Fleet
Fleet adjective - Moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed.
Both words in one sentence
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Dick's short story Tony and the Beetles, where the whole enemy fleet is said to consist of armed freighters only.
Source: Standard Sci-Fi Fleet -
Legacy Vessel Naming: Every ship named Invincible has a very short lifespan - by the standards of a fleet where it's almost unheard of for a ship to survive three years past its commissioning.
Source: Literature / The Lost Fleet - A short battle between a Guild exploratory fleet and the Terran ships doesn't end well for the aliens.
Source: Literature / Ranks of Bronze
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