An escape pod.
An escape pod is a transport used for escape in an emergency situation.
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- Escape pod
- A small pod used for escape in an emergency situation.
- Federal law requires all ships in the Pangalactic Federation to carry more than enough pods to carry the maximum number of crew and passengers.
- Each pod is just large enough to hold one adult, and includes a small gravitic warp engine in addition to the life support equipment. An average adult male humanoid could survive inside a pod for approximately one week.
- Pods are also capable of entering a planet's atmosphere, and when a swift rescue seems hopeless, it will automatically search for and land on the nearest planet that can sustain life.
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In S.D. 10, Myuria Tionysus and her husband Lucien were on their honeymoon voyage when their ship was attacked by a Cardianon vessel. They were saved by the SRF-001 Aquila, captained by Crowe F. Almedio, but their ship had taken critical damage. Lucien, who had been critically injured in the attack, ejected Myuria into an escape pod while he died inside the exploding ship.
In S.D. 539, the captain of the Federal vessel GFSS-3214F is attacked by pirates. The entire crew leaves the ship in escape pods while the captain stays on board with only the AI robot Coro and draws the pirates' attention. They activate the ship's hyperspace drive, but the warp fails and ends up sending them to a distant region of space outside the Federation's borders.
In S.D. 583, the crew of the Verguldian merchant vessel the Ydas where forced to evacuate via escape pods as a result of the attack from Federation ship Astoria. Four escape pods are known to have crashed on the underdeveloped planet of Aster IV, carrying Raymond Lawrence, D.U.M.A., Elena E-014297, and Chloe Kanaris. The rest of the Ydas crew's escape pods have no known landing points, if there were any, but when Raymond reunites with his brother Antonio Lawrence he confirms to have saved the rest of Raymond's crew.
In S.D. 772, the Vendeeni attack on Hyda IV prompts Fayt Leingod and Sophia Esteed to escape from the planet, but they are soon split up by different escape pods. Sophia's is captured by the Vendeeni in order to lure Fayt into the open later on.