<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKatika kesi kama yao, basi, kulikuwa na nafasi ndogo au hakuna nafasi kwamba meli nyingine ingekuwa kuja ndani ya mbalimbali ya subetherics yao isipokuwa kwa uwezekano mkubwa zaidi wa matukio.  <response>: In a case such as theirs, then, there was little or no chance that another ship would come within range of their subetherics except for the most improbable of coincidences. 