"W-w-what is going on here!?"
Before Alice realized what was going on she had been surrounded by some sort of strange armour as she was hurling down towards the ground.
[Welcome to this spontaneous drop pod aptitude test, listen closely as I will only say this once: Blue is normal operational mode, yellow is ready for deployment of break thrusters, as for red…]
"What's red?"
[Dead. That's all, good luck~]
"Don't just 'good luck~' me! Hey! DAX!?"
Despite Alice's initial panic she quickly got the hang of the drop pod's systems as it's control interface was fairly simple to understand, even while free falling head first towards the ground. With active guidance and semi autonomous control, all Alice needed to decide was when to deploy and whether or not to follow the beacon.
(Since the display is blue then this is the normal operation mode, yellow is just before the hover slam and red is too late for breaking…)