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[[File:Seperatist_fleet_ark.jpg|250px|thumb|The [[Covenant separatists]]' [[Fleet of Retribution]] coming out of slipspace over the [[Installation 00]].]] | [[File:Seperatist_fleet_ark.jpg|250px|thumb|The [[Covenant separatists]]' [[Fleet of Retribution]] coming out of slipspace over the [[Installation 00]].]] | ||
Slipstream space is a specific set of eleven dimensions existing in a very small bundle.<ref name="eleven"/><ref name="journal">'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> While these dimensions are present in normal space, they do not have an effect on the physics of normal space. By moving matter from the | Slipstream space is a specific set of eleven dimensions existing in a very small bundle.<ref name="eleven"/><ref name="journal">'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> While these dimensions are present in normal space, they do not have an effect on the physics of normal space. By moving matter from the four 'normal' space dimensions to slipstream space, one effectively changes the laws of physics for that piece of matter. This allows faster-than-light travel without relativistic side-effects i.e., the occupants do not "warp" time, despite their superluminal speed. | ||
To the [[human]] eye, slipspace appears pitch black, because there is nothing in the visible spectrum to see.<ref name="for15"/><ref name="GoODark">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 288''</ref><ref group="note">''Halo Wars: Genesis'' depicts slipspace as resembling purplish nebulae. ''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp'' depicts it as a bluish-white tunnel of lines and quadrilateral figures. These are artistic liberties for the sake of presentation.</ref> | To the [[human]] eye, slipspace appears pitch black, because there is nothing in the visible spectrum to see.<ref name="for15"/><ref name="GoODark">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 288''</ref><ref group="note">''Halo Wars: Genesis'' depicts slipspace as resembling purplish nebulae. ''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp'' depicts it as a bluish-white tunnel of lines and quadrilateral figures. These are artistic liberties for the sake of presentation.</ref> | ||
