Distress beacon: Difference between revisions

Distress beacon (edit)

Revision as of 06:14, September 30, 2011

803 bytes added , 12 years ago

no edit summary

Tacitus

Bureaucrats, Administrators

35,264

edits

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Era|HCW|Post}}
-{{Mergefrom|Slipbeacon}}
+An '''emergency locator beacon''',<ref name="fs">'''[[Halo: First Strike|Halo: First Strike (2010)]]''', "[[Tug o' War]]"</ref> colloquially referred to as a '''slipbeacon''',<ref name="blood">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''', ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> is an automated signal device used by [[human]]s in event of an emergency in space. Given its nickname, it likely uses [[Slipstream space]] to carry the distress signal. They are mounted on most human starships, and are compact enough to fit in a [[cryo chamber|cryo-tube]].<ref name="fs"/>
-'''Emergency locator beacons''' are automated signal devices used by [[human]]s in event of an emergency in space. They were used by both [[Cortana]] and [[Oliver Birch]] after they became stranded in deep space.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''' (2010), ''Adjunct''</ref>
+An emergency locator beacon was used by [[Cortana]] when the rear half of the {{UNSCShip|Forward Unto Dawn}} was left stranded in space after the [[Battle of Installation 00]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref> When [[Operation: BLOWBACK]] went awry, [[Team Black]] used a slipbeacon to send a distress signal to [[UNSC Fleet Command|FLEETCOM]].<ref name="blood"/> The [[Fetching|fetcher]] [[Oliver Birch]] used one after he and his [[List of animals|dog]] [[Mabel]] became stranded in deep space in a cryo-tube.<ref name="fs"/>
 ==List of appearances==
 *''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}
-*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' (2010)
+*[[Halo: First Strike|''Halo: First Strike'' (2010)]]
+*''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''
 ==Sources==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Communications technology]]