Book 23. (1 results) Renegades of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 42 | The giant grapnel is View more quotes about hurled">hurled by an engine and then, either with the second arm of the engine, or by the same arm, reversed, drawn back with great force. |
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Book 23. (7 results) Renegades of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 39 | Pikes for repelling boarders, it might be noted, are often greased near the blade end. |
| 16 | 40 | This makes it harder for boarders to grasp them, wrenching them away, forcing gaps in the pike wall, and so on. |
| 16 | 41 | I will append one qualification to these observations pertaining to grapnels which is to acknowledge the giant, chain grapnel, and its relative, the grapnel derrick. |
| 16 | 42 | The giant grapnel is hurled by an engine and then, either with the second arm of the engine, or by the same arm, reversed, drawn back with great force. |
| 16 | 43 | This can rip away the crests of walls, tear off roofs, and such. |
| 16 | 44 | If Cosians used them here they might have created gaps in the battlements. |
| 16 | 45 | The effectiveness of such a device, however, given the weights involved, and the loss of force in the draw, is much compromised by the necessity of extreme proximity to the target. |
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Pikes for repelling boarders, it might be noted, are often greased near the blade end.
This makes it harder for boarders to grasp them, wrenching them away, forcing gaps in the pike wall, and so on.
I will append one qualification to these observations pertaining to grapnels which is to acknowledge the giant, chain grapnel, and its relative, the grapnel derrick.
The giant grapnel is hurled by an engine and then, either with the second arm of the engine, or by the same arm, reversed, drawn back with great force.
This can rip away the crests of walls, tear off roofs, and such.
If Cosians used them here they might have created gaps in the battlements.
The effectiveness of such a device, however, given the weights involved, and the loss of force in the draw, is much compromised by the necessity of extreme proximity to the target.
- (Renegades of Gor)