Kharls, Lorand - A Concord Administrator.
Unierin Four Fourty - A model of driveship. lanth cell - The standard lanthanide battery used to power most small electronic equipment and firearms.
Leiysin, Gal - Owner of a used spacecraft foundry.
Longshot - Helm Ragnarsson's weapon-laden starship.
Long Silence - That period of time when the stellar nations lost contact with the Verge due to the Second Galactic War.
Lucullus - A binary star system in the Verge.
Madhra, Ari - A Concord Administrator.
Mashan - A small mining community on Eraklion. mass cannon - A cannon that fires a ripple of intense gravity waves, striking its target like a massive physical blow mass reactor - The primary power source of a stardrive. The reactor collects, stores, and processes dark matter, thus producing massive amounts of energy.
Masterton, Elle - A Concord diplomatic assistant.
Maxson - A woman who works at the number six packaging plant in Ordinen. mechalus - The most common term used for an Aleerin, a sentient humanoid symbiote species that has achieved a union between biological life and cybernetic enhancements.
Meldrum, Torine - A marine on board Falada.
Messhugga - A Thalaassan starship. mindwalker - Any being proficient with psionic powers.
Muhles, Dor - Gabriel's Phorcyn legal counsel during his trial.
Nariac Domain - A stellar nation founded on principles of providing equality for all species, genders, and social statuses through superior cybernetic implantation and command economics.
Neshii'en - A sesheyan deity; the Trickster neurocircuitry - Cybernetic implants intended to fuse electronic or mechanic systems with a living biological entity.
NII47DIGBH - A VoidCorp flag captain.
Noumara - A lake on Ino.
Ombe, Mayasa - VoidCorp employee QN105 74MAC. Also the sector security chief. ondothwait - see Gyrofresia ondothalis fraalii.
Ordinen - An opencast mining community on Eraklion.
Orindren - A class of Delgakis driveship.
Orion League - A heterogeneous stellar nation founded on principles of freedom and equal rights for all sentients.
Orlamism - A religion based upon the belief that drivespace is true reality, or as the Orlamu themselves call it, "the Divine Unconscious." Orlamu believe that ultimate Truth will be achieved by communing with the Divine Unconscious.
Orlamu Theocracy - A theocratic stellar nation founded upon the principles of the Orlamu faith.
Ornery (pi. Orneries) - A model of driveship.
Orniel - A Thalaassan ship.
Orris, Captain - A Star Force captain.
Phorcys - A planet of the Thalaassa system phymech - An automated emergency medical system with a fairly sophisticated AI system. Most phymechs come with specialized medical supplies--skinfilms, bandages, antiseptics, painkillers, etc.
Pink Death - A highly alcoholic mixed drink made with Austrin gin.
Point of the Diamond - A term occasionally used by sesheyans for Diamond Point.
QI44D 7BRIC - A VoidCorp Employee.
QNID5 74MAC - A VoidCorp sector security chief on Iphus. Her personal name is Mayasa Ombe.
Ragnarsson, Halm - A human mutant rail cannon - An electromagnetic accelerator that fires projectiles at high velocities.
Raitiz - A character in an old story mentioned by Enda.
Rallet - A Phorcyn delegate and minister of state for defense ramscoop - A hydrogen collector.
Rand - Lorand Kharls's assistant. tanulfsson, Sander - VoidCorp Employee UU563 56VIW. Upper Director rank.
R094 29KIN - VoidCorp Employee Faren Reaves.
Reaves, Faren - VoidCorp Employee RC094 29KIN.
Redpath, Charles - A marine on board Falada.
Rhynchus - The outermost planet of the Thalaassa system.
Ricel, Jacob - A marine on board Falada. Gabriel's "security" contact.
Rike - A marine on board Falada. rlin nach'i - The common garb of the mechalus. Consists of a multi-pocketed smartsuit and soft boots.
Roscinzsky, Mick - A marine on board Falada.
Rostrevor-Malone, Hal Quentin - A marine engineer on board Falada. A friend of Gabriel's sabot pistol - A small firearm that uses electromagnetic pulses to accelerate a discarding-rocket slug at hypersonic speeds.
Sealed Knot, the - A mechalus symbol favored by medical practioners of that species sesheyan - A bipedal sentient species possessing long, bulbous heads, large ears, and eight light-sensitive eyes. Most sesheyans are about 1.7 meters tall and have two leathery wings that span between 2.5 - 4 meters.
Sheya, the sesheyan homeworld, has been subjugated by VoidCorp. However, a substantial population of "free sesheyans" live on Grith.
Silence, the - see the Long Silence.
Silver Bell - A Borealin colony on the planet Spes of the Hammer's Star system which was completely annihilated by unknown forces in 2489. skinfilm - An artifical polymer membrance, usually only a few molecules thick, that is often used for sanitary protection or containment. sniffer - A ramscoop detecting device.
Solar Union - A common term for the Union of Sol. spaceport - A planetary landing zone for driveships. spatball - A sport spee-g - short for specific gravity.
Speramundi - A stardrive engine model.
Spes - A planet in the Hammer's Star system. stardrive - The standard starship engine that combines a gravity induction coil and a mass reactor to open a temporary singularity in space and thus allow interstellar travel. All stardrive jumps take 121 hours, no matter the distance. starfall - The term used to describe a ship entering drivespace.
Star Force - The naval branch of the Concord military.
StarMech Collective, the - A high technology-oriented stellar nation. starport - A zero-g, orbital docking zone for driveships. starrise - The term used to describe a ship leaving drivespace.
Steilin, Dawn - A marine second lieutenant on board Falada. stellar nation - Any of the thirteen independant nations of the Stellar Ring. They are Austrin-Ontis Unlimited, the Borealis Republic, the Hatire Community, Insight, the Nariac Domain, the Orion League, the Orlamu Theocracy, the Rigunmor Star Consortium, the StarMech Collective, the Thuldan Empire, the Union of Sol, VoidCorp, and the Galactic Concord. Stellar Ring - The systems that make up the thirteen stellar nations, the center of which is Sol. STG shuttle - Space-To-Ground shuttle. system drive - Any form of non-stardrive propulsion used for inner system traffic.