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  • He could find no upper limit to the velocity of a ramship.

    A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992

  • He knew everything there was to know about a seeder ramship, but nothing at all about the other kinds of ramship or interplanetary travel or ground-to-orbit vehicles.

    A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992

  • The biggest was Corbett's ramship: a silver skyscraper lying on its side.

    A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992

  • He could slow the ramship by braking directly into the solar wind until the proton flux was too slow to help him.

    A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992

  • He thought to head for one of the domes, but the guard steered straight for the ramship.

    A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992

  • He became convinced that he could rebuild a ramship with his bare hands, given the parts.

    A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992

  • A ramship of the Voskjard, her ram missing our port bow by inches slid rapidly past.

    Guardsman Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1981

  • He found the body of Robroy Tanner, who had come with him to Sereda aboard a Lluagorian ramship; and he cried, out here where nobody could see him.

    Covergent Series Niven, Larry 1979

  • The biggest was Corbel's ramship: a silver skyscraper lying on its side.

    A World Out of Time Niven, Larry 1976

  • The biological package probes were what made _Don Juan_ a seeder ramship.

    A World Out of Time Niven, Larry 1976

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