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Direct exposure to the slipstream is incredibly dangerous. People traveling on a slipspace-capable craft can experience a range of symptoms, from nausea, to a heart attack, to death. Some individuals may experience disturbing hallucinations, voices, nightmares and in some extreme cases insanity. Even more uncommon, but still known to happen, is the total disappearance of a person while in the slipstream.<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', page 175</ref> In some cases having a [[Forerunner]] object may cause the ship to be in the 'middle' of slipspace. | Direct exposure to the slipstream is incredibly dangerous. People traveling on a slipspace-capable craft can experience a range of symptoms, from nausea, to a heart attack, to death. Some individuals may experience disturbing hallucinations, voices, nightmares and in some extreme cases insanity. Even more uncommon, but still known to happen, is the total disappearance of a person while in the slipstream.<ref>''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'', page 175</ref> In some cases having a [[Forerunner]] object may cause the ship to be in the 'middle' of slipspace. | ||
Entering Slipspace in atmosphere is believed to be very dangerous, most likely | Entering Slipspace in atmosphere is believed to be very dangerous, most likely having to do with literally open a hole in space. To do this in atmosphere would require the Slipspace drive to create a sonic boom to accelerate in the atmosphere. The boom is then followed by a wave of sonic energy that destroys all structures and objects within a large radius. The ship will also bring other objects into slipspace with it. An example of this is when The Prophet Of Regret jumped into Slipspace in New Mombasa destroying most of the city. | ||
==Communications== | ==Communications== | ||