This implies some type of complication regarding the size of the ship. Prior to the conception of the USG Ishimura, the ShockPoint Drive had only been used on smaller personal vessels. 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.įurther 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). A ShockPoint Drive salvaged from a Unitologist Dropship on the CMS Terra Nova.Īlthough little information on its method of operation is provided, the initial loading screen for Dead Space provides some clues as to its mechanism of operation.

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