Ruled by:
with 2 inhabited planets: 8
with 1 inhabited planet: 24

AGNI, Subsector 11-B:
No. systems: 153 Sector: Gemini
with 3 inhabited planets: 4 Ruled by:
with 2 inhabited planets: 12
with 1 inhabited planet: 24

ALANNA, Clan: First of the Sandeman clans. Famous for its outstanding
edged weapons.

ALANNA, Dana Dru-: Originally Dana Manfredi. A Terran woman who swore
personal fealty to Richard Jason. When Jason repudiated her after
trying to kill her, Dana asked the Alanna clan-chief's help in making
atonement for allowing him to accept an unworthy thakur-na. After
seeing the evidence, the Alanna instead asked Clan Miklos to convene a
planet-wide conference, and asked Clan Vader to rule on both Dana's and
Jason's actions. The decision was that Dana had acted properly and
Jason had not; the Alanna then offered her his clan's countenance
(essentially adoption), and when she accepted, claimed Chief's Right on
her behalf. The conference agreed with that, banning Jason from any
business in Subsector Sandeman, declaring his property forfeit, and
giving him a day to get off-world or be killed by the first warrior who
saw him. It also named Dana to the warrior caste and gave her the
right to wear honor-black. ("Thakur-Na")

ALDRAS:
Sector: 16, Virgo Year:
Subsector: C, Ishtar Day:
System: Elder Gravity:
Settled/established: Axial tilt:
By: Oxygen:
Satellites: % Water:
Ident code prefix: ALS Continents:
Ruled by: Fayette family
(Barbara Tennison)

ALPH, Subsector 17-A:
No. systems: 95 Sector: Indus
with 3 inhabited planets: 3 Ruled by:
with 2 inhabited planets: 9
with 1 inhabited planet: 20

ALTERNATE UNIVERSES: Until the first ship from a provably alternate
universe appeared in the Empire, these were thought to be mathematical
abstractions. Afterward, however, they were accepted as fact. That
first confirmed inter-universe transition, like most, was the result of
a drive malfunction, and led to the further discovery that if the drive
was repairable, the ship's next hyper-transition would take it away
(from what happened to Imperial ships, return it to its own univer