Slipbeacon

The Slipbeacon is a method of supposedly faster-than-light interstellar communication via Slipstream Space used by the UNSC. Compact enough to be mounted on a starship, the Slipbeacon is known to be used in distress situations. Beside messages carried by starships in shipboard memoryHalo: Contact Harvest, page 35 or Slipspace COM launchers,Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 105 it is the one of the few methods of faster-than-light communication known to the UNSC, though its exact nature or function is unclear.
A distress Slipbeacon to FLEETCOM was raised by Team Black shortly after their ship crash-landed on an unnamed Moon.Halo: Blood Line, Issue 1
When the rear half of the was left stranded in space after the Battle of Installation 00 with John-117 and Cortana on board, Cortana mentioned that she would "drop a beacon" in the hopes of attracting a rescue party. Given the circumstances, this may well be referring to a Slipbeacon.Halo 3, level Halo
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