The ship is maintaining cruising speed directly into the wind.
They were right I couldn't be certain the ship could maintain thrust long enough.
The ships are clean and well maintained - if you don't peer too closely.
"The third ship continues to back off, and is maintaining weapons lock."
The ship and others like it had maintained orbit around Saturn for almost a century.
All other ships had maintained their distance or backed away.
So, given the fact that the ship had maintained the same course and speed for the last week or so, why change now?
The ships were maintaining those schedules to the minute, as usual.
The problem comes when it is time to leave the island, as the ship cannot hold or maintain a dragon.
The ship maintained a field between itself and that plate.