MX-1050 Quantum Plane Translocation Marker-Local/Hybrid
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The MX-1050 Quantum Plane Translocation Marker-Local/Hybrid, commonly known as the quantum marker, is a prototype handheld translocation device in use by the United Nations Space Command.[1]
Overview
The device was developed by the Office of Naval Intelligence's translocation grid testing conducted on a variety of Forerunner installations. Currently, in testing, it is ultimately intended to be used for the immediate transportation of assets from hostile environments. After enclosing an asset in a slipspace-shielded containment using slipspace crates, operators dispatch a translocation beacon using the marker. Within seconds, the containment unit is sent offsite to a precalibrated receiver node. Although native translocation technology allows the transportation of organic mater, operators are expressly forbidden to use the MX-1050 in this manner due to it being unproven and extremely dangerous.[1][2]
By 2560, a similar (albeit more advanced) "Quantum Translocator" prototype was undergoing similar research by the UNSC. Unlike the MX-1050, the Quantum Translocator is capable of moving organic bodies through slipspace - though is expected to remain out of mass deployment for the foreseeable future.[2]
Trivia
The MX-1050 is used in War Games during the Extraction gametype.
Gallery
Concept art of the beacon and Slipspace crates.
Concept art of the Translocation Marker.
Concept art of the Translocation Marker.
Finalised concept art of the Translocation Marker.
A Spartan wielding the Translocation Marker.
List of appearances
- Halo 4 (First appearance)
Sources
- ^ a b Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 128
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - System Shocks (Retrieved on Jun 30, 2023) [archive]
