CATALAN EMPIRE – A major interstellar faction descended from the solar diaspora of noble houses from Spain, Portugal, and southern regions of France.
CHEVALIERS – The Autumn Chevaliers: a private cavalry company known for operating in sparse conditions. Their founding dates to Medieval France.
GULF OF HERACLES – A contested region of space between the Catalan Empire and the Infinite Emirate.
INFINITE EMIRATE – A major interstellar faction comprised of a loosely allied group of emirs descended from the solar diaspora of prominent Saracen houses of present-day North Africa, Arabia, Turkey, Iran, & Iraq.
JOCKEYS – Individuals who pilot upright tanks by means of a nerve-intercept interface.
MBU – Main battle uprights, or upright tanks – Large bipedal tanks with heavy armaments.
RANDE “VANDAL” VANDELLE – A maintainer for the Chevaliers with an affinity for older upright tanks.
SHUNT COLLAR – A nerve-intercept interface used by jockeys and pilots to directly control complex equipment such as warplanes or upright tanks.
TEUTONIA – The home planet of Rande “Vandal” VanDelle.
TYUNTA – The planet on which the Chevaliers are contracted.