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'''Sontaran [[scout ship]]s''', also called '''[[battlecruiser]]s''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'') '''battlespheres''', ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Starlight Robbery (audio story)|Starlight Robbery]]'') '''space pods''', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Last Sontaran (TV story)|The Last Sontaran]]'') '''pod ships''' ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Five Companions (audio story)|The Five Companions]]'') or '''drop-pods''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Soldier's Education (short story)|A Soldier's Education]]'') were spherical [[spacecraft]] used by the [[Sontaran]]s to [[Scout ship|scout]] ahead of fleets to investigate or infiltrate the enemy, usually the [[Rutan Host]]. | '''Sontaran [[scout ship]]s''', also called '''[[battlecruiser]]s''' ([[TV]]: ''[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]'') '''battlespheres''', ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Starlight Robbery (audio story)|Starlight Robbery]]'') '''space pods''', ([[TV]]: ''[[The Last Sontaran (TV story)|The Last Sontaran]]'') '''pod ships''' ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Five Companions (audio story)|The Five Companions]]'') or '''drop-pods''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Soldier's Education (short story)|A Soldier's Education]]'') were spherical [[spacecraft]] used by the [[Sontaran]]s to [[Scout ship|scout]] ahead of fleets to investigate or infiltrate the enemy, usually the [[Rutan Host]]. | ||
There were considerably smaller than nine metres in diameter, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Absolute Power (audio story)|Absolute Power]]'') and equipped with a [[tractor beam]]. One was issued to every soldier upon starting training, and they were expected to clean and maintain their ship everyday. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Five Companions (audio story)|The Five Companions]]'') Scout ships had "automatic return," enabling them to return to a ship. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sontaran Ordeal (audio story)|The Sontaran Ordeal]]'') | There were considerably smaller than nine metres in diameter, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Absolute Power (audio story)|Absolute Power]]'') and equipped with a [[tractor beam]]. One was issued to every soldier upon starting training, and they were expected to clean and maintain their ship everyday. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Five Companions (audio story)|The Five Companions]]'') Scout ships had "automatic return," enabling them to return to a ship. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Sontaran Ordeal (audio story)|The Sontaran Ordeal]]'') The [[Sontaran Subliminal Education Matrix]] claimed that each drop-pod was [[paint]]ed a bright and reflective [[silver]] so that they could be clearly seen against the [[sky]], refusing to adopt the "[[cowardice]]" of [[camouflage]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Soldier's Education (short story)|A Soldier's Education]]'') | ||
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