Ships carrying other VIPs retain their names, identifying the senior's rank, whether crewwen or passenger, by the following Distinguished Visitor codes: DV-1: Ranger DV-2: Duke, Fleet Admiral, or Commandant of the Marine Corps DV-3: Earl or Admiral DV-4: Count, Marine Lieutenant General, or Navy Vice Admiral DV-5: Baron, Marine Major General, or Navy Rear Admiral DV-6: Imperial Liaison Officer, Marine Brigadier General, or Navy Commodore VIRGO, Sector 16: Ruled by: No. systems: 360 Subsectors: 4 Inhabited planets: 200 A. Athena C. Ishtar B. Isis D. Freya VISHNU, Subsector 18-D: No. systems: 198 Sector: Aries with 3 inhabited planets: 3 Ruled by: with 2 inhabited planets: 10 with 1 inhabited planet: 21 W WAR DOGS, Sandeman: One of the two types of livestock modified by the Shapers, of the wide variety they took with them. These are Doberman pinschers modified for size (averaging about 45 kilos), intelligence, and speech. Their intellectual ability is about that of a ten-year-old human. The speech modification was less successful; while they can be understood, it takes either concentration or a practiced ear. Clan Shona is the primary breeder and trainer of these dogs, and tends to consider them as members of the clan. WARRIORS, Sandeman: Males genetically modified even beyond the Sandeman norm by addition of a gland which produces the hormone egerin. Under the Shapers, warriors were about ten percent of the male population. This changed after Overthrow, when more warriors were seen as vital to the defense of the race. After Annexation, when the benefits of warrior-police were seen on the worlds they had conquered, other worlds began to hire them and warriors became an economic asset to their clans. Up to half of a modern clan's men may be warriors, with many of them away from the clan in the Marines or on contract as security forces. Egerin is the primary part of a sex-linked recessive gene complex, and is responsible for giving them speed, strength, and stamina well above the Sandeman norm. Although the psychological segment of the gene complex is smaller, it is no less important: Sandeman warriors enjoy fighting.