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==Application== | ==Application== | ||
===Communications=== | ===Communications=== | ||
The [[Forerunner]]s were | The [[Forerunner]]s were capable of creating advanced message carrier waves in slipspace. This way, messages and memorandums could travel at great speeds throughout the Forerunner [[ecumene]]. Cortana was able to use this technology to declare codes [[Bandersnatch]] and [[Hydra (code)|Hydra]] during the [[Battle of Earth]] and the [[Battle of Installation 05]] in close-knitted timing and symmetry. | ||
As of [[2552#July|July 2552]], humanity had successfully developed superluminal communications technology which allows interstellar communication in real-time.<ref group="note">In ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' Chapter 16, [[Jacob Keyes|Captain Keyes]] contacts [[Hieronymus Michael Stanforth|Admiral Stanforth]] from the [[Sigma Octanus system]] on a FLEETCOM priority channel and they have a real-time exchange. Stanforth is implied to be in a different system at the time. In addition, in [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal|her journal]], Halsey receives an after-action report of the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] on July 18, 2552, the same day the battle took place. This would be impossible without a near-instantaneous communications system, as a ship could not have possibly traveled from Sigma Octanus system to [[Reach]] in a matter of hours; it took | As of [[2552#July|July 2552]], humanity had successfully developed superluminal communications technology which allows interstellar communication in real-time.<ref group="note">In ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' Chapter 16, [[Jacob Keyes|Captain Keyes]] contacts [[Hieronymus Michael Stanforth|Admiral Stanforth]] from the [[Sigma Octanus system]] on a FLEETCOM priority channel and they have a real-time exchange. Stanforth is implied to be in a different system at the time. In addition, in [[Dr. Halsey's personal journal|her journal]], Halsey receives an after-action report of the [[Battle of Sigma Octanus IV]] on July 18, 2552, the same day the battle took place. This would be impossible without a near-instantaneous communications system, as a ship could not have possibly traveled from Sigma Octanus system to [[Reach]] in a matter of hours; it took two weeks for [[Battle Group Leviathan]] to make the journey. Furthermore, according to [[Halo Graphic Novel, Page 122|page 122]] of the ''[[Halo Graphic Novel]]'', some sort of superluminal communications system was used by [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] to contact Earth while onboard the {{UNSCship|Gettysburg}}. The transcript seems to show Halsey transmitting commands in real time. Even if this is accomplished using a script, it still takes about 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 September 12th, 2552; chapter 27 of ''Halo: First Strike'' opens at 04:50 on September 12th, at which point the data has apparently been received. The distance is unknown, however, and so the exact speed can not be calculated. Further examples of instantaneous superluminal communication are seen in the [[Data Drop]]s.</ref> How this technology functions, or what its limits are, has not been specified. This system may operate in a similar fashion to a form of communication known as "slipstream packets", which are, in essence, recorded audio messages, rather like letters. Human civilians were able to use slipstream packets by September [[2552]].<ref>[http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week6_subject3.wav '''i love bees''': ''week6_subject3.wav'']</ref><ref>[[Axon Clips Chapter 6#Kamal|'''Axon Clips''': ''Chapter 6'']]</ref> These messages are sent through [[Waypoint]], a service which utilizes the UNSC's communications network.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rPeMxbvCjYo '''YouTube''': ''Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor'']</ref> UNSC [[emergency locator beacon]]s also appear to be able to send an emergency signal at FTL speeds.<ref name="blood"/> | ||
Before the advent of superluminal communications, most human long-range communiques were carried on the shipboard memory of starships such as automated [[freighter]]s. On the other end of the ship's slipspace journey, the message would be relayed to the intended recipient.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 35''</ref> | Before the advent of superluminal communications, most human long-range communiques were carried on the shipboard memory of starships such as automated [[freighter]]s. On the other end of the ship's slipspace journey, the message would be relayed to the intended recipient.<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 35''</ref> | ||
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===Teleportation=== | ===Teleportation=== | ||
{{Main|Slipspace translocation}} | {{Main|Slipspace translocation}} | ||
Slipspace can also serve as means of virtually instantaneous transport over short distances. Originally developed by the Forerunners, Slipspace translocation technology allows its user to safely pass between two locations by enveloping the user in a Slipspace field and transporting them to the intended destination.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 311-212''</ref> The Forerunners utilized this technology to a great effect, using it in [[teleportation grid]]s and [[Teleporter|transportation pads]] encountered on many of their installations. Later, the Covenant also adopted this technology and are known to have used it in their [[ | Slipspace can also serve as means of virtually instantaneous transport over short distances. Originally developed by the Forerunners, Slipspace translocation technology allows its user to safely pass between two locations by enveloping the user in a Slipspace field and transporting them to the intended destination.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 311-212''</ref> The Forerunners utilized this technology to a great effect, using it in [[teleportation grid]]s and [[Teleporter|transportation pads]] encountered on many of their installations. Later, the Covenant also adopted this technology and are known to have used it in their [[gravity throne]]s and [[Covenant spire|spires]]. | ||
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===Forerunner applications=== | ===Forerunner applications=== | ||
The Forerunners had developed a great deal of applications for the slipstream, including to create bubbles of slipstream space, | The Forerunners had developed a great deal of applications for the slipstream, including the ability to create bubbles of slipstream space, in which the flow of time could be manipulated or stopped altogether while keeping the contents of the bubble either visible or invisible in normal space. The Forerunners were also capable of containing these bubbles of alternate space-time within one another.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''pages 306, 311''</ref> | ||
These bubbles could be used to store considerable masses and volumes in slipstream space stably for thousands of years and potentially for all of time, and to transition matter from normal space to the inside of a construct in slipstream space without requiring the construct to transition back to normal space. The same technology was utilized in [[slipspace field pod]]s that were essentially a Forerunner equivalent of [[cryo-chamber]]s, effectively preserving a living organism inside a slipspace field. Slipspace bubbles were also employed in a type of Forerunner prison cell in which the passage of time could be manipulated so that a period of a billion years would pass inside the field, while only seconds had transpired in normal space.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 366''</ref> | |||
In addition, the Forerunners had the ability to construct weapon systems that could fire into slipspace and affect targets in normal space or within slipspace. This is demonstrated by the galaxy-wide effects of the [[Halo Array]], as well as in smaller scale by [[Line Installation 1-4]].<ref name="blood">'''[[Halo: Blood Line]]''' - ''[[Halo: Blood Line Issue 1|Issue 1]]''</ref> They were apparently also able to send several objects into slipspace and have them exit in different locations.<ref>'''[[Halo Legends]]''': ''[[Origins]]''</ref> | |||
==Similarities== | ==Similarities== | ||
