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New rocket engine concept stuck – help out

Idea is to lower the dry mass to achieve higher acceleration by shooting fuel pallets from a space based platform to be then collected and ingested by the accelerating spaceship "riding the fuel trail". Problem is kinetic energy of pallet impact on ship seems to equal energy density of monopropellant at relatively low speeds. Thoughts?
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