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The [[Covenant]] have a very finely tuned version of this technology, far superior to the UNSC Shaw-Fujikawa Slipspace Drive. Instead of simply tearing a hole into Slipspace, Covenant Slipspace drives cut a very fine hole in the fabric of space-time and slips into Slipspace with precision (much like a scalpel compared to a butcher knife). It exits with the same pinpoint accuracy, takes less time during travel, and is able to plot a course with error not exceeding an atom. This is why in battle Covenant ships are able to slip by human defenses by using slipspace.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 86</ref> | The [[Covenant]] have a very finely tuned version of this technology, far superior to the UNSC Shaw-Fujikawa Slipspace Drive. Instead of simply tearing a hole into Slipspace, Covenant Slipspace drives cut a very fine hole in the fabric of space-time and slips into Slipspace with precision (much like a scalpel compared to a butcher knife). It exits with the same pinpoint accuracy, takes less time during travel, and is able to plot a course with error not exceeding an atom. This is why in battle Covenant ships are able to slip by human defenses by using slipspace.<ref>''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 86</ref> | ||
Gravitational fields of significant size, such as those generated by a planet, affect the superfine quantum filaments that the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] must use to calculate an entry point to the slipstream, and UNSC calculations are unable to offset this effect.<ref name="numbers">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 85</ref> Covenant drives, in turn derived from Forerunner technology, have a much higher resolution of the filaments, and use more accurate calculations, and though the Covenant do not use this ability, are capable of making slipstream transition in and out of a planet's gravity well. Indeed, while using the captured [[Ascendant Justice]] to make a Slipspace jump within [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere, [[Cortana]] remarked that "It was as if she was blind before."<ref name="numbers"/> After observing this innovation, a Covenant [[AI]] managed to leak the data out to the rest of the Covenant in a transmission. During the [[ | Gravitational fields of significant size, such as those generated by a planet, affect the superfine quantum filaments that the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]] must use to calculate an entry point to the slipstream, and UNSC calculations are unable to offset this effect.<ref name="numbers">''[[Halo: First Strike]]'', page 85</ref> Covenant drives, in turn derived from Forerunner technology, have a much higher resolution of the filaments, and use more accurate calculations, and though the Covenant do not use this ability, are capable of making slipstream transition in and out of a planet's gravity well. Indeed, while using the captured [[Ascendant Justice]] to make a Slipspace jump within [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere, [[Cortana]] remarked that "It was as if she was blind before."<ref name="numbers"/> After observing this innovation, a Covenant [[AI]] managed to leak the data out to the rest of the Covenant in a transmission. During the first days of the [[Battle of Earth]], the [[Prophet of Regret]] uses this newfound knowledge to transition into Slipspace while directly over [[New Mombasa]] in Earth's gravity well, damaging the city and causing the weakening and eventual collapse of the [[Orbital Elevator]] [[New Mombasa Orbital Elevator|there]].<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', level [[Metropolis (Level)]]</ref> These events are further proof that the Covenant are imitative rather than innovative. | ||
Slipspace travel is dangerous due to the high level of [[radiation]] encountered during the trip, which can be extremely hazardous to the crew. This is negated by the use of [[Lead Foil]] in UNSC ships, which absorbs the radiation. Fissile materials also emit radiation (specifically Cherenkov radiation, emitted when particles travel through a medium at a faster rate than light travels in that same medium. Named after the Russian physicist Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov) upon exiting Slipspace; this is not harmful to Humans, however it does make emerging from Slipspace very noticeable. It is not known how the Covenant deal with radiation, but it is presumed that either they also utilize lead, or with their improved Slipspace technology and [[Energy shield]]s, it does not affect them at all.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 13</ref> During the beginning of the [[Civil War of the Covenant]] a [[Flood]]-controlled ''[[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]]'' entered slipspace and exited inside the dome of ''[[High Charity]]''.<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', level [[Gravemind (Level)]]</ref> | Slipspace travel is dangerous due to the high level of [[radiation]] encountered during the trip, which can be extremely hazardous to the crew. This is negated by the use of [[Lead Foil]] in UNSC ships, which absorbs the radiation. Fissile materials also emit radiation (specifically Cherenkov radiation, emitted when particles travel through a medium at a faster rate than light travels in that same medium. Named after the Russian physicist Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov) upon exiting Slipspace; this is not harmful to Humans, however it does make emerging from Slipspace very noticeable. It is not known how the Covenant deal with radiation, but it is presumed that either they also utilize lead, or with their improved Slipspace technology and [[Energy shield]]s, it does not affect them at all.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 13</ref> During the beginning of the [[Civil War of the Covenant]] a [[Flood]]-controlled ''[[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]]'' entered slipspace and exited inside the dome of ''[[High Charity]]''.<ref>''[[Halo 2]]'', level [[Gravemind (Level)]]</ref> | ||
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==Communications== | ==Communications== | ||
The [[Forerunner]]s were somehow capable of advanced message carrier waves in slipspace. This way, messages and memorandums could travel at great speeds throughout the Forerunner empire. [[Cortana]] was able to use this technology to declare codes [[Bandersnatch]] and [[Hydra (code)|Hydra]] during [[ | The [[Forerunner]]s were somehow capable of advanced message carrier waves in slipspace. This way, messages and memorandums could travel at great speeds throughout the Forerunner empire. [[Cortana]] was able to use this technology to declare codes [[Bandersnatch]] and [[Hydra (code)|Hydra]] during the [[Battle of Earth]] and [[The Battle of Installation 05]] in close-knitted timing and symmetry. | ||
The closest technology the UNSC has been able to create like this is the [[Slipspace COM Launcher]]. Even then this technology is limited as there were only three in existence before 2552: one on [[Reach]], one on [[Onyx]] and one on [[Earth]]. As of the conclusion of the [[Human-Covenant War]], both the devices on Reach and Onyx have been destroyed, with the fate of the Earth device unknown. Because all communications can take years or decades to travel the lightyears between colonized star systems, [[UNSC]] civilians use '''Slipstream packets'''.<ref>http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week6_subject3.wav</ref><ref>[[Axon Clips Chapter 6#Kamal]]</ref> They use the [[slipspace|slipstream]] to travel and to send communication signals significantly faster than otherwise possible, allowing faster communication between colonies. | The closest technology the UNSC has been able to create like this is the [[Slipspace COM Launcher]]. Even then this technology is limited as there were only three in existence before 2552: one on [[Reach]], one on [[Onyx]] and one on [[Earth]]. As of the conclusion of the [[Human-Covenant War]], both the devices on Reach and Onyx have been destroyed, with the fate of the Earth device unknown. Because all communications can take years or decades to travel the lightyears between colonized star systems, [[UNSC]] civilians use '''Slipstream packets'''.<ref>http://transmit.ilovebees.com/surveillance_archive/week6_subject3.wav</ref><ref>[[Axon Clips Chapter 6#Kamal]]</ref> They use the [[slipspace|slipstream]] to travel and to send communication signals significantly faster than otherwise possible, allowing faster communication between colonies. | ||