Inspection pod

The inspection pod is a type of auxiliary craft used by the UNSC Navy in the 26th century.
== Technical specifications ==
The design for the inspection pods hearkens back to the Mercury and Gemini capsules of the 20th century, with their conical exteriors. The pods had running lights on the outer hull and also had a black, wedge-shaped "bumber bar" at the front and a circular docking port at the rear. Sporting five windows, with none facing directly forward, pods nonetheless have a commanding view looking "up," in relation to the interior seating. The ceiling is dominated by a large window with the other four, smaller windows set forward and lower in comparison. The pod's control interface is an ergenomically simplified fly-by-light console with a manual steering column for piloting the craft and communications equipment capable of sending and receiving audio transmissions. The inspection pods are relatively small vessels, with only two seats in each pod's cockpit. Each of the seats had a safety restraint and two oxygen tanks located behind the seat back.