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A smooth beat, however it is timed, is important, particularly in battle, as an awkwardness or mixing of oars can lead to an impairment of maneuverability. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 26, Sentence #10)

Such dances often involve intricate footwork and swift, if rhythmic, bodily movements. Sometimes, too, particularly when silence is important, the keleustes times the beat by means of a flag, cloth or wand; at night a shielded lantern, opened and closed, may be used. As the rowers face the stern, they have a full view of the keleustes at all times. A smooth beat, however it is timed, is important, particularly in battle, as an awkwardness or mixing of oars can lead to an impairment of maneuverability. It is a rare captain who is not particular in his choice of a keleustes. I clutched the rail of the stern deck, looking upward, uneasily tracing the long, graceful, looping arc of the fire-streaming projectile launched from the ship in our wake. It fell into the water, with a great splash, hissing and steaming, some two or three yards abeam. - (Avengers of Gor)