Type-19 Teleportation Device

The, often referred to as the Jumper, is a piece of equipment that sees limited use by special units of the AUR, mostly among the USR. It allows infantry to make short, precise teleportation jumps.

Description
In the Covenant's long history of attempts at teleportation technology, the Jumper is the most recent. Earlier attempts at reverse-engineering Forerunner teleportation principles were carried out for years, with an earlier model being used on the Gravity Thrones of the High Prophets as a safety measure against attacks. After the war, research moved forward at a slightly increased speed when the UNSC shared small amounts of data that Cortana had copied from the matrix core of Installation 04 and given to ONI for analysis, with a prototype Jumper being created and tested in 2597 – this prototype would not advance to the true Type-19 till the Necros War however.

Issued to select commando, stealth and reconnaissance groups within AUR forces for infiltration/exfiltration or emergency purposes, the Jumper is a small rectangular device, used for limited, accurate teleportation, and allowing one to accurately teleport to any point within a 40 foot radius: due to this limited radius, the Jumper's uses for a large army are practically nonexistant. Use of the Jumper, however, is also limited due to the power requirements, as they are large yet the battery must be kept small for portability purposes; due to the size/drain situation, the recharge time for the battery between uses is 3.5 minutes.

Using the Jumper can have serious side affects, ranging from nausea, dizziness, or bleeding to physical or mental disorders and even, at times, death: the latter three are caused by teleportation difficulties, when slight to major displacements of body parts accidentally take place during the still experimental teleportation process. Due to all these factors, soldiers that use Jumpers are highly respected by other service members.

It should be noted that, for the most part, the AUR's teleportation technology became practically obsolete upon discovery of The Enclave, who, just as the Necros, had access to advanced teleportation technology.