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There are few who have met the long, low, swift, knifelike ram ships of Port Kar, often painted green, which color blends in with many of the moods of Thassa, either as corsairs or attack vessels, who do not respect, even dread and fear them. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 11, Sentence #49)

Indeed, many of the buildings abutting directly on the canals, those fortresslike dwellings earlier alluded to, may have been designed originally to provide a defense not so much against foreign aggressors as local, domestic predation. It is interesting that men who might rob and slay one another without thought or compunction when ashore will when at sea, and "of the ship," as it is said, constitute a reliable, loyal, efficient, disciplined crew. Port Kar is protected not only by its walls, but by the vastness of, and the dangers of, the delta on her east and north, and by the sea on her south and west. There are few who have met the long, low, swift, knifelike ram ships of Port Kar, often painted green, which color blends in with many of the moods of thassa, either as corsairs or attack vessels, who do not respect, even dread and fear them. As the story goes, Cos and Tyros, some years ago, built, equipped, manned, and launched a mighty fleet, to destroy Port Kar, to be done at last with "the Scourge of thassa". This fleet was not only massive and formidable, but was generally seen as invincible. Panic, like wind and darkness, swept the streets. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 11)