Kali-class Transdimensional Missile

"The destruction of the at Reach was not a one-off show of desperation - it is a taste of the future to come."

- Dr. Madeline Urbano, one of the key designers.

The Kali-class Transdimensional Missile, simply known as the Slipspace Bomb, is an exotic  -fired explosive weapon undergoing development in the immediate aftermath of the. Named after the weapons research program that spawned it, the Kali-class was envisioned as a mass-produced version of the sabotaged CODEN-III Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine core deployed by during the. By opening a destabilised portal into that ignores traditional safety protocols, it is hoped that heavier   or even small armadas could be completely removed from the field of battle. Such a weapon could potentially supplement or replace the UNSC's dwindling stockpiles of nuclear weapons and allow valuable MAC charges to be used on other targets, allowing their battlegroups to operate for longer without resupply. More significantly, hundreds of lives and billions in war material could be saved that would otherwise be wasted during prolonged engagements.

The Kali Program was formally activated in, under the authority of Rear Admiral Tom Žagar with research efforts being headed by Dr. Madeline Urbano. Originally developing a stationary mine designed to be deployed by and commando teams in the field, it was still in the earliest design stage by the time of the Siege of Sol, with only a single working prototype being unveiled. With the War's conclusion sounded in, the design dossier was shifted to a self-propelled missile capable of being fired from any warship. The resulting Kali-class missile would eventually find itself in a curious position to the UNSC's contemporary and its Interstellar Nuclear Kill Vehicle sub-project, both complementing it as a potential deterrence measure and rival munition when used within fleet-killer roles.

Unfortunately, poor analysis results from simulations and field-deployments would see the Kali Program and by extension the Kali-class Transdimensional Missile being scrubbed. Its core issues of a vastly-overestimated lethality, issues with cloaking its radiation signature, and sheer cost of materials would spell doom for further development of the missile. Less then three dozen of these weapons were built over its five-year-long development cycle, and all prototype models were dismantled. The remaining few production missiles are currently housed within top-secret launch facilities, in the event their unique properties may be needed.