Daggers of Darkness, Book #5: "The First Ones" - Chapter-2
However, none of them would ever learn the _true_ reason why the star exploded, which was due to a simple miscalculation by a certain underexperienced pilot flying a cruiser powered by a trans-dimensional side-slip drive, who had begun his re-entry into normal
Starfall: Chapter 32: Fitting in: Epilogue: Part Three Unknown
Then wandered into your home for an impaled arm and a body covered in bruises from an uncontrolled ftl re-entry. not to mention the crash too.” opening his mouth, then closing it.
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- while many satellites have been lost , often destroyed upon re-entry near stellar bodies or high-mass gravity wells , the surviving data has laid the foundation for a rudimentary understanding of the flow’s structure.
Starfall: Chapter 30: Fitting in: Epilogue: Part-One Usako
Usako can also see the signs on the craft that they can move to a more aggressive triangle shape, as well as feather up allowing smooth re-entry with just minimal thermal shielding.