of the adventures he embarked upon during this period was the retaliatory, "black" (no flags ATREIDES LETO I ATREIDES LETO I or insignia, no declaration of war, no admission of participation afterwards) raid on the Harkonnen home planet of Giedi Pnrne in 10165, which Leto led himself in response to a Harkonnen raid on House Tipnear, a close ally of House Atreides A combined force of Atreides Guards and household troops of Houses Chusak (another victim of Harkonnen raids) and Tipnear landed on Giedi Prune and took over the slave-market city of Baathaas approximately twenty thousand slaves were freed, and immease damage was done to the Harkonnen slaving fleet based at Baathaas The slaves were taken to Caladan where they were given their freedom and were offered passage to any of the systems mat had taken part m title raid (This, by the way, was the action that brought Guraey Hal leek into the service of House Atreides) Leto's reputation brought him a considerable amount of trouble, as those less worthy than himself continually sniped at Leto, thinking his example to be a subtle insult against themselves This attitude was not helped by the duke's refusal to many for political reasons, nor was it eased by the Duke's victory in the Battle of Thar system (10167), for which he was granted the title Chevalier of the Impen-um by Emperor Shaddam IV The award was only the third in Shaddam IV's reign, and was taken, rightly, as a sure symbol not only of Leto's undeniable bravery, but also of Shaddam's growing respect for this old-fashioned, outspoken, hawk-faced man Shaddam IV, a devotee of the Corrida, had taken a mild interest in Leto ever since his ascension to the Ducal throne on Caladan After the mutiny on Pinskau, Leto was summoned to a private audience with the emperor It is reported that the emperor wished to discuss nothing but the battle with El Muerte, and, when he dismissed Leto, did so only upon repeated urguigs of his social secretary, whose schedules were being thrown off by the emperor's extended audience with the Duke It is further reported that, later that day, the emperor told his personal secretary that "if they were all simply as correct and as sure of their place as die Duke, the Empire would be a paradise " The emperor's acknowledgement of Leto as an exemplar of correct Noble behavior very likely led paradoxically, to Leto's death and the near-destruction of his house, since the emperor's obvious affection for Leto caused intense jealousy among those not so favored The Court, never a very friendly place for outsiders in the best of times, was almost universally ill disposed toward this upstart Duke from some unknown backwater planet where the only export was some distasteful item called ' 'pundi nee '' Nevertheless, the Duke continued being Leto the Just, administering Caladan as best he knew how One of his kinder actions, and one which greatly increased his prestige, was his habit of taking promising young