doublekay

Being part of the ship, the doublekay drive unit naturally goes along with it.

The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

The doublekay field creates a coneshaped zone of stress behind it, in which mass acts differently than it does under normal circumstances.

The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

The doublekay field creates a coneshaped zone of stress behind it, in which mass acts differently than it does under normal circumstances.

The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

Then the human-thranx teams made their first big breakthroughs on the doublekay drive systems, the SCCAM weapons complex, and more.

The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

'When the thranx got hold of Terran literature, paintings, sculpture, and such seemingly unrelated things as ice-cream and children's toys ... in short, the two races just seemed to merge amazingly well, And the greatest of humans achievements, the modified doublekay drive, you must know about.

The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

I doubt 'f their ships even have doublekay drives.

The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

But the rate of failure for doublekay drives in miniscule.

The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

All spaceports had been destroyed, and all the commercial doublekay drive ships in parking orbit had been vapourized while trying to escape or taken over by Pi tan an prize crews.

The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

'I've never been on a doublekay drive ship before.

The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

He knew little about stellar navigation, and less about doublekay units ... but Malaika had forgotten more than he might ever know.

The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983