The wounded and those no longer fit to fight were transferred to the slower vessels which fell back to keep pace with the state barge.

My own slower vessels can afford to trail; there's no foe behind us.

Sib was right: there was no defense- A much slower vessel with super-light proton cannon, a lumbering tub called Gutbuster, had killed his-no, Morn's-mother; had nearly killed her father's entire command.

If you reboard clandestinely and attempt to flee, they will overtake your slower vessel and bombard it with their fire catapults.

Vorian might have a head start, but the Dream Voyager was a slower vessel, designed for long hauls.

Yoshino pursued Jiyuen, but for uncertain reasons was unable to catch the slower vessel.

Horatio immediately responded and then circled the slower French vessel and raked her before Rousseau could respond.

The third and most common method of colonist travel is via lifeships, slower but safer multigenerational vessels that may take centuries to reach their destination.

Illegal immigrants transiting through the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, for example, pay more if they travel the 70 miles between the two islands by speedboat than by the slower, more crowded vessels called yolas.

Prior to this the route was serviced by slower vessels.