Tobias Fleming Shaw

"The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine became a reality in April 2291 due entirely to vision, perseverance, and dedication of these two pioneers in quantum engineering and applied theoretical physics. They have opened a path to the stars for all of us."

— Memorial plaque on Quito Space Tether.

Doctor Tobias Fleming Shaw ScD, QeD, FRS, along with Doctor Wallace Fujikawa, was the co-creator of the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine in 2291, a device that allowed humanity to reach locations beyond the Solar System through manipulation of Slipstream space.

He held the title "Doctor of Science" and was renowned for his work in the field of quantum electrodynamics. He is supposedly the father and namesake of Shaw multivariate calculus, a form of astrogation input used by starship crews to calculate parameters for slipspace jumps.

He was likely from the United Kingdom as he held the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, a distinction awarded to British and Irish scientists.

History

Sometime late in his life Shaw and Fujikawa were at a beach, and while Fujikawa was reading a book Shaw said he would make a time machine. Though Fujikawa laughed it off as they were at a beach and said he should make something useful like a Daiquiri instead.

Gallery

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  Plaque commemorating Shaw on the Quito Space Tether.

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  Full image of plaque.

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  Wallace Fujikawa and Tobias Fleming Shaw with their Nobel Prize for the discovery of Slipspace travel.

List of appearances

• Halo 3 Template:First mentioned
• Halo: Contact Harvest (Mentioned only)
• Halo: Evolutions
  • The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole (Mentioned only)
• Halo Legends
  • Origins (First appearance)