Attack Ball
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A Saiyan Pod is a type of spaceship used by Saiyans, and various henchmen of Frieza such as the Cui or the Ginyu Force for interplanetary travel. When the Saiyans were under the employment of Frieza, these vehicles sent low-class saiyans to distant worlds so that they'd one day conquer and destroy planets throughout the galaxy.
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[edit] Function
The Saiyan Pods used incredible miniaturization technology and even though it is only 1.5 m in diameter, it houses an advanced environmental system and an incredibly fuel-efficient faster-than-light drive. Those traveling inside the ball are kept in a state of suspended animation that minimizes the resources needed to keep them alive.
The volume of the Saiyan pod is 
meters cubed.
The surface area is 
meters squared.
Attack Balls also have enough fuel to travel for 3 years without stopping, but the environmental systems were needed to be replenished every 6 months. To replenish the environmental system, the ball can simply enter the atmosphere of a planet that would be even partially habitable to the occupant for 10 minutes. The ball can travel at a maximum speed of 3 light-years per hour. This often has consequences for the destination point, as the extreme speed often causes massive explosions upon impact, wiping out everything within a certain radius and leaving nothing but a massive crater in it's place. Specialized landing pads can reduce the damage to nonexistant. The balls themselves are heavily armored from the outside to prevent any damage during landing, but the interior is incredibly fragile, as a simple ki blast can destroy an Attack Ball from the inside. They also seemingly do not need any external force for takeoff, being self sufficient enough to launch themselves into space on their own.
There was also a much larger variant of Attack Balls seen in Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan, which is capable of transporting an entire army to another planet. It was destroyed by Broly when venting his power. It was never explained if this Attack Ball variant was a standard for the Saiyans/Frieza's Empire or if this was a creation made solely by Paragus to give the illusion of the Saiyans rebirth to lure Vegeta into a trap.
[edit] Known users
[edit] Bardock and his crew
In Bardock: The Father of Goku, Fasha, Tora, Shugesh, and Borgos use their Saiyan pods to get to Planet Meat to destroy the inhabitants. After doing just that, the low-class saiyan team was ambushed by Dodoria's elite. Later, Bardock used his pod to arrive on Meat and later found his slain commades. After defeating the elites only to be beaten by Dodoria himself, a bloody Bardock survived and went to his pod back to Planet Vegeta. On the way, Bardock's pod picked a pod carrying his second son, Kakarot (Goku), and going the opposite direction. On the Saiyan homeworld, Bardock let his pod bloody and exhausted. It was destroyed when Frieza used his Death Ball on the Saiyan planet.
[edit] Goku's Space Pod
- In flashbacks seen in Dragon Ball Z, Gohan finds Goku in the Saiyan pod.
- In the Bardock special, Goku is found by Gohan and the pod is nearby.
Much later, Goku's old pod was discovered by Bulma's father and he rebuild it from scratch (though in an anime filler, the pod activated a projection of the full moon, forcing Gohan to transform into a Great Ape, forcing Piccolo to destroy it with a Light of Death). The redesigned space pod had a bedroom, a bathroom, a training room, and could get Goku to Planet Namek in a week. While the ship set a course for Namek, Goku trained in 10x, 20x, to 100x gravity. Goku rested the last day until it arrived on Namek. After becoming a Super Saiyan, Goku told Gohan to take Bulma and Piccolo to his ship, however, all of the people (excluding Goku and Frieza) on Namek were teleported off. The ship was most likely destroyed by the Planet Namek's explosion. However, it didn't stop the creation of at least two more Capsule Corporation Space Pods, as in at least the Anime, Vegeta stole a Capsule Corp Spaceship to try and locate Goku [this was later destroyed during the three year training period when Vegeta overexerted himself] and another used to replace the one Vegeta destroyed during training.
[edit] Raditz's Space Pod
The first seen ball was Raditz's ball. After finding his younger brother, Goku was useless to him, Raditz stole his nephew Gohan and put the boy in his Attack Ball. Later, an angry Gohan bursted out of the ball, destroying it completely.
[edit] Nappa and Vegeta's Space Pod
After Raditz's death and the discovery of the Dragonballs, Nappa and Vegeta used their Attack Balls to get to Planet Earth. On the way, the two saiyans stopped and destroyed Planet Arlia (this happened in the anime only, they went straight on with no stops in the manga). A year later, Nappa and Vegeta arrived and landed in South City. Later, after Nappa's death and Vegeta's defeat, Vegeta used a remote control to have his pod arrive at his position and when it arrived Vegeta escaped in his pod to Planet Frieza. The remote control was found by Krillin, who gave it to Bulma. Bulma used the remote on Nappa's pod, only to have it accidentally explode while it was on television. Later, a revitalized Vegeta used his space pod to get from the Frieza planet to Planet Namek. After the pod landed on Namek with Vegeta in it, it isn't seen again and is most likely destroyed when the planet Namek exploded.
[edit] Cui's Space Pod
One of Frieza's employees, Cui uses the attack ball to get to Planet Namek (It's implied that Cui used a ball to get to the planets that he destoys for Frieza). Cui's space pod is never seen again and was most likely destroyed when the planet Namek exploded.
[edit] The Ginyu Force's Space Pods
The space pods used by Captain Ginyu, Recoome, Burter, Jeice, and Guldo are same as saiyan space pods, the only difference is their pods have their symbols on them. The Ginyu Force pods land next to Frieza's ship. After defeating Frieza, Goku uses one of the pods to escape Namek's explosion. While resting from his long exhausting fight against Frieza, the pod lands on Planet Yardrat (It's implied that had the Ginyu Force, and by extension, Frieza, lived after fighting on Namek, they would've conquered Yardrat for Frieza's empire). After his pod was repaired, Goku (in Yardat clothing) used it to get back to Earth, which he did. The other pods are presumed to be destroyed in Namek's explosion.
[edit] Other Known users
| Saiyans | ||
| Pure-blooded Saiyans | Bardock • Borgos • Broly (Bio-Broly) • Fasha • Goku • King Vegeta • Nappa • Onio • Original Super Saiyan • Paragus • Raditz • Scarface • Shorty • Shugesh • Tarble • Tora • Turles • Vegeta • Zorn | |
| Half-breed Saiyans | Bulla • Future Gohan • Future Trunks • Gohan • Goten • Trunks • Pan • Vegeta Jr.'s mother • Goku Jr. • Vegeta Jr. | |
| Saiyan Fusions | Gotenks • Gogeta • Gokule • Vegito • Hypothetical Fusion of Goku and Dende | |
| Saiyan transformations | Great Ape • Super Saiyan (Ascended Super Saiyan • Ultra Super Saiyan • Full-Power Super Saiyan) • Super Saiyan 2 • Super Saiyan 3 • Super Saiyan 4 • Golden Great Ape • False Super Saiyan • Legendary Super Saiyan | |
| Related articles | Frieza • World Trade Organization • Illusion Saiyan • Tuffle • Planet Vegeta • Planet Frieza 79 • Saiyan-Tuffle war • Kanassan war • Invasion of Planet Meat • Genocide of the Saiyans • Power Ball • Attack Ball • Scouter • Blutz Waves • Failed Fusions • Goku (Justin Chatwin) | |
