Rare.
With a modification of the pressor ray, the ships would pulverize those fragments into clouds of dust.
The squadron retreated, forming its shape as it went, until firm pressor rays behind the out-flung planes felt for and caught the core of Sanaronโs outermost planet.
The guard stopped them with a pressor ray as their feet hit an orange painted area six yards square. They stood, leaning forward, invisibly supported.
antedating 1942
Ross Rocklynne, 'Abyss of Darkness'
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