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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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 | 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 mircoscopic 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 is known that the drives do remain active for the duration that a spacecraft is in Slipspace, but their function here is unknown. | 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 is known that the drives do remain active for the duration that a spacecraft is in Slipspace, but their function here is unknown. | ||