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Shaw-Fujikawa engines work by making ruptures between normal space and the alternate dimensional plane known as Slipspace, and then forcing the mass of a spacecraft through. They do this by creating quantum black holes with particle accelerators. [[Hawking Radiation]] prevents these | Shaw-Fujikawa engines work by making ruptures between normal space and the alternate dimensional plane known as Slipspace, and then forcing the mass of a spacecraft through. They do this by creating quantum black holes, with particle accelerators. [[Hawking Radiation]] prevents these microscopic black holes from existing for more than a nanosecond, but in that time the drive is able to manipulate them into forming a coherent rupture between normal space and the slipstream<ref>Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pg 53</ref>. | ||
It is unclear whether Shaw-Fujikawa engines have any role in actually propelling spacecraft through the Slipstream, or whether a ship's sublight thrusters are used. It | It is unclear whether Shaw-Fujikawa engines have any role in actually propelling spacecraft through the Slipstream, or whether a ship's sublight thrusters are used. It's known that the drives do remain active for the duration that a spacecraft is in Slipspace, but their function here is unknown. | ||
The Shaw-Fujikawa drive of the [[Humans]] "punches" its way into Slipspace by using brute force. The [[Covenant]] on the other hand create small, precise ruptures and then delicately enlarge them. This is the reason that Covenant Slipspace engines are far more accurate than Human drives. Captured Covenant [[Engineer]]s made the [[Gettysburg|UNSC Gettysburg]] the fastest ship in the [[UNSC]] fleet by upgrading its Slipspace drive to near-Covenant specifications. Covenant engines are also more flexible than their Human-made counterparts; atmospheric Slipspace transitions have twice been seen with them<ref>Halo 2 and Halo: First Strike</ref>, and an underpowered slip was successfully accomplished with a Covenant ship<ref>Halo: Ghosts of Onyx</ref>. | The Shaw-Fujikawa drive of the [[Humans]] "punches" its way into Slipspace by using brute force. The [[Covenant]] on the other hand create small, precise ruptures and then delicately enlarge them. This is the reason that Covenant Slipspace engines are far more accurate than Human drives. Captured Covenant [[Engineer]]s made the [[Gettysburg|UNSC Gettysburg]] the fastest ship in the [[UNSC]] fleet by upgrading its Slipspace drive to near-Covenant specifications. Covenant engines are also more flexible than their Human-made counterparts; atmospheric Slipspace transitions have twice been seen with them<ref>Halo 2 and Halo: First Strike</ref>, and an underpowered slip was successfully accomplished with a Covenant ship<ref>Halo: Ghosts of Onyx</ref>. | ||