What is "picket ship"

Usage examples of "picket ship".

He could see another gout of flame spurting from its bow and engulfing a Malwa picket ship.

It could be days or even weeks before a picket ship came out to replace the drone with a new one.

He was on a huge floating city in space, a picket ship and base camp for those who guarded the four prison worlds of the Warden Diamond, a third of a light-year out and beyond the range of the Warden's own peculiar weapons.

As he left the picket ship via the narrow umbilical, his body adapting to free-fall with built-in ease, he eagerly anticipated his return to claim what was rightfully his--the triumphant beginning of his new existence.

Josefs sergeant and as much a weapon as any on the picket ship under his command, she was a powerful empath.

The picket ship continued closing until its own sensors had confirmed Elliot's description of her charges, then swung back towards its original station with a courteous welcome.

The picket ship continued closing until its own sensors had confirmed Elliots description of her charges, then swung back towards its original station with a courteous welcome.

He had chosen mess duty as a welcome break from the tedium of being a Special Response Team leader on a picket ship where nothing happened .

He was thinking that if there were a picket ship in orbit, she might also be kept busy by a rash of false alarms.

Not as pretty or sleek as a starship, the Chesapeake-class cruiser was an advanced defensive picket ship.

The problem, for them, is that it's less a picket ship than a pursuit ship.