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==Dictionary==
==Dictionary==
:'''Answards:''' The direction opposing the standard orbital motion. Clockwise.
:'''Barge:''' A ship with a one-shot FTL drive, typically used for landing actions.
:'''Becker:''' Person with feet.
:'''Becker:''' Person with feet.
:'''Bull:''' A soldier drone.
:'''Cannon:''' A chemical gun.
:'''Cow:''' A worker drone.
:'''Crush, The:''' The symptoms of spending time in gravity.
:'''Crush, The:''' The symptoms of spending time in gravity.
:'''Decline:''' The direction of decreasing inclination.
:'''Down:''' The direction from the head to the feet of the speaker. In a well, with gravity.
:'''Dust:''' Velan or posthuman nanomachines.
:'''Frankenstein:''' A human ship incorporating Velan technology.
:'''Garn:''' A person suffering from space sickness.
:'''Garn:''' A person suffering from space sickness.
:'''Ground pounder:''' A foreigner clumsy in zero-gravity, or any oafish welldweller.
:'''Ground pounder:''' A foreigner clumsy in zero-gravity, or any oafish welldweller.
:'''Hitler:''' A Magnate.
:'''Hitler:''' A Magnate.
:'''Incline:''' The direction of increasing inclination.
:'''Island:''' A colony with an artificial superstructure (i.e. not an asteroid colony)
:'''Island:''' A colony with an artificial superstructure (i.e. not an asteroid colony)
:'''Limpdrive:''' A first-generation jumpdrive.
:'''Lance:''' A plasma cannon
:'''Lopez:''' A large asteroid.
:'''Lopez:''' A large asteroid.
:'''Maw, the:''' Mara.
:'''Maw, the:''' Mara.
:'''Rain:''' Micrometeorite impacts.
:'''Rain:''' Micrometeorite impacts.
:'''Resin:''' Nephilim armour.
:'''Saz:''' A spacesuit. More strictly a space activity suit, so rarely used for suits for children.
:'''Saz:''' A spacesuit. More strictly a space activity suit, so rarely used for suits for children.
:'''Sharp-vel:''' A hostile or hybrid drone.
:'''Singer:''' A beacon.
:'''Singer:''' A beacon.
:'''Spinbound:''' In spin-gravity. More generally, people or things originating from spin-gravity societies.
:'''Spinbound:''' In spin-gravity. More generally, people or things originating from spin-gravity societies.
:'''Spinner:''' Person who lives on a spin-gravity colony.
:'''Spinner:''' Person who lives on a spin-gravity colony.
:'''Spinwards:''' The direction of standard orbital motion. Anticlockwise.
:'''Spun:''' Someone who has difficulty adjusting to zero-g.
:'''Spun:''' Someone who has difficulty adjusting to zero-g.
:'''Squat:''' A Sarrevan (derog.).
:'''Squat:''' A Sarrevan (derog.).
:'''Starwards:''' The direction of increasing radius, especially in space.
:'''Tub:''' Unpowered spacecraft.
:'''Tub:''' Unpowered spacecraft.
:'''Up:''' The direction from the feet to the head of the speaker. In a well, against gravity.
:'''Vel:''' A drone.
:'''Walk:''' Spacewalk.
:'''Walk:''' Spacewalk.
:'''Wellbound:''' In a gravity well. More generally, people or things originating from planetary societies.
:'''Wellbound:''' In a gravity well. More generally, people or things originating from planetary societies.
:'''Welldweller:''' Person who lives in gravity.
:'''Welldweller:''' Person who lives in gravity.
===Navigation===
:'''Answards:''' The direction opposing the standard orbital motion. Clockwise.
:'''Decline:''' The direction of decreasing inclination.
:'''Down:''' The direction from the head to the feet of the speaker. In a well, with gravity.
:'''Incline:''' The direction of increasing inclination.
:'''Spinwards:''' The direction of standard orbital motion. Anticlockwise.
:'''Starwards:''' The direction of increasing radius, especially in space.
:'''Up:''' The direction from the feet to the head of the speaker. In a well, against gravity.
:'''Wellwards:''' The direction of decreasing radius, especially in space.
:'''Wellwards:''' The direction of decreasing radius, especially in space.
===Drones===
:'''Bull:''' A soldier drone.
:'''Cow:''' A worker drone.
:'''Dust:''' Velan or posthuman nanomachines.
:'''Resin:''' Drone cladding (nephilim armour).
:'''Sharp-vel:''' A hostile or hybrid drone.
:'''Vel:''' A drone.
:'''Whale:''' A large drone.
:'''Whale:''' A large drone.
===Military & Technology===
:'''Barge:''' A ship with a one-shot FTL drive, typically used for landing actions.
:'''Cannon:''' A chemical gun.
:'''Frankenstein:''' A human ship incorporating Velan technology.
:'''Lance:''' A plasma cannon.
:'''Limpdrive:''' A first-generation jumpdrive.

Revision as of 11:49, 2 July 2010

Dictionary

Becker: Person with feet.
Crush, The: The symptoms of spending time in gravity.
Garn: A person suffering from space sickness.
Ground pounder: A foreigner clumsy in zero-gravity, or any oafish welldweller.
Hitler: A Magnate.
Island: A colony with an artificial superstructure (i.e. not an asteroid colony)
Lopez: A large asteroid.
Maw, the: Mara.
Rain: Micrometeorite impacts.
Saz: A spacesuit. More strictly a space activity suit, so rarely used for suits for children.
Singer: A beacon.
Spinbound: In spin-gravity. More generally, people or things originating from spin-gravity societies.
Spinner: Person who lives on a spin-gravity colony.
Spun: Someone who has difficulty adjusting to zero-g.
Squat: A Sarrevan (derog.).
Tub: Unpowered spacecraft.
Walk: Spacewalk.
Wellbound: In a gravity well. More generally, people or things originating from planetary societies.
Welldweller: Person who lives in gravity.

Navigation

Answards: The direction opposing the standard orbital motion. Clockwise.
Decline: The direction of decreasing inclination.
Down: The direction from the head to the feet of the speaker. In a well, with gravity.
Incline: The direction of increasing inclination.
Spinwards: The direction of standard orbital motion. Anticlockwise.
Starwards: The direction of increasing radius, especially in space.
Up: The direction from the feet to the head of the speaker. In a well, against gravity.
Wellwards: The direction of decreasing radius, especially in space.

Drones

Bull: A soldier drone.
Cow: A worker drone.
Dust: Velan or posthuman nanomachines.
Resin: Drone cladding (nephilim armour).
Sharp-vel: A hostile or hybrid drone.
Vel: A drone.
Whale: A large drone.

Military & Technology

Barge: A ship with a one-shot FTL drive, typically used for landing actions.
Cannon: A chemical gun.
Frankenstein: A human ship incorporating Velan technology.
Lance: A plasma cannon.
Limpdrive: A first-generation jumpdrive.
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