  We outline the design of the dark nights portion of the LAMOST Pilot Survey,
which began observations in October 2011. In particular, we focus on Milky Way
stellar candidates that are targeted for the LEGUE (LAMOST Experiment for
Galactic Understanding and Exploration) survey. We discuss the regions of sky
in which spectroscopic candidates were selected, and the motivations for
selecting each of these sky areas. Some limitations due to the unique design of
the telescope are discussed, including the requirement that a bright (V < 8)
star be placed at the center of each plate for wavefront sensing and active
optics corrections. The target selection categories and scientific goals
motivating them are briefly discussed, followed by a detailed overview of how
these selection functions were realized. We illustrate the difference between
the overall input catalog - Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometry - and
the final targets selected for LAMOST observation.
