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Of the twelve ships in my diversion, five were my fastest and seven were among the fastest in the arsenal. - (Raiders of Gor, Chapter 14, Sentence #203)

If each of them could lure their two or three hounds astray, the odds of engagement at the truly critical points would be so much the more in my favor. I was willing to spend one ship to draw two or three enemy ships from the battle, if battle there was to be. And, of course, as soon as the enemy ships would turn back, they would be vulnerable to my own, presumably faster vessels. Of the twelve ships in my diversion, five were my fastest and seven were among the fastest in the arsenal. I now turned the glass again to the ship fleeing me. As I had expected, he had now begun to draw substantially ahead, since I had reduced to half of maximum beat. In another four or five Ehn I expected he would regard his lead as sufficient to permit him the time to safely come about and engage. - (Raiders of Gor)