Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pod

The Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pod is an advanced variant of the UNSC Human Entry Vehicle. Their construction consists of simple Titanium-A shell covered with Lead Foil, to protect it from the heat, and a Stealth Ablative Coating to make the pods invisible to radar.Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 13 They were used to land the 300 Spartan-III's on the surface of Pegasi Delta during Operation TORPEDO in 2545.
==Background==
Unlike the UNSC's HEVs, which must be launched from a vessel in orbit around the target, Long Range Stealth Orbital Insertion Pods can be launched while a ship is actually in Slipspace. To date, they are the smallest manned UNSC ships that are capable of transitioning into normal space safely; however, according to occupants they are a "bumpy ride."Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 16 They were implemented because of the smaller target they present for counter-attacks than a Pelican, and, if one is destroyed, the entire squad is not lost.
==List of appearances==
*Halo: Ghosts of Onyx 
==Sources==
==See also==
*United Nations Space Command
*Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle
Category:UNSC
Category:Human-Covenant war
Category:Human Aircraft