Editing OmniPod

An '''OmniPod''' (or '''Pod''') is a specialized equipment housing or manifold used to mount weapons, ammunition, and components in [[OmniMech]]s, [[OmniFighter]]s, and [[OmniVehicle]]s.<ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 182</ref> [[OmniTechnology]] allows Omni-capable Units to rapidly reconfigure or replace weapons and equipment<ref name=TRO>''Technical Readout: 3050'', p. 223, "Outfitting and OmniMech"</ref><ref name=MRT>''Strategic Operations'', pp. 183-184, "Master Repair Table"</ref>, even in the field.{{cn}}

Though an OmniPod refers directly to the housing for the equipment, the term is frequently also used for the equipment mounted inside.{{cn}}

==History==

When Clans [[Clan Coyote|Coyote]] and [[Clan Sea Fox|Sea Fox]] invented OmniTechnology in the mid-2850s<ref>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', pp. 39-41</ref>, rather than force the myriad weapons manufacturers across [[Clan Homeworlds|Clanspace]] to re-design their production to allow standard interface with Omni-capable Units<ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 180, "Regional Variation"</ref>, Coyote Scientist [[Richard (Remer)]]’s team invented OmniPods that, with moderate technical effort<ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 189, "Omni Units", Standard equipment and weapons can be mounted in an OmniPod in a maintenance facility. The cost for this is 25% of the equipment being installed. Components may be mounted in OmniPods in the same amount of time it takes to replace stock equipment in a standard (non-Omni) unit. This allows idle Technicians to create an inventory of OmniPod-mounted equipment when they are not needed to maintain, repair, or reconfigure their Omni Unit, for instance in transit from Jump Points or while their unit is actively deployed.</ref>, allow the OmniPod-mounted equipment to be quickly secured to the hollow chassis of the base OmniMech.<ref>''TechManual'', p. 44, "OmniMechs"</ref>

==Function==

OmniPods place power; ammunition computer feeds; coolant lines; [[CASE]] baffles; servomechanism, myomer, and actuator connections, and fastenings in a standard arrangement or alignment. Since OmniPod-mounted equipment connections are regularly arranged, they are very easily installed, removed, or repositioned within the Omni chassis. Each Pod requires about 30 minutes for replacement in an Omni.<ref name=TRO/><ref name=MRT/> The Pods themselves are light, and add only negligible mass to the Omni Unit, with no effect on performance.<ref>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 42, “Crusade of the Valiant”</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3050'', pp. 223-224</ref>,

Components mounted in OmniPods are simply removed and replaced, allowing technicians time to repair the component and the Omni-compatible unit free to do as necessary,<ref>''Technical Readout: 3050'', p. 7</ref><ref>''Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade'', p. 112</ref> although repairing damaged Pod-capable chassis equipment is a bit more time-consuming.<ref name=MRT/>

OmniPod-mounted equipment can be mounted on conventional BattleMechs, AeroSpace Fighters, etc., if the equipment is first removed from the OmniPod. While in theory Pod-mounted equipment could be fixed directly into a convention unit, wasting such an expensive housing seems foolish; OmniPods themselves cost one-quarter of the price of their housed components, and installing OmniPods on non-Omni units saves no time vs standard equipment.<ref>''Strategic Operations'', p. 189</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* [[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]
* [[Strategic Operations]]
* [[TechManual]]
* [[Technical Readout: 3050]]
* [[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]

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