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Slipspace is a tangle of intertwined dimensions (estimated to be nine), comparably similar to a wadded up piece of paper, which lie underneath the three conventional spatial dimensions of the universe. Because of this tangle of intertwined dimensions, objects in slipspace often group together in mass transit. There are no ideas on why this occurs, other than brief speculations made in the novels.

This new engine allowed ships to tunnel into the Slipstream, Slipspace, technically called "Shaw-Fujikawa Space",<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 141</ref> after the scientists who proved its existence. Slipspace is a domain with alternate physical laws, allowing faster-than-light travel without relativistic side-effects. ~~Faster~~-than-light travel is ~~not~~ instantaneous; "short" jumps routinely take up to two months, and "long" jumps can last six months or more, which is why most UNSC ships have cryo chambers.

This new engine allowed ships to tunnel into the Slipstream, Slipspace, technically called "Shaw-Fujikawa Space",<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 141</ref> after the scientists who proved its existence. Slipspace is a domain with alternate physical laws, allowing faster-than-light travel without relativistic side-effects i.e., the occupants do not "warp" time, despite their super-luminal spred. But however fast it may appear, faster-than-light travel is by no means instantaneous; "short" jumps routinely take up to two months, and "long" jumps can last six months or more, which is why most UNSC ships have cryo chambers, allowing their occupants to forestall the effects of aging, and minimize the need for crew supplies and quarters.

[[Image:Covenant Assault Carrier FanArt.jpg|right|thumb|A [[Covenant]] [[Assault Carrier]] opens a Slipspace vortex.]]

Slipspace can be thought of as our detectable universe (which, technically, it is) but with a greater number of dimensions. Our plane of existence is thought to have four dimensions (up-down, front-back, side-to-side and time), but [[Cortana]] states in ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' that Slipspace is an eleven-dimensional spacetime. Slipspace is currently theorized (in [[2552]]) as a "tangle" of our plane's dimensions, rather like taking the classic "flat sheet" used to represent gravity and crumpling it up into a ball, thereby creating extra dimensions and shorter spaces between points. The slipstream also possesses different laws of physics than our "normal" universe, although some basic ones, such as energy transfer and momentum, remain the same.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', pg 55</ref>

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 Slipspace is a tangle of intertwined dimensions (estimated to be nine), comparably similar to a wadded up piece of paper,  which lie underneath the three conventional spatial dimensions of the universe.  Because of this tangle of intertwined dimensions, objects in slipspace often group together in mass transit.  There are no ideas on why this occurs, other than brief speculations made in the novels.
-This new engine allowed ships to tunnel into the Slipstream, Slipspace, technically called "Shaw-Fujikawa Space",<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 141</ref> after the scientists who proved its existence. Slipspace is a domain with alternate physical laws, allowing faster-than-light travel without relativistic side-effects. Faster-than-light travel is not instantaneous; "short" jumps routinely take up to two months, and "long" jumps can last six months or more, which is why most UNSC ships have cryo chambers.
+This new engine allowed ships to tunnel into the Slipstream, Slipspace, technically called "Shaw-Fujikawa Space",<ref>''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', page 141</ref> after the scientists who proved its existence. Slipspace is a domain with alternate physical laws, allowing faster-than-light travel without relativistic side-effects i.e., the occupants do not "warp" time, despite their super-luminal spred. But however fast it may appear, faster-than-light travel is by no means instantaneous; "short" jumps routinely take up to two months, and "long" jumps can last six months or more, which is why most UNSC ships have cryo chambers, allowing their occupants to forestall the effects of aging, and minimize the need for crew supplies and quarters.
 [[Image:Covenant Assault Carrier FanArt.jpg|right|thumb|A [[Covenant]] [[Assault Carrier]] opens a Slipspace vortex.]]
 Slipspace can be thought of as our detectable universe (which, technically, it is) but with a greater number of dimensions. Our plane of existence is thought to have four dimensions (up-down, front-back, side-to-side and time), but [[Cortana]] states in ''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' that Slipspace is an eleven-dimensional spacetime. Slipspace is currently theorized (in [[2552]]) as a "tangle" of our plane's dimensions, rather like taking the classic "flat sheet" used to represent gravity and crumpling it up into a ball, thereby creating extra dimensions and shorter spaces between points. The slipstream also possesses different laws of physics than our "normal" universe, although some basic ones, such as energy transfer and momentum, remain the same.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', pg 55</ref>