Assault Pod
The assault pod is three times more difficult for scanners to detect than
other pods due to its special stealth design. It can be used to board and take
over enemy ships, but doing so is very risky. The pod can not defend itself
from enemy weapons fire and has no armor or shielding. If it is attempting to
board an enemy ship you better be sure that the target ship has no working weapons
or the assault pod will be destroyed by even the weakest weapon.
The main use of an assault pod is to land troops on a planet ' s surface to set up new ground base or to reinforce an existing base. This is
usually done after star ships have clear the sky over the planet of any enemy
threats.
If you have to get troops onto a planet that is heavily contested it is
best to drop the troops in directly from a star ship. You could bring in assault
pods to add ground combat units, but you should protect the assault pod by
keeping it in a cargo hold for the trip or have ships escorting the pods along the
way to the planet.
You have the command options of ground attacking as soon as the assault pod
hits the surface of the planet, forming a new base of the surface of the
planet if you do not already have one, or you can have the assault pod actively
attempt to board any enemy ship in the area.