The tiny spacecraft would first need to
approach the star Alpha Centauri A as close as around four million kilometres, corresponding to five stellar radii,
at a
maximum speed of 13,800 kilometres per second (4.6 per cent of the
speed of light).
Within seconds Maranello's finest shot past
at what must have been
approaching maximum speed, before spitting flames an the overrun while making a sound not unlike a Kalashnikov.