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Slipspace drives obviously. That way, when we screw up this planet in a hundred or so years, we have a backup plan. If I could vote for two systems, it would be the UNSC's power systems that don't need hydrocarbons to run and still work just as well as crude oil, and the slipspace drive.
Posted by: That Atheist
If you look at emerging technology right now you can estimate when tech like this will appear:
Medical Technology (i.e. flash cloning, cloning, cybernetics): about 65 years
AI on the level of a dumb AI: 45 years
AI on the level of a smart AI: 60 years
AI on the Cortana level: 75 to 90 years
Spaceships: 100 or so years
Super soldier level genetic augumentation: 75 years
powered armour (MJOLNIR lavel): 35 to 45 years
Armour lock level kinetic shielding: 60 to 70 or so years
Active camo: 10 or so years; for Halo level active camo: another 15 or so years onto that
slipspace engines: 200 or so years
None of that will happen if we run out of hydrocarbons without finding an alternative and start WWIII instead. Someone work on natural gas power stations and clean fission already!
[Edited on 04.15.2011 12:47 AM PDT]