lifesystem

The lifesystem was a cylinder with the central core running through it, the central core that joined the ramscoop to the fusion drive.

Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1969

The lifesystem was a cylinder with the central core running through it, the central core that joined the ramscoop to the fusion drive.

Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1968

The safeties had blown his lifesystem capsule free of the explosion, barely.

Minnesota Menage Jack Swenson 2010

Only the nose had been painted, around the lifesystem.

Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

They started with a No. 2 General Products hull, just like the one around the Institute of Knowledge ship, and the lifesystem was practically a duplicate of the Laskins ', but there the resemblance ended.

Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

The lifesystem was two circular rooms, one above the other, with a small air lock to one side.

Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

The two-man control room looked pretty small for a lifesystem until I noticed the bubble extension folded into the nose.

Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994

He set up the programs for the Stipock Geologer, which would analyze planets from orbit and lay out incredibly detailed maps of metals, ores, and topography; the Stipock Ecologer, which analyzed the lifesystem of a planet in a single orbit; and the Stipock Climate Analyzer, which could predict weather for a year in advance with fair accuracy, and climatic trends for centuries with near perfect accuracy.

Capitol Card, Orson Scott 1979

It had started a year and a month ago, when two men climbed into the almost luxurious lifesystem of the Overcee, ran the ship out to Neptune's orbit under escort, and vanished.

Covergent Series Niven, Larry 1979

The splashdown shell will leave a rim of congealed glass around my lifesystem.

Tales of Known Space Niven, Larry 1975