1 inhabited planet: 26

POSEIDON, Subsector 17-C:
No. systems: 183 Sector: Indus
with 3 inhabited planets: 4 Ruled by:
with 2 inhabited planets: 10
with 1 inhabited planet: 17

POWER ARMOR: Full-metal armor with force-field shielding, used in
initial assaults and intense firefights. The force-field is the
armor's primary defense; the armor itself serves mostly as a weapons
platform, though if the force-field fails, it will sometimes provide
enough protection for the operator to reach safety. In most cases,
however, force-field failure is due to overload by enemy fire, and the
ensuing suit failure and powerpack disruption cause total destruction
of armor and operator both.

The armor is so massive that the operator cannot move it without
assistance. This is provided by internal sensors which amplify small
operator motions and transmit them to fusion-powered servos; these move
the armor itself. Since delicacy of control is more important than
sheer strength, which the armor provides, most power-armor specialists
are women.

PROMETHEUS, Subsector 18-E:
No. systems: 119 Sector: Aries
with 3 inhabited planets: 2 Ruled by:
with 2 inhabited planets: 10
with 1 inhabited planet: 23

PSIRYNE: The hormone responsible for psionic Talent in humans. It is
present even if the Talent is latent; even though this specific
connection was not discovered until 2572, the Narvonese used a specific
type of it as a "marker" of susceptibility to the pseudo-virus as early
as 2276.

PURGATORY:
Sector: 14, Phoenix Year:
Subsector: A, Fenris Day:
System: Origani Gravity:
Settled/established: N/A Axial tilt:
By: N/A Oxygen:
Satellites: % Water:
Ident code prefix: PUR Continents:
Ruled by: Baron of Origani
General: An average temperature of -40 F, almost constant snowfall, and
ferocious native fauna have made permanent settlements impractical.
Periodically, scientific and other teams make planetfall during the
short (seven standard day) summer, but must leave before fall, when
gale-force winds begin to blow.
Only known source of the keisha plant. (Linda Gerhart)

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