What some of the black squares in the grid might represent

Usage examples of slingshot.

Slingshot Extractor and Collector terminals en route and at their destinations.

Rivas heard the skid and clatter of one of the hooter bikes turning around, and he lifted the slingshot and faced that direction.

For the next several months Barbas would be convenient for a slingshot maneuver, by which traffic outbound from Magaria would pick up speed by slinging themselves around it en route to the wormhole.

It was equally possible, and a good deal more probable, thatJudge Kybiq could make a slight, last-minute alteration of course, then slingshot itself around thefar side of Barbas and head for Wormhole 4 and an interception ofCorona.

The opposing forces were on courses that would intersect, both heading for Barbas to slingshot around the big planet and head for the inner system.

Consider UIPS limitations in nonrenewable metals, minerals and other vital reserves until Slingshot begins to produce.

Defense Alert One remains in effect at Slingshot construction site and throughout Plutonian Special Zone.

The Slingshot Logistics Depot, which occupies space within Plutonian jurisdiction, and all UIPS cargo transports entering Plutonian space, are subject to this inventory tax.

Fleet Commander of this Plutonian Security Force wishes to speak with the Commander of the Slingshot Logistics Depot.

These ships were part of a small protective force that the UIPS maintains in the Plutonian Special Zone for the safety of the Slingshot terminals and its logistics depot.

The other INOR ships will still rendezvous with the Plutonian fleet at Point Icarus, halfway between the depot and the Slingshot work site.

Huge, tusklike protrusions thrust upward from the bow, and between them was mounted what appeared to be a giant slingshot.

Their bicycles were leaned up against the lampposts on Main Street outside, and they had slingshots stuck in the back pockets of their jeans.

The trebuchets looked ungainly - oversized slingshots with heavy wooden beams bracing the armature for the firing paddle, which was winched back by stout hemp ropes, then released to snap upward, flinging its payload over the castle walls.

Soon he began to scratch at the keys, first with two fingers, then with his left hand, thumb capering on the space bar, eventually both hands working, ten fingers crashing on the keys, his head moving closer to the black machine, eyes appearing to follow the arc of each metal slingshot hurling ink upon the page.