Blighter

GO: ...can't stand the Blighter, but really didn't expect him to shoot himself in the foot so cheaply with such hubris & naivety tho!

Dr Cable: From Saint Vince to Mr Bean | Editorial 2010

So Kjet Svensndot had not fought in vain, and Pham's advice had not been nonsense: Now there wasn't a single ramscoop in the Blighter fleet.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

Subject: Blighter Video thread, Alliance for the Defense subthread

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

Furthermore, we must accept that both you and the 'Blighter fleet' are peculiarly qualified to take advantage of this prize.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

Once Ravna suggested to Pham that they contact Commercial Security, try to persuade them to attack the Blighter fleet.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

The Limmende flag ships and the core of the Blighter fleet came out of the Slowness almost simultaneously.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

The lights that were Aniara fleet slid slowly around the core of the Blighter fleet, searching for their new targets.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

It was a conversation -- or the abortion of one -- that occurred almost as often as Pham's demand for status info on the Blighter fleet.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

Kjet eyed the knot of light that represented the Blighter fleet.

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992

The nature of the Blighter fleet now closing on an off-net site in the Low Beyond: This fleet has been of great interest to War Trackers over the last weeks, but mainly for asinine reasons (who cares about Sjandra Kei and the Aprahant Hegemony; local politics is for locals).

A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992