INTELDIV: The ITMC Intelligence Division. The smallest of the three major specialty divisions, it is responsible for gathering and analyzing information. Most information gathering is done openly, but occasionally Evaluation Teams, and much of the time field agents, must operate covertly. INTERNAL COMBUSTION: Power provided by explosions of fuel, usually alcohol, inside a motor. Used very little since the development of fusion and T/CT technology. IRSCHCHA: Sector: 8, Centaurus Year: Subsector: C, Bast Day: System: Tiandes Gravity: 995 cm/sec2 Settled/established: N/A Axial tilt: By: N/A Oxygen: Satellites: 2 % Water: Ident code prefix: ISC Continents: Ruled by: The one with strongest Talent, who is also High Adept of the White Order General: Discovered in 2527 by Jamie MacLeod, Irschcha promptly joined the Empire. It is slightly cooler than Terra, and has no large cities. IRSCHCHANS: Felinoids averaging 158 cm in height, 50-52 kilos in weight. They are strong for their size, and fast. Since they are also covered with thick, tawny fur, it is difficult for humans to tell the sexes apart--especially since their enthusiastic adoption of kilts within days after MacLeod's arrival. They were scarcely less enthusiastic about joining the Empire, and except for an abortive rebellion, have been good citizens. The rebellion was motivated by the fact that Irschchans have and use Talent, which in humans at the time was untrained at best and thought to be imaginary at worst. The Irschchans have recognized and used it for approximately 5,600 years, with the best becoming members of what they considered a natural ruling elite, the White Order. That Talent seemed to make them equally-natural rulers of the Empire, and in 2569 the White Order, led by its High Adept (who was also the Planetary Baron) rebelled. The rebellion was stopped thanks primarily to one of High Adept Thark's students, Corina Losinj, who was persuaded to become the first non-human Ranger in the process--thus removing the reason for the rebellion. ISHTAR, Subsector 16-C: No. systems: 113 Sector: Virgo with 3 inhabited planets: 1 Ruled by: with 2 inhabited planets: 8 with 1 inhabited planet: 19 ISIS, Subsector 16-B: No. systems: 83 Sector: Virgo with 3 inhabited planets: 3 Ruled by: with 2 inhabited planets: 9 with 1 inhabited planet: 19 J JAEL: A warrior culture on Lupus. When prisoners are taken, the males are neutered, the females forced to bear a child the captors will keep, then the prisoners are released.