diff --git a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/PlayerStasisMessage.scala b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/PlayerStasisMessage.scala
index 91ee3faf..0898331b 100644
--- a/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/PlayerStasisMessage.scala
+++ b/common/src/main/scala/net/psforever/packet/game/PlayerStasisMessage.scala
@@ -6,12 +6,27 @@ import scodec.Codec
 import scodec.codecs._
 
 /**
-  * na
+  * Causes the avatar to be prepped for drop pod use.<br>
+  * <br>
+  * This packet is dispatched from the server to all occupants of the HART shuttle when it has completed its take-off animation.
+  * When received by the client, that player's avatar is "removed from the world" and the Interstellar Map is displayed for them.
+  * The "Launch Drop Pod" button window is also made visible.
+  * Selecting individual continental maps for viewing and clicking on the landmasses has the expected behavior for drop pods implementation.<br>
+  * <br>
+  * Being seated on the HART shuttle at the time, a player's avatar does not physically exist when the packet is received.
+  * If the packet is received while the player is outside of the HART shuttle, the state of their avatar is not known to them.
+  * "Removed from the world" merely implies that one can not leave the Interstellar Map once it has been displayed.
+  * According to packet capture, their avatar is not explicitly deconstructed until the dropped-into map is loaded.<br>
+  * <br>
+  * When the packet is received on one's client, but is addressed to another player, nothing seems to happen to that player.
+  * If that player's model is outside of the HART, it will not deconstruct.
+  * Only the client's avatar can be affected by this packet.
   * @param player_guid the player
-  * @param stasis whether or not the player is held in stasis
+  * @param stasis `true` by default;
+  *               nothing when `false` (?)
   */
 final case class PlayerStasisMessage(player_guid : PlanetSideGUID,
-                                     stasis : Boolean)
+                                     stasis : Boolean = true)
   extends PlanetSideGamePacket {
   type Packet = PlayerStasisMessage
   def opcode = GamePacketOpcode.PlayerStasisMessage
diff --git a/common/src/test/scala/GamePacketTest.scala b/common/src/test/scala/GamePacketTest.scala
index 6faa6e6e..cc1fe9d8 100644
--- a/common/src/test/scala/GamePacketTest.scala
+++ b/common/src/test/scala/GamePacketTest.scala
@@ -1325,6 +1325,29 @@ class GamePacketTest extends Specification {
       }
     }
 
+    "PlayerStasisMessage" should {
+      val string = hex"8A 4B 00 80"
+
+      "decode" in {
+        PacketCoding.DecodePacket(string).require match {
+          case PlayerStasisMessage(player_guid, stasis) =>
+            player_guid mustEqual PlanetSideGUID(75)
+            stasis mustEqual true
+          case default =>
+            ko
+        }
+      }
+
+      "encode" in {
+        "encode" in {
+          val msg = PlayerStasisMessage(PlanetSideGUID(75))
+          val pkt = PacketCoding.EncodePacket(msg).require.toByteVector
+
+          pkt mustEqual string
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     "ContinentalLockUpdateMessage" should {
       val string = hex"A8 16 00 40"