Today we are going to take a look at how Space Marines get to the fight the fastest! Today we learn more about the Space Marine Drop Pod.
From their Imperial Spacecrafts straight to the battlefield. When these Imperial super soldiers need reinforcements, they call in the pods.
Via: Lexicanum
Adeptus Astartes have used Drop Pods since the time of the Great Crusade. The Drop Pods of the Adeptus Astartes look and work similarly to a ship’s Life Pod and can carry either twelve normal Marines, a single Dreadnought or a single Thunderfire Cannon. They are launched from a Strike Cruiser or Battle Barge in low orbit towards the drop zone, usually amidst or near a battlefield.
Once launched, they plummet through the atmosphere until retro jets fire to slow their descent. A machine spirit guides the pod to its destination and can receive further commands from the mother ship. Although the Pods become immobile after having landed they can be recovered by the Chapter’s Techmarines and reused. Drop Pods are usually extracted by using far larger vessels that not intended to operate in a war zone.
After that they are transported to the ships that deployed them, repaired if needed and used in the next battle, so many Drop Pods have been in service for centuries. Some Space Marine Chapters inscribe records of each drop onto the interior bulkheads of their Drop Pods, so other brothers can read them and take heart in the ensuing battles.
Standard Drop-Pods are most frequently armed with an array of either Storm Bolters or Deathwind Missile Launchers.
There are also cargo-carrying pods that deliver much-needed ammunition to fighting troops even in the heat of battle.
