By 6:30 am, the ship had stood on her bow and slid under, according to a report published the next day.
Rashid had probably been keeping an eye on them since their ship slid out of slipspace.
Slowly the ship toppled and slid below the waves.
The pirate ship slid into motion, gathering speed, and streaked away.
The ship hit the shield and slid on down.
The crippled ship was sliding away from him even as he watched.
The ship bucked again and slid away- There were already men standing in the broken window.
The ship slid through space on a wake of darkness.
His ship still had some way and was sliding steadily into the mouth of the estuary.
The view closed in on the aircraft and the ship slid rapidly off the bottom edge of the screen.