Approved Tech Bone-Latch Recovery Hooks and Void-Sled Skids Mk. I

[Darth Prazutis]

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• Intent: To field a Kainate exclusive recovery and emergency-landing system that keeps strike lanes clear and returns damaged bombers to service fast.
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  • Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
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• Manufacturer:
  
  • Malsheem Hypernautics and Manufacturing
• Affiliation:
  
  • The Kainate
• Market Status: Closed-Market
• Model: Bone-Latch Recovery Hooks and Void-Sled Skids Mk. I
• Modularity: No
• Production: Limited
• Material:
  • Bloodsteel Hook Assemblies
  • Bloodpane Low Friction Glaze
  • Alchemized Sarrassian Iron Keel Shoes
  • Hexphase Actuator Coils
  • Ebonwell Tow-Point Bushings
  • Sigil-Wire Control Lattice
  • Ashen-Seal Isolation Stubs

• Bone-Latch Recovery Hooks: Belly-mounted Bloodsteel hook pairs seat into reinforced Ebonwell bushings and present a positive capture shape for deck winches and carrier grapnels. The geometry gives crews a guaranteed bite angle from multiple approach vectors, so a crippled craft can be snagged on the first pass. Load is spread into the keel through Sarrassian-iron frames, which prevents peel-off or torsion buckling during hard yanks.
• Void-Sled Skids: Keel shoes of alchemized Sarrassian iron are faced with Bloodpane glaze that sheds heat and abrasion when sliding on deck plating or regolith. The skids let a bomber belly-land, then taxi or be towed without cutting into the hull or tearing bay doors. Channels molded into the shoes vent grit and ice so the slide stays controlled instead of grabbing and pitching the nose.
• Belly-Taxi Mode: A simple cockpit command drops the sled stance, trims thrust, and biases steering to the keel so the craft can creep off the landing line after a gear casualty. Sensor flags broadcast a low-profile tow request to deck hands while the hooks arm for capture. This keeps the throat clear for the next launch cycle rather than forcing a full stop while tractors organize.
• Tow-And-Go Interface: The hook faces include keyed recesses for Kainate deck claw standards and emergency field tethers. When the line goes tight, micro-coils take the first shock, then hand load into the frame to prevent whip damage to avionics. The tow path routes under the center of mass, which keeps a dead ship stable when pulled through blast-scarred bays or rough pads.
• Impact-Safe Routing: Hook spars and skid mounts sit on Ashen-Seal isolation stubs so any bending or arcing during a rough arrival cannot backfeed into magazines or flight trunks. Sigil-Wire monitoring pings for cracks and heat soak, giving crews a clear "safe to tow" light in seconds. The craft stays recoverable without risking a secondary incident.

• Clears the Throat, Saves the Sortie: Bone-Latches let deck crews grab a damaged bomber immediately and drag it into the shadows for turn-in. A bird that would normally block the bay becomes a rolling obstacle for only a few heartbeats. This keeps launch and recovery cadence intact and turns near-losses into fresh sorties instead of schedule killers.
• Belly-Land Without Breaking the Keel: Void-Sled skids provide a controlled slide on metal decks, ice, ash, or cratered stone. The low-friction Bloodpane face and grit channels prevent sudden grabs that flip craft, while the Sarrassian-iron shoes protect bomb bays and sink inlets. Crews get their machine back with predictable, repairable scuffing rather than structural trauma.
• Low-Signature, Low-Drama Recovery: The system requires no bright tractor cones or roaring retro-bursts at the mouth of a hangar. Hooks, sled stance, and tow sequencing are quiet and quick, which matches Kainate doctrine for dark deck operations. The result is resilience without broadcasting weakness to watching eyes.

• Force Nullification: While under Force Nullification, the sigil-wire cues and alchemized damping lose their fine timing. Belly taxi mode still functions on its mechanical logic, but hook microcoils do not pre-load and the health monitors drop to slower, purely physical sensing. Recoveries remain possible, yet grabs are harsher, tow speeds must be lower, and crews need wider margins to avoid secondary damage.
• Sensor Dependency and Garbage-In Risk: Hooks, shoes, and the frames of this gear add mass and a small amount of parasitic drag. The penalty is small, but it shaves a fraction from top end and climb when compared to a stripped airframe. Commanders must accept the trade for the operational tempo advantage.

The Bone-Latch Recovery Hooks and Void-Sled Skids Mk. I were built to solve a simple problem that ruins campaigns: one wounded bomber can choke a carrier throat and stall a strike ladder. Kainate engineers answered with hardware that treats recovery as another phase of the attack, not an afterthought. Bloodsteel hooks present clean, reinforced hardpoints that deck claws can seize in an instant. Alchemized Sarrassian Iron skids let a Velakorr belly down on hostile decks, ash fields, or ice without tearing its belly open, then keep moving under tow or trimmed thrust so traffic never stacks up behind it.

The system's behavior is deliberate and readable. On command, belly-taxi mode drops the sled stance, biases steering, and arms the hooks. Deck crews throw a line, the hook geometry catches, and Hexphase coils sip the first shock before the keel takes the pull. Ashen-Seal stubs fence any impact-born faults from crawling into flight trunks or bomb wiring, which keeps a scorched machine safe to handle. Once clear of the throat, the craft can be spun into a shadow bay where the rest of the Kainate's maintenance discipline takes over.

This package is not glamorous, but it is ruthless in service of tempo. It turns gear failures, iced latches, and bent legs into brief inconveniences instead of mission kills. A Velakorr fitted with Bone-Latches and Void-Sleds writes its own way home, keeps the lanes open, and is ready to be armed again before the enemy understands how it survived.

 

[MANIAC]

Darth Prazutis

Very cool, as always.

Approved.