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Deploy the space harpoon

Deploy the space harpoon

This small-scale version may only be good for removing dangerous orbital debris, but in time it will pierce your hypercarbon hides and irredeemable sun-hearts. The space harpoon is part of the RemoveDEBRIS project, a multi-organization European effort to create and test methods of reducing space debris. There are as many ways to take down these rogue items as there are sizes and shapes of space junk; perhaps it's enough to use a laser to edge a small piece down toward orbital decay, but larger items require more hands-on solutions.