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Despite the necessity for a computer to perform the jump itself, UNSC Navy personnel are taught the basic calculations involved in a slipspace jump, known as Shaw multivariate calculus. In the late 25th century, then-[[crewman apprentice]] Preston Cole gained recognition for coming up with a new way to calculate Shaw-Fujikawa jump parameters.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole"'', ''page 426''</ref> There have been instances of individual ship captains performing slipspace jump calculations on their own, usually to execute a nonstandard or experimental jump, but the results of these have often been disastrous or uncertain,<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 20''</ref> including Admiral Cole's possible in-atmosphere jump during the [[Battle of Psi Serpentis]].<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''"The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole"'', ''page 484-486''</ref> When commandeering the stolen [[Insurrectionist]] craft ''[[Beatrice]]'', [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] plotted a slipspace exit vector through a saddle point in an imaginary mathematical plane involved in the jump function, allowing the drive to recapture the particle accelerator energy in its plasma coils, although this maneuver introduced a noted risk of coil overload.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 152''</ref> | Despite the necessity for a computer to perform the jump itself, UNSC Navy personnel are taught the basic calculations involved in a slipspace jump, known as Shaw multivariate calculus. In the late 25th century, then-[[crewman apprentice]] Preston Cole gained recognition for coming up with a new way to calculate Shaw-Fujikawa jump parameters.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole"'', ''page 426''</ref> There have been instances of individual ship captains performing slipspace jump calculations on their own, usually to execute a nonstandard or experimental jump, but the results of these have often been disastrous or uncertain,<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 20''</ref> including Admiral Cole's possible in-atmosphere jump during the [[Battle of Psi Serpentis]].<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions''', ''"The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole"'', ''page 484-486''</ref> When commandeering the stolen [[Insurrectionist]] craft ''[[Beatrice]]'', [[Catherine Halsey|Dr. Catherine Halsey]] plotted a slipspace exit vector through a saddle point in an imaginary mathematical plane involved in the jump function, allowing the drive to recapture the particle accelerator energy in its plasma coils, although this maneuver introduced a noted risk of coil overload.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 152''</ref> | ||
A slipspace jump path must be computed through a pattern of superfine quantum filaments which are distorted by gravity. Prior to the UNSC's discovery and implementation of superior [[Forerunner]] drive technology, human slipspace technology lacked the resolution to compute a path through the warped filaments near significant [[gravity | A slipspace jump path must be computed through a pattern of superfine quantum filaments which are distorted by gravity. Prior to the UNSC's discovery and implementation of superior [[Forerunner]] drive technology, human slipspace technology lacked the resolution to compute a path through the warped filaments near significant [[Gravity well (physics)|gravity wells]], such as that of a planet. The [[Covenant]]'s superior slipspace technology allows them to compute jumps with far greater precision and stability, owing to their reverse-engineering of Forerunner relics. The major difference is resolution: a Covenant ship is able to calculate abstractions in the lattice of quantum filaments on a far smaller scale, allowing an AI, for example, to compensate for the warped spacetime within a gravity well and perform a jump whilst using minimal energy.<ref>'''Halo: First Strike''', ''pages 85-86'' (2003 edition)</ref> Following the Human-Covenant War, a number of UNSC ships, most notably {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}, have been fitted with Forerunner drive technology, granting them near-perfect jump accuracy and far greater slipspace velocities than before.<ref>'''Halo: The Thursday War''', ''page 247''</ref> | ||
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