Slipstream

"What the hell was that?"

- Everyone

Slipstream is an equipment item in Heat Signature.

Description
Time flows 10x slower and you move 5x faster for 10 seconds - which will feel like 1 to everyone else.

Tactics

 * An excellent tool for both stealthy and loud approaches, as this will allow players to react many times faster than guards.
 * Makes dodging bullets much easier. It's possible to dodge enemy fire without the use of a slipstream, but the use of a slipstream makes it much easier.
 * Note that when the slipstream effect ends, there will be a few seconds where the player character moves in the direction they were moving when the effect ended. Take care not to run into a guard's vision or out of a breach when the effect of the slipstream ends.
 * Especially useful in combination with automatic guns or a shortblade.
 * Slipstream charges can be chained together, which is often enough to clear out several rooms before guards can react.
 * Charges from different Slipstreams can also be stacked, creating increasingly extreme effects. (i.e. stacking two slipstreams means the player moves at 25x normal speed as opposed to 5x.)
 * Especially potent with a stealth shield, a full charge of slipstream barely lasts for a mere fifth of the duration of the shield.


 * Running into a window with a slipstream active will break the window and suck you into space. (Useful for speedy getaways?)