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{{Era|Forerunner|HCW}}
'''Slipspace field pods''' are an advanced form of stasis chamber created by the [[Forerunner]]s, essentially their equivalent of the [[UNSC]]'s [[Cryo chamber|cryotubes]]. Instead of [[cryonics|cryonically freezing]] the occupant, they encase the user inside of a [[Slipspace bubble|compressed slipspace field]], which removes them from being harmed by events in "normal" space and causes time to pass at a much slower rate for the occupant. A number of these pods were discovered on [[Onyx]], where they were used to store the members of [[Team Katana]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO36|GoO|Chapter=36}}
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'''Slipspace Field Pods''' are the [[Forerunner]] equivalent of the [[Cryo-chamber|UNSC's cryotubes]].


==Overview==
Instead of freezing a being in a stasis, they put the user into [[Slipspace]], where time stops without motion. It is unknown whether these would work during Slipspace transit, because they freeze units by putting them in Slipspace itself. If they cannot operate in Slipspace transit, then it is clear that they are not intended as a method to prevent aging during Slipspace travel, but maybe as a mini fallout shelter to survive the Halo Array's activation.
Forerunner slipspace pods generate a [[timelock|time-locked]] [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] field in which the occupant is suspended, making them safe from nearly everything. They are visible via an afterimage seen within the pod, essentially a snapshot of the moment they "left" normal spacetime. Although the occupants are not located in real space, the physical casing of the pod allows them to be moved. Despite containing slipspace fields themselves, the pods can also be moved via slipspace transit, such as a [[teleportation grid]]. However, if placed on a [[teleporter|translocation pedestal]], a pod will effectively block transit through the teleporter. If a person comes too close to the pod they will develop nausea, and a feeling of light-headedness due to exposure of an unshielded slipspace field.{{Ref/Reuse|GoO36}}


On the sides of the pods there are Forerunner icons which Dr. [[Catherine Halsey]] translated into "That which must be protected...behind the sharpened edge of the [[Shield World 006|shield]]...beyond the reach of the [[Halo Array|swords]]...for the reclaimed". However, Dr. Halsey noted that her translation was off, and agreed with [[Ash-G099]] when he suggested that is was instead "[[Reclaimer]]s", when he brought up about his encounter with an [[Onyx Sentinel]]. This was not the first time the word has been misinterpreted this way, as the same mistake was made by the Covenant late in their history, in which [[Mendicant Bias|the "Oracle"]] residing within the [[Forerunner Dreadnought]] noted and corrected as "Reclaimers".{{Ref/Reuse|GoO36}}
Forerunner Slipspace pods are somehow connected to slipspace and normal space, the actual bodies contained inside the pods are within slipspace, making them safe from nearly everything. (Nearly means that they might be able to get killed if they are engaged within Slipspace, otherwise, normal space cannot hurt the person inside.)


[[Team Katana]] of [[SPARTAN-III]] [[Gamma Company]] were placed in slipspace field pods by a number of [[Huragok]] on [[Onyx]] after being gravely wounded, supposedly by the Sentinels.{{Ref/Novel|Gla|Chapter=13}} They were taken by the other human survivors of the [[Onyx Conflict]] into the [[Shield World 006|shield world]].{{Ref/Reuse|GoO36}} After the survivors were rescued, UNSC medical teams began an effort to open the pods and treat Katana's injuries.{{Ref/Novel|Gla|Chapter=15}}
They are visible via an afterimage seen within the pod, essentially a snapshot of the moment they "left" time. Although not technically in our space, those stored "within" the pods may be transported by moving the pods themselves. This method works as the Slipspace generator is located on each pod. If a person comes too close to the pod they will develop nausea, and a feeling of light-headedness due to exposure of an unshielded Slipspace field.
 
Currently, the method of releasing one from these pods is unknown.
 
On the sides of the pods there are Forerunner icons which [[Dr. Catherine Halsey]] translated into "That which must be protected...behind the sharpened edge of the [[Shield World|shield]]...beyond the reach of the [[The_Halos|swords]]...for the reclaimed".<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', page 337</ref> However, Dr. Halsey noted that her translation was off, and agreed with Ash when he suggested that is was instead "Reclaimers", when he brought up about his encounter with an Onyx Sentinel. This was not the first time the word has been misinterpreted this way, as the same mistake was made by the Covenant late in their history, in which the Oracle residing within the Forerunner Dreadnaught noted and corrected as "Reclaimers".
 
[[Team Katana]] of [[SPARTAN-III]] [[Gamma Company]] are in Slipspace Field Pods and are with the other survivors of the [[Battle of Onyx]] in the [[Shield World]].
 
==Theory behind the Technology==
 
Being in a Slipspace Field Pod can be compared to getting sucked into a black hole, or what scientists think would happen if that were to occur. The gravity of the black hole distorts time the closer you get, at a certain point, stopping time for those affected (although a black hole singularity would most likely kill a person), and if another person was watching, they would see you frozen in time. You are visibly there, but at the same time you are not, you are stuck in a vacuum of time, which might be what causes those afterimages, from the pods in [[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx|''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'']].


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{1st}}
*[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]] {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Glasslands]]''
*''[[Halo: Retribution]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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