Maybe you could jimmey the drop pod code, making it move directly down, and change the models so it looks like someone whizzing down a rope? Perhaps activated like the APCs (right click). It would probably deal with most spawnkillers too. Nothing ruins anyones day more than a pod falling on your head...
Or is that me rambling again?
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