bility, and since 2280 all Imperial ruling
nobles in the system are required to be Kindred. Susceptibility tends
to run in families, though that is not always the case. Slightly over
half the children who become Kindred have at least one Kindred parent.

Contrary to popular belief when the Kins appeared, the Kindred are
neither predatory nor violent; their empathy prevents both, in many
cases to the point where some Kindred have difficulty defending
themselves. Because of this, they welcome the Imperial military, and
many areas of all three Narvonese planets have Sandeman police forces.
Violent sports are frowned on, considered in bad taste if not actually
obscene.

Despite (or perhaps because of) this pacifism, most Kindred who feel
capable of it spend some time in the Imperial military. Of these, most
serve in the Navy's Chaplain or Medical Corps, though some are
engineers or technicians. On rare occasion one will join the Marines;
so far all of these have gone to IntelDiv.

KINGDOM SYSTEMS: Twelve planets in nine systems. The first, St.
Thomas, was settled in 2158. The Systems' founders were Catholics who
disagreed with the Roman Church on a number of matters and either
separated themselves or were excommunicated, depending on point of
view, when they persisted in acting on their beliefs. They appealed to
the Empire, which refused to intervene in a religious dispute. The
dissidents then fled, claiming persecution, in three small,
barely-spaceworthy craft. When contact was lost and the Rescue Service
was unable to find them, they were listed as missing and presumed dead.

Instead, they had gone well beyond what would be Imperial space for the
next several centuries. Limited resources and numerous plagues made
their growth slow, but it was steady, and by the time St. Michael was
settled in 2180, the monarchial system was well established, the Royal
Enforcement Service was in place and operating, and the Church had its
own Pope.

KINNISON, Subsector 7-A:
No. systems: 144 Sector: Cygnus
with 3 inhabited planets: 2 Ruled by:
with 2 inhabited planets: 10
with 1 inhabited planet: 20

KINS: The majority (90%) of those susceptible to and changed by the
nosferatu pseudo-virus. They first appeared in 2275, the result of a
laboratory accident. Kins develop great physical strength and
projective empathy, as well as the elongated canines that are the
visible