Slipspace COM launcher: Difference between revisions

According to [[page 122]] of the [[Halo Graphic Novel]] some sort of superluminal communications system was used by [[Catherine Halsey]] to contact Earth from on board [[Gettysburg]]; this may have been the launcher from Reach, or a fourth one. However, the exact system used isn't specified; all that's clear is that it was fast<ref name="hgn-time">The transcript seems to show Halsey transmitting commands in real time, and even if this is accomplished using a script, it still takes less than 36 minutes for the data to be transmitted from Earth to somewhere near [[Eridanus Secundus]]. (The log in the Graphic Novel has an opening timestamp of 04:16 on 2552 September 12; chapter 27 of Halo: First Strike opens at 04:50, at which point the data has apparently been received.) The distance is unknown, however, and so the exact speed can't be calculated.</ref> and that Halsey was willing to risk several lives to keep it secret<ref name="fs-237">Halo: First Strike, page 237; the survivors agree to make a risky Slipspace jump to be able to warn Earth of an attack, even though Halsey could presumably have sent a warning days earlier when the attack was first learned of.</ref>.