). Green indicates
the Sovereign (wide) and Rangers (2 narrow); white is for Dukes, yellow
for Earls, orange for Counts, and red for Barons (in all of these a
wide band is for a Life Noble, two narrow for a Ruling Noble and @'s
Consort and Heir, one narrow for a Life Noble's spouse and a Ruling
Noble's younger children). Black indicates Marines, blue Navy, with
wide band for Imperial regulars, two narrows for Imperial reservists,
and one narrow for local forces.

CODES, IDENT: (Stories) Only S and R indicate status in this group
(Sovereign and Rangers, respectively); with the first and last letters
of the individual's name, these form a three-letter prefix. All others
have a five-letter prefix, with the first three being a home-planet
identifier (preferably the first three letters in the Imperial English
alphabet, but modified where necessary to prevent duplication), again
with the first and last letters of the individual's name. The prefix
is followed by an eight-digit number that precisely identifies the
individual.

(TE Society) These were set up to allow computer separation, if it
ever becomes necessary, by Imperial status; the first letter indicates
that with S for Sovereign, R for Ranger, N for Imperial noble, C for
citizens derived (or derivable) from the original TE stories, and E for
citizens of extra-universal origin. TE is simply for Terran Empire,
and the numbering is consecutive, assigned when enough information is
available to do so--usually when the Admin Service has a persona form
to work from.

COLD PEAK RANGE: A Sandeman mountain range, mostly on Clan Torrance
territory. It is supposed to be the most beautiful mountain scenery on
the planet, but is visited by few Sandemans other than Torrance hunting
parties because of the general Sandeman dislike for low temperatures.

COMBAT DIVISION: The largest of the ITMC's major specialty divisions,
it is responsible for all directly combat-related activity, including
such things as basic training.

COMM IMPLANT: A surgically implanted communications system consisting
of a transmitter in the throat and a receiver at the mastoid bone.
Imperial implants have an always-active receiver and touch-activated
transmitter, which can also be computer-activated if the comp initiates
the contact and expects an answer.

COMP: Computer, of any type and size from a hand-held personal model
to an Imperial Battle Cruiser's or other artificial intelligence.