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Vessel
Vessel noun - A small buoyant structure for travel on water.
Usage example: any vessel that is buoyant and steerable can be entered in the annual race down the river
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For human characters, Douglas Hooker from "The Ethics of Madness" becomes Known Space's record-holder for this trope, once he's spent 120,000 years (give or take a few centuries) fleeing his nemesis's vessel in a one-man ramship.
Source: Time Abyss - In "The Ethics of Madness" by Larry Niven, Douglas Hooker starts out as a mild example of this trope, and winds up taking it Up to Eleven after spending 120,000 years fleeing from his pursuer's vessel in a one-man ramship.
Source: Creature of Habit
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