Arghh possibly undefined..cant access function

programming flash
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Here’s my code

          
 package
 {
     import flash.display.MovieClip;
     import flash.events.*;
     import flash.utils.Timer;
     
     
     public class Game extends MovieClip
     {
         public var ship:Ship = new Ship;
         public var gameTimer:Timer;
         
         
         public function Game()
         {
             gameTimer=new Timer(25);
             gameTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,onTick);
             gameTimer.start();
             trace ("game on line");
             addChild(ship);
            
         }
         
         public function onTick(timerEvent:TimerEvent):void
         {
             trace("onTick")
             moveTheShip(); [U]//I also Tried “ship.moveTheShip();”[/U]
             
         }
     }
 }

and…

package  
 {
     import flash.display.MovieClip;
     import flash.events.*;
     import flash.ui.Keyboard;
     import flash.utils.Timer;
     import game;
 

     
     public class Ship extends MovieClip
     {    
         
         
         public function Ship()
         {
             trace("ship checking in");
             
             function moveTheShip():void
             {
                 
                   trace("soFarSoGood");
                 
             }
         }
     }
 }

it seems simple enough but I’m getting

1180: Call to a possibly undefined method moveTheShip.

What the… can someone help

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