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Terminology of the Imperium
)PANOPLIAPROPHETICUS:termcoveringtheinfectioussuperstitionsusedbytheBeneGesserittoexploitprimitiveregions.(SeeMissionariaProtectiva.)
PARACOMPASS:anycompassthatdeterminesdirectionbylocalmagneticanomaly;usedwhererelevantchartsareavailableandwhereaplanet’stotalmagneticfieldisunstableorsubjecttomaskingbyseveremagneticstorms.
PENTASHIELD:afive-layershield-generatorfieldsuitableforsmallareassuchasdoorwaysorpassages(largereinforcingshieldsbecomeincreasinglyunstablewitheachsuccessivelayer)andvirtuallyimpassabletoanyonenotwearingadissemblertunedtotheshieldcodes.(SeePrudenceDoor.)PLASTEEL:steelwhichhasbeenstabilizedwithstravidiumfibersgrownintoitscrystalstructure.
PLENISCENTA:anexoticgreenbloomofEcaznotedforitssweetaroma.
POLINGTHESAND:theartofplacingplasticandfiberpolesintheopendesertwastesofArrakisandreadingthepatternsetchedonthepolesbysandstormsasacluetoweatherprediction.
PORITRIN:thirdplanetofEpsilonAlangue,consideredbymanyZensunniWanderersastheirplanetoforigin,althoughcluesintheirlanguageandmythologyshowfarmoreancientplanetaryroots.
PORTYGULS:oranges.
PRANA(Prana-musculature):thebody’smuscleswhenconsideredasunitsforultimatetraining.(SeeBindu.)
PRE-SPICEMASS:thestageoffungusoidwildgrowthachievedwhenwaterisfloodedintotheexcretionsofLittleMakers.Atthisstage,thespiceofArrakisformsacharacteristic“blow,”exchangingthematerialfromdeep
undergroundforthematteronthesurfaceaboveit.
