Minkowskan English: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 06:11, 2 July 2010

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.

Bull: A soldier drone.

Cannon: A chemical gun.

Cow: A worker drone.

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.

Ground pounder: A foreigner clumsy in zero-gravity, or any oafish welldweller.

Hitler: A Magnate.

Incline: The direction of increasing inclination.

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.

Maw, the: Mara.

Rain: Micrometeorite impacts.

Resin: Nephilim armour.

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.

Spinbound: In spin-gravity. More generally, people or things originating from spin-gravity societies.

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.

Squat: A Sarrevan (derog.).

Starwards: The direction of increasing radius, especially in space.

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.

Wellbound: In a gravity well. More generally, people or things originating from planetary societies.

Welldweller: Person who lives in gravity.

Wellwards: The direction of decreasing radius, especially in space.

Whale: A large drone.

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 ==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.
 :'''Bull:''' A soldier drone.
+:'''Cannon:''' A chemical gun.
 :'''Cow:''' A worker drone.
 :'''Crush, The:''' The symptoms of spending time in gravity.
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 :'''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.
+:'''Maw, the:''' Mara.
 :'''Rain:''' Micrometeorite impacts.
+:'''Resin:''' Nephilim armour.
 :'''Saz:''' A spacesuit. More strictly a space activity suit, so rarely used for suits for children.
 :'''Sharp-vel:''' A hostile or hybrid drone.
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 :'''Spinwards:''' The direction of standard orbital motion. Anticlockwise.
 :'''Spun:''' Someone who has difficulty adjusting to zero-g.
+:'''Squat:''' A Sarrevan (derog.).
 :'''Starwards:''' The direction of increasing radius, especially in space.
 :'''Tub:''' Unpowered spacecraft.