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[[Image:Covenant Assault Carrier FanArt.jpg| | [[Image:Covenant Assault Carrier FanArt.jpg|right|A [[Covenant Assault Carrier]] opens a slipspace vortex.]] | ||
This new engine allowed ships to tunnel into "the Slipstream" (also called "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 (much like hyperspace from the popular Star Wars movies). 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" (also called "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 (much like hyperspace from the popular Star Wars movies). 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. | ||
