Graviton-corrosion missile

The Thanatonium-tipped graviton-corrosion missile, simply shortened to graviton-corrosion missile, graviton missile, and most often as corrosion missile, is the primary guided missile system utilized by the Consortium.

History
It is unknown when the Consortium first began experimenting with missile technologies, though as they did not use them at the time of the Second War in Heaven it can be assumed that they were either just developing them or had not yet managed to do so. Regardless, they were in usage by the First Battle of the Halcyon Nebula, where Consortium forces used them extensively against a marauding pirate fleet and announced their presence to the galaxy at large.

Mechanics
The missile consists of a heavy thanatonium warhead atop a straight body eight metres in length and half a metre wide, containing the fuel for the missile's reaction engine, as well as the flight and guidance systems. Smaller maneuvering jets are studded along the length of the missile, allowing for course corrections in space as well as giving it additional point-defense avoidance capabilities.

The corrosion missile uses a standard Consortium Elsecall II guidance system to lock onto the heat signature emitted by a starship, delivering its thanatonium payload at a high speed to minimize the chance of interception. The missile is a single-stage weapon and it has a high specific impulse despite the extreme speeds it is deployed at, meaning the weapon can be deployed from long distances.

The missile uses a combined proximity-contact detonator, meaning it will explode on contact with the enemy or within range if it has missed. The missile's payload consists of a charge of thanatonium, a material used by the Aetanii. When the missile detonates, the thanatonium creates a high-intensity gravitational anomaly, ripping apart and warping everything within range.

Corrosion Mine
A form of mine which is based on the same principles as the corrosion missile and uses many of the same components.

Corrosion Torpedo
A torpedo variant of the missile, built to be used with the same torpedo launchers as the neutron torpedoes utilized by the Consortium.

Resonance Missile
A variation of the standard corrosion missile. Instead of using thanatonium to cause a gravitational anomaly, it punctures the opponent's hull, performs an analysis, and sends out waves at the material's own natural frequency to cause it to crumble.

Applications
Currently, the corrosion missile is used by most warships in the Consortium, including but not limited to:


 * Kongō-class fast battleship
 * Atago-class heavy cruiser
 * Fubuki-class battlecruiser
 * Shinsei-class battlecruiser