Starlight
In just a few seconds, several hundred tons of liquid fuel would ignite and propel his tiny little metal capsule into orbit. micheal smirked again as the odds of reaching a successful orbit danced through his mind.
Halo: Left Behind, Chapter 5: Hope
"the enemy fleet is currently orbiting over the capital of utgard. it moved about two hours ago to hover over the city. after that...it wiped the capital off the map."
Sirius: Book Three - Project EPSILON: Chapter 7: Exams
"helm, bring us into empty orbit and signal flight registry that we're ready to take on our new crewmates."
Battle Report: ReHistory - 004
It orbits a single f-class yellow-dwarf star, and is itself orbited by three rocky moons. its atmosphere is nearly identical to earth's, with only a slightly higher oxygen level.
Walls: Exodus 6 - Duty Before Self
It is suspected that they fell out of orbit a few decades after the collapse.’ ‘… isn’t that a long time for the docks to remain in orbit?’ i wondered.
Guardians: Downfall Revised Chapter 6
Within a matter of minutes they entered the orbit of the moon and began a sling shot orbit, decelerating to grant them few precious extra minutes they would need to re-strategize. "report!" the captain demanded.
Dragon's Gate Chapter I
"have them do a thruster burn and assume station in high orbit masked by the ramillies. then have them spool up their jump drives if they have enough in their capacitors and..." "con! scanning control!
Project Godlike: New enemies, the Arbodu
The moment they achieved orbit, they came under attack by an alien fleet with technology eons beyond that of even the jenoid.
Aliances
As the terran's home world appeared in the main viewer a collective gasp came from the crew, never before had they seen such a sight, a blue green orb encircled by orbital and ships some of the cities could clearly be seen from the skates high orbit, their
Feet First
Pack a marine into an armoured pod and send them hurtling to the battlefield from orbit.
War's Oversight - Chapter 05
Sarah took a place to rick's right, so as to be clear of his good arm, and observed the animation on the screen as it showed a three-dimensional image of the site as though being orbited by a circling aircraft.
Lore: Regulian Empire Timeline
They get a unanimous agreement after threatening to orbital bombard the ones who refuse. -the second lupiad-sirian war begins 1722 ad – litho i passes away in his sleep.