A Viper's Nest: Border Station Five - Chapter Ten
Once i have done some final tests, i will deploy each ship’s solar sail and then start work balancing the power levels for a transmission test,” zozta said.
I don't want to set the World on Fire
As he grew his body actually developed accordingly, his frame widened and he grew large membranes between his arms and legs and along his body which functioned as solar sails for him.
an endless voyage ch 49: Rogue Planet
At the time, the leading confederate scientists were working on various fast subluminal speed propulsion technologies to reach sol 4, solar sails, fission detonation engines, and hydrogen plasma ion propulsion, to name a few, but all would have still
Tales of the Traveller, Chapter 8- Pirates of the Void, Part 1: One Good Ship
"retract port side solar sails and cannons!" farris ordered. "octarius! swerve to port! let's give them a taste of that new hull armour!" "aye, sir!" octarius was grinning.
All you can eat
His wings gave him a certain advantage of sorts, while they no doubt could function as solar sails, they actually allowed a stronger subconscious manifestation of mobility.
Plunder the Galaxy
Jaspers' ship did not need solar sails to run. his used motors. the imperial ships were also manoeuvring. they had formed a circle around the pirate ship, guns pointing inwards. "i see..."
The Star Lancers: The Curse of Cortes Ep. 4
Emerging from the scattering debris and flame, the queen's revenge sailed forth, it's tattered and torn solar sails projecting outward like wings of a dragon. the captain had been stricken with a sweat and swallowed. "bullshit! she's no ghost ship.
Truth or Dare Chapter 12: Paradox
The only reason none of the crew had frozen to death was that a solar sail had been deployed and what little power that generated from the light collected kept the life support systems operating at just above critical levels.
The Trouble with Coyotes, Part Four
My dad, he took me once to that one museum, with the spaceships -- the first ftl ship built outta jaman, with the solar sails an' all? gorgeous bastard, he was. do you know that museum? aw, course you wouldn't; it's a big galaxy, ain't she?
United Rat Directorate lore bible
- ### journey stages **initial acceleration** - at the start of the journey, the ship uses its laser or solar sail to build up speed as efficiently as possible.
WtV: Timeline
Large solar sails partly offset the gravitational pull, allowing the stations to remain stationary over the suns polar regions with only minimal fuel consumption. **~ 20.860 bc** the station commander orders central command to forget a certain amount
A Kobolds Embassador - A Space Odyssey Sidestory
But in the binary system of merak, a somewhat diminutive race was discovered to have not only maintained their original colony, but had developed simple solar sails to spread into their main asteroid belt, and even claimed a foothold among the smaller moons