JASON, Richard: Head of Jason Interstellar Enterprises, until 2624 an Empire-wide consortium. His unsuccessful attempt to have his thakur-na (Dana Manfredi/DruAlanna) murdered, followed by his order for her to seek the death of a 'na who has dishonored @'s thakur, resulted in a death sentence for him if he remained on Sandeman, and loss of all property in Subsector Sandeman. The Traiti Sector and several other jurisdictions followed suit, as far as banning JIE from doing business, when the circumstances became known. JIREL, Subsector 7-D: No. systems: 184 Sector: Cygnus with 3 inhabited planets: 1 Ruled by: with 2 inhabited planets: 11 with 1 inhabited planet: 23 JUDICIARY, IMPERIAL: The Empire has no judiciary as such, since it has a minimal number of laws and they are violated seldom enough that a separate judiciary would be impractical. Instead, disputes and violations are handled by the commanding officer of the nearest Imperial base or ship. Appeals are permitted--for cause, not as a matter of routine--through all higher levels of command, up to and including the Sovereign. Very few of those appealed, however, go further than one or two levels. K KA'NAYA: (Traiti) Female person. Used by a male to a female not of his clan, with or without another title. It is a form of respectful address equivalent to "My Lady" or "Excellency." KAPLAN, Robert: Leader of the Nemran rebellion, in which Ranger Esteban Tarlac was seriously injured. Second child of Count Jonathan Kaplan. KA'RUCHAYA: (Traiti) Literally, "female clan parent"; Clan Mother. KEISHA: An aphrodisiac drug produced from a plant of the same name, which grows only on Purgatory. Processed by a secret method known only to one merchant family on Origani, the drug is extremely expensive and has almost religious connotations. Attempts to grow the plant elsewhere, or duplicate the refining process, have been uniformly unsuccessful. (Linda Gerhart) KETTER: Sector: 5, Pegasus Year: Subsector: A, Bayard Day: System: Webster Gravity: Settled/established: Axial tilt: By: Oxygen: Satellites: % Water: Ident code prefix: KET Continents: Ruled by: General: A poor world, its local economy is based on smuggling. Ketteran local nobles own and operate smuggling ships, with their social standing determined by the amount of wealth they contribute to the planet's economy.