Empty Drop Pods

[Grey Mage]

I personally will never take an empty drop pod for two reasons:

 

1) why would the space marines launch an empty drop pod?

2) how did the unit for whom the drop pod is a dedicated transport get to the surface before the drop pod did?

1) They do all the time actually, theyre called deathstorm drop pods. Theres also just interferance with local operations, distractions, and potentially as a mass driver style weapon.

2) They got here by Thunderhawk, probly a week ago.

[Frosty the Pyro]

By fluff, empty drop pods are decoys, one of the many ways you avoid being blown up before you land, is to present the oposition with false targets.