Slipstream space: Difference between revisions
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
{{Ratings}} | {{Ratings}} | ||
[[File:Ship3.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Prophet of Regret]]'s [[Regret's assault carrier|assault carrier]] exiting slipspace near [[Installation 05]].]] | [[File:Ship3.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[Prophet of Regret]]'s [[Regret's assault carrier|assault carrier]] exiting slipspace near [[Installation 05]].]] | ||
'''Slipstream space'''<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 13''</ref> | '''Slipstream space''',<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 13''</ref> colloquially known as '''slipspace''',<ref name="for15">'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 15''</ref> and formally known as '''Shaw-Fujikawa space'''<ref name="for141">'''Halo: the Fall of Reach''', ''page 141''</ref> or '''subspace'''<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]'' opening cinematic</ref> by the [[United Nations Space Command]], is a collective term for the eleven non-visible infinitesimal dimensions used for faster-than-light travel.<ref name="eleven">'''Halo: First Strike''', ''page 87''</ref> Making a transition from one place to another via slipspace is known as a "slip", or "jump". A device which allows a spacecraft to perform slipspace transitions is generally referred to as a [[slipspace drive]]. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
Slipstream space is a specific set of eleven dimensions existing in a very small bundle.<ref name="eleven"/><ref name="journal">'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> While these dimensions are present in normal space, they do not have an effect on the physics of normal space. By moving matter from the three 'normal' space dimensions to slipstream space, one effectively changes the laws of physics for that piece of matter. This allows faster-than-light travel without relativistic side-effects i.e., the occupants do not "warp" time, despite their superluminal speed. | Slipstream space is a specific set of eleven dimensions existing in a very small bundle.<ref name="eleven"/><ref name="journal">'''Halo: Reach''', ''[[Dr. Halsey's personal journal]]''</ref> While these dimensions are present in normal space, they do not have an effect on the physics of normal space. By moving matter from the three 'normal' space dimensions to slipstream space, one effectively changes the laws of physics for that piece of matter. This allows faster-than-light travel without relativistic side-effects i.e., the occupants do not "warp" time, despite their superluminal speed. | ||
To the [[human]] eye, slipspace appears pitch black, because there is nothing in the visible spectrum to see.<ref name="for15"/><ref name="GoODark">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 288''</ref><ref group="note">'' | To the [[human]] eye, slipspace appears pitch black, because there is nothing in the visible spectrum to see.<ref name="for15"/><ref name="GoODark">'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 288''</ref><ref group="note">''Halo Wars: Genesis'' depicts slipspace as resembling purplish nebulae. ''Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp'' depicts it as a bluish-white tunnel of lines and quadrilateral figures. These are artistic liberties for the sake of presentation.</ref> | ||
It is likely that the theory of slipstream space existed prior to [[2291]], however in that year, [[Tobias Shaw]] and [[Wallace Fujikawa]] were the first humans to successfully implement a device that could transition normal matter into slipstream space, the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]. | It is likely that the theory of slipstream space existed prior to [[2291]], however in that year, [[Tobias Shaw]] and [[Wallace Fujikawa]] were the first humans to successfully implement a device that could transition normal matter into slipstream space, the [[Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine]]. | ||
The [[Covenant]] | The [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] utilizes the same eleven dimensions of slipstream space for travel, though the means they use to make the transition are most likely different from those used by humans because of their markedly faster journeys from point to point. It has been theorized by the UNSC that Covenant drives generate several 'microjumps' within a single slipspace transition to measure dilation, allowing them to reach their destinations faster.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''' (2010), ''[[Tug o' War]]''</ref> | ||
The [[Forerunner]]s had a far greater understanding of slipstream space, with the abilities to travel nearly instantaneously over galactic distances, transport massive objects through the use of [[slipspace portal|portals]], to disrupt slipstream travel from normal space and [[Core authority|track slipspace jumps across the galaxy]]. In addition, they had developed a great variety of other applications, often involving the manipulation of time and space within a slipspace field. | The [[Forerunner]]s had a far greater understanding of slipstream space, with the abilities to travel nearly instantaneously over galactic distances, transport massive objects through the use of [[slipspace portal|portals]], to disrupt slipstream travel from normal space and [[Core authority|track slipspace jumps across the galaxy]]. In addition, they had developed a great variety of other applications, often involving the manipulation of time and space within a slipspace field. | ||
| Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
==Mechanics== | ==Mechanics== | ||
[[File:Covenant_Assault_Carrier_FanArt.jpg|thumb|A [[Covenant assault carrier]] opens a slipspace vortex.]] | [[File:Covenant_Assault_Carrier_FanArt.jpg|thumb|A [[Covenant assault carrier]] opens a slipspace vortex.]] | ||
Slipspace is a tangle of intertwined | Slipspace is a tangle of intertwined spatial dimensions, 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. | ||
Slipspace can be thought of as the 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 slipspace is an eleven-dimensional spacetime.<ref name="eleven"/> By [[2552]], slipspace is theorized 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''', ''page 55''</ref> | Slipspace can be thought of as the 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 slipspace is an eleven-dimensional spacetime.<ref name="eleven"/> By [[2552]], slipspace is theorized 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''', ''page 55''</ref> | ||
