Slipspace Drive
Halo's faster-than-light travel, slower than hyperspace and the backbone of human expansion.
Slipspace is the faster-than-light travel of the Halo universe, similar to hyperspace but slower, with passengers needing cryo-sleep on long trips; its development let humanity colonize many worlds. After Reach falls, the Pillar of Autumn makes a random slipspace jump to lead the Covenant away from Earth, which brings it to the first Halo.
Lore & Background
Slipspace drives figure throughout the story: in Halo: First Strike the Gettysburg is fitted with the drive of the captured Covenant ship Ascendant Justice for the trip back to Earth; in Halo 2 the Prophet of Regret escapes by slipspace jump and In Amber Clad follows; and in Halo 3 Truth opens a slipspace portal from the artifact buried on Earth. 343 Industries' in-house engine was named the Slipspace Engine.
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