Glossary Nexium

AM

Acronym for angular momentum.

AU

Acronym for Anarchists' Union.

A/V

Acronym for audio / visual.

actor

A personality construct used to hide the real personality and provide realistic behavior and thoughts. Also referred to as a personality overlay.

adamantium

Diamond, or a diamond like composite that is formed using alchemy.

The Adventurers Club

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aerodrome

An airship operations and docking area.

afterlife

Post embodiment life, most commonly lived in the arkades.

Age of Revolution

The Age of Revolution is a period of social upheavel during TE9.

alchemical ecology

The alchemistry permeating an organism's tissue, both inter- and intra-cellular.

alchemist

A practitioner of alchemistry.

Alchemist of Liberty, the

Alias of the Night Whippoorwill.

alchemistry

Nanotechnology. Some forms of alchemistry are mediated by tech, other forms are meant to operate in the dimlands or during an interregnum and not need the mediation of Monoliths.

alchemy

The process of alchemistry.

alpha

The dominate form of a neohuman rad. Most neohuman rads are split into alpha-beta forms.

alpha-human

The alpha form of neohumans that are (outwardly) the most similar to us (homo sapiens).

alpha-jaishin

A neohuman rad that is taller and more slender than alpha-humans that was originally engineered for lower gravity worlds.

AM compensator

Short for angular momentum compensator.

Anarchists' Union

A loose collection of cities and regions that have no government but operate as political unit.

Angst Gryphon

Angst Gryphon is an Unterpaladin of Trang. One of his signature weapons is a compound bow.

angel

An angel is a defensive system, usually composed of a thousands or millions of micro-tech to nano-tech autonomous semi-sentient sub-systems. -- (Source: Fritz Freiheit)

angular momentum

Rotational energy.

angular momentum compensator

A mechanism for compensating or counteracting unintended angular momentum in a null space drive system.

annum

Primary form of currency in Spire. Roughly equivalent to a years life extension.

Arbaris

Arbaris is the capitol city of Edmee located on Opyl.

Argent Stormhaven

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arkade

An afterlife off-space.

auditor

Someone who is doing an audit.

audit port

A 'hook' into someones sensoria flow to their codex.

audit, memory

To experience the sensoria stored in someone's codex.

avatar

A construct, typically of a Power, that is capable of independent thought and action.

Bedlam

Bedlam is both the largest city in the Anarchists' Union as well as term frequently used synonymously with the Anarchists' Union.

beta

The subordinate form of a neohuman rad.

beta-human

The beta form of humans. Also known as goons.

beta-jaishin

The beta form of jaishin. Also known as cursors.

beta-jaishin revolt

In Arbaris, 583 TE9 the majority of beta-jaishin revolted against the Shapers leading to the establishment of People's Republic of Edmee.

biogel

The alchemical substance used in biotanks.

biopod

A cargo module for living biologicals.

biot

A sub-sentient biological robot.

biotank

Biological tank. Commonly used in medtech for repairing biological systems, such as humans.

biotic

One the component biots of the Bioway.

Bioway

The collection of biotics / biots that is the primary transportation and emergency response system in Arbaris.

blaster

A tech weapon that discharges a bolt of plasma with a high proportion of oxygen ions.

bonder

Tech that locks two surfaces together at a molecular level.

bloom (alchemical)

A run-away alchemical process, typically occurring in a life support system.

Bolthole (Mana)

Bolthole is a frontier town established near the Bolthole Monolith on the Sea of Glass on Mana. It is the primary setting for "Fortress of Wind and Glass".

brightland

Those areas where the most sophisticated tech is available. As versus the dimlands.

bruno

Slang for a thug or heavy.

bubble empyrean

An empyrean with surfaces exposed directly to null-space. These surfaces are the fade boundary.

cargo module

A self-contained unit of cargo.

CED

CED is an acronym for Cohesive Energy Defense, effective against synclight weapons.

cherchak

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codex

The data storage matrix that all neohumans have. A codex's primary function is store a complete record of every sensory input and brain state of its host.

cohesive energy defense

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comlink

Another term for link.

core

A matrix that is an 'artificial' Monolith with is typically only capable of supporting a lower level of tech.

cursor 

Slang for beta-jaishin.

Dares Club

Pelly's club. A Spirean social club occasionally referred to as the Adventurers Club.

Darkage

Another term for interregnum.

Darkage keep

Another term for interregnum keep.

debonder

Tech to detach two surfaces locked together by a bonder.

demesne

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demon

A security or defensive imp with a physical manifestation in off-space.

dimland

Those areas where the most sophisticated tech is not available. As versus the brightlands.

discrete

A screen used to hide when people jack into or out of an off-space to maintain the social illusion that off-space is just like on-space.

dissembler

A sort of personal obscuration / cloaking field.

doppelganger

An imp that duplicates or acts as someone else in off-space, or physical duplicate of someone in real-space that is fully acting the original person.

DuraCrystal

The brand name of a transparent form of adamantium.

Echo (Transhuman)

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Edmee

Edmee is one of the major nations of Opyl, primarily inhabited by jaishin. Its capitol is Arbaris.

Edmee Dominion

The Shaper dominated government of Edmee prior to the beta-jaishin revolt.

Edmee Hegemony

The jaishin dominated government.

empyrean

A bubble stabilized in nulspace. There are two primary forms of empyreans: bubble empyrean and klein empyreans.

empyrean, bubble

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empyrean, klein

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energy scavenger

A matrix that extracts and stores many forms of energy including kinetic, sonic, heat and background radiation.

energy tap

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Era of Revolution

The period between 584 and 754 TE9, noteworthy for the many beta uprisings.

evolutionary radiation

An evolutionary branch, either naturally occurring (i.e. natural selection) or intentionally induced (i.e. genetically engineered).

fade

The fade is another term for nulspace. Used by majority of the population. The term nulspace is used by nulnauts / nulship personal.

fade boundary

The fade boundary is the region in a bubble empyrean between the stability of real-space and nulspace.

fade burn

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Fé

A name marker used in jaishin culture for "noble" families.

Fé Apisterra, Shaper

The mother of Trinette Fé Apisterra.

Fé Apisterra, Trinette

The daughter of Shaper Fé Apisterra and the main character of "The Shaper's Daughter".

Fé Lunnoir, TreeYllana

One of the main characters of Tactics of Transience.

flamer

A plasma based weapon with a characteristic "guttering roar" and intense orange beam.

flexi-wheel

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flimsy

A disposable paper-like substance.

flux

An indication of energy flow.

Flying Rimbaldi

TreeYllana Fé Lunnoir's yacht.

fork

The creation of a mental clone of an individual.

generic

A human (or other) body ready for recorporialization.

giving-tree

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glyph

Symbols, text and other visual overlays. A visual component of augmented reality.

golem

A vat grown artificial human.

goon

A slang term for beta-humans.

hotrod

A flier which is not much more than a seat on a thrust-shaft. Only usable in a Monolith's demesne. -- (Source: Fritz Freiheit)

imp

A sub-sentient autonomous 'program' (as in computer program).

imp gun

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imped

An object that has imps. More colloquially it means 'ready to go'.

imped defenses

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Imperial Phoenix Empire

One of the dominate empires of the Nexus.

Imperial Police

The police force for the the Imperial Phoenix Empire. Headquartered in the IPE capitol Spire.

imperitas

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interregnum

The time between Echoes when the Monoliths shutdown and tech goes away.

Intrepids, the

A group of players organized by the Night Whippoorwill to fight for freedom.

IPE

Acronym for Imperial Phoenix Empire.

IP

Acronym for Imperial Police.

Ippy

Slang for Imperial Policeman.

Ippies

Slang for the Imperial Police.

jack

As a noun, an off-space avatar. As a verb (jack in), the act of entering an off-space.

jack in

To enter an off-space. As versus jack out.

jack out

To exit an off-space and return to on-space. As versus jack in.

jaishin

A neohuman rad with an alpha and beta (cursor) form. See alpha-jaishin.

jag

The after affects of jumping. Typically dizziness and disorientation.

Jett Seaton

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jimbo

Slang for bodyguard.

jump

Teleport.

jump shunt

A jump redirection field.

kinetic-velocity matrix

A matrix that converts other forms of energy into kinetic energy.

klein empyrean

An empyrean that has no surface exposed to nulspace. All locations in a klein empyrean can be accessed (eventually) from any other location.

Kregar the Dimlander

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KVM

Acronym for kinetic-velocity matrix.

League of the Seven Cities of the Sea of Light, the

An alliance of cities on Mana. The capitol rotates among the member cities.

ley line

The navigational "channel" between two Monoliths. Ley lines are extremely important for navigation in nulspace. Without them, it is extremely easy to get lost. To travel off of a ley line requires the nulship to have a micro-Monolith.

life certificate

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linacc

Slang for linear accelerator.

linear accelerator

Tech that transfers kinetic energy directly into an object.

link

The neohuman ability to communicate directly with another neohuman. Linking is similar to telepathy, but is not psionic like telepathy.

link fix

A mechanism for 'fixing', i.e. establishing, a link to someone not directly known by the linker. This is typically a picture (animated or not) of the individual to be linked with.

Living Tower

A Shaped structure that is something more than just a biot located in Arbaris.

lognomic

The ability to control biological processes voluntarily, particularly for involuntary process in humans.

Mana (planet)

Mana is part of the Core Cluster and home of the League of the Seven Cities of Light.

martian

A soldier on a airship or null-ship.

matrix

A physical form of tech.

mesa archipelago 

See archipelago (mesa).

Maze, the

The city within a city, hollowed out within the Wall and generally inhabited by 'undesirable elements'.

mech

A (nonhuman) cyborg.

mediskin

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medtech

Medical tech.

medusae 

Plural form of meduse.

meduse

Meduse (or the plural medusae) are biological blimp / aeroship / biot developed by the Shapers. Medusae resemble huge aerial egg-shaped jellyfish with a variety of tentacles and other fleshy parts dangling from their underside.

μMonolith

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micro-Monolith 

See μMonolith.

mind block

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mind probe

A telepathic or psionic forced reading of at mind. Usually performed to verify the targets identity.

mod

A physical modification (of an organism).

modded

To have a mod, to be physical changed.

modding

To mod.

mono

A slang word meaning something like 'cool', 'awesome', or 'wow'. It is a derived from term Monolith.

monodrome

A null-ship operations area associated with a Monolith.

Monolith

Monoliths are massive artifacts left by the transhumans. The single most important feature supporting tech and the brightlands culture of the Nexus.

monowire

A wire made from a single molecule, typically adamantium.

monowire grenade 

See snarl grenade.

Mycroft Club

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nannies

Alchemical protective or regenerative potion, typically infused throughout an organism.

neohuman

Neohumans are our descendants, genetically modified to one degree or another.

nerve wire

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neuroinhibitor

A matrix, typically in the form of a collar, that filters nerve signals to the body blocking voluntary motor control.

Nexus, the

The prime (real-space) collection of planets, empyreans, Monoliths, and lei lines.

Night Whippoorwill, the (character)

The Night Whippoorwill, a.k.a. the Alchemist of Liberty, is the leader of the Intrepids and responsible for the rescuing of many Shapers during the Age of Revolution.

Night Whippoorwill, The (story) 

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Noordheimr

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nulnaut

Someone who travels through nulspace.

nulship

A ship or other vehicle capable of traveling through nulspace. Nulship personal are called nulnauts.

nulspace

Nulspace is the destabilized probability, transdimensional space that pervades the Nexus.

nulspace drive system

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nulspace plenum

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off-space

A term for virtual reality. As versus real-space.

on-space

Another term for real-space. As versus off-space.

oracle

An interactive collection of predictive events chained together into paths.

Opyl (continent)

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Opyl (planet)

Opyl is one of the central planets of the Nexus.

Opyl Plateau

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paladin

A champion or defender of a noble cause, or at least, what the adherents of the cause consider noble. -- (Source: Fritz Freiheit)

parker

A couch used by people to leave their physical body while jacked into off-space.

parker couch 

A couch used by people to leave their physical body while jacked into off-space.

Pelly and Winters

Pelly, an aristocratic, fluff-headed member of the Adventurers Club and his valet Winters have been a team since the events of "Winters' Unexpected Arrival".

People's Republic of Edmee

The government of Edmee during the Era of Revolution (TE9).

phase pocket

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plasma lance

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player

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potion

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Power

Typically an individual who is on the far side of the transhuman line.

power armor

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PRF 

See pseudo-reality field.

probability flux

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Proscription

A rule built into tech. See Proscriptions, the.

Proscriptions, the

The set of rules built into tech by the Transumans.

pseudo-reality

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pseudo-reality field

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pseudo-reality pulse

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psi

Abbreviation or prefix for psionic.

PSI

Abbreviation for psionic.

psionic

Psionics refer to a group of powers derived from the mind, most notably from a minds interaction with a Monolith or a core. In some rare cases the psionic abilities do not require such an interaction and can manifest in the dimlands. (Source: Fritz Freiheit)

pscreamer

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psiBomb

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psiFlare

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psych

The skill or talent for reading someones emotional (etc.) state from subtle and not so subtle physical clues. Includes be able to tell when someone is linking.

Psyche Stormhaven

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pulse cannon

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quash

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quash pit

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Quince Evenstar

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rad

A slang term evolutionary radiation.

radiation, evolutionary

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real-space

The physical world. As versus null space or off-space.

reality stabilizer

Tech that shifts the highly unstable nature of nulspace in such a way as to create a bubble of stable real-space.

reality wake

The signature left by reality stabilization, typically from a nulship.

recorp

Abbreviation for recorporialize.

recorporialize

To resurrect in a new body, typically either in a clone or a generic.

Reichgeist

The uberzeppelin that the main action of the Tactics of Transience takes place.

ripper cannon

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resurrect

To bring back to life. There are two forms of resurrection, recorporialization and revivification.

revivify

To resurrect using a repaired body rather than a new one (see recorporialize).

S and S

Abbreviation for search and salvage.

S and S gang

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safety lockout

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Savage Mesa

Savage Mesa is the mesa that Trinette Fé Apisterra was born on. It is part of the northern Opyl mesa archipelago.

search and salvage

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search and salvage gang

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SecCom

Abbreviation for Security Command.

security analyst

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security wand

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sensoria

The combined perceptual feed of an individual's senses.

Sea of Glass

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Sea of Light

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The Shades

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shadow grenade 

See snarl grenade.

Shadowside

Spire's sister city, north of the the Wall and, consequently, perpetually in shadow.

shaft (null ship's)

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Shaped

Those that have biologically or genetically engineered by a Shaper.

Shaper

Prior to the Edmee beta revolt the elite alpha-jaishin ruling class of the Edmee. Known for their abilities in genetic engineering, biological sciences, and biotech.

Shaper's Daughter, The

Wherein a young girl is confronted with her mother's past.

Shaper's art

Genetic and / or biological engineering.

Shaper Assembly

The political decision making body under the Shaper Radix.

Shaper Radix

The 'root' or primary Shaper. The political focus point of political power among Shapers.

Shaper Restoration

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shock rod

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shock transfer impedance by force feedback armor

Armor that stiffens on impact. Abbreviation STIFF armor, or the slang stiffy armor.

shunt, jump

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shunt, pain

The lognomic ability among neohumans to turn off pain.

sigma

Sigma is a measure of probability derived from normal distribution.

sim

Abbreviation for simulation, typically associated with off-space simulations.

simnav tank

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simtank

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skein

A collection of ley lines that are interconnected and strongly related by the characteristics of the planets and empyreans connected to those ley lines.

snarl grenade

A grenade that contains a compressed sphere of tangled monowire. When triggered, the snarl of monowire rapidly expands, reducing everything it engulfs to a molecular slush.

snarl gun

A gun that fires a compressed sphere of tangled monowire. When fired, the snarl of monowire rapidly expands, reducing everything it engulfs to a molecular slush.

soul dust

The physical remnants of a codex after a body has been destroyed. See codex.

Spartoch

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spinnerette

A matrix that produces monowire.

Spire

The city of Spire and its enclosing empyrean are both named after the Spire Monolith.

Spire (city)

The capitol city of the Imperial Phoenix Empire located in the Spire empyrean.

Spire (empyrean)

The klein empyrean containing the city of Spire centered on the Spire monolith.

Spire (monolith)

The Monolith at the center of the city of Spire and its empyrean.

Spire Shadowside

Spire's sister city, north of the the Wall and, consequently, perpetually in shadow.

spit tube

A weapon that fires a napalm-like blob of burning gel. So called because of its characteristic spitting noise.

sprite

A specialized imp for displaying information and/or interacting visually.

stabilization factor

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stabilization field

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stabilization-control field

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stabilizer (null-space)

Tech that reduces or eliminates the reality scrambling effects of null-space.

stabilizer, reality 

See stabilizer (null-space).

stasis bag

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stasis shroud

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stealth field

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StickTight

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STIFF

Abbreviation for Shock Transfer Impedance by Force Feedback, also referred to as stiffy armor.

stiffy armor

Slang for STIFF / Shock Transfer Impedance by Force Feedback armor.

StratCom

Abbreviation for Strategic Commander.

strategic commander

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stun baton

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stunner

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suppressor

Tech that degrades or blocks the functioning of other tech.

synclight

Synclight, or synchronized light is another term for lasers.

symbiot

A symbiotic biot, commonly used for life support.

TacCom

Abbreviation for Tactical Commander.

TacCoor

Abbreviation for Tactical Coordinator.

tactical commander

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tactical coordinator

A tactical coordinator, or TacCoor, is the member of a combat team or squad responsible for monitoring the team and providing tactical support. TacCoors are usually not physically with the combat team and are jacked into an off-space equipped with a simtank. A TacCoor can provide tactical glyphs, such as targeting, alerts and backup communications.

tap

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tap, energy

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TE

Acronym for Transhuman Echo.

TE9

Acronym for Transhuman Echo 9.

tech

Technology so sophisticated that it will only (fully) operate when supported by a Monolith.

telemetry

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template

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Terror, the

During the Era of Revolution, the period when the People's Republic of Edmee became a tyranny.

Theseus Blacksail

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transcension

The transition of an individual from embodied living in real-space to afterlife in an arkade.

transhuman

Our descendants who form a wide flung civilization. We are the distant ancestors of neohumans.

Transhuman Civilization

The Transhuman civilization was the neohuman civilization of the Transhuman Era, a civilization of effective immortals that created the Monoliths, colonized null-space, and discovered the Nexus. -- (Source: Fritz Freiheit)

Transhuman Echo

A period when tech is fully functional, which occurs (somewhat unpredictably) at intervals after the fall of the Transhumans. As versus Darkage.

Transhuman Era

The period when humanity made its greatest achievements, including the creation of the Monoliths and the establishment of the Nexus structures interconnected via null-space ley lines.

Transhumans

The transhuman civilization that is the progenitor of the civilizations in the Nexus. The exact circumstances behind the fall of the Transhumans is not known, but it is rumored that some of the Powers still living were alive during height of the Transhuman Civilization.

Transhumans, the

A general term for the transhuman civilization that predates the civilization of the Nexus.

transience

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transmod

See mod.

TreeYllana Fé Lunnoir

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twip

Twists per second. A measurement of speed in nulspace.

twist

A unit of measure of travel or distance in nulspace. For the related unit of speed, see twips.

uberzeppelin

A very large zeppelin, such as the Reichgeist.

unjack

Another term for jack out.

unterpaladin

A paladin who has not transcended to the arkades yet.

v-shield

The v- or velocity-shield is defensive tech which creates field in which the velocity or momentum of an object is converted into heat.

Vaggeist

The capital city of Vaggeistland on Opyl.

Vaggeistland

Vaggeistland is the nation to the east of Edmee on Opyl, populated primarily by alpha-humans. Its capitol is Vaggeist.

vat

Used to grow artificial flesh and creatures, such as golems.

visual overlay

Additions to the visual field, such as glyphs.

Waking Dream

The Night Whippoorwill's zephyr class zeppelin null-ship and personal yacht.

Wall, the

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wand

A common form of a matrix used for one handed weapons or tools.

Wonder Putty

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wyrm

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Yonda (character)

A beta-jaishin who came to power during the Era of Revolution in the People's Republic of Edmee.

Yondan Wars

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zep

Slang for zeppelin.

zephyr class zeppelin

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zeppelin

A lighter than air craft with a rigid structure containing the lift cells. As versus blimp or balloon.

zewt

Zewt is a slang exclamation of disgust or sometimes excitement, meaning something like 'damn', 'shoot', or 'rats'. Zewt is milder than fork.

zig

Failure to jump or jack in (to an off-space), being thrown back to ones starting point, being forced to start over.

zip field

A tech effect that introduces enough oxygen into unshielded objects to detonate explosives and other volatile substances.

zip grenade

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