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{{Object
 
|image = File:Escape Pod-0.png
 
|Type = Escape Pod
 
|Owner =
 
[[Peridot]] (formerly)<br>
 
[[Crystal Gems]] (current)
 
|FirstAppearance = "[[Jail Break]]"
 
|LatestAppearance = "[[Log Date 7 15 2]]" (disassembled) (flashback)
 
|imagewidth = 200px
 
}}
 
The '''Escape Pod''' is a [[Gems|Gem]]-activated pod launched from the index finger of the [[Gem Warship]] in emergencies. It made its first appearance in "[[Jail Break]]".
 
 
== Appearance ==
 
The pod is a large portable spacecraft. It is spherical and has a lime and electric-green finish, similar to Peridot's skin tone, with a window located at the front.
 
 
== History ==
 
=== "[[Jail Break]]" ===
 
After [[Garnet]] destroyed the Gem Warship's power core, [[Peridot]] slammed her face onto the floor during the confusion that followed. This formed an escape pod around her, which she used to flee the crashing ship; it landed near [[Beach City]] in a [[Wheat Field]]. The pod's exterior was similar in color to both the Gem Warship and Peridot's body.
 
 
=== "[[Joy Ride]]" ===
 
[[Steven Universe (character)|Steven]] and the [[The Cool Kids|Cool Kids]] discover the abandoned pod in a field a few miles outside of Beach City in a glowing wheat field. The escape pod had crashed and created a square-shaped crop circle pattern around it. Upon closer investigation, the pod was revealed to be empty. Under peer pressure, Steven entered the pod, where he figured out that the pod "listens to what his hands do". The pod then began to act like a manually-controlled [[Plug Robonoids|Plug Robonoid]] in shape and movement. However, the pod locked down during his shenanigans and began filling with a liquid in which Steven was able to breathe. Afterwards, the pod started firing missiles and liquid at the cool kids and shot [[Minor Objects/Gem Technology #Yellow Diamond Flare Signal|distress flares]] into the air before finally being cleaved in half by Garnet. At the end of the episode, a picture of [[Sour Cream]] throwing a rock at the pod was shown, captioned with "[[Earth]] forever!"
 
 
=== "[[Cry for Help]]" ===
 
Since "Joy Ride", the escape pod has been repaired. The two halves of the pod are rejoined and the large dent near the viewport is fixed. [[Pearl]] is spotted by [[Amethyst]] and Steven at the [[Communication Hub]], using the recently repaired escape pod to reconstruct it, allowing her to have more opportunities to fuse with Garnet and form [[Sardonyx]].
 
 
=== "[[Friend Ship]]" ===
 
Pearl seems to have modified the escape pod to track Peridot's location, having connected it to the [[Crystal Temple|Crystal Temple's]] [[Warp Pad]] with four wires. The top of the escape pod has been removed to display a holographic projection of Earth, with Peridot's last warp destination marked.
 
 
=== "[[Log Date 7 15 2]]" ===
 
The escape pod is seen briefly throughout the episode, and is apparently being used as the main body of the [[Gem Drill (object)|drill]].
 
 
== Abilities ==
 
The escape pod appears to be controlled by hand movement. Once activated, it is shown to move around like a Plug Robonoid. When the pod's weapons are activated, the outer glass screen becomes opaque.
 
 
It has been shown in "Joy Ride" that the escape pod can also levitate, shoot lasers, fire rockets, fire off distress signals in the shape and form of a diamond, fire a circular wave capable of knocking people down, and spray out fluid resembling the [[Flask Robonoids|Flask Robonoids']] repair fluid. The pod also has the ability to fill with a breathable liquid, most likely to protect its pilot.
 
 
In "Cry for Help", it is shown it can lift objects with a green "aura" (or Tractor Beam).
 
 
As of "[[Friend Ship]]", Pearl uses the escape pod as a tracking device to pinpoint Peridot's location anytime she uses a Warp Pad. All she has to do is use the interface when Peridot has warped to find the most recent warp pad activated.
 
 
== Trivia ==
 
* The Escape Pod's landing mark and flare formation both resembled a diamond.
 
* The Escape Pod's user interface system appears to be similar to the Gem Warship's, as seen when Pearl activates it in "Friend Ship", where her eyes turn into what appears to be static.
 
** However, it seems to work differently when Steven used it in "Joy Ride", who doesn't get this effect.
 
 
=== Cultural References ===
 
*The pattern of the flare shot up by the pod is possibly based on the [[w:c:memory-alpha:Tholian web|Tholian's tractor web]] from ''[[Wikipedia:Star_Trek|Star Trek]]''.
 
*The Escape Pod landing in a wheat field and leaving a pattern goes along with the popular theory that [[Wikipedia:Crop circle|crop circles]] are created by alien crafts.
 
*The Escape Pod is very similar in size, shape, and design as the [[w:c:dragonball:Attack Ball|Attack Balls]] from ''[[Wikipedia:Dragon_Ball_Z|Dragon Ball Z]]'', even leaving a crater when they land.
 
* The breathable liquid which fills the pod resembles the experimental technology of oxygen-rich liquids, believed to have potential application in terms of surgery, diving, and space travel.
 
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery>
 
File:Peridot Activating Escape Pod.gif|Peridot summoning her escape pod
 
63s.gif|The escape pod being launched
 
Joy_Ride_053.png|The pod in a crater in the middle of a field
 
Joy_Ride_064.png|The cool kids discovering the pod in a crater
 
Joy_Ride_058.png|Gem Warship Escape Pod after crash landing
 
Joy_Ride_078.png|Pod selfies
 
Joy_Ride_079.png|The cool kids and the pod
 
Joy_Ride_070.png|The cool kids and the pod
 
Joy_Ride_089.png|Steven in the pod
 
Joy_Ride_104.png|Steven and the cool kids riding the pod
 
Joy_Ride_110.png|Hay graffiti
 
Joy_Ride_130.png|Steven inside the sealed pod
 
Joy_Ride_137.png|The pod filling up with fluid
 
Joy_Ride_142.png|A signal flare launched by the pod
 
Joy_Ride_141.png|The pod out of control
 
Joy_Ride_152.png|The pod out of control
 
Joy_Ride_182.png|Garnet getting Steven out of the pod
 
Joy_Ride_183.png|Steven in the split pod
 
Cry_for_Help_267.png|The pod lifting a Communication Hub column.
 
Friend_Ship_096.png|The modified pod being used to track Peridot
 
Log Date 7 15 2 221.png|The drill & half of the pod in "Log Date 7 15 2"
 
Gem Drill 116.png|The pod being utilized as a cockpit for the drill
 
</gallery>
 
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