  An Abelian 2-form theory that maintains gauge-invariance despite having a
mass is considered in 3+1 dimensions. Though this mass owes to a non-local term
the corresponding classical equations of motion are completely local and
subjected to proper gauge fixing, yielding 3 massive degrees of freedom.
Subsequently, consistent Dirac brackets could be constructed for this system
that agreed with the subsequently obtained quantization under the non-covariant
gauge condition. The covariant gauge quantization reproduced the same spectrum
following the dissociation of a spurious massless mode from the physical vector
space. Moreover, a path-integral treatment of the theory saw ghosts decoupling
and proper BRST transformations were obtained. This 2-form field mediates a
screened interaction of Yukawa-type that mimics the Meisner effect when
topologically coupled to a fermion current.
