Scylla (satellite)

The Scylla-class orbital kinetic bombardment platform is manufactured by Impulse Multinational for the British Deep Black, and form part of the basis of the British National Defence Network (NDN). Twelve Scylla-class satellites make up the NDN, with a thirteenth secret satellite belonging to Damien also operational.

A Scylla-class tactical satellite has the capability to fire kinetic tungsten splinters at specific targets upon Earth, destroying them cleanly with kinetic energy alone. Upon impact, and at an impact velocity of over fifty kilometres per second, each ceramic shielded tungsten splinter delivers the force of nearly 2 kilotons of TNT. The magazine on a Scylla-class satellite can store twelve splinters, before needing to be restocked. This gives the NDN the ability to strike 144 targets with zero chance of countermeasures being effective.