Nail is a rocket drop pod that is utilized by United Empire of Earth Marines shock troopers for space-to-surface landing operations. It features the same internal dampeners as a Hornet, and it can deliver a trooper from the drop ship to a specifically targeted location on a planet's surface within 90 seconds.[1][2]
Nails technology remains classified and is only used by the Marines to deploy troops swiftly into hot zones. Since the tech isn't available for commercial ships, players currently won't be able to experience such a ride. But there's always a chance the player might someday be in the wrong place at the right time to see, hear, and experience such a deployment of Marines. Or the player might come across Nails in-game in another unexpected way, such as in lore.[3]
Players might also come across tech similar to Nails used as a tactic to overtake their ship. The Vanduul often use boarding spikes to damage then quickly deploy warriors into a ship. While the Marines were using Nails prior to encountering the Vanduul, it’s believed that the Nails tech was upgraded after scientists and engineers examined the boarding spikes deployed against UEE Navy ships.[3]
References
- ↑
Jump Point: UEE Marines. Spectrum Dispatch - Comm-Link. Retrieved 2020-06-06
- ↑ Untold Tales: The Unexpected Guest. Spectrum Dispatch - Comm-Link. Retrieved 2016-12-21
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Dev comment answering a player question about Nails, @awieser_cig, Spectrum. Spectrum. Retrieved 2021-12-08