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[As of October 2012]
2013 ADFA Officer Cadet of the RAAF (Aerospace Engineer Electronics Officer).
Posted by: Vorcil
Does anyone have information on how it works?
is it just a normal jetpack used for decelerating?
or does noble 6 also have the armor locking/gel pad thing master chief had in his armor?
I don't know about in Halo Reach, but in that comic or whatever of 'armour testing' a Spartan falls from orbit backwards so that the re-entry pack deflects the air and takes the majority of the heat, then when the Spartan gets lower and takes on only a low supersonic speed or whatever, drogue chutes and then a normal (although high wing load) parachute deploys that allows them to sail in like a normal soldier).
I can only speculate that either Noble 6 had a bad landing or that last parachute failed a bit.
EDIT:
This video will explain it all.
Posted by: gst353
So here's a question: if the packs somehow protect users from the heat of reentry (as is clearly implied in Reach), then why do ODSTs use drop pods? Why can't they just use reentry packs?
I'm probably over-thinking all that, but meh. In the end, the reentry pack thing is just a very poor explanation by Bungie as to how Six survived. They weren't thinking about how ridiculous that concept really is, since most people aren't seriously into the Halo canon. They knew only a select few players would really care.
If Six had commandeered a Covenant drop pod (they're frequently seen in the games) from the ship, that would have made a lot more sense, and wouldn't have butchered canon. Then again, that wouldn't have made quite such a dramatic, hollywoodized cutscene ending for the mission.
The reason ODST's don't use it is because the drop pod can carry a combat load and if they went in without the titanium composite armour (and energy shields) they'd be burnt to a crisp before they reach the ground.
[Edited on 11.27.2010 6:13 AM PST]