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The ideal for an enemy contemplating boarding was clearly, if possible, to utilize two ships and draw alongside the target vessel on both the port and starboard side, thus permitting a simultaneous, coordinated attack, analogous to a land action in which an enemy can be attacked both on the front and rear, or on both flanks. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 53, Sentence #174)

Let them think they can have us when they please". "You gamble for time," said Sakim. "Hopefully," I said, "they will do no more than keep us in sight until they are joined by the two ships to port". The ideal for an enemy contemplating boarding was clearly, if possible, to utilize two ships and draw alongside the target vessel on both the port and starboard side, thus permitting a simultaneous, coordinated attack, analogous to a land action in which an enemy can be attacked both on the front and rear, or on both flanks. To do this in one maneuver the enemy would require four ships, two for the Dorna and two for the Tesephone. That necessitated being joined by at least one of the two ships to port. I looked to the sun, Sol, Tor-tu-Gor, the common star of Earth and Gor, of dozens of orbiting bodies, from massive to miniscule. - (Avengers of Gor)