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Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Invented


Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine
Tobias Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa receive the Nobel Prize for their discovery of translight travel, c. 2291. (Halo Legends/Origins II)

 

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The Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine, informally known as an FTL drive or slipspace drive, was invented by a team of scientists led by Tobias Fleming Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa and unveiled to humanity in April 2291. The drive was a breakthrough for interstellar travel, and was responsible for starting humanity’s colonization of the stars over the following decades and centuries.

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This event is referenced in multiple reference books, including the Halo Encyclopedia, Halo Mythos, and Halo: Warfleet.

 
 
Earlier Event: January 1
Interplanetary War
Later Event: April 12
Orion Project - First Class