The HALO Intruder Pods used in Genocidal Organ by Project ITOH are made of artificial flesh that shapes in the form needed to cushion the impact or glide in the direction needed.Artemis Fowl inverts this by having fairies that live near the Earth's core climb into metal pods and ride magma flares up to the surface.The series presents it as a signature move of the Ghost Brigades, although a handful of regular Colonial Defense Forces soldiers have also done it. Old Man's War combines this with It's Raining Men: Troopers dive from a spaceship using what is essentially a backpack full of nanobots (the visual similarity to a backpack parachute is Lampshaded) which first form a heatshield for re-entry, and then reconfigure into either a parachute or a parasail for final landing.The pods are little more than shipping crates with landing thrusters attached.
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