wallpapers/chief_atm os_1280.jpg

Notice the Warthog being airdropped from the pelican, and the marines also 'jump' into combat, similar to the way our airborne forces are inserted today. I've no problem with this at all, infact I think the 'Helljumpers' are just about the coolest NPC's ive ever seen in a game.
But the real question is, I heard from somewhere that ODST's actually use Drop pods to be inserted, some other sources say only the Covenant use that method. I understand the picture I posted is old and may have just been the artists early rendition of a Halo 2 situation. I just wanna' know if anyone knows for sure, because ODST's are just too freaking cool to ignore.

Cheers.

[Edited on 7/29/2004 4:53:20 AM]

  • 07.29.2004 4:51 AM PDT
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The ODST stands for Orbital Drob Shock Troopers which means they are dropped from an orbitting space ship. The land on the planets surface in pods simialar to the ones the elites use in the e3 vid.

  • 07.29.2004 4:56 AM PDT
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Ok, so no parachutes, like the one's in that wallpaper?

  • 07.29.2004 4:59 AM PDT
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Read the books.. they come down feet first in pods.. although are trained harder than anyone else out there.. they are the best of the best [besides the spartans]

  • 07.29.2004 5:01 AM PDT
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true odsts fall outta the sky, but that wouldn't happen anyway, earths surrounded by covie ships, were would they drop from? maybe in later levels i guess, but they need sumit to drop from, and being under massive attack dont help with finding a spare ship to drop some guys off. be sweet if it happended tho!

  • 07.29.2004 5:32 AM PDT