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Gravitational fields of significant size, such as those generated by a planet, affect the superfine quantum filaments that a slipspace drive 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'', p. 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 [[Battle of Mombasa]], the [[Prophet of Regret]] used 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 [[New Mombasa Orbital Elevator|orbital elevator]] there.{{Ref/Level|Game=Halo 2|Level=[[Metropolis]]}} These events show that, while the Covenant often cannot innovate their own solutions, they are quick to adopt any practice that increases their combat prowess. | Gravitational fields of significant size, such as those generated by a planet, affect the superfine quantum filaments that a slipspace drive 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'', p. 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 [[Battle of Mombasa]], the [[Prophet of Regret]] used 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 [[New Mombasa Orbital Elevator|orbital elevator]] there.{{Ref/Level|Game=Halo 2|Level=[[Metropolis]]}} These events show that, while the Covenant often cannot innovate their own solutions, they are quick to adopt any practice that increases their combat prowess. | ||
The effect of a gravity well on the curvature of space-time inside slipspace often allows for the right conditions to form to allow for the formation of a [[transit point]], allowing easier access to slipspace than may otherwise be possible.<ref name="SS22"/> It also renders slipspace all | The effect of a gravity well on the curvature of space-time inside slipspace often allows for the right conditions to form to allow for the formation of a [[transit point]], allowing easier access to slipspace than may otherwise be possible.<ref name="SS22"/> It also renders slipspace all black because it is invisable to the naked eye. | ||
==Velocities== | ==Velocities== | ||