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The enemy would, to the best of his ability, attack simultaneously at the port side of the Dorna and the starboard side of the Tesephone, but this maneuver, given a choppy sea, intermittent gusts of wind, the difference in vessels, a disparity of helmsmen and command, and the rocking of the target is more easily planned than executed. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 57, Sentence #20)

"Shields will be raised," I said. "Keep swords, knives, bludgeons, axes, ready". On the other side of our small 'fort in the sea', Tab and the crew of the Dorna were similarly observing the approach of a corsair ship and readying themselves for action. The enemy would, to the best of his ability, attack simultaneously at the port side of the Dorna and the starboard side of the Tesephone, but this maneuver, given a choppy sea, intermittent gusts of wind, the difference in vessels, a disparity of helmsmen and command, and the rocking of the target is more easily planned than executed. Ideally, from our point of view, the enemy vessels would be unable to attack our 'fort' at the same time, this permitting us to concentrate our forces in such a way as to match, or nearly match, the width of at least a first boarding party on one side. As suggested earlier, the lashing together of the Dorna and Tesephone made this possible, permitting a rapid, judicious distribution of men and resources, allowing them to be applied when and where most needed. As the prow of the corsair ship at our starboard side slipped past our stern deck, like a long, gliding sea tharlarion, her port oars were withdrawn. - (Avengers of Gor)