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  • The lurch of acceleration flung him back in his couch, tugged painfully at heart and guts before the gravitics reasserted control.

    Proud Helios Melissa Scott 2000

  • The drives were not those of a scout, but of a small corvette, with total power cross-bleed between the corvette screens and gravitics.

    The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987

  • DISRUPTOR: A gravitics-based weapon that disrupts its target's molecular structure.

    Concordance A Terran Empire concordance Ann Wilson

  • Elected President of the Federation in 2124, he was aware that his friend's work on gravitics (and the high probability that faster-than-light travel would soon follow) would require some drastic changes, and he began laying the groundwork for them.

    Concordance A Terran Empire concordance Ann Wilson

  • NANNSTEIN, Reinhard: (2100-2142) A Da Vinci-type genius, Nannstein developed the science of gravitics in 2123, financed by a small inheritance he had invested and turned into a fortune.

    Concordance A Terran Empire concordance Ann Wilson

  • ULTRAWAVE: The gravitics-based communications system.

    Concordance A Terran Empire concordance Ann Wilson

  • Unlike Nannstein's theory of gravitics, which had led directly to hyperdrive, ultraspace theory held no clues to its practical applications; it would be several centuries before those were worked out.

    Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel Ann Wilson

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