Abadon (1) Human piloted weapon, the first with an experimental cloaking device, used to destroy the alien home world.
Abadon (2) Galaxy class WF ship designated #401.
AU Astronomical Unit equaling a distance of 150,000 kilometers.
B Fomalhault-2 Alien planet with a second, distinct species of ants and source of the spores.
Base Freedom USA, Also known as Base America One of the surviving bases left over from the alien attack, designed to defend Earth. All the bases are self sustaining, and each contain an A.I. persona that acts as an interface between humans and the main computer.
C-Trail Also called ConTrail or Condensation Trail, the tell-tale white vapor clouds left behind as moisture from an atmospheric jet engine or crystals from a maneuvering rocket engine freeze or condense.
CAH Crimes Against Humanity court.
Capital Ship An alien craft equal in power and armament to the human WF ships.
CBAssist Short for Cyber Battle Assist System. This bio-powered system was surgically embedded after a field fighter was deemed qualified for battle. Widely in use, especially among older soldiers, it acts independently to sustain and prolong a soldier’s life, but can be consciously manipulated to provide stimulants or other drugs as needed. In the last ten years, field fighters have the newer and far smaller Bionic Assist, or BAst system installed, a bionic unit that encloses the heart and is linked to numerous body systems, including the visual cortex. Aside from performing the same duties as the older units, the extensive internal memory can hold significant amounts of encrypted logs which can be easily accessed by diagnosticians on board WF ships.
Charon Pluto’s moon, and home to Pluto Deep Space Base.
Council Hall The Council Chamber Timothy’s Tribe had set up to take care of tribal issues.
Crystanium An inert alloy primarily composed of titanium and chromolly, crystallized at the subatomic scale. Extremely light and strong, suitable for a variety of military and medical purposes
Dark Matter Drive A Drive unit that manipulates Dark Matter.
DB Disabler mines, an alien mine designed to short out all power on a craft but leave it intact and DIW for scavenging.
DIA Dead In Action.
Dietrich, Commander Commander of the Convoy that included the fateful World Federation ship 221. DIA.
DIW Dead in Water, meaning an inactive and unresponsive spacecraft.
Drop Team Referring to a group of soldiers involved in any mission that requires Drop, or Maxon Suits.
ELPS Emergency Light Pressure Suit.
Eris A planetoid in Earth’s solar system outside the orbit of Pluto.
Gravplane An atmospheric craft with control surfaces and a gravitic drive.
Helium-3 A helium isotope useful for nuclear fusion.
Hollander Captain of WF221, promoted to Fleet Convoy Commander after the death of Commander Dietrich.
Hoyt General.
HUD Head’s Up Display.
ILS Instrument Landing System, used to guide atmospheric craft to their landing sites.
Jaclyn Reynolds A.K.A. Jackhammer Fighter pilot and Wing Captain. Specializing in hand-to-hand combat.
Jackson-Briggs Maneuver Based on preliminary work done by Emeret Jackson and Elisabeth Briggs. They theorized that graviton beams generated from a number of precisely placed ships and focused on a convergence point could initiate an unstable flux in space time. Any craft traveling through this space would have its biological systems scrambled. Testing had been completed, but graviton leaks had seriously injured a number of researchers, and the experiments had been abandoned.
Jason Macdonald A.K.A. Scratch Fighter pilot in Jaclyn Reynolds’ Wing.
LaserLink Tight beam laser transmission allowing for private, speed-of-light communication.
LIC Lost In Combat.
Maxon Medium Application Exoskeleton. Designated Type 1-5. The most common one - designated Type 4 is Ultra Efficient Capacitor powered and capable of withstanding heavy caliber fire and micro missiles. All types augment any movement from the human inside, and its onboard computer allows it to operate independently. It interfaces with most Attack Craft, and the internal sensors switch over from suit operation to flight controls automatically when connected. Type 4 and up are Drop Capable, allowing someone to eject in space and successfully land on a planet or moon. Type 3 and up carry retro rockets. Type 4 carries no offensive weaponry, but has a small cargo hold permitting basic storage. Type 5 is the newest generation, Nuclear Battery powered, with both active and passive Stealth technology but can only withstand medium caliber fire. It has a full complement of micromissiles and a built in rapid fire fletchet gun on the left arm.
Medi-Ship , Slang for Medical Emergency field Hospital Center. A heavily armored but fast and maneuverable craft capable of serving as a small field hospital when needed.
Nancy McGibbons Chief repair Officer.
NPO Near Planetary Orbit.
NEO Near Earth Orbit.
Safe-Sat Permanent automated emergency communication space beacons with hyper-link capabilities. They park for one week at each jump point as they follow their master ship’s route. This permits any friendly craft to find and communicate with the Safe-Sat master ship.
Sallecker Captain.
Sallecker Junior Captain of the S.S. Cristina, Stilleto Class and son of Captain Sallecker.
SEPE Super Efficient Positron Emitter, part of an experiment involving ship drives conducted at Canada Base. Also used as a weapon.
Shields (friendly) Used as defense on larger ships, requires constant power but is largely impregnable. They can however be physically distorted enough to render them useless.
Shields (enemy) Not impregnable, and their strength varies according to the power applied or consumed.
Singularity Craft The alien Super Capital ship.
Targeting Display that focuses on specific enemy craft, their speed, trajectory, mass and armaments, and the weaponry of choice to be used against them.
Tactical Display that shows all Craft and objects in the area, together with mission parameters, grid, craft trajectory and pilot craft status.
World Alliance Council / The Council / WF
1)World Federation, the political organization set up to ensure human survival before the Great War.
2) Also used to designate any spacecraft large enough to require double shielding.
Zero State Energy Energy that permeates all space in this universe. It is made available as particles of matter and antimatter collide after having ‘leaked’ through the Space-Time barrier. It is especially abundant near gravity wells such as suns and planets.