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[[File:H1Teleporters.jpg | [[File:H1Teleporters.jpg|thumb|A teleporter (left) and teleporter exit (right) in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.]] | ||
A '''teleporter''', also known as a '''translocation platform''',<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 312''</ref> is a device using the principle of [[slipspace translocation]], allowing for near-instantaneous transport over short distances to another teleporter or teleporter exit point. Teleporters often make up the main components of a [[teleportation grid]] on [[Forerunner]] installations,<ref name="goo311">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 311''</ref> although the teleportation grids on the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]] allow translocation from any location on the ring without a fixed teleporter.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Two Betrayals]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind]]''</ref> | A '''teleporter''', also known as a '''translocation platform''',<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 312''</ref> is a device using the principle of [[slipspace translocation]], allowing for near-instantaneous transport over short distances to another teleporter or teleporter exit point. Teleporters often make up the main components of a [[teleportation grid]] on [[Forerunner]] installations,<ref name="goo311">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 311''</ref> although the teleportation grids on the [[Halo Array|Halo rings]] allow translocation from any location on the ring without a fixed teleporter.<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Two Betrayals]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind]]''</ref> | ||
==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
[[File:Halo4-TeleporterNode.jpg|thumb|150px|A teleporter in ''[[Halo 4]]''.]] | [[File:Halo4-TeleporterNode.jpg|thumb|150px|A teleporter in ''[[Halo 4]]''.]] | ||
The teleporter devices used by the Forerunners vary in size and shape; the smallest ones allow transit of one person at a time, while larger pads can translocate many individuals at once. Teleporters typically consist of a vertical slipspace field suspended between two emitters; one above the field and the other below it. The translocation pads on [[Onyx]] were four meters wide, [[seven]]-sided flat surfaces. When looking at the surface, one's gaze would appear to slide deeper into it, as if they were looking at something infinitely deep, or complete nothingness.{{Ref/Reuse|goo311}} The teleporters leading to the [[Apex Site]] on | The teleporter devices used by the Forerunners vary in size and shape; the smallest ones allow transit of one person at a time, while larger pads can translocate many individuals at once. Teleporters typically consist of a vertical slipspace field suspended between two emitters; one above the field and the other below it. The translocation pads on [[Onyx]] were four meters wide, [[seven]]-sided flat surfaces. When looking at the surface, one's gaze would appear to slide deeper into it, as if they were looking at something infinitely deep, or complete nothingness.{{Ref/Reuse|goo311}} The teleporters leading to the [[Apex Site]] on [[Trove]] enveloped an individual in a slipspace field by means of a ring that extended upward from the platform when the device was activated. The Apex's teleporter also doubled as a [[stasis field]].<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', campaign level ''[[Beachhead (Halo Wars level)|Beachhead]]''</ref><ref>'''Halo Wars''', campaign level ''[[Reactor (Halo Wars level)|Reactor]]''</ref> Like translocation in general, passage through teleporters typically causes feelings of nausea on humans, due to the uncertainty errors involved.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 316''</ref> Other slipspace fields, such as those generated by [[slipspace field pod]]s, block incoming translocation if placed on a pad. However, they can nonetheless be transported by teleporters; when a translocation pad is activated, any compressed slipstream fields on it are caught in the local spatial distortion.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 344''</ref> | ||
The Covenant acquired this technology to a degree in one of their countless relic-hunts, and later utilized it in [[Deployment spire|spires]], large structures that could teleport forces to the ground from a ship overhead. They were used to an extent in the [[Fall of Reach]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref> The [[Banished]], in particular shipmaster [[Let 'Volir]], utilised teleportation extensively during the [[Second Ark Conflict]].<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]'''</ref> | The Covenant acquired this technology to a degree in one of their countless relic-hunts, and later utilized it in [[Deployment spire|spires]], large structures that could teleport forces to the ground from a ship overhead. They were used to an extent in the [[Fall of Reach]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref> The [[Banished]], in particular shipmaster [[Let 'Volir]], utilised teleportation extensively during the [[Second Ark Conflict]].<ref>'''[[Halo Wars 2]]'''</ref> | ||
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*In Forge, if teleporter A connects to both teleporters B and C, then if a player enters teleporter A in the opposite direction of the glowing indicator on its base, said player will be transported to teleporter B every time; conversely, if the player enters teleporter A in the same direction of the glowing indicator on its base, said player will be transported to teleporter C every time. | *In Forge, if teleporter A connects to both teleporters B and C, then if a player enters teleporter A in the opposite direction of the glowing indicator on its base, said player will be transported to teleporter B every time; conversely, if the player enters teleporter A in the same direction of the glowing indicator on its base, said player will be transported to teleporter C every time. | ||
*Starting in ''Halo: Reach'', it is possible to change what goes through the teleporter and the range of the teleporter. For example, the player can make it so that light land vehicles can go through but not individual players, or to teleport distant players. | *Starting in ''Halo: Reach'', it is possible to change what goes through the teleporter and the range of the teleporter. For example, the player can make it so that light land vehicles can go through but not individual players, or to teleport distant players. | ||
*Some players of Halo: Reach have experienced "tele-splatters" from unlucky but precise timing of entry of a sender as a vehicle barrels over the receiver. With perfect timing, the user will be die and get knocked back before they have even warped (which is completely prevented by the death); the driver of the vehicle will be credited with a splatter. <ref>https://youtu.be/nMjkkblqPsM?t=186</ref> | *Some players of Halo: Reach have experienced "tele-splatters" from unlucky but precise timing of entry of a sender as a vehicle barrels over the receiver. With perfect timing, the user will be die and get knocked back before they have even warped (which is completely prevented by the death); the driver of the vehicle will be credited with a splatter.<ref>https://youtu.be/nMjkkblqPsM?t=186</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:HW-Concept-CovenantTeleporterPad.jpg|Concept art of a Covenant Teleporter Pad in ''[[Halo Wars]]''. | File:HW-Concept-CovenantTeleporterPad.jpg|Concept art of a Covenant Teleporter Pad in ''[[Halo Wars]]''. | ||
File:HW2 ForerunnerTeleportPad Concept.jpg|Concept art of a Forerunner Teleporter Pad in ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''. | |||
File:HINF Concept TeleportRoom1.jpg|Concept art of a teleporter room on [[Installation 07]] for ''[[Halo Infinite]]''. | File:HINF Concept TeleportRoom1.jpg|Concept art of a teleporter room on [[Installation 07]] for ''[[Halo Infinite]]''. | ||
File:HINF Concept TeleportRoom2.jpg|More concept art of the teleporter room. | File:HINF Concept TeleportRoom2.jpg|More concept art of the teleporter room. | ||
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File:HINF Concept TeleportRoom8.jpg|More concept art of the teleporter room. | File:HINF Concept TeleportRoom8.jpg|More concept art of the teleporter room. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
===Screenshots and art=== | ===Screenshots and art=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||