at the reason has no bearing on the individual's fitness
for service, @ will be enlisted under a new name, with a Category F
ident code (prefix FFF); only the Imperial computer net has data on
both identities. The Cat F enlistee's career will not be restricted
except in one way: @ may not become an officer without resuming @'s
original name and ident code.

CE: Common Era, the Imperial term for what was called AD before the
Empire's formation. BC, in those terms, is BCE--Before the Common Era.
This change was made to avoid any implication that the Empire might
favor or promote any particular religion.

CENTAURUS, Sector 8:
Ruled by: No. systems: 356
Subsectors: 4 Inhabited planets: 217
A. Chiron C. Bast
B. Pholus D. Pan

CERBERUS, Subsector 2-E:
No. systems: 54 Sector: Hydra
with 3 inhabited planets: 2 Ruled by:
with 2 inhabited planets: 11
with 1 inhabited planet: 20

CHAMELEON, Sector 20:
Ruled by: No. systems: 397
Subsectors: 4 Inhabited planets: 226
A. Oghma C. Dagda
B. Thoth D. Ukko

CHANG, Cheong: (2050-2149) First Sovereign of the Terran Empire.
Retired from the USMC as a Major General in 2097. Became acquainted
with Reinhard Nannstein, an acquaintanceship that became a close
friendship. At Nannstein's urging, Chang entered Solar Federation
politics, rapidly earning a reputation for outstanding statesmanship
and unyielding integrity. Elected President of the Federation in 2124,
he was aware that his friend's work on gravitics (and the high
probability that faster-than-light travel would soon follow) would
require some drastic changes, and he began laying the groundwork for
them. In 2125, Nannstein invented hyperdrive; as humanity exploded
away from Terra, Chang and Nannstein acted. Democratic government,
even as loose as the Federation's, had become so obviously
impractical--and Chang was so highly regarded--that they were able to
persuade the Federation Congress to pass a constitutional amendment
dissolving the Federation and establishing the Terran Empire--on the
condition that Chang agree to be Emperor. One of his first acts on
assuming the Throne was to create the Rangers and nobility; another was
to direct the regularization of English. His a