skylance

To make another attack run, he needed even less exposure, and to fire his skylance first.

Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

Majer Noryan ordered the remaining Myrmidons from first squad and all Myrmidons from squad two to mount a concentrated skylance attack on the peak and the globe of light.

Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

The submarshal turned and sprinted to the riderless pteridon, first jamming the lightcutters into their holsters, then grabbing the skylance and half-vaulting, half-climbing into the saddle.

Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

The skylance beam slashed into the half-hidden weapon.

Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

He held his shields, although the effort was getting exhausting, and his fingers trembled, so much so that he laid the skylance across his thighs, his hands only resting on the weapon.

Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

Dyrmant continued to circle, skylance out, as Galya brought her pteridon down into a flare.

Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

Even before he finished the sentence, Galya's skylance flared.

Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

As he recalled, Faerylt had reported a single skylance lost two seasons earlier, but he saw no reason to mention it.

Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

The rear of the wagon was filled with crystals in matrices linked together so that the power drawn from the crystals and the life-force of the world could be concentrated and focused through a crystalline discharge formulator that looked like a larger version of the end of a skylance, except for the tip, which was shaped into an arc of sixty degrees.

Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006

He replaced the skylance in its sheath for a moment, and allowed himself a brief moment to stretch slightly while the pteridon began a climbing right-hand turn skyward.

Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006