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==Design details== | ==Design details== | ||
===Functionality=== | ===Functionality=== | ||
The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine functions by creating ruptures, referred to in some sources as wormholes, between normal space and an alternate plane known as slipspace (also known as slipstream space and Shaw-Fujikawa space).<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 141''</ref> The engine creates ruptures by using high-power cyclic particle accelerators to generate microscopic black holes. Because of their low mass, [[Hawking radiation]] gives them a lifetime of around a nanosecond (or potentially a little longer than a whole second)<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483477,00.html?=done '''FoxNews''': ''Scientists Not So Sure 'Doomsday Machine' Won't Destroy World'']</ref> before they evaporate into useless thermal energy. In that nanosecond, the engine manipulates them into forming a coherent rupture between normal space and the slipstream.<ref name="Ghost">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 53''</ref> A major component of the drive is a set of "slipspace capacitors" which have to be charged before a jump, presumably to accumulate enough power to run its particle accelerator.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 192'' (2003 edition)</ref><ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 295, 376''</ref> | The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine functions by creating ruptures, referred to in some sources as wormholes, between normal space and an alternate plane known as slipspace (also known as slipstream space and Shaw-Fujikawa space).<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 141''</ref> The engine creates ruptures by using high-power cyclic particle accelerators to generate microscopic black holes. Because of their low mass, [[Hawking radiation]] gives them a lifetime of around a nanosecond (or potentially a little longer than a whole second)<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483477,00.html?=done '''FoxNews''': ''Scientists Not So Sure 'Doomsday Machine' Won't Destroy World'']</ref> before they evaporate into useless thermal energy. In that nanosecond, the engine manipulates them into forming a coherent rupture between normal space and the slipstream.<ref name="Ghost">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 53''</ref> A major component of the drive is a set of "slipspace capacitors" which have to be charged before a jump, presumably to accumulate enough power to run its particle accelerator.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 192'' (2003 edition)</ref><ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''pages 295, 376''</ref> This process can take hours or days to complete{{Ref/Book|Id=warfleet14|HWF|Page=14}} or can take 18 minutes or less for a military warship{{Ref/Novel|Id=GoO|GoO|Chapter=32}}{{Ref/Note|The [[UNSC Dusk]] had 15 minutes of stealth after leaving slipspace and used that time to setup an ambush as well as charge their slipspace capacitors. It took 9 minutes, or 6 minutes of stealth remaining, to charge the capacitors to 50%, when the captain ordered that engine power be rerouted to charge the capacitors faster. This means that with standard stealth maneuvering, the Dusk would have recharged their slipspace capacitors in 18 minutes, or 12 minutes if they reroute extra power to charge.}} and uses a ship's fusion or antimatter reactors. | ||
The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine generates a quantum field, which prevents the ship and its occupants from being directly exposed to the eleven-dimensional space-time of slipspace, instead translating the ship's presence to the foreign physics of the Slipstream and "squeezing" it through the higher dimensions.<ref name="quantumfield">'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''', ''December 25, 2534''</ref> Maintaining the quantum field requires an enormous amount of constant calculations, with larger vessels requiring significantly more such calculations than smaller ones. For example, | The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine generates a quantum field, which prevents the ship and its occupants from being directly exposed to the eleven-dimensional space-time of slipspace, instead translating the ship's presence to the foreign physics of the Slipstream and "squeezing" it through the higher dimensions.<ref name="quantumfield">'''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''', ''December 25, 2534''</ref> Maintaining the quantum field requires an enormous amount of constant calculations, with larger vessels requiring significantly more such calculations than smaller ones. For example, | ||
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===Series III CODEN=== | ===Series III CODEN=== | ||
*'''OKB Karman 11E''': Manufactured by [[OKB Karman]], this Series III CODEN was installed on the {{Class|Phoenix|colony ship}} {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo: Warfleet, p. 49}} | *'''OKB Karman 11E''': Manufactured by [[OKB Karman]], this Series III CODEN was installed on the {{Class|Phoenix|colony ship}} {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}}.{{Ref/Reuse|Halo: Warfleet, p. 49}} | ||
*'''Kawanishi Engineering SED-2450''': Manufactured by Kawanishi Engineering, this Series III CODEN was installed on {{Class|Able|heavy destroyer}}s.{{Ref/Site|Id=CFDigsite|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-digsite-dissection|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Digsite Dissection|D=28|M=07|Y=2023}} | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:FTLDrive.png|The OKB Karman 11E that was used on the ''Spirit of Fire''. | File:FTLDrive.png|The OKB Karman 11E that was used on the ''Spirit of Fire''. | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:HWG SpiritOfFire SFTE.png|The Shaw-Fujikawa drive room of the ''Spirit of Fire''. | ||
File:HW-SoF-SFTE-Slipspace-Scan.jpg|The {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} transitioning through slipspace. It should be noted that this depiction of slipspace is artistic license; canonically, slipspace appears as a pitch black void. | File:HW-SoF-SFTE-Slipspace-Scan.jpg|The {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} transitioning through slipspace. It should be noted that this depiction of slipspace is artistic license; canonically, slipspace appears as a pitch black void. | ||
File:HW-Reactor-Model.jpg|Untextured and textured 3D models of the ''Spirit of Fire''{{'}}s slipspace drive. | File:HW-Reactor-Model.jpg|Untextured and textured 3D models of the ''Spirit of Fire''{{'}}s slipspace drive. | ||
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==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||