Cost: R1	Class: Z2	Passengers: 5 short term, 2 Long Term	
Hull Points: 5	AI Rating:  <1	Defense: 2
Damage: None
Pre-Installed Systems: Light Armor
Compatible Upgrades: Light Anti-Personnel Weapons, Light Anti-Vehicle Weapons, Medium 				Armor, Civilian Annie Plant
Bonus: Specialized Inertics drive, Emergency Survival Gear, Hypernet Emergency Beacon.
	Lightly armored, the Drop Pod by Wächter Landscaping and Defense is a mind-boggling simple device.  An escape pod, made pre-Teraport War.  Normally rarely found outside of diplomatic ships, the small droplette sized ship has a single annie plant that empties itself getting those within safely down from a ship onto the nearest habitable planet.  Containing enough juice for any drop in system, including landing on the planet.  The size is somewhat prohibitive to long term staying, typically having six seats with harnesses to strap into for a standard Terran, and the Gearbox.  The Gearbox contains survival equipment, normally a few dozen ration packs, some water purification and collector machines, and a few Moly-Poly knives.  Heat and cooling units, some thermal wear and goggles for UV protection. 
	These Pods saw very little in terms of large scale purchases, however they are still produced for the simple reason of safety of the individual.  Many Pods get converted into rooms for a single occupant or couple, as a safe room.  Built to withstand unpowered atmospheric entry, most hand-held weaponry tend to bounce right off the armor, making it an ideal hiding place until help arrives from an attempt to wrest control of personnel.  With limited modification, the Pod's annie plant can be turned into a shield for short term defense against most energy based weapons.
	The Hypernet Emergency Beacon is usually disabled or modified along with the pod to broadcast only to certain sources, making the Pod even more desirable for the purposes of safety against kidnapping and worse.  However, removing it entirely also tends to give the internal landing sequences problems, as the limited AI within the Pod is distributed across everything inside.