with 3 inhabited planets: 3 Ruled by:
with 2 inhabited planets: 11
with 1 inhabited planet: 22

B

BADER, Lawrence: Imperial Ranger. Recruited Jess Winters as Sovereign
of Alternate Sierra, 2683.

BALIK: (Sandeman) A solitary lupoid predator. Females tend to nest
and bear their kits in the mountains or high foothills. (Sylvia
Stevens)

BAST, Subsector 8-C:
No. systems: 158 Sector: Centaurus
with 3 inhabited planets: 3 Ruled by:
with 2 inhabited planets: 10
with 1 inhabited planet: 24

BATTLE-COMPANION: (Sandeman) One who has fought beside another for
some time, or done a combat-related service for the other deserving
such recognition. Battle-companions are usually warriors/w'women, but
Others are acknowledged as such occasionally. Under highly unusual
circumstances, even an enemy may become a battle-companion, at which
point @ is no longer an enemy. Battle-companions will give each other
Last Gift without question if asked, and when using High War Speech,
employ the familiar mode.

BATTLEPREP: (Sandeman) A combat-oriented form of need, induced by
mental and physical concentration. Unlike the sexual form of induced
need, which will subside on its own with no more effect than a slight
shortening of the warrior's cycle, battleprep involves the entire body;
unless the warrior goes into demanding combat within an hour or two, he
will go into overload and die. As this is well known, a warrior will
prep only when combat is imminent.

Battleprep is often referred to as a berserker state, but that is only
partially correct. The prepped warrior is only marginally, if at all,
aware of pain and wounds; blood clots quickly to minimize loss; speed
and strength are heightened on the same order as that of someone of
average strength who can suddenly lift a car to save an infant. Beyond
this, however, the berserker analogy breaks down, because the warrior
retains his full intelligence and judgement. This combination makes a
battleprepped warrior one of the most dangerous beings in the known
universe.

BAYARD, Subsector 5-A:
No. systems: 92 Sector: Pegasus
with 3 inhabited planets: 5 Ruled by:
with 2 inhabited planets: 8
with 1 inhabited planet: 20

BCE: Before the Common Era. Usually called BC (Before Christ) prior
to the Empire. See CE