corbomite

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Balok had been amazed at the brashness and innovation of the legendary captain, who took the game of testing farther than anyone before him with a complicated bluff and a mythical substance known as corbomite.

STRANGE NEW WORLDS Dean Wesley Smith 1998
Balok had been amazed at the brashness and innovation of the legendary captain, who took the game of testing farther than anyone before him with a complicated bluff and a mythical substance known as corbomite.

STRANGE NEW WORLDS Dean Wesley Smith 1998
Listen, you scum bags, my weapon contains corbomite.

365 tomorrows » Patricia Stewart : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
Listen, you scum bags, my weapon contains corbomite.

365 tomorrows » 2010 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
The incident with the Fesarius came to mind, in which the captain had successfully put across the idea that theEnterprise had a self-destruct system based on corbomite—a non-existent material.

Legacy Michael Jan Friedman 1990
We will relent in your destruction only if we have proof of your corbomite device.

The Corbomite Maneuver 1966
It may interest you to know that since the initial use of corbomite more than two of our centuries ago, no attacking vessel has survived the attempt.

The Corbomite Maneuver 1966
"Listen, you scum bags, my weapon contains corbomite.

365 tomorrows Patricia Stewart 2010