An ultra-resistant alloy, Duratanium has made its mark as an armor compound for light starcruisers and most land-based vehicles. Duratanium is molded into the shape of whatever it covers (usually into the shape of plating), and once it cools, it is one of the most durable metals known to the 'verse, lending to its name. It is nearly completely heat resistant, and is one of the few metals that takes no damage from the friction of planetary re-entry. Duratanium is also incredibly durable, maintaining very impressive strength-to-weight ratios even at high temperatures; one laboratory test showed a sample of Duratanium maintaining shape and stability even at pressure reaching upwards of 350,000 psi.