Pas de ___ (ballet figure)

Usage examples of deux.

I mean, the new armed FTL ship Inconnu Deux is going down-arm toward the galaxy itself, to help the Shrakken against some enemy that won't stop to talk.

Not that the ship's ellipsoidal, coherent drive field, which shielded the Deux from the effects of a hundred gees or more, contradicted "Saint Albert"-not exactly.

Inconnu Deux had a larger, much more powerful central turret, firing along the ship's axis only, without traverse capability, ringed with six traversible projectors that were also beefed up, somewhat, from standard.

Whether he'd done right to agree to Ilse's desire for a separation, and to come on the Deux, made no difference.

That job carried a Third rating, which Ellalee had held when the Deux lifted.

Less than an hour short of injecting Inconnu Deux into synchronous orbit, juggling deceleration to give maneuverability if he needed it, Tregare showed his impatience.

But getting her up to Control, with the ship bouncing this way-" For again the Deux had bucked.

Y'see-if the Deux were nearly up to C and spotted some STL bogies, sure, we could pass light and effectively vanish.

At first, rather than moving the scout back and forth, Sharvil wanted him to bring the Deux to Shtegel-and offered to replace the fuel wasted in such an inefficient short hop.

Turning the Deux directly toward it, he fired a missile-and wasn't surprised when the Tsa projectors picked it off at a safe distance.

Gauging distance, he upped power a notch and turned Inconnu Deux toward the nearest Tsa, to pass behind it.

Concentrating now, to get the Deux safely past the molten debris, Ivan lost track of his other foe.

Anders Kobolak, because the Deux needed a ranking officer who could see, and Haskell Ornaway for backup.

But it seemed long, until the sub-light detectors bleeped, and told him that the Deux was safely below C.

But working together, as the Deux built speed toward C, they began to understand each other better.