Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 30 | 47 | "There are no shearing blades, at View more quotes about least">least as yet," I said. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 30 | 44 | "Perhaps," he said. |
| 30 | 45 | "Beyond even the Farther Islands," I said. |
| 30 | 46 | "Perhaps," he said, looking away. |
| 30 | 47 | "There are no shearing blades, at least as yet," I said. |
| 30 | 48 | Such blades are designed to shear away a galley's oars, thus crippling her, and preparing her for a ramming, usually amidships, which is a blow of considerable force, easily sufficient to rupture and flood the prey vessel, and occasionally sufficient to snap her in two. |
| 30 | 49 | One of the dangers of ramming is the possibility of fixing one's ram in the victim and inadvertently sharing her fate. |
| 30 | 50 | The structure of the ram is designed, naturally, to minimize this eventuality, and to facilitate its withdrawal by back-oaring. |
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"Perhaps," he said.
"Beyond even the Farther Islands," I said.
"Perhaps," he said, looking away.
"There are no shearing blades, at least as yet," I said.
Such blades are designed to shear away a galley's oars, thus crippling her, and preparing her for a ramming, usually amidships, which is a blow of considerable force, easily sufficient to rupture and flood the prey vessel, and occasionally sufficient to snap her in two.
One of the dangers of ramming is the possibility of fixing one's ram in the victim and inadvertently sharing her fate.
The structure of the ram is designed, naturally, to minimize this eventuality, and to facilitate its withdrawal by back-oaring.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)