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Although little or no information on its method of operation is provided, the initial loading screen for Dead Space provides some clues as to its mechanism of operation. The depiction of space-time (via a two-dimensional model) relative to the rear of the ship expanding while that in front of the ship is contracting seems to indicate the concept is related to/derives from the theoretical Alcubierre drive, a proposed means of achieving faster-than-light travel.

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  • ShockPoint Drive
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  • Although little or no information on its method of operation is provided, the initial loading screen for Dead Space provides some clues as to its mechanism of operation. The depiction of space-time (via a two-dimensional model) relative to the rear of the ship expanding while that in front of the ship is contracting seems to indicate the concept is related to/derives from the theoretical Alcubierre drive, a proposed means of achieving faster-than-light travel.
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  • Although little or no information on its method of operation is provided, the initial loading screen for Dead Space provides some clues as to its mechanism of operation. The depiction of space-time (via a two-dimensional model) relative to the rear of the ship expanding while that in front of the ship is contracting seems to indicate the concept is related to/derives from the theoretical Alcubierre drive, a proposed means of achieving faster-than-light travel. Further supporting this is the visual distortion enveloping the ship as observed in the opening sequence of Dead Space, as if the ship were in some "field" or "bubble" (the Alcubierre drive concept calls for the entity being transported to be enveloped in a sort of "warp bubble", a region of static space-time which does not undergo distortion). Prior to the conception of the USG Ishimura, the ShockPoint Drive had only been used on smaller personal vessels. This implies some type of complication regarding the size of the ship. Exactly what this is, as well as all other information regarding the ShockPoint Drive, is unknown. In the Awakened DLC for Dead Space 3, Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver retrieve a ShockPoint Drive from a gutted shuttle on the CMS Terra Nova above Tau Volantis. They retrieve the ShockPoint Drive and place it in the ancient reactor. However, in order to utilize the drive on the Terra Nova, Isaac and Carver overload the reactor by dumping plutonium cores into the reactor which generates enough power to shock out back to Earth.
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