iMiklim same SimMiklim TaumMiklim etc By referring to the table, we see that on Kaitam, the first month of the year is of course ne$heastim, on the other four, the first month is named GwaneSheustim (or "one of Sheuset's") Then follow "two of Saudir's," "three of Frtdbrik's,*' "four of Avelard's," "five of Shaddam's," and "six of Comn's " The next month on Kaitam is nElroodina, but planet A's year has ended, on planet A, therefore, the next month is GwanElroodim, or "one of Blrood's " while on B, C, and D, it is SeunElroodim "seven of Elrood's " Thus, d number prefix was added to the name of the month, throughout the worlds the name was constant, but the fanner an planet A, who sowed his seeds every sppmg, planted ui the "Gwan " months, whatever the last part of the name may have been The names of the months were the same on B, C, and D until nlstatvim, which marked the beginning of the new year for B, hence when it was Gwanlstaivim on B, it was Tenlstaivim ("ten of Istaivaa's") on C and D The last two planets parted company at the end of the fourteenth month, the next following was one of Fredhnk's' on C, but ' fifteen of Fredhnk's ' on D Parts of the IUSC were adopted on those planets with sidereal yean varying from that of Kditam by less than a few standard days Leap days of local placement brought the calendars into step as needed But even a planet off by as little as ten standard days, say one with 370 m a sidereal year, found itself at variance of a whole month m only three years 'Leap months' were a nuisance to implement to save a svstem that offered little more benefit to the a\erage citizen than the knowledge of what month it was on Kaitam Theoretically the concept of com bimng the local and Imperial systems by number prefixing could have been extended to the week the day, the hour even to the second No effort was made to promote these refinements, and little was made to bring monthly names into uniformity The IUSC was a concept of convenience to a relative handful of worlds Some scores of planets use it still, but even on those few CANTO RESPONDU 149 CANTO RESPONDU its development would dismay Shcsrab Lan guage change has so altered the names that little remains in common with the Imperial terminology Planet "B" in the example above is Topaz, whose sidereal year in standard units is 270 days, 3 minutes, 18 02 seconds Topaz still employs the IUSC terminology, but compare the names of the months on Topaz with those of Kaitain Kaitain Topaz ncSheusbm Gwasheu naSaudnm Tausau neFrekim Reerre nAvlaidim Rmav naShadnum Fiisha noConum Sicor nElroodim Scunel niMitlim AUBik nzhnm Niinezh nlstatvim Gwasheu nAlmamm Tutsan nAudrun Freefre Note that the people of Topaz, over the millennia, came to think Of the first month of the year as named not "Gwan + the emperor's name in its cycle of twelve" but simply as the whole word "Gwasheu " Thus, the names of the months on Topaz coincide with those on Kaitain only one year out of every three, and this is on one of the best of all possible worlds Offering neither tradition nor convenience, the IUSC was bound to fail the Spacing Guild never used it, the Bene Gessent never used it, its adoption among the Landsraad seemed toadying Only for House Corrino and its bureaucracy did it find employment, and with the ascension to power of House Atreides, who brought along the native fremen calendar, it eaded its official life WE M Furftef references.