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The '''Teleportation Grid''' is a device invented by the [[Forerunner]].
[[Image:Teleportation Grid.JPG|thumb|left|Teleportation Grid]]
The '''Teleportation Grid''' is a [[Forerunner]] technology equipped to several important [[Halo Array|Installations]].


[[Halo]] was built with an extensive teleportation grid that covers the entire ring. It is unknown exactly how the grid digitalizes matter and transports it, but it is theorized that it may be simply a miniature, and more precise version of slip space technology, in that it transports matter in the same way [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant]] spacecraft travel through the galaxy. The grid is powered by a series of superconducting cables meshing through the body of the halo.
Despite its name, the teleportation does not actually [[Wikipedia:Teleportation|"teleport"]] its users - rather, it encases them in a compressed [[slipstream]] field, transporting them from one position to another almost instantaneously, much in the same way that a spaceship uses slipspace to travel between star systems - time passes for the individual, but due to the short distances involved it is negligible.


The teleportation grid does not seem to suffer from [[Relativistic Lag]].
Both Installation 04 and Installation 05 were equipped with teleportation grids, allowing their Monitors to reach vital areas rapidly, and supervise their Sentinel charges. Though [[Onyx]] lacked a Monitor, it also possessed a teleportation grid.  


==Installation 04==


[[IMAGE:Teleportation Grid.JPG|thumb|left|Teleportation Grid]]
[[Installation 04|Installation 04's]] teleportation grid was used extensively during the course of the [[Battle of Installation 04]]. The Installations [[Monitor]], [[343 Guilty Spark]], first encountered the [[Master Chief]] outside of a [[Flood Research Facility]] in order to use the teleportationg rid to transport them to the Installation's Library, in order to retrieve the [[Activation Index]]<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', [[343 Guilty Spark (Level)]]</ref>. After the Index was retrieved, the Monitor used the grid again to transport the two of them to the [[Control Room]], in order to activate the Halo Array<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', [[The Library (Level)]]</ref>. During the Master Chief's efforts to neutralise the Installation's primary firing sequence, [[Cortana]] tapped into the teleportation grid, using his [[Mjolnir#MJOLNIR Mark V|Mark V MJOLNIR]] armor's fusion reactor to power a single jump to a [[Truth and Reconciliation|downed Covenant cruiser]]<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', [[Two Betrayals]]</ref> - Cortana's relative inexperience with the grid resulted in reorientation difficulties<ref>''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', [[Keyes (Level)]]</ref>.


==Installation 05==


===[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]===
[[Installation 05|Installation 05's]] teleportation grid was unavailable during the [[Battle of Installation 05]], due to its use by the [[Gravemind]], formed beneath that Installation's Library facility, through the Installation's captured Monitor, 2401 Penitent Tangent. Managing to ensnare both the [[Master Chief]] and the [[Arbiter (Character)|Arbiter]], it formed a tentative alliance with the two enemies in order to stop the rings activation - teleporting the [[Master Chief]] aboard [[High Charity]]<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[Gravemind (Level)]]</ref>, in orbit above the Installation, and the Arbiter near the Control Room.<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[Uprising (Level)]]</ref>The fact that it didn't, or couldn't, use the same grid to teleport its own Flood Combat Forms to those locations indicates that use of it is restricted to non-Flood lifeforms and constructs.<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', [[High Charity (Level)]]</ref>


The Teleportation system was first seen in use by the Monitor <ref>Halo:CE level 343 Guilty Spark</ref>. The Monitor, having met up with Master Chief on the top of a building, teleports him to the Library, so he may retrieve the index. Cortana later taps into this same network, using Master Chief's MJOLNIR fusion reactor to power the teleportations.
==Onyx==
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The [[Shield World]] [[Onyx]] also possessed a teleportation grid, used by [[Doctor Halsey]] to transport the Spartan II's and III's to a safe area, away from Covenant activity. Later, she used it to send Spartan teams to disable a Sentinel production factory, before transporting them again to the center of the planet, to a portal leading to a [[Micro Dyson Sphere]], as the Covenant were destroyed by nuclear warheads.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''</ref>


===[[Halo 2]]===
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It at first seemed that only [[343 Guilty Spark]], and marauding AIs (such as [[Cortana]] had access to such an instrument, but it was soon found that [[Gravemind]] was ''also'' able to use it, possibly through possession of [[2401 Penitent Tangent]], the Monitor of [[Installation 05]]. Because Gravemind does not transport himself or other Flood through the grid, it is probable that the grid has fail-safes, such as verifying non-Flood genetic material, in order to prevent the spread of Flood via teleportation as a variable transportation.


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Teleportation Grid

The Teleportation Grid is a Forerunner technology equipped to several important Installations.

Despite its name, the teleportation does not actually "teleport" its users - rather, it encases them in a compressed slipstream field, transporting them from one position to another almost instantaneously, much in the same way that a spaceship uses slipspace to travel between star systems - time passes for the individual, but due to the short distances involved it is negligible.

Both Installation 04 and Installation 05 were equipped with teleportation grids, allowing their Monitors to reach vital areas rapidly, and supervise their Sentinel charges. Though Onyx lacked a Monitor, it also possessed a teleportation grid.

Installation 04

Installation 04's teleportation grid was used extensively during the course of the Battle of Installation 04. The Installations Monitor, 343 Guilty Spark, first encountered the Master Chief outside of a Flood Research Facility in order to use the teleportationg rid to transport them to the Installation's Library, in order to retrieve the Activation Index[1]. After the Index was retrieved, the Monitor used the grid again to transport the two of them to the Control Room, in order to activate the Halo Array[2]. During the Master Chief's efforts to neutralise the Installation's primary firing sequence, Cortana tapped into the teleportation grid, using his Mark V MJOLNIR armor's fusion reactor to power a single jump to a downed Covenant cruiser[3] - Cortana's relative inexperience with the grid resulted in reorientation difficulties[4].

Installation 05

Installation 05's teleportation grid was unavailable during the Battle of Installation 05, due to its use by the Gravemind, formed beneath that Installation's Library facility, through the Installation's captured Monitor, 2401 Penitent Tangent. Managing to ensnare both the Master Chief and the Arbiter, it formed a tentative alliance with the two enemies in order to stop the rings activation - teleporting the Master Chief aboard High Charity[5], in orbit above the Installation, and the Arbiter near the Control Room.[6]The fact that it didn't, or couldn't, use the same grid to teleport its own Flood Combat Forms to those locations indicates that use of it is restricted to non-Flood lifeforms and constructs.[7]

Onyx

The Shield World Onyx also possessed a teleportation grid, used by Doctor Halsey to transport the Spartan II's and III's to a safe area, away from Covenant activity. Later, she used it to send Spartan teams to disable a Sentinel production factory, before transporting them again to the center of the planet, to a portal leading to a Micro Dyson Sphere, as the Covenant were destroyed by nuclear warheads.[8]

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  1. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, 343 Guilty Spark (Level)
  2. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, The Library (Level)
  3. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, Two Betrayals
  4. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, Keyes (Level)
  5. ^ Halo 2, Gravemind (Level)
  6. ^ Halo 2, Uprising (Level)
  7. ^ Halo 2, High Charity (Level)
  8. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
  9. ^ {{{Text}}}
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