est
of such service, the Sandemans are realists; if a 'na gives greater
service or does a deed more heroic than may be reasonably expected, his
thakur will have the tattoo circled and allow his 'na to use his name
hyphenated with the 'na's own. If the 'na outlives his thakur, his
tattoo is barred with black to show honorable completion of service; if
it works out the other way, his thakur will see to honorable burial, if
possible at one of their clanhomes.

Although those are by far the commonest ways of ending the
relationship, two others are possible. If the 'na commits a serious
offense, the thakur may dismiss him by telling him something like,
"Leave me; I no longer need you." The real meaning is "You have
dishonored me"; the 'na is expected to atone by a painful death at
either his own or his clan-chief's hands. The other, since Dana
DruAlanna's case in 2624, is for the thakur to dismiss without offense,
in which case the 'na's tattoo is barred with black and service is
honorably terminated for both parties.

FELZINE: A mild, non-addictive tranquilizer.

FENRIS, Subsector 14-A:
No. systems: 174 Sector: Phoenix
with 3 inhabited planets: 7 Ruled by:
with 2 inhabited planets: 8
with 1 inhabited planet: 22
Arms: On a counter-ermine field, a gold star of four large and eight
small points, charged with a red circle on which is a silver wolf's
head.

FIEFS: The subdivisions of the Empire. As of 2568, the end of the
Traiti War--and including the new Traiti Sector--they are broken down
as follows:

21 Sectors, consisting of two to eight Subsectors apiece
106 Subsectors, averaging 53 inhabited planets in 36 systems
1,431 multi-inhabited-planet systems
2,388 single-inhabited-planet systems
5,596 inhabited planets

Fiefs cannot be combined. If the heir to a fief marries a ruling
noble, @ forfeits all claim to the fief @ was to inherit, and the next
oldest child becomes heir. If one heir or ruling noble marries
another, the Sovereign decides which forfeits @'s fief (usually the
lower-ranking, if they are of different levels) and who is to succeed
(usually the next oldest child).

FIELD AGENT: An IntelDiv officer with special training in covert
intelligence gathering. Although they often work openly, sometimes
even in uniform, they are not identified as field agents and are always
assigned to cases where their special skills