[quote]Did it kill Jorge?[/quote]Yes. [quote]If so, I assume it would have to do with firing without a destination[/quote]Actually no, it would have to do more with the fact slipspace is heavily irradiated. [quote]being placed in a way that destroyed the Corvette rather than just teleported it[/quote]Because the drive was mounted improperly, the slipspace portal opened in the same general location at the Corvette. In all likely hood, the Corvette was split in two with it entering slipspace in halves. [quote]Is there a conclusive answer on his status or is he one of the few Spartans that is actually MIA?[/quote]KIA without a doubt. The ways of him dying are too numerous. Death by radiation, death by vacuum, death by suffocation, and death by being cut in half. In the wise words of TheGreenAlloy, "He ded as fuk."