User Guide

THE HOUSE ORDOS
8 DUNE 2000
HOMEWORLD: Little is known of the icy, remote
planet of the Ordos. The economy of the planet is
based entirely on trade and smuggling, to be certain.
Our spies can tell us that much, if nothing else.
LEADER: Unknown. A reclusive cartel of wealthy
noblemen who seem to control the finances of
House Ordos, and thus, House Ordos itself. No one
has ever seen them except the few generals who
formerly controlled what troops the Ordos could
muster. One by one, those generals have been
eliminated under mysterious circumstances.
MENTAT MASTER OF ASSASSINS: None. The previous Mentat, known
only as Ammon, was executed on the alleged charge of embezzlement. Spies have
reported on the possibility of an Ixian clone, a computer in the form of a human
male, smuggled from the Ixians in exchange for a fortune in Spice. However, since
the Butlerian Jihad, there has never been a computer in the likeness of a human
mind, so these reports have been largely disregarded.
MILITARY STRENGTHS: Immense wealth.They have the kind of wealth that
buys incredibly powerful forbidden technologies, illegal weapons purchased from
the house of Ix and then smuggled to the Ordos troops.Aside from wealth, there
is little military strength to House Ordos. Their troops are largely mercenary, and
tend to desert with great frequency.
HOUSE PROFILE: House Ordos cannot be profiled. We do know they have a
tendency towards sabotage, expensive weaponry, and illegal technologies. We
believe the Ordos may have Ixian weapons the Harkonnen and Atreides could only
dream of. But this could all be speculation.We know nothing else for certain .
HOUSE INSIGNIA:The Snake