The possibly most unusual design inside the Trading Defense Force. 100 meters long and also 100 meters high on its front axis blade, it is able to detach the blade-like structure at the front. Built-in thrusters are capable to accelerate the blade into a target once separated. The blade structure itself is mostly filled with elongated fusion reactors, shielded by thick armor plating to protect them from impacts. The front of the blade is in principle one 100 meters long plasma confinement structure. Superheated plasma travels along the confinement area in a strong magnetic field, creating a zone in front of the structure that is as hot as a G-type star’s corona. The structure beneath is actively cooled and has highly reflective plating to avoid the melting of inner laying structures. The maximum time span in which the blade can function without problems is around 15 minutes after which the system has to be extensively refurbished. The tactic of deliberately detaching and ramming enemy ships with high speeds – and the weakening or melting of parts of it in the process with the plasma blade – is referred to by local navy officials as the “Helsinki dunk”. The word “Helsinki” itself is a wordplay of the Plattdüütsch word for bright “hell” and the danish word “synke” meaning to sink. During the impact, most of the plasma in the reactors and gas reserves still unused are expelled via openings along the blade to further heat up and push the enemy vessel out of the way while cutting through it. The tactic itself is often used as a last-ditch effort, or when there are fewer but very large enemy vessels around, since the capabilities of the corvette are often very limited after that. The recoupling also takes some time and since enemy ships are usually not far at this point there is often little time.

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