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Subject: How high do ODST ships fly before a drop?

My question is how high off of the ground do ODST ships fly before they release the insertion pods with the ODST soldiers in them? Is their an exact number? Is there a range of height? Please express it in kilometers if you would :)

  • 12.05.2010 2:13 PM PDT

Anywhere between High Atmosphere to Medium Orbit.

  • 12.05.2010 2:16 PM PDT

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They can be launched from space.
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  • 12.05.2010 2:17 PM PDT

With the common ship being used to transport and drop ODSTs, the Frigate can go in and out of atmosphere with no problem. In a Halo: Legends episode it shows the deploy of an ODST team well into space, not within a planet's atmosphere. On the other side, in Halo: ODST, the ODSTs were basically shot out like a shotgun towards the CCS ship hanging above Mombasa. Just above cloud cover.

TL;DR: It's up to the ship captain on how close or how far he wants to deploy his ODSTs.

  • 12.05.2010 2:18 PM PDT

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It's described as low orbit.

It really doesn't matter though, the fire control computer on the ship no less calculates thrust, heading and other factors of the pod during drop, and would be able to be set from any altitude.

  • 12.05.2010 3:43 PM PDT

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Normally from mid to low orbit.

  • 12.05.2010 3:44 PM PDT