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n. (plural of light engine English)
Usage examples of "light engines".
Erica LeMay came up with a scheme to give us power in the sub-light engines.
Marooned, he sets his course for the nearest planet using his sub - light engines.
Deep within the battle site were bright power spikes and giant arcs of energy, side effects of all the ruptured faster-than-light engines.
Retribution took a hit that damaged sub-light engines, and we had to lay up for a day.
It would seem that those incredibly powerful and light engines, rocket engines, would certainly burst anything so slight.
Its faster-than-light engines roared to life and, a heartbeat later, the ship leaped into warp space and was gone.
In the past, saucer sections had been limited in their maneuverability owing to the fact that the faster-than-light engines remained with the warp-drive section of the ship during separation.
They would have to use conventional drive to move some distance from Paradis and the red star system before they could engage their faster-than-light engines.
Those guys dragged light engines along to knock holes in enemy formations.