During this chaos and chaotic takeoff, there was no chance something bad wouldn't happen—accidents were bound to occur.
And one happened indeed. A heavy carrier, about 200 meters long, had taken off not long before and was slowly, steadily gaining altitude. Just then, a smaller 70-to-80-meter corvette below launched, yawing uncontrollably.
The corvette collided directly with the frigate's ventral thruster area. The impact was catastrophic, instantly crippling the thrusters.
The smaller corvette, also suffering severe damage, tilted violently and plummeted back toward the ground. BOOM. It blasted apart upon impact, but fortuitously, the area below was empty and caused no harm to others.
