Captain and first mate watched as actuality repeated simulation and the beams inexorably pushed defenseless ships into the maw of the Eye.
The defenseless Romulan ship flared up in a bright, explosive glow and then vanished.
That was his goal--keep the ship not totally defenseless, but weak enough that Data wouldn't try anything drastic.
Twenty-one eleven-inch shells struck the defenseless ship.
You just destroyed a defenseless ship which didn't even fire at you.
To him the one-hour trip between Breskens and Flushing "in completely darkened ships, exposed and defenseless, was a most unpleasant experience."
When his second-in-command asks Lanser if they might be judged according to the way they attacked the defenseless ship, Lanser replies only that the British will surely judge them.
They were bad tactics, but the only ones a defenseless ship like the Adastra could even contemplate.
She'd never intended to do any damage to the tiny defenseless ship, or harm those aboard it.
They wanted safety, security, a world without threats, a universe in which they could swoop down on defenseless ships or planets and take what they wanted.