An HVM, or hyper velocity missile, is an incredibly powerful missile used by the Terran Federation, among others. The missile can be deployed by a hand held launcher or by various vehicles. It is one of the fastest ground based weapons besides light-speed lasers. The missile travels at an incredible 10% of light speed although most shipboard weapons, like Standard missiles, travel at .6c or higher. Normally, a weapon travelling at that velocity would burn up from the friction, but the HVM projects a drive field across the flight path for an inperciptible fraction of a second, thus neutralizing the friction. Because it travels at such speeds, there is no need for a warhead and it is a purely kinetic weapon. Also because it travels at such speeds, there is no need for an onboard guidance sys