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The enemy, I gathered, had not expected a vessel the size of the ship of Tersites, and many stood confused below, crying out, and shaking their weapons. - (Mariners of Gor, Chapter 16, Sentence #102)

Our first defense, of course, was the ship itself, its height. To my dismay I saw the boarding party, surprised and outnumbered by dozens to one, swept aside in bloody rout. A hundred Pani must have leapt into the galley, which rocked and almost capsized. The enemy, I gathered, had not expected a vessel the size of the ship of Tersites, and many stood confused below, crying out, and shaking their weapons. This was no ascent of a few feet, to the deck of a common round ship, or that of the batten-sailed ships of the sort with which we had familiarized ourselves in the Vine Sea. Some grapnels, on knotted rope, were slung upward from the galley, but fell short. I heard weapons being spilled on the deck, brought from below, and men seized up blades, spears, axes, and pikes. - (Mariners of Gor)