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[[File:HaloReach - T31XMFs.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Seraphs maneuvering with impulse drives.]] | [[File:HaloReach - T31XMFs.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Seraphs maneuvering with impulse drives.]] | ||
{{Quote|Anchor 9 to UNSC ships: impulse drive signatures detected. Fighter-class.|[[Anchor 9]]<ref name="reach">'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level, ''[[Long Night of Solace (level)|Long Night of Solace]]''</ref>}} | |||
'''Impulse drives''' are a form of sublight propulsion system used by the [[Forerunner]]s and later by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]].<ref name="terminal">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary#Terminal 7|Terminal 7]]''</ref> | '''Impulse drives''' are a form of sublight propulsion system used by the [[Forerunner]]s and later by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]].<ref name="terminal">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary#Terminal 7|Terminal 7]]''</ref> | ||
Forerunner [[monitor]]s possess impulse drives for long-distance travel,<ref>'''[[Conversations from the Universe]]''', ''343 Guilty Spark's Log''</ref> while their primary form of transit on their assigned installations is the local [[teleportation grid]]. [[Sentinel]]s use an exotic form of impulse drive to fly, while otherwise using teleportation grids for transport.<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 133''</ref> | Forerunner [[monitor]]s possess impulse drives for long-distance travel,<ref>'''[[Conversations from the Universe]]''', ''343 Guilty Spark's Log''</ref> while their primary form of transit on their assigned installations is the local [[teleportation grid]]. [[Sentinel]]s use an exotic form of impulse drive to fly, while otherwise using teleportation grids for transport.<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 133''</ref> | ||
The Covenant used impulse drives as propulsion systems on their [[Type-28 Tick]]s,<ref name="tick">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/tick '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tick'']</ref> | The Covenant used impulse drives as propulsion systems on their [[Type-27 Banshee]]s,<ref name="reach"/> [[Type-28 Tick]]s,<ref name="tick">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/vehicles/tick '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Tick'']</ref> [[Type-31 Seraph]]s,<ref name="reach"/>[[Type-44 Phantom]]s, [[Type-54 Mass Deployment Carapace]]s, and [[Type-56 Lich]]s.<ref>'''Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide''', ''pages 118-122''</ref> As craft fitted with impulse drives are capable of accelerating and decelerating at bone-crushing rates, the crafts require inertial dampers to keep occupants safe.<ref name="tick"/> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||