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Most commonly, cyphers are involved, as opposed to signals for words or commands, such as 'enemy sighted', 'prepare for battle', 'convene', 'withdraw', 'return to port', and such. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 4, Sentence #32)

On the stem deck of the Dorna, surmounting the stem castle, we counted the beats. Commonly the same drum used by the keleustes to adjust and regularize rowing serves for signaling. There are many differences in how this is done, given the desiderata of clarity, speed, secrecy, and such. Most commonly, cyphers are involved, as opposed to signals for words or commands, such as 'enemy sighted', 'prepare for battle', 'convene', 'withdraw', 'return to port', and such. The cyphers, substitution cyphers naturally, are correlated, in one way or another, with letters in the Gorean alphabet, a long beat followed by two short beats, say, standing for a given letter, and so on. In some signaling, visual, utilizing flags, pennons, lanterns, torches, or such, and auditory, utilizing a drum, trumpet, or such, a different arrangement is used, which is generally thought to be easier to read, particularly by unsophisticated readers. The alphabet is divided into a limited number of groups, and each group contains its letters in sequence. - (Avengers of Gor)