6mm SciFi - FightMech Orbital Drop Pod

6mm SciFi - FightMech Orbital Drop Pod

Gate-crash any party in the known 'Sphere with the FightMech Orbital Drop Pod - An all-purpose, ablative, single-use, orbital re-entry cocoon for use in table-top wargaming in a generic SciFi setting, played at 6mm scale.

Actual Shiaic Inc. | Orbital Drop Pod Promotional Description:

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Spare yourself any unnecessary wear & tear on your Drop Ship by avoiding the drop altogether.

Spare yourself the grief (and avoid falling for the same repetitive trap that the GDL does every time) of ending up stranded planet-side with your Drop Ship bogged in a swamp...

Instead, why don't you just assemble a lance of Shiaic Inc. | Orbital Drop Pods and cross-level your ground combat assets? Shiaic Inc. | Orbital Drop Pods come conveniently flat-packed for optimal hold storage in the Drop Ship, enabling you to undertake extra-vehicular assembly and conduct hard-vac combat loading while you burn in-system from the jump point. Then simply slingshot around the target planet and go hide your precious Drop Ship behind some obscure outer-system moon while your raiding force descends in their sleek and comfortable* Shiaic Inc. | Orbital Drop Pods.

Why fight to secure some DS-LZ beachhead that is probably mined anyway? Land at a DP-DZ of your choosing! You're not some expendable regiment of House Troops, right? #MercLivesMatter

With its eight x Delta-7 Mk III retro-thrusters, you can now take total control* over your descent in any re-entry situation involving planetary bodies with local G conditions of up to 3.6 standard G. That's a tolerance advantage of at least 1.1 G more than our nearest competitor!

Additionally, Shiaic Inc. | Orbital Drop Pods come with multi-band sensor dazzlers, detachable multiple re-entry vehicle decoy modules (additional modules sold separately), as well as altitude-variable chaff release seeds to spoof local sensors and ensure that at least 65% of the force makes it dirtside in the first drop wave.*

Shiaic Inc. | Think like a Merc. Fight like a Merc. Drop like a Merc!

*Terms and Conditions apply - All orbital drops carry some risk and an orbital descent may be neither comfortable nor safe. The manufacturer makes no legally-culpable claims, admissions of liability, or guarantees that an orbital drop conducted using these Shiaic Inc. | Orbital Drop Pods will be successful. All orbital combat drops using Shiaic Inc. | Orbital Drop Pods are covered by the ‘unlimited liability’ clause contained within the terms of sale and are conducted under the implicit agreement of the user's acceptance of their own explicit and exclusive risk liability.

More than a model! This Orbital Drop Pod model by Shiaic 3D also doubles as a 'Mech miniature storage and transport container - like many of my other designs. This multi-part model can be combined with the use of several 2mm x 3mm (dia.) neodymium magnets to hold its separate elements together so that a FightMech mini enclosed within is secured by internal hex base-recesses incorporated into the design which snugly grips the base of your mini. (note: larger/taller 'Mech minis or those with broad shapes and/or dynamic poses can still fit loosely within the pod. It is recommended you use some cut foam or cotton wool for additional protection).

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