Full record for inertial damper n.

Definition a hypothetical device used for partially neutralising the effects of inertia
OED requirements any evidence 1998
Earliest cite Greg Cox, 'Assignment: Eternity'
Comment Suggested by Jeffrey Glen Jackson.
Cite submitted have tended to be from Star Trek related works: Adam Buchbinder submitted a 2005 cite from Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore's "Home Fires"

Non-Trek sources:
Ralf Brown located non-Trek cites in etexts of the following works:
Anderson Gentry, "The Crider Chronicles" (2005)
John Ringo, "When the Devil_Dances" (2002) and "A Hymn Before Battle (2000)
E.S. Strout, "Blue Shift" (in Planet Magazine #33, March Quarter, 2002)
Cites from printed publication of these works (and any others not listed) are wanted.
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Citations for inertial damper n.

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1998 W. Shatner et al. Spectre ii. 22 The ship's artificial gravity field and inertial dampers compensated for the buffeting.
1998 W. Shatner et al. Spectre xix. 226 With a gentle lag of the inertial dampers, he felt the St. Lawrence bank to port.
1998 G. Cox Assignment: Eternity v. 73 Kirk felt a slight tug of centrifugal force as the Enterprise spun around on its axis, then leaped forward at warp speed, pushing the limits of its inertial dampers.