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{{Rename|Shaw-Fujikawa translight engine}} | |||
[[File:SFTE.png|thumb|250px|A Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine.]] | [[File:SFTE.png|thumb|250px|A Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine.]] | ||
{{Quote|They have opened a path to the stars for all of us.|Dedication to Tobias Fleming Shaw, ScD, QeD, FRS (January 30, | {{Quote|They have opened a path to the stars for all of us.|Dedication to Tobias Fleming Shaw, ScD, QeD, FRS (January 30, 2220 - November 10, 2317), and Wallace Fujikawa ScD, QEnD (April 20, 2215 - February 18, 2318)<ref name="Orbital">'''[[Halo 3]]''', multiplayer level ''[[Orbital (level)|Orbital]]''</ref>}} | ||
The '''Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine''' ('''SFTE'''), ''' | The '''Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine''' ('''SFTE'''), colloquially known as the '''[[slipspace drive]]''' and '''FTL drive''', is a [[human]] spacecraft propulsion system capable of making transitions to and from [[slipstream space]] and by extension allowing faster-than-light interstellar travel. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Shaw-Fujikawa Noble Prize.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Shaw-Fujikawa Noble Prize.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Wallace Fujikawa and Tobias Fleming Shaw with their Nobel Prize for the discovery of Slipspace travel.]] | ||
The engine was developed | The engine was developed by a group of engineers and theoretical physicists led by [[Tobias Fleming Shaw]] and [[Wallace Fujikawa]] and was completed in April [[2291]].<ref name="Orbital"/> From that point onward, the drive became one of the most important technological innovations of humanity.<ref name="Contact">'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 24''</ref> The drive is not without limitations, however, although these may be partially because of slipstream physics rather than engineering imperfections. Prior to humanity's successful efforts in reverse-engineering [[Forerunner]] technology,<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 68''</ref> "short" slips would routinely take several weeks to months, while longer slips may take over half a year.<ref name="Contact"/> | ||
By [[2552]], a vast majority of large human spacecraft of sufficient size were equipped with a slipspace engine, including most, if not all of the [[UNSC Navy]]'s warships. | By [[2552]], a vast majority of large human spacecraft of sufficient size were equipped with a slipspace engine, including most, if not all of the [[UNSC Navy]]'s warships. | ||
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== | ==Functionality== | ||
[[File:FTLDrive.png|right|thumb|250px|The FTL drive from the ''[[UNSC Spirit of Fire|Spirit of Fire]]'' loaded aboard a transporter.]] | |||
The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine functions by creating ruptures, referred to in some sources as wormholes, between normal space and an alternate plane known as slipspace (also known as slipstream space and Shaw-Fujikawa space | The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine functions by creating ruptures, referred to in some sources as wormholes, between normal space and an alternate plane known as slipspace (also known as slipstream space and Shaw-Fujikawa space<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 141''</ref>). The nonstandard physics of slipspace allow it to be used as a shortcut realm, facilitating interstellar travel between distant regions in reasonable time. The engine creates ruptures by using high-power cyclic particle accelerators to generate microscopic black holes. Because of their low mass, [[Hawking radiation]] gives them a lifetime of around a nanosecond (or potentially a little longer than a whole second)<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483477,00.html?=done '''FoxNews''': ''Scientists Not So Sure 'Doomsday Machine' Won't Destroy World'']</ref> before they evaporate into useless thermal energy. In that nanosecond, the engine manipulates them into forming a coherent rupture between normal space and the slipstream.<ref name="Ghost">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 53'' ([[Fred-104]]: ''"They had to repair the [drive] on the ''Magellan''. It was a risky op. Those things aren’t meant to be taken apart once they go active."'')</ref><ref group="note">It should be noted that in real-world physics, black holes have been identified as a possible vector for constructing traversable wormholes, specifically through the use of the [[Wikipedia:Kerr metric|Kerr metric]].</ref> | ||
The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine generates a quantum field, which prevents the ship and its occupants from being directly exposed to the eleven-dimensional space-time of slipspace, instead translating the ship's presence to the foreign physics of the Slipstream and "squeezing" it through the higher dimensions.<ref name="quantumfield">'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''', ''December 25, 2534''</ref> Maintaining the quantum field requires an enormous amount of constant calculations, with larger vessels requiring significantly more such calculations than smaller ones. For example, | The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine generates a quantum field, which prevents the ship and its occupants from being directly exposed to the eleven-dimensional space-time of slipspace, instead translating the ship's presence to the foreign physics of the Slipstream and "squeezing" it through the higher dimensions.<ref name="quantumfield">'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''', ''December 25, 2534''</ref> Maintaining the quantum field requires an enormous amount of constant calculations, with larger vessels requiring significantly more such calculations than smaller ones. For example, | ||
the slipspace translations for a {{class|Phoenix|colony ship}} require 4.3 quadrillion calculations of the quantum field per second.<ref>'''Halo Wars: Genesis'''</ref> | the slipspace translations for a {{class|Phoenix|colony ship}} require 4.3 quadrillion calculations of the quantum field per second.<ref>'''Halo Wars: Genesis'''</ref> | ||
A | A slipspace drive does not actually "accelerate" a spacecraft through slipstream space; this is performed by the ship's conventional reaction thrusters. Thus, ships with more powerful conventional engines are also faster within the slipstream.<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 23''</ref> When active, a Shaw-Fujikawa engine emits alpha (helium nuclei) and beta (fast electrons) particles.<ref name="Ghosts">'''Halo: Ghost of Onyx''', ''pages 145-146''</ref> The coordination and plotting of slipspace jumps, referred to as [[astrogation]], requires an enormous amount of calculations which require a [[navigation computer]] or an [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] to successfully conduct.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 96''</ref> However, the basic jump parameters can be calculated by a human.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole"'', ''page 426''</ref> | ||
The elements [[Wikipedia:Selenium|Selenium]] and [[Wikipedia:Technetium|Technetium]] are used to manufacture Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engines.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', '' | The elements [[Wikipedia:Selenium|Selenium]] and [[Wikipedia:Technetium|Technetium]] are used to manufacture Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engines. In the 2490's, the colony of [[Levosia]] was suspected of diverting said elements to the black market. The ensuing UNSC blockade of the system and the [[Insurrectionist]] reaction eventually led to the [[Callisto Incident]], which is said to have effectively sparked the [[Insurrection]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole]]'', ''page 436''</ref> | ||
===Dangers and risks=== | ===Dangers and risks=== | ||
Human slipspace drives are considered black boxes which are very difficult to repair or maintain after they are activated for the first time. [[Kurt-051]] considered slipspace drives dangerous, noting the aforementioned radiation and that spacetime was said to distort around an active device. | Human slipspace drives are considered black boxes which are very difficult to repair or maintain after they are activated for the first time.<ref name="Ghost"/> [[Kurt-051]] considered slipspace drives dangerous,<ref name="Ghost"/> noting the aforementioned radiation and that spacetime was said to distort around an active device. [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Halsey]] also observed that in the past, several technicians had simply vanished while manually adjusting a drive.<ref name="Ghosts"/> A ruptured slipspace drive can create slipspace "splinters" in normal space, eventually consuming the drive and the entire ship which the drive was placed on.<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''' - ''The Mona Lisa'', ''page 332''</ref> Mechanical failures like [[Slip Termination, Preventable]], or STP, can also occur with Slipspace drives, usually resulting from poor maintenance.<ref name="Contact"/> An improperly mounted Slipspace drive can also result in catastrophic accidents. This was the case with a colony ship en route to the [[Cygnus system]] around [[2550]]: as a result of a maintenance failure, the drive transported half the ship into oblivion, killing 700.<ref name="reach">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> | ||
===Atypical uses=== | |||
[[File:LNoS ends.jpg|thumb|250px|Right|An uncontrolled slipspace rupture engulfs the ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'', destroying the ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'' along with it.]] | |||
There have been several occasions where a Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine has been used for purposes other than those intended. | |||
The UNSC has twice attempted to execute under-powered slipspace transitions. They were both unsuccessful, leading to the conversion of the trial spacecraft into “atomized bits”.<ref name="strike">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 225''</ref> In [[2547]], [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] used the slipspace drive of the [[UNSC frigate]] [[UNSC Tripping Light|''Tripping Light'']] to conduct an experiment on building an abstract fractal within slipspace for [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] housing.<ref>'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''', ''September 4, 2547''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Data pads#Data pad 17|Data pad 17]]''</ref> | |||
Although two human ships utilizing the Shaw-Fujikawa engine are suspected of having successfully executed an in-atmosphere slipspace transition, this has not been irrefutably confirmed.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''' - ''The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole'', ''page 474''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''' - ''The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole'', ''pages 484-485''</ref> | |||
In [[2531]], the ''[[Spirit of Fire]]'' reused the nuclear reactor from its slipspace engine as an improvised bomb, in order to induce a supernova in the miniature star at the heart of [[Shield 0459]]. Sergeant [[John Forge]] was forced to stay behind and detonate it manually due to damage to it and the improvised bomb worked perfectly, destroying the Shield World after ''Spirit of Fire'' escaped.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', campaign level ''[[Reactor (level)|Reactor]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Escape]]''</ref> In the same year, the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] used a partially deconstructed drive to cause Kurt-051's [[thruster pack]] to malfunction and send him flying into space so he could be secretly rescued and recruited into the SPARTAN-III program.<ref name="Ghost"/> | |||
During the [[Fall of Reach]] in [[2552]], remembering an accident involving an improperly-mounted Slipspace drive, [[Catherine-B320]] of [[SPARTAN Program|SPARTAN]] [[Noble Team]] devised a plan to use the {{UNSCShip|Savannah}}'s Slipspace drive as an improvised "bomb" to destroy the [[Covenant supercarrier]] ''[[Long Night of Solace]]'', in lieu of [[nuclear weapon]]ry, which was unavailable at the time. The bomb was transported by a [[Dropship 77-Troop Carrier|Pelican]] into the hangar bay of the [[Covenant corvette]] ''[[Ardent Prayer]]'', which was then hijacked and set on a refueling track with the supercarrier. The activation timer for the "bomb" was damaged in a firefight, so [[Jorge-052]] stayed behind to activate it manually, while [[SPARTAN-B312]] was forced out of the ship. When the Slipspace drive was activated, a massive Slipspace rupture was created, which caused ''Ardent Prayer'', along with a large portion of ''Long Night of Solace'', to be teleported into oblivion. With its entire midsection missing, the remains of ''Long Night of Solace'' crashed onto the surface of the planet [[Reach]].<ref name="reach"/> | |||
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==Known models== | ==Known models== | ||
=== | === CODEN series=== | ||
CODEN is a series of Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engines employed on UNSC Naval warships. The Series IV was common in {{Class|Charon|light frigate}}.<ref name="bul10">http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-101012-.aspx[ '''Waypoint: The Halo Bulletin''': ''10.10.12'']</ref> The Series V was installed on the {{Class|Halcyon|light cruiser}} {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}} before it was deployed for its [[Operation: RED FLAG|final operation]].<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/Content/assets/en-us/ONI/577839090903298928/DDR-A340024-1115-08-27-52.pdf '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Data Drop 5'']</ref> | |||
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=== | === Macedon === | ||
The first in its own class, the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} is equipped with the Mark X Macedon/Z-PROTOTYPE #78720HDS.<ref name="bul10">[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/10/The-Halo-Bulletin-101012-.aspx '''Waypoint''': ''The Halo Bulletin: 10.10.12'']</ref> This engine is Forerunner in origin and design.<ref>'''Spartan Ops''', ''[[S1/Catherine|S1E3 ''Catherine'']]</ref> | |||
=== | ===Saddle box=== | ||
[[Saddle box]]es are rare, specialized slipspace drives built only by the UNSC for use in military experiments with slipstream space. They are commonly built to resemble commercial slipspace drives in order to be inconspicuous.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike (2010)''', ''[[Tug o' War]]''</ref> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
The slipspace technology name Shaw-Fujikawa may have been another aspect of [[List of references to Aliens in the Halo series|the inspiration]] Bungie derived from the sci-fi movie ''[[Wikipedia:Alien (franchise)|Aliens]]'' in which a prominent company in that film was a combination of the hyphened western and Asian surnames, [[W:c:Alien:Weyland-Yutani|Weyland-Yutani]]. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:HW-Reactor-Model.jpg|Untextured and textured 3D models of the ''Spirit of Fire'''s slipspace drive. | ||
File:HW-SoF-SFTE-Slipspace-Scan.jpg|The | File:Spirit_SF_room.png|The Shaw-Fujikawa drive room of the ''Spirit of Fire''. | ||
File:HW-SoF-SFTE-Slipspace-Scan.jpg|The ''[[UNSC Spirit of Fire|Spirit of Fire]]'' transitioning through slipspace. It should be noted that this depiction of slipspace is artistic license; canonically, slipspace appears as a pitch black void. | |||
File:HReach-SFTE-Stardrive.png|Side profile view of the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine core. | File:HReach-SFTE-Stardrive.png|Side profile view of the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine core. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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== | ==Notes== | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Propulsion]] | [[Category:Propulsion]] | ||
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