Book 26. (1 results) Witness of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 24 | 158 | His compensation is the banner View more quotes about guard">guard, usually four of his fellows whose duty it is to protect him and the ensign. |
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Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 24 | 155 | It requires a strong man under such conditions to keep it from being whipped from its boot. |
| 24 | 156 | It also, because of drag, reduces airspeed. |
| 24 | 157 | Too, obviously, it handicaps its bearer in combat. |
| 24 | 158 | His compensation is the banner guard, usually four of his fellows whose duty it is to protect him and the ensign. |
| 24 | 159 | Actual instructions in flight are usually auditory rather than visual. |
| 24 | 160 | They tend to be transmitted not by banners, or standards, or even pennons, but by tarn drums, trumpets, and such. |
| 24 | 161 | Even riderless birds, as I understand it, will often respond to these signals, the charge, the wheel to one attitude or another, the ascent, the dive, the retreat, and such. |
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It requires a strong man under such conditions to keep it from being whipped from its boot.
It also, because of drag, reduces airspeed.
Too, obviously, it handicaps its bearer in combat.
His compensation is the banner guard, usually four of his fellows whose duty it is to protect him and the ensign.
Actual instructions in flight are usually auditory rather than visual.
They tend to be transmitted not by banners, or standards, or even pennons, but by tarn drums, trumpets, and such.
Even riderless birds, as I understand it, will often respond to these signals, the charge, the wheel to one attitude or another, the ascent, the dive, the retreat, and such.
- (Witness of Gor)