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| [[File:HaloReach - T31XMFs.jpg|thumb|250px|Seraphs maneuvering with impulse drives.]] | | [[File:HaloReach - T31XMFs.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Seraphs maneuvering with impulse drives.]] |
| {{Quote|Anchor 9 to UNSC ships: impulse drive signatures detected. Fighter-class.|[[Anchor 9]]<ref name="reach">''[[Halo: Reach]]'', campaign level, "[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]"</ref>}}
| | '''Impulse drives''' are a form of sublight propulsion system used by the [[Forerunner]]s and later by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]].<ref name="terminal">'''Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary''' - ''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary#Terminal 7|Terminal 7]]''</ref> |
| '''Impulse drives''' are a form of [[Maneuver drive|sublight propulsion system]] used by the [[Forerunner]]s and later by the [[Covenant]].<ref name="terminal">''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'', [[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)#Terminal 7|Terminal 7]]</ref> Forerunner [[monitor]]s possess impulse drives for long-distance travel,<ref>''[[Conversations from the Universe]]'', "343 Guilty Spark's Log"</ref> while [[Sentinel]]s use an exotic form of the impulse drive to fly. Otherwise, both monitors and Sentinels use [[teleportation grid]]s for transport.<ref>''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]'', p. 133</ref> The Covenant would later adapt this technology as a form of maneuver drive for their space-capable craft.<ref name="wf59">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 59</ref> | |
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| Powered by a small [[pinch fusion reactor]], the Covenant's impulse drives convert energy and a small amount of exotic matter into thrust. This process creates a vivid stream of virtual neutrons and protons as a byproduct. Power can be redirected from the craft's other systems to temporarily boost acceleration.{{Ref/Reuse|wf59}} As craft fitted with impulse drives are capable of accelerating and decelerating at bone-crushing rates, the crafts require inertial dampers to keep occupants safe.<ref name="tick">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/tick '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tick'']</ref>
| | Forerunner [[monitor]]s possess impulse drives for long-distance travel,<ref>'''Conversations from the Universe''' - ''343 Guilty Spark's Log''</ref> while their primary form of transit on their assigned installations is the local [[teleportation grid]]. |
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| The Covenant used impulse drives as propulsion systems on their [[Ren]] [[shuttle]]s,<ref>''[[Halo: Envoy]]'', Chapter 1</ref> {{Pattern|Elsedda|Banshee}}s,{{Ref/Reuse|reach}} {{Pattern|R'sisho|Tick}}s,{{Ref/Reuse|tick}} {{Pattern|Bkowe'nei|Vampire}}s,<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/what-once-was-lost '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Canon Fodder - What Once Was Lost'']</ref> [[Phantom]] [[dropship]]s, [[Covenant drop pod|insertion pods]], and {{Pattern|Kmiro'sish|Lich}}s.<ref>''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide'', p. 118-122</ref> [[Uztet'sKelln]] fighters, one of the earliest models of the [[Banshee]], were equipped with twin impulse drives.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/banshee '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Banshee'']</ref> The [[Type-31 Seraph]]s are equipped with an impulse drive,{{Ref/Reuse|reach}} with the tail serving as a thrust vectoring system to direct the exhaust to increase maneuverability.{{Ref/Reuse|wf59}} | | The Covenant used impulse drives as propulsion systems on their [[Type-28 Tick]]s,<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/tick '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tick'']</ref> [[Type-31 Seraph]]s, and [[Type-27 Banshee]] fighters.<ref>'''Halo: Reach''', campaign level, ''[[Long Night of Solace]]''</ref> |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
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| *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Reach]]'' |
| *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' |
| *''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Envoy]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:Propulsion]] | | [[Category:Propulsion]] |