The oath of the brother-in-blood
They got this from the last orbital?" the tactical intelligence was too imprecise to have come from someone on the ground. “reckon so."
The Jump - Chapter 11
They would then have approximately 2 hours in low orbit before necessity forced them to burn more precious fuel to achieve a higher orbit or fall to the surface.
Ioborne: Chapter One
There was another half hour until they would need to be aboard to make it to the orbital station. bridge also displayed his itinerary for the next four hours.
Derelict: Chapter 1
"we in orbit?" he asked, getting right down to business like i knew he would. "doing that right now." i said as i had said many times before. it was all routine now, get to a planet, wake up the others and then put us into the correct orbit.
Ground Control to Major Ward
He had escaped earth's atmosphere, and he was in orbit.
Chapter three
“the data points to the presence of a black hole, in between the orbits of uranus and neptune.
The Battle Continues
Katy finished for him, immediately breaking the lazy circle of her orbits, her squadron following suite immediately. "distance and bearing?"
Seeds Of Life - Part 1
It occasionally seemed to produce tiny sparks as the scattered thrusters adjusted it's orbit with barely-detectable nudges.
Spiral Nebula - Chapter 17
"i traced this missile to an alien ship in low orbit before the stealths attacked it and forced it to retreat again," fury continued.
Conflict Storm: Raytheon Skirmish
Now, i couldn't care less by now if you help us evacuate the orbital cities or not, just keep your lazy ass out of my way."
The Machine Stops
"patch into the orbital network?" "ah. that's the thing, captain. they don't _have_ one. it's strict los."
Star Fox: Ascension #10 HUBRIS
Chapter 10//hubris \<\< arwing 01, in orbit around planet sauria \>\> the bright light that had consumed the space around them began to fade and the two foxes could see again.