Margaret Weis

bot n.	1991 M. Weiss King's Test i.ii.8 Yanking it off, he tossed it over his shoulder to the 'bot.
cyborg n.	1991 M. Weiss King’s Test i. viii. 70 A hulking cyborg encased in a protective suit, he twiddled a robotic arm at what was left of the space plane.
deep space n.	1991 M. Weiss King’s Test i. i. 5 The guard…looked as if he wished the ship’s hull would crack open, suck him into deepspace.
hyperspace n.	1991 M. Weiss King’s Test i. iii. 18 One giant enemy mothership had been destroyed, but another had come out of nowhere (or hyperspace, which amounted to the same thing).
mother ship n.	1991 M. Weiss King's Test i. iii. 18 One giant enemy mothership had been destroyed, but another had come out of nowhere (or hyperspace, which amounted to the same thing).
offworld adv.	1991 M. Weiss King's Test i.iii.24 At least the next time I stole it I took it off-world.
spaceworthy adj.	1991 M. Weiss King’s Test i.iv. 28 Fly off all planes, including those that are damaged if they're at all spaceworthy.
stellar cartography n.	1998 M. Weis & T. Hickman Nightsword xxi. 204 ‘Thought you might help us out with a little stellar cartography problem.’ ‘Help you I can, but pay me you must,’ the little man said, his long pointed ears flapping in anticipation.