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  • noun Plural form of ramscoop.

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Examples

  • They no longer are the “box hugging” guys who fix the “flux capacitors” when the “ramscoops” get overloaded with “negatively charged ions”.

    Not invented here « pwcom 2.0

  • Destroyer of Worlds opens in 2670, ten years after Juggler of Worlds closes; with refugee species fleeing in an armada of ramscoops in the direction of the Fleet of Worlds.

    Books in the Mail (W/E 11/22/2009)

  • Destroyer of Worlds opens in 2670, ten years after Juggler of Worlds closes; with refugee species fleeing in an armada of ramscoops in the direction of the Fleet of Worlds.

    Archive 2009-11-01

  • This avoids entirely the need to significantly compress the ISM, as Bussard ramscoops must and of course no nuclear fusion of ordinary hydrogen is necessary.

    The Speculist: New Space Survey

  • Her warp nacelles remained inactive, though, the Bussard ramscoops still dark rather than the vibrant crimson they had once pulsed.

    INTERPHASE: BOOK TWO

  • Her warp nacelles remained inactive, though, the Bussard ramscoops still dark rather than the vibrant crimson they had once pulsed.

    Miracle Workers

  • Her warp nacelles remained inactive, though, the Bussard ramscoops still dark rather than the vibrant crimson they had once pulsed.

    Miracle Workers

  • Her warp nacelles remained inactive, though, the Bussard ramscoops still dark rather than the vibrant crimson they had once pulsed.

    Miracle Workers

  • “Bussard ramscoops to widest angle at full power,” Picard ordered.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS

  • “Bussard ramscoops to widest angle at full power,” Picard ordered.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS

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