12,230
edits
Slipstream space: Difference between revisions
Undo revision 1385426 by Lasttruspartain (talk) Improper formatting and grammar. This information has already been detailed on this article. Please read through an article before editing to be sure the information you wish to add isn't already present.
m (→Mechanics) |
(Undo revision 1385426 by Lasttruspartain (talk) Improper formatting and grammar. This information has already been detailed on this article. Please read through an article before editing to be sure the information you wish to add isn't already present.) Tag: Undo |
||
| Line 68: | Line 68: | ||
Gravitational fields of significant size, such as those generated by a planet, affect the superfine quantum filaments that a slipspace drive must use to calculate an entry point to the slipstream, and UNSC calculations are unable to offset this effect.<ref name="numbers">''Halo: First Strike'', p. 85</ref> Covenant drives, in turn derived from Forerunner technology, have a much higher resolution of the filaments, and use more accurate calculations, and though the Covenant do not use this ability, are capable of making slipstream transition in and out of a planet's gravity well. Indeed, while using the captured ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' to make a slipspace jump within [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere, [[Cortana]] remarked that ''"It was as if she was blind before."''<ref name="numbers"/> After observing this innovation, a Covenant AI managed to leak the data out to the rest of the Covenant in a transmission. During the [[Battle of Mombasa]], the [[Prophet of Regret]] used this newfound knowledge to transition into slipspace while directly over [[New Mombasa]] in Earth's gravity well, damaging the [[city]] and causing the weakening and eventual collapse of the [[New Mombasa Orbital Elevator|orbital elevator]] there.{{Ref/Level|Game=Halo 2|Level=[[Metropolis]]}} These events show that, while the Covenant often cannot innovate their own solutions, they are quick to adopt any practice that increases their combat prowess. | Gravitational fields of significant size, such as those generated by a planet, affect the superfine quantum filaments that a slipspace drive must use to calculate an entry point to the slipstream, and UNSC calculations are unable to offset this effect.<ref name="numbers">''Halo: First Strike'', p. 85</ref> Covenant drives, in turn derived from Forerunner technology, have a much higher resolution of the filaments, and use more accurate calculations, and though the Covenant do not use this ability, are capable of making slipstream transition in and out of a planet's gravity well. Indeed, while using the captured ''[[Ascendant Justice]]'' to make a slipspace jump within [[Threshold]]'s atmosphere, [[Cortana]] remarked that ''"It was as if she was blind before."''<ref name="numbers"/> After observing this innovation, a Covenant AI managed to leak the data out to the rest of the Covenant in a transmission. During the [[Battle of Mombasa]], the [[Prophet of Regret]] used this newfound knowledge to transition into slipspace while directly over [[New Mombasa]] in Earth's gravity well, damaging the [[city]] and causing the weakening and eventual collapse of the [[New Mombasa Orbital Elevator|orbital elevator]] there.{{Ref/Level|Game=Halo 2|Level=[[Metropolis]]}} These events show that, while the Covenant often cannot innovate their own solutions, they are quick to adopt any practice that increases their combat prowess. | ||
The effect of a gravity well on the curvature of space-time inside slipspace often allows for the right conditions to form to allow for the formation of a [[transit point]], allowing easier access to slipspace than may otherwise be possible.<ref name="SS22"/> | The effect of a gravity well on the curvature of space-time inside slipspace often allows for the right conditions to form to allow for the formation of a [[transit point]], allowing easier access to slipspace than may otherwise be possible.<ref name="SS22"/> | ||
==Velocities== | ==Velocities== | ||