The hull groaned, and there were more sharp bangs.
The hull groaned but held.
The pod's outer hull groaned and squealed from the pressures it endured, and the sensors blinked out one by one till they were practically flying blind.
The hull groaned and cracked as indicators screamed the ship's situation and listed its problems.
And the ship's hull groaned as the crests and troughs constantly stressed and supported, lifted and dropped.
Perhaps half a second later, the Helkez Torvo shuddered, her hull groaning as though in the grip of some angry deep-space deity.
The hull groaned and shuddered with stresses.
Sulu had to veer away, twisting, to avoid collision, and Enterprise's hull groaned from stem to stern as he did it.
The dugout's lower hull groaned as it began to slide down the stone ramp.
The hull groaned and the engines screeched.