‘mage: 3-D image/‘cast of someone
Agricultural Annex: Secondary location where most of Redemption's food is grown
Alara Thorn: Sanya’s mother
Alex and Auggie Thorn: Twin brothers to Ally and Aidan
Antintox: Anti-intoxicant, a drug which flushes alcohol out of the system
Aris Carver: Ensign, member of the Launchpad control room crew
Ash: One of the men of the preserve
Asha: One of the Zulu’s crew
Astin Thorn (Papa Astin): Davin Thorn’s grandson, and Ally and Aidan’s paternal great grandfather, also a preacher
Astra Thorn: Ally and Aidan’s mother
Avrigail (Avri): Sanya’s one-time girlfriend
Bakies: Homemade treats
Baz: One of the dormitory guards in the preserve
Becca: One of Ghost and Hera's creche mates
Before, The: What the Earth survivors call the time before the Crash
Biframe: A bionic exoskeleton
Boundary Peak: a hardened NAU base under the peak of the same name, in Northern Nevada near the California border, aka The Mountain
Bristol, The: One of the five drop ships, crewed by Dax, Jess, Ola and Xiu Ying
Callie: Member of the Launchpad control room crew
Cavern Sickness: A respiratory illness that came out of nowhere and decimated the remaining population of Boundary Peak
Chen Yun: Tien’s mother
Chinese Quarter: See Kaishi
Chunhua: Tien's great grandmother
Collapse, The: What the Boundary Peak residents call the end of the Earth 117 years earlier
Common House: A shared living home, very common in Redemption
Corey: Pilot of the Gday
Crash, The: What Redemption residents call the end of the Earth 117 years earlier
Creche House: Round communal houses where most of the children of Redemption are raised
Creche-mates: Children who grew up together in the same creche and year
Dahlia Ramirez: Rai's mother, who passed away when he was four
Dale: One of the men of the preserve
Dane: One of Sanya’s creche brothers
Dark, The: The uninhabited portion of Redemption, past the edge of the city
Davin Thorn (Lieutenant): One of the soldiers manning the Bunker (see Boundary Peak) when the Crash happened
Dax: Pilot of the Bristol
Deck: the standard holographic interface for ships, computer stations, etc
Dek: The Launchpad station mind
Denis: Pilot of the Zulu
Dr. Tery Hopkins: The man who led the team who created the zongi trees
Drake Thorn: Aidan and Ally's father
Dropnaut: Someone trained for the drop to Earth
Em to em: Mind to mind - a direct thought sent from one implant to another
Empress Jian Chen: The last empress of the Chinese-African Alliance
Empshield: An energy shield that dampens and runs down the power of anything electric inside of it, also called a shimmer screen
Erhu: A Chinese stringed instrument
Eri: Rafe's AI
Est: Synthetic estrogen
Field Cancellers: Devices that dampen the effect of an emp field
Gday, the: One of the five dropships
Garden Quarter: One of the districts in redemption
Gelds/Geldlings: “Domesticated” men in the Preserve
Great Winter: What the Boundary Peak residents call the aftermath of the Crash
Gumdust: Colloquial term for the material prepared from moon dust, also used in 3-D printers in the Redemption colony
Hall of Stars: A gathering hall under Boundary Peak
Hayes Promontory: An outcropping of rock next to the Redemption lava tube
Heaven: Thromb dance club on top of Redemption
Henri: One of Rai's childhood friends
Humber Class heavy lifter: One of the workhorse ships at Martinez Base
Instastorm: One of the sudden storms that springs up almost out of nowhere
Jack: A male prostitute
Jack Daniels (Pappy Jack): Ally and Aidan’s maternal grandfather
Jess: One of the Bristol’s crew
Jimmy: Alpha’s Lead Interface during the Crash
Jīnsè Base: The Chinese moon base destroyed in the Crash
Jolinda (Jolly): creche mother to Hera and Ghost. Silver pony tail
Joyce: One of the Bristol’s crew
Junlei: Fungal “trees” that line the walls and roof of Redemption, providing both light and a food source for the city
Kaishi, The: Chinese Quarter in Redemption
Last War: What the Boundary Peak survivors call the war that ended civilization on Earth
Launchpad (Skytower): Reconditioned space station that survived the Crash, now used as the drop-off point for the Return
Liánhuā, the: One of the five dropships
Loonies: What Earthers call Luna residents
Moonstones: Glass-like stones found on the moon, the result of meteorite impacts. Once prized on Earth before the Crash
Lyss: Woman from the Preserve
Mag-rail: The magnetic sledge rail that runs along the edge of Redemption
Mage: an avatar of a person
Marco: One of the Bristol’s crew
Maria Ramirez: Launchpad's station manager
Market, The: Daily outdoor farmer's market in front of the old Alpha Base
Mayor Aguilar: San Francisco’s last mayor before the crash
Min Lei Thorn: Redemption science teacher and the first baby born from Redemption/Copernicus parents
Mistress Cherry: One of the Preserve council members
Mistress Tarra: One of the preserve council members
Moon Base Alpha: The original name of Redemption
Moon Jumper: Small craft intended for the trip between Earth and Luna, now used for treks from Redemption to the Launchpad
Nano Infection: Wounds created by nanobots made to eat human flesh
Narrowcast: Fast laser-based connection capable of carrying large amounts of data
NAU: North American Union - the former USA, Canada, Mexico, and assorted other nation-states
Nessa: Protester at the meeting in the preserve
Nightfall: The time, every 27 Earth days when Luna turns its back side to the sun and darkness comes to the Earth side
Ola: One of the Bristol’s crew
Phage: A retrieval or action-based application created to handle a specific task or subset of tasks; also an advanced class of computer virus
Phase Deflectors: Shields designed to confuse missile guidance systems
Pict-Ideas: Basic programing images used for simple AIs
Pix: One of the Liánhuā’s crew, non-binary
Pregelds: Boys and men in the preserve who have not yet been domesticated
Preserve, The: Underground facility at Martinez Base, dedicated to safeguarding samples of Earth's biodiversity
President Marlene Thompson-Kennedy: Last president of the NAU
Qin Liangyu: the city mind for the Chinese Colony at Copernicus
Ranna Danvers (Rany): Loop installation/maintenance specialist on the Launchpad, and Lorelei’s lover
Recovery, The: Sam’s personal jumper
Redemption Creed/Promise: The guiding principles of redemption, adapted from Buddhist principles of some of the Chinese colonists
Redemption: The new name for Moon Base Alpha as a city
Renewal: Second lunar colony not far from Redemption
Return, The: The long planned “drop” to the mother world
Ride Station: Redemption’s transit station, outside the city on a volcanic cone, named for astronaut Sally Ride
Rogers: One of Ghost and Hera's creche mates
Rosemary: The First of the Preserve
RT Satellite: Part of a network providing real-time data to the NAU military
Sanya Thorn: Reporter for RedNews
Saraia: Rai's creche mother
Shimmer Screen: An EMP shield that prevents electronics from working inside its radius
Shiners: Glowing tattoos
Skytower: The old name of the Launchpad station
Slackies: Kids without parents in Redemption
Slee: One of the Zulu’s crew
Spindle Worm: A virus that burrows deep into a bio-mind and destroys it
Spore Lights: Long lasting organic light sources that give off a relatively dim but consistent light
Superscraper: super tall buildings in Earth's major cities
Syncaff: A synthetic version of coffee
T-Line: The main data trunk in a system
Tanaya Barstrom: Director of the Redemption Council
Tanner Wilkes: The man who booted up Alpha for the first time
Tarrence: Sanya’s creche father
Telaxodin: A hangover medicine/pain med
Tereomycin: Wide spectrum antibiotic
Terra: One of the Zulu’s crew
Terry: One of the editors for RedNews
Tessa: Rai’s creche mother
Thromb: a heavy pulse-beat music popular in the lunar clubs
Tolver: One of Ghost and Hera's creche mates
Tovey Riggs: Hera's fiancé – Non-binary, presents male. Works as a city planner
Treva: Rafe’s creche parent
Tycho Creche: Sanya’s creche when she was a child
Upflight Allowance: The weight limit passengers were allowed to bring up from Earth
V-Tube: Vacuum tune once used for high-speed transportation
Vixen: One of the Bristol’s crew
Voidwall: Wall built to seal the open end of the lava tube where Alpha Base was sited, and where Redemption now exists
Winnowing, The: What The Preserve residents call the end of the Earth 117 years earlier
X-band: long distance communication bandwidth
Xiu Ying: One of the Bristol’s crew
Ying Yue: Pilot of the Liánhuā
Zef: Creche-mate to Hera and Ghost, now a medic
Zhang Wei: One of the Liánhuā’s crew
Zhao Chunhua: One of the Liánhuā’s crew, also Tien’s cousin
Zhao Chunhua: also Tien’s grandmother
Zhenyi, the: One of the five dropships
Zhǒngzǐ (Zongi) Trees: Bioengineered trees sent down to Earth to remove the carbon and radiation from the atmosphere
Zulu, the: One of the five dropships