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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
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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
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DISRUPTOR: A gravitics-based weapon that disrupts its target's molecular structure.
Concordance A Terran Empire concordance Ann Wilson
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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
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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
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ULTRAWAVE: The gravitics-based communications system.
Concordance A Terran Empire concordance Ann Wilson
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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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