Originally Posted by
Nabterayl
I haven't read the Night Lords books, no. Do the characters ever wish they had drop pods? I mean, what would they use them for?
That's an honest question. A drop pod is not a way to get to the planet's surface. For one thing, it leaves you stranded unless you have a dropship (in which case, you could have used the dropship to get to the planet's surface); for another thing, it's expensive - even loyalists go back and pick up their drop pods whenever possible. A drop pod is only useful as a way to get to a fight. And it comes with lots of drawbacks - principally, the inability to run away. Even if you win the fight you dropped into (which you dropped into without heavy equipment), you are then left on the ground with no heavy equipment, no resupply, and no transportation faster than your power armor.
It's good at what it does, but it's a very specialized tool that is useful for very specific situations. It wouldn't surprise me if most CSM thought of drop pods as pretty far down the "to acquire" list.