PATTERN RAPPORT: An involuntary and extremely rare aspect of Talent in which two minds are completely merged for a brief time. Irschchan theory is that it happens when the parties' underminds decide it is necessary to resolve an impasse or conflict. PEACELORD: Ranger Esteban Tarlac, once he has passed his Ordeal and died. The last member of the Traiti Circle of Lords, his first act as Lord Esteban was to make possible an immediate, honorable end to the Traiti War. PEACELORD, Subsector 21-B: No. systems: 57 Sector: Traiti with 3 inhabited planets: 2 Ruled by: with 2 inhabited planets: 12 with 1 inhabited planet: 22 PEGASUS, Sector 5: Ruled by: No. systems: 386 Subsectors: 4 Inhabited planets: 215 A. Bayard C. Traveler B. Sleipnir D. Sandeman PERIDOPICLES: Ducal family, Sector 14. Legend has it that this family was cursed when the first Duke, Orion, defeated the "witch" Lilith and destroyed the Blue Crystal from which she gained her powers. As she was dying, she pronounced the curse that death would visit Orion's heirs through their children. The line is, in fact, subject to a genetic defect which is fatal to seventy-five percent of the children and can, in a way that has not yet been determined, be passed on to the pregnant mother, with a twenty-five percent fatality rate. Historians believe the Blue Crystal was a psionic amplifier, and that in destroying it, the Duke received a nonfatal dose of some unknown radiation which caused a genetic mutation passed in the male line; females who survive are invariably sterile. Children have an unusually high body radiation count, certain proof of parentage. (Linda Gerhart) PERIDOT: Sector: 20, Chameleon Year: Subsector: C, Dagda Day: System: Cuchulainn Gravity: Settled/established: Axial tilt: By: Oxygen: Satellites: % Water: Ident code prefix: PER Continents: Ruled by: General: Where Aleron Rourke and his daughter crashed after an inter-universe transition, as a result meeting Kiyoshi Owajima and Nevan DarLeras. PHOENIX, Sector 14 Ruled by: Peridopicles family No. systems: 660 Subsectors: 6 Inhabited planets: 304 A. Fenris D. Excalibur B. Unicorn E. Siren C. Gryphon F. Shamu Arms: On a black and red spiral field, a phoenix rising from flames, platinum. PHOLUS, Subsector 8-B: No. systems: 44 Sector: Centaurus with 3 inhabited planets: 7 Ruled by: with 2 inhabited planets: 10 with 1 inhabited planet: 27