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*The crystal may have been a [[slipspace flake]] used in Forerunner slipspace drives, as it generated a "smoothing" effect in slipspace<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 295'' (2003)</ref> and enabled ships to travel much faster in the transdimensional domain—both known properties of Forerunner slipspace flakes. The crystal's acausal behavior—manipulating relative world lines to enable its own recovery to occur—also bears a marked conceptual similarity to the nature of [[reconciliation|space-time reconciliation]] introduced in ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]''. However, the flakes were a normal part of Forerunner slipspace drives and the artifact's placement in the center of an enormous arena appears to suggest this particular crystal had more significance to its creators than an ordinary drive component. It is possible that this was the 'central crystal', the one that only the Master Builder knew the location of, and that all other Forerunner slipspace flakes were chipped off of. | *The crystal may have been a [[slipspace flake]] used in Forerunner slipspace drives, as it generated a "smoothing" effect in slipspace<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 295'' (2003)</ref> and enabled ships to travel much faster in the transdimensional domain—both known properties of Forerunner slipspace flakes. The crystal's acausal behavior—manipulating relative world lines to enable its own recovery to occur—also bears a marked conceptual similarity to the nature of [[reconciliation|space-time reconciliation]] introduced in ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]''. However, the flakes were a normal part of Forerunner slipspace drives and the artifact's placement in the center of an enormous arena appears to suggest this particular crystal had more significance to its creators than an ordinary drive component. It is possible that this was the '[[Slipspace core|central crystal]]', the one that only the Master Builder knew the location of, and that all other Forerunner slipspace flakes were chipped off of. However, the core crystal is suggested to have been much larger than the artifact on Reach, given that it supplied shards for untold millions of Forerunner vessels and the flakes themselves were not of negligible size as massive numbers of them were used to decorate a large chamber in the [[Capital]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 293''</ref> | ||
*The way the artifact warped space around it when first approached resembles the Forerunner camouflaging systems known as a [[baffler]] introduced in ''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''. However, in ''First Strike'', Dr. Halsey believes it was the crystal itself, not a separate technology, that generated the distortion.<ref name="fs204"/> | *The way the artifact warped space around it when first approached resembles the Forerunner camouflaging systems known as a [[baffler]] introduced in ''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''. However, in ''First Strike'', Dr. Halsey believes it was the crystal itself, not a separate technology, that generated the distortion.<ref name="fs204"/> | ||
