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:'''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=== | ===Navigation=== | ||
:'''Answards:''' The direction opposing the standard orbital motion. Clockwise. | :'''Answards:''' The direction opposing the standard orbital motion. Clockwise. | ||
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:'''Up:''' The direction from the feet to the head of the speaker. In a well, against gravity. | :'''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=== | ===Drones=== | ||
:'''Bull:''' A soldier drone. | :'''Bull:''' A soldier drone. | ||
:'''Cow:''' A | :'''Calf:''' A juvenile drone. | ||
:'''Cow:''' A drone. | |||
:'''Dronefire:''' The light of plasma (or particle) cannon fire at a distance. | |||
:'''Dronesong:''' The sound of drone transmissions parsed through human comm standards. | :'''Dronesong:''' The sound of drone transmissions parsed through human comm standards. | ||
:'''Dust:''' Velan or posthuman nanomachines. | :'''Dust:''' Velan or posthuman nanomachines. | ||
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:'''Nest:''' A hive. | :'''Nest:''' A hive. | ||
:'''Resin:''' Drone cladding (nephilim armour). | :'''Resin:''' Drone cladding (nephilim armour). | ||
:'''Whale:''' A large drone. | :'''Whale:''' A large drone. | ||
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:'''Cannon:''' A chemical gun. | :'''Cannon:''' A chemical gun. | ||
:'''Frankenstein:''' A human ship incorporating Velan technology. | :'''Frankenstein:''' A human ship incorporating Velan technology. | ||
:'''Gyro:''' A small arm with self-propelled ammunition. | |||
:'''Limpdrive:''' A first-generation jumpdrive. | :'''Limpdrive:''' A first-generation jumpdrive. | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 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: Having 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.
- 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.
- Calf: A juvenile drone.
- Cow: A drone.
- Dronefire: The light of plasma (or particle) cannon fire at a distance.
- Dronesong: The sound of drone transmissions parsed through human comm standards.
- Dust: Velan or posthuman nanomachines.
- Egg: A drone mineral cache.
- Lance: A plasma cannon.
- Nest: A hive.
- Resin: Drone cladding (nephilim armour).
- 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.
- Gyro: A small arm with self-propelled ammunition.
- Limpdrive: A first-generation jumpdrive.