It's... a box. Since this was obviously a rather easy thing to make, it
was one of my first Halo 2 creations, posted November 23, 2004. I built
it in under an hour but was quite pleased with how it turned out.

The ODSTs, or Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, were first introduced in the
original Halo novel, Fall of Reach. They are named after their job of
making hot drops to the planet's surface. Still, the brakes on these
pods apparently work better than the ones on those "Lifeboats" the
Pillar of Autumn used in Halo 1.

After all the ODSTs had been played up as awesome, bad-ass soldiers...
they were actually pretty disappointing in the game. They're pretty
decent fighters, but not much better than the Marines, if any. Certainly
nothing to write home about. And you only even see them like once.

These "drop pods" are actually called SOEIVs, for 'Single Occupant Exo-atmospheric
Insertion Vehicle,' or HEVs, for 'Human Entry Vehicle'.  They look
quite cozy... like a coffin. Which is good for the soldiers who end up
hitting the surface a bit too hard or in the wrong place, because then
it ends up being one.

"Could you possibly make any MORE noise?! ... I guess so." - Cortana
(Halo 2)

The minifigs shown here were made using DECAL (STICKER) designs custom-drawn by me. I now provide a printing service for these decals HERE.