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'''Slipspace translocation''',<ref name="goo">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''pages 311-212''</ref> more commonly known as '''teleportation''', is a method of travel that allows the user to travel nearly instantaneously between locations. This is achieved through the use of [[Slipstream space|slipspace]] as a travel medium, without the use of a conventional [[slipspace drive]]. The [[Forerunner]]s were the first known civilization to make extensive use of teleportation technology. Later on, this technology was reverse-engineered by the [[Covenant]]. Following the [[Human-Covenant War]], the [[United Nations Space Command]] began to experiment with translocation as well.<ref name="h4evg">'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 128''</ref>

There are several known variations of slipspace translocation technology. In its most commonly encountered form, slipspace translocation does not actually [[Wikipedia:Teleportation|"teleport"]] its users by dematerializing them and re-building them in another location; rather, it encases them in a compressed slipstream field, transporting them from one position to another almost instantaneously. This happens much in the same way that a spaceship uses slipspace to travel between star systems - time passes for the individual, but due to the short distances involved it is negligible.{{Ref/Reuse|goo}} The uncertainty errors involved in translocation and the shift between dimensions can cause sensations of being put back together again "from a million pieces" after a transition.<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', Chapter 9, ''page 237'' (2003 paperback); ''page 264'' (2010 paperback)</ref> In addition, the process typically causes feelings of nausea and disorientation on humans.<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 316''</ref>

In some cases of Forerunner translocation, the individual being teleported is indeed disassembled, transported and reassembled at a different location; a [[Requiem slipspace artifacts|Forerunner artifact]] recovered by the UNSC from Requiem was known to do this.<ref name="artifact">'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Artifact|S1E2 ''Artifact'']]</ref>

The Forerunners also built [[slipspace portal]]s, a large-scale application of translocation technology. Portals allow transporting enormous amounts of mass—ranging from spacecraft to megastructures, such as the [[Halo Array|Halos]]—between two fixed points, across interstellar distances.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 200''</ref>

A Forerunner artifact recovered from Requiem was capable of translocating individuals who interacted with it; Dr. [[Henry Glassman]] of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} was teleported from the ''Infinity'' to the inside of Requiem after touching the device.{{Ref/Reuse|artifact}} Some time later, [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] [[Gabriel Thorne]] was also translocated by the artifact, being teleported to [[The Cauldron]].<ref name="mementomori">'''Spartan Ops''', [[S1/Memento Mori|S1E5 ''Memento Mori'']]</ref>

The Covenant also managed to reverse-engineer Forerunner translocation technology to a limited degree, using it in their [[Deployment spire|spire]] battlefield installations, which contain a teleportation system linked to a nearby [[capital ship]], used to transport dropships or other vehicles to the ground.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', campaign level, ''[[Tip of the Spear]]''</ref> The [[anti-gravity chair]]s used by the [[Hierarchs]] are known to possess short-range teleportation devices as a form of defensive measure.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level, ''[[Regret (Halo 2 level)|Regret]]''</ref>

 

File:Halo2Vistateleporter.png|A typical teleporter node in ''[[Halo 2]]''.

File:Phantom Teleport.jpg|A {{Pattern|Ru'swum|Phantom}} teleporting through a Covenant spire in ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.

File:Promethean translocate.gif|A [[Promethean Knight]] translocating in ''[[Halo 4]]''.

File:H4 SO Thorne translocated.jpg|Gabriel Thorne being teleported in ''[[Spartan Ops]]''.

File:H5G-Soldiersteleporting.png|Promethean Soldiers teleporting in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.

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