Distress beacon
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A distress beacon is an automated signal device used in the event of an emergency in space. Various forms of distress beacons exist, including emergency locator beacons,[1] while a particular type of beacon that utilizes slipstream space is colloquially referred to as the slipbeacon.[2] Distress beacons are mounted on most human starships, and are compact enough to fit in a cryo-tube.[1]
An emergency locator beacon was used by Cortana when the rear half of the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn was left stranded in space after the Battle of Installation 00.[3] When Operation: BLOWBACK went awry, Team Black used a slipbeacon to send a distress signal to FLEETCOM.[2] The fetcher Oliver Birch used one after he and his dog Mabel became stranded in deep space in a cryo-tube.[1]
List of appearances
- Halo 3 (First appearance)
- Halo: First Strike (2010)
- Halo: Blood Line
- Halo 4
- Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
- Halo Wars 2
Sources
- ^ a b c Halo: First Strike (2010), "Tug o' War"
- ^ a b Halo: Blood Line, Issue 1
- ^ Halo 3, campaign level, Halo
