starship

• Icalanise was waxing behind the alien starship, a horned crescent of warring topaz and platinum storm-bands. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
• They landed on a small patch of concrete on the edge of the park which held just one other starship, a thirty-year-old commercial combi-freighter with a continuous wormhole drive, that could carry a mix of cargo and passengers. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
• And the Skylord answered Justine had expected to feel a lot of excitement as her starship, the Silverbird , descended towards Centurion Station. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
• Then as the bombs passed into the last reaches of the atmosphere, they gave themselves one last shove, rockets carrying them close enough that the starship was forced to react, shifting its plume slightly, evaporating every last one of its pursuers. —  Dozois, Gardner ; Strahan, Jonathan - SSC - The New Space Opera (v1.0)
• Despite that expanded powerplant, they still had a snail's chance of outrunning a real starship--much less two naval corvettes. —  Asimov's SF - February2006

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