The Benatar’s Space Pod was an auxiliary vehicle attached to the Benatar M-class spaceship used by the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Avengers. It was first used to transport Rocket, Groot, and Thor to Nidavellir and was later deployed to be used by War Machine and Nebula on Morag.
History[]
Detachement[]
Once the Milano was severely damaged by a quantum asteroid field and subsequently abandoned on Berhert in 2014, the Guardians of the Galaxy acquired a new ship with an auxiliary ship attached, which they dubbed the Benatar.
The pod is detached from the Benatar
In 2018, the Guardians of the Galaxy found Thor and brought him aboard the Benatar. After discussing the threat, Thor, Rocket, and Groot took the space pod to travel to Nidavellir.[1]
Forging Stormbreaker[]
When Thor, Rocket, and Groot arrived at Nidavellir, they found it in a state of disrepair and were met by a giant dwarf named Eitri. In order to forge Stormbreaker, the dwarf star would have to be open once again. Thus, Thor elected to pull the station's rings himself and attached a cable to the space pod. Rocket expressed skepticism that Thor could move such gigantic rings by himself, only for Thor to suddenly swing him and the pod around before launching them all towards the furthest ring. Thor acted like an anchor as the pod pulled the rings into alignment, reawakening the star.
Thor got on top of the pod, proudly boasting to Rocket of the true majesty of Nidavellir. Subsequently, Thor leaped off the pod to hold open the star's iris long enough for the Uru to melt into place. Unfortunately, Thor sustained mortal injuries from the solar radiation and was thrown towards the forge. Rocket piloted the pod in pursuit but wasn't able to catch him in time and landed back inside the station. After Stormbreaker revived Thor, the pod was subsequently left behind on Nidavellir as Thor, Rocket and Groot used the Bifrost Bridge to transport themselves directly to Wakanda on Earth, joining the fight against the Black Order.[1]
Time Heist[]
The space pod is deployed on Morag
Sometime between 2018 and 2023, Rocket, who had been using the Benatar to travel throughout space with Nebula, returned to Nidavellir and reclaimed the space pod, reattaching it.
During the Time Heist, the Benatar and the space pod were shrunk down via Pym Particles so that Hawkeye could easily carry it on his person. After Hawkeye, Black Widow, Nebula, and War Machine travelled through the Quantum Realm to an alternate 2014 timeline, the Benatar and the pod were returned to their normal size so that the four could fly off Earth and travel to Morag. Upon arriving on Morag, Nebula input the coordinates to Vormir on the main ship for Black Widow and Hawkeye while the space pod was disengaged for herself and War Machine to potentially use.
Nebula spots the Sanctuary II
After Nebula successfully retrieved the Orb, War Machine and Nebula planned to use their Time-Space GPS to return to their original timeline, effectively abandoning the space pod in the alternate past. However, while War Machine successfully returned, Nebula was unable to as her network and synaptic drive linked with that of her alternate past self. Realizing that the Thanos of the alternate 2014 timeline had been made aware of their plan, Nebula rushed to the space pod and used its communication device to inform Romanoff and Barton, although to no avail. The space pod, with Nebula inside of it, was then tractor-beamed into the Sanctuary II.[2]
Appearances[]
In chronological order:
