Liberty Police Inc. Field Manual (out of date, updating in progress)

[Liberty Police Inc.]

Chapter 9. Your Life Pod and You

This chapter is a review of the new Life Pods that are going into service.

With the revitalization of the LPI and Gallic forces looming on the horizon, serious effort has been made to modernize our life pods. LPI pilots will soon have to protect Liberty from criminals one day, and a horde of baguette-chewing, beret-wearing frogs the next. To ensure that the LPI's investment in you is not wasted due to easily-preventable circumstances (see: having your pod blow up with you still in it), we have taken several steps to beef up the survival rate of ejected pilots.

Some of the areas that have been enhanced:

1. Armor Plating: The life pod's effective armor thickness has been more than doubled from the previous model, thanks in part to innovating sloping techniques and stronger materials. Officers in the field can also request additional armor upgrades for their pods, such as internal iridium struts, electric or explosive reactive armor, and pop-out slat armor.

2. Cryo Sleep: In the event that an LPI pilot is not recovered within 48 hours of ejecting, the pod will automatically enter cryo sleep mode in an attempt to preserve the pilot until a rescue effort has succeeded.

3. Larger Fuel Tanks: Increases flight endurance.

4. Increased Oxygen Capacity: Helps you breathe longer, dummy.

5. "Beagle" Active Probe: A new innovation from Ageira Technologies, allowing a pilot to scan and identify up to 256 targets at a time from their escape pod. Is shipped with an enhanced dual-mode IFF transponder, which allows the pilot to transmit and receive IFF-related transmissions.

6. Emergency Survival Meals: Also known as "Donuts, Ready-to-Eat", these large brown packages contain 12 individually-packed and ready-to-eat Sunbucks donuts, handy for stranded pilots without food. Included with each donut package is a pouch of emergency water and freeze-dried coffee, with creamer and sugar. Flavor diversity ensures that no officer will get tired of these in the average time it takes to rescue an ejected pilot (under 48 hours).

7. Integrated Solar Power Panels: Allows for nearly infinite power-gathering.