ther
than a threat, and joined the Empire for the chance to use them.

MULTIVERSE: A group of related alternate universes. Exactly where one
multiverse ends and another begins is not definite, since there is
overlap, sometimes considerable. Grouping alternates into multiverses,
though, makes it easy to refer to such a group without having to
identify each alternate by its official designation.

N

NANNSTEIN, Reinhard: (2100-2142) A Da Vinci-type genius, Nannstein
developed the science of gravitics in 2123, financed by a small
inheritance he had invested and turned into a fortune. Still working
independently, despite many offers from industry and government, he
invented hyperdrive in 2125. Working with his friend Cheong Chang, he
helped establish the Empire, then designed and supervised the building
of the Imperial Palace in Antarctica. He disappeared in 2142 while
testing an improvement of the hyperdrive.

NARVON System:
Sector: 16, Virgo No. planets: 12
Subsector: A, Athena Inhabited: 3
Ruled by: Nilssun family

General: Since the Kindred became widespread, in the early 2280s, this
is one of the most peaceful systems in the Empire. Random violence,
such as natural disasters and accidents, is inevitable--but it is in
extremely bad taste to put pictures of the victims on the nightly news.
The same with victims of violent crime, much less the crime itself.
Violent sports aren't illegal, but they are not organized, and they are
considered lower-class. In drama, violence (especially bloody
violence) is treated about the way sex was on mid-twentieth-century
North American television. Intimacy, emotional and physical, is the
primary theme of Narvonese entertainment.

NARVON II:
Sector: 16, Virgo Year:
Subsector: A, Athena Day:
System: Narvon Gravity:
Settled/established: 2219 Axial tilt:
By: Colonists from Narvon III Oxygen:
Satellites: 2 % Water:
Ident code prefix: NAN Continents:
Ruled by:
General: Required minor terraforming.

NARVON III:
Sector: 16, Virgo Year:
Subsector: A, Athena Day:
System: Narvon Gravity:
Settled/established: 2133