Maybe sometimes they have to charge up their weapons from a nearby sun, and that takes a while.
Outside, there was no nearby sun and they were passing through the abyss of interstellar space.
The pilot would drive for the nearby sun in one or more short overdrive jumps.
The flaming nearby sun and its family of planets was the Canis solar system.
It was like a nearby sun when it touched the western horizon.
Light from a nearby sun splashed across its craggy surface.
There was a nearby sun, looking as normal as one from their own universe might.
He could see now that the bright part was hard and smooth, reflecting the light of the nearby sun.
He lives in Landen until it is discovered that the world has suddenly shifted off course and directly towards a nearby sun.
"As for fuel, we can adapt our collectors to run on plasma from any nearby sun."