Slipspace translocation

Slipspace translocation, more commonly known as teleportation, is a method of travel that allows the user to travel nearly instantaneously between locations. This is achieved through the use of slipspace as a travel medium, without the use of a conventional Slipspace drive. The Forerunners were the first known civilization to make extensive use of teleportation technology. Later on, this technology was reverse-engineered by the Covenant.

Mechanics
Slipspace translocation technology does not actually "teleport" its users by dematerializing them and re-building them in another location; rather, it encases them in a compressed slipstream field, transporting them from one position to another almost instantaneously. This happens much in the same way that a spaceship uses slipspace to travel between star systems - time passes for the individual, but due to the short distances involved it is negligible. The uncertainty errors involved in translocation are known to cause sensations of being put back together again "from a million pieces" after a transition. In addition, the process typically causes feelings of nausea and disorientation on humans.

Example usage
These are examples of teleportation technology used by various factions:
 * Teleporter - A common name for devices enabling teleportation between two fixed points.
 * Teleportation grid - A network on a Forerunner installation that allows transportation without a device of any kind.
 * Covenant spire - A Covenant battlefield installation, containing a teleporter used to transport dropships or other vehicles from ships overhead.
 * Gravity throne - The gravity thrones used by the Hierarchs are known to possess short-range teleportation devices.
 * Slipspace portal - A large-scale application of the technology employed exclusively by the Forerunners, slipspace portals allow transporting enormous amounts of mass between two fixed points, across interstellar distances.

Trivia
In most of the Halo games, the effects associated with teleportation involve an intense yellow-orange glow and similarly colored rings that surround the object being teleported. In Halo: Reach, the glow is more subdued and blue-purple in color. It also follows the shape of the object being teleported more closely.