Aegis - A G2 yellow star. The Metropolitan Center of the Verge.
Ahhrihei - A fraal euphemism that literally means 'a shift of wind,' but infers a wind of the mind, i.e., a person's decision to make a change.
AI - Artificial Intelligence. Sentient computer programming whose sophistication varies from model to model.
Aimara - A lake on Ino.
Aleerin - see mechalus.
Algemran - A G5 yellow star in the Verge. Also the name of the system.
Altid - A model of driveship.
Arends, Lieutenant Colonel - The marine senior commanding officer on board Falada.
AU - Astronomical Unit. 150 million km.
Austrin-Ontis Unlimited - A corporate stellar nation that is best known as the strongest arms dealer of the Stellar Ring, but whose citizens view themselves as strong individualists with a deep sense of altruism.
Battle of Kendai (2375) - A battle of the Second Galactic War that effectively cut communications between the stellar nations and the Verge for 121 years.
Baynes, Julius - The chief Concord Administrator for the Verge, bebe - A bird native to Grith.
Bluefall - Capital planet of the Aegis system. Ruled by the Regency government.
Bluff Heights - The cliff face at the edge of Diamond Point that protects it from the tides.
Boreal Sea - The sea of the north pole on Grith.
Bricht - A model of stardrive engine.
Builder - That section of fraal society that believes in integration with other species and cultures.
Callirhoe - A Concord Star Force Heavy Cruiser cerametal - An extremely strong alloy made from laminated ceramics and lightweight metals chai - tea charge pistol - A small firearm in which an electric firing pin ignites a chemical explosive into a white- hot plasma propellant, thus expelling a cerametallic slug at extremely high velocity clearfoam - A synthetic, transparent foam used to contain instruments in a sterile environment.
CM armor - cerametal armor.
Colonial Diocese - The Hatire government upon Grith.
Concord - see Galactic Concord.
Connor, Gabriel - A Concord marine lieutenant.
Corrivale - An F2 yellow-white star. Also the name of the system.
Council of Tribes - The formal sesheyan government on Grith.
Cureyfi the Father of Stars - A sesheyan deity.
D80 - A model of Delgakis.
Damrak - A planet in the Orion League.
Dareyev, Elinke - Captain of Falada.
David, Lemke - A Star Force second lieutenant navigator decontam - short for 'radioactive decontamination.'
Delgakis (pi. Delgakises) - A model of driveship.
Delrio, Enrique - A Concord diplomatic assistant.
Delvecchio, Lauren - A Concord ambassador.
Detaka - A weren shift chief working in Ordinen.
Devereaux, Captain - Captain of Callirhoe.
Diamond Point - The capital city of Grith.
Dietmar, Charles - A marine on board Falada.
Dilemma - A planet visited by Callirhoe's marine complement.
Diocese, the - see Colonial Diocese dirg - A creature that lives in nests on rocks.
Doming - A planet visited by Callirhoe's marine complement.
Duma - The capital city of Phorcys.
Drivecore - The central core of a stardrive engine. driveplan - A plan filed with a star system's traffic control stating a ship's planned destination, arrival time, and travel intentions. driveship - Any spaceship that is equipped with a stardrive. drivespace - The dimension into which starships enter through use of the stardrive. In this dimension gravity works on a quantum level, thus enabling near-instantaneous movement of a ship from one point in space to another.
Drounli the Provider - A sesheyan deity durasteel - Steel that has been strengthened at the molecular level e-suit - An environment suit intended to keep the wearer safe from vacuum, extreme temperatures, and radiation.
Enda - A fraal.
Endwith - The main city of Phorcys's northern hemisphere.
Enryn - A Thalaassan starship.
Epsedra - The site of a fierce battle involving Concord Marines.
Eraklian - An inhabitant of Eraklion.
Eraklion - An outer world of the Thalaassan system used primarily for mining.
ErOaishan - An Inoan negotiator faceprice - In traditional sesheyan society, the restitution-monetary or otherwise-paid to clear a debt or restore bruised honor.
Falada - A Concord Star Force Heavy Cruiser.
Ferdinand, Lieutenant - Faloda's protocol chief flitter - A small transport craft floater pallet - An anti-grav pallet force curtain - An energy field that keeps the atmosphere in a hangar bay but allows ships to come in. fraal - A non-Terran sentient species. Fraal are very slender, large-eyed humanoids. gailghe - Goggles worn by sesheyans to protect their sensitive eyes from bright light.
Galactic Concord - The thirteenth stellar nation formed by the Treaty of the Concord. gandercat - An enormous arboreal omnivore native to Grith. galya - A scented flower native to Grith.
General Order Eighteen - A statute of the Treaty of the Concord, which requires all ships within one starfall of a life-threatening emergency to render assistance. gig - A colloquial term for any ship-to-ground shuttle. Any small craft capable of transporting passengers or cargo from one place to another. Most have gravity induction engines and a fuel range of no more than 100 million kilometers.
Elatha - A Thalaassan starship. gravity induction - A process whereby a cyclotron accelerates particles to near-light speeds, there by creating gravitons between the
