Palace and a lifetime income independent of
Corps salary. However, the new Sovereign, Jasmine Wang, asked him to
continue his special services to the Sovereign without the oath of
fealty. Since he was positive his thakur would have wished that, even
though she had not asked it of him, he agreed; as a result, until his
death in 2855, the various Sovereigns had a personal special agent who,
until his fealty oath, had been the best field agent in IntelDiv.

LERAS, Riordan Dar-: Warleader of the Sandeman fleet that approached
Mjolnir in 2541. When he was defeated in a duel with Gaelan DarShona,
Baron Frederick Klaes' thakur-na, he was honor-bound to provide
protection for Klaes' world, which he did by leaving part of his fleet
on guard there. Grandfather of Nevan, through Kelly.

LESSA, Subsector 7-E:
No. systems: 46 Sector: Cygnus
with 3 inhabited planets: 3 Ruled by:
with 2 inhabited planets: 11
with 1 inhabited planet: 27

LIBIDINE: A persistent, but non-addictive, aphrodisiac with no known
side effects. Effects vary from simple receptiveness with a trigger
dose, to release of all cultural sexual restraints with a stronger one.

LIFE-DEBT (Sandeman): The debt a Sandeman clan owes one not of that
clan who gives one of its members Last Gift. This always means the
person may ask Last Gift of any clanmember, whether battle-companion or
not, with the certainty it will be given, and for a warrior, if
captured that he will not be tortured for information. (W'women and
Others, by custom, are always immune from torture.) A specific
individual repayment is between the giver and the receiver's clan-chief.

LIFEPOD: A cocoon-shaped field medical unit which is capable of
providing total life support.

LIGHTSABER: An energy weapon developed by Clan Vader of Sandeman,
inspired by the ones in the Star Wars trilogy they call the Saga. As
in the Saga, it is a large hilt containing the powerpack and other
equipment needed to generate a controlled-length, high-intensity laser
beam "blade". It first came to Imperial attention in 2542, when Leigh
DarVader bequeathed his to Ranger James Medart as a death-gift. At
that time the powerpack would support less than five minutes' blade
activation, making the saber impressive but of little or no practical
use. Within two years, however, Imperial scientists were able to
develop a powerpack that lasted over half an hour, making