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Had I kept a straight course I was reasonably confident that the next projectile, or its successor, would strike the Tesephone, perhaps crashing through the main deck, perhaps destroying a section of a rowing frame, in either case setting the ship afire. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 26, Sentence #35)

If a ship has a steering board on the right side, it is most convenient to disembark cargo from the left side of a ship, and thus the left side of the ship becomes the 'port side' of the ship. The reader may have noted that I am occasionally reluctant to use the expressions 'port' and 'starboard' in referring to one or another side of a ship. That is because I usually associate 'port' and 'starboard' with side-ruddered vessels. Had I kept a straight course I was reasonably confident that the next projectile, or its successor, would strike the Tesephone, perhaps crashing through the main deck, perhaps destroying a section of a rowing frame, in either case setting the ship afire. "Helms right, two points," I called. It is important to make evasive action as unpredictable as possible. The catapult master conjectures and the prey conjectures. - (Avengers of Gor)