Even so, the trial ends in humiliation for the crew when the ship rams an aircraft carrier-again.
After several close calls, the ship rammed a reef nine miles out of the settlement.
Such a ship could ram into a pier or breach its hull if it tried docking any time outside the period of slack water.
The ship might suddenly have rammed head-long into a brick wall.
The ship had just rammed into the door.
"Not in such a hurry I want my ship rammed."
"Gill, d'you remember that dead ship we found rammed halfway through an asteroid?"
Any ship that tried to break the chain would ram itself.
The ship managed to outrun the attackers and also rammed their vessel.
"Brace for- " It felt like the ship rammed into a brick wall.