Det finns mycket lite information om Hammerhead-korvetten i canon; förutom Rogue One , var det enda utseendet på den modellen i ett enda avsnitt av Star Wars Rebels .
Det sägs att det inte finns någon indikation på att de är speciellt utformade för att ramma andra fartyg. deras artikel i databasen noterar att de är ganska robusta och kraftfulla fartyg, men det handlar om det:
Novelization Rogue One bidrar till att förklara (eller ifrågasätta) några av dina observationer:[T]he Hammerhead Corvette is a powerful transport. While not flashy, this starship has a strong body, forceful engines, and heavy weaponry
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Även om databasen konstaterar att Hammerheads har kraftfulla motorer, dras även Lightmaker av Scarifs gravitation, vilket hjälper till att accelerera snabbare:
The Lightmaker picked up speed as it approached the fray, pulled by Scarif’s gravity as it pushed with its engines toward the disabled Destroyer.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Official Novelization Chapter 20
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Trots din observation att Hammerhead endast var lätt skadad, visar novelleringen att det var ganska omfattande, både före och efter kollisionen:
He had chosen the Hammerhead Lightmaker and its captain, Kado Oquoné, to implement his vision. Oquoné's ship had been badly damaged after being flanked by the twin Destroyers, and had since withdrawn from the field of fire to guard the line of retreat. For these reasons it would serve Raddus’s purpose.
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Raddus watched the Lightmaker descend like a spear into the mass of the disabled behemoth. Metal sheared and crumpled, and Raddus feared for a moment that Oquoné's velocity had been too great — that the Lightmaker would be dashed to nothingness and the most delicate part of the plan, still to come, had failed. Yet the Destroyer absorbed the impact and began to tumble away, its frame marred but intact.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Official Novelization Chapter 20