Slipspace translocation
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Slipspace translocation,[1] more commonly known as teleportation, is a method of travel that allows the user to travel nearly instantaneously between locations. This is achieved through the use of slipspace as a travel medium, without the use of a conventional Slipspace drive. The Forerunners were the first known civilization to make extensive use of teleportation technology. Later on, this technology was reverse-engineered by the Covenant.
Mechanics
Slipspace translocation technology does not actually "teleport" its users by dematerializing them and re-building them in another location; rather, it encases them in a compressed slipstream field, transporting them from one position to another almost instantaneously. This happens 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.[1]
Example usage
These are examples of teleportation technology used by various factions:
- Teleporter - A common name for devices enabling teleportation between two fixed points.
- Teleportation grid - A network on a Forerunner installation that allows transportation without a device of any kind.[2]
- Covenant spire - A Covenant battlefield installation, containing a teleporter used to transport dropships or other vehicles from ships overhead.[3]
- Gravity throne - The gravity thrones used by the Hierarchs are known to possess short-range teleportation devices.[4]
- Slipspace portal - A large-scale application of the technology, slipspace portals allow transporting enormous amounts of mass between two fixed points, across interstellar distances.[5]
Gallery
A typical teleporter node.
A Phantom teleporting through a Covenant Spire.
Sources
- ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, pages 311-212
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level, Two Betrayals
- ^ Halo: Reach, campaign level, Tip of the Spear
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level, Regret
- ^ Halo: Cryptum, page 200
