by Neely Dobbs
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APPENDIX # 1
REGENCY COALITION PRONUNCIATION KEY
Vowels:
A = long a (as in say) aa =short a (as in sang)
E =short e (as in bed or agent) ee = long e (as in see)
I = long i (as in ice)
O = long o (as in sold) oo = (never used in the Coalition)
or short o (as in lot)
U = short u (as in sun) uu = double o (as in moon)
Special Situations/Combinations:
- Final letter “a”= ah (as in Sara)
- “ah” combination = “ahh” sound (as in Taj Mahal)
- “ae” = long a (as in say)
- “aoh” = ow (as in cow)
- “az” = ahz (as in Oz) or awz (as in paws)
- “c” = mutable:
* “ess” or “suh” sound if followed by a consonant,
* hard k sound if followed by a vowel
- “ei” combination = long “i” sound (as in ice or Einstein)
- “eu” combination = pronounce each separately; “ee - oo” (eg. Weulj = wee-OOL-jay)
- Final letter “i”= long e; as in see
- “ian” ending on a word or name = pronounced “ee - un”
- “ie” = long e; as in seen
- “ii” = short i (as in sit)
- “iz” = eez; as in ease {eg. Kuuiz = koo – EEZ}
- “iis” = iz (as in is) {eg. Iisleen = IZ – leen}
- Any word ending in “j”, following a consonant = pronounce letter: “jay”
- Any soft consonant starting a name, followed by “j” = pronounce first consonant as a separate syllable (eg. Ljor = ELL - jor)
- Any mutable consonant starting a name, followed by “j” = Pronounce first consonant as a separate soft syllable (eg. Cjorll = suh-JORE-el)
- “jj” = zh sound (as in azure)
- “q” (if not followed by u) = hard k (as in kin)
APPENDIX # 2
CHARACTERS LIST
EARTH
OZIER, JASON (OH-zher, JAY-son)
Nickname: Jace. A farmer near the town of Hamilton in the central part of the United States. Husband of Samantha Ozier. A friend and nearby neighbor of Kyle Trandic.
OZIER, SAMANTHA (OH-zher, suh-MAN-thuh)
Nickname: Sam. Wife of Jason Ozier, living on a farm near the town of Hamilton in the central part of the United States.
SANDERS, GEORGE
A farmer near the town of Hamilton in the central part of the United States. He is a friend and nearby neighbor of Kyle Trandic, and is the former owner of Kyle's dogs.
TRANDIC, KYLE (TRAN-dik, kile)
A farmer near the town of Hamilton in the central part of the United States who sees an unsettling object. Jason and Samantha Ozier’s best friend and nearby neighbor.
KEPREN CLUSTER ALLIANCE
ADIZ (ADVANCED DIGITAL INTEGRATED ZYTHERTRON) Unit #32
(Each letter sounded: ay-dee-eye-zee)
A humanoid robot; over 1,000 years old; extremely intelligent, though not sentient. Overseer of Sanctuary One on Alpha Byreen III. A frequent companion and/or associate to Jazon and several Alliance leaders.
AGRIEL, VICKLOR (AY-gree-ull, VIK-lore)
Nickname: Vick. Rank: Commander in the Alliance Armada; captain of the Wasp orbiter. A native of the planet, Khylt.
BROVEAN, TALIR (BROH-vee-un, tay-LEER)
Past-President of the Kepren Cluster Alliance. Initially led the opposition to the Alliance Evacuation/Hibernation plan, but later came to support it.
BURGSTROM, SPACEY (BURG-strum, SPAY-see)
Alliance Academy professor whose theories on the relationship between matter and energy become the subject of debate by Alliance leaders. Never seen; only referred to.
DRISTANE, KIRQ (dris-STAIN, kirk)
Title: Doctor; Past Professor at Alliance Academy; Astrophysics and Propulsion Systems Specialist awakened from hibernation at Sanctuary One on Alpha Byreen III. Invited to come to Kepren to provide information on the nature of time and time travel, he resumes an experiment which may relate to the Alliance system disappearances. Originates from the planet Maljier of the Caisel system.
GISKET (GISS-ket)
Robot assistant to Dr. Kirq Dristane during experiments.
JORAUSKY, MELTAN (JORE-ow-ski, MEL-tan)
Title: Dr.; Fellow of the Society of Archeological Cosmologists and Senior Editor of the scrolls found on one of Saturn’s moons, which are the source of the book.
JUBALLE, ALTEN (joo-BAHL, ALL-ten)
Rank: Lieutenant. Khyltian officer on the Wasp in charge of power systems.
KAYLIN, SINDRA (KAY-linn, SIN-druh)
Rank: Yeoman. Khyltian crew member on the Wasp; assists Commander Agriel.
KELLICE, DANTON (kel-LEESE, DAN-ton)
Alliance Academy Science professor, instructor for class in “Theory and Analysis of Super–Luminal Communication Encryption and Transfer”.
KHYLTIANS (KILT-ee-unz)
Natives of the planet Khylt, Khyltians are noted for their bravery and valor. All Wasp crew members are Khyltians.
MATHLEN, YAGDEL (MATH-len, YAHG-dell)
Brilliant scientist and developer of the technique of tapping stars for tremendous energy to create huge magnetic fields to open dimensional tunnels, which led to FTL (faster than light travel) and FTC (faster than light communications). The Mathlen Science Center on Kepren was named for this innovative creator.
OZIER, GAVIN (OH-zher, GAV-in)
Son of Jazon and Sabanda Ozier, currently in hibernation on Alpha Byreen III.
OZIER, JAZON (OH-zher, JAY-zun)
Fleet Admiral of the Kepren Cluster Alliance Exploratory Armada; the cluster’s highest ranking military leader and interim President of the Kepren Cluster Alliance.
OZIER, MARLINYN (OH-zher, mar-LINN-en)
Daughter of Jazon and Sabanda Ozier, currently in hibernation on Alpha Byreen III.
OZIER, SABANDA (OH-zher, suh-BAN-duh)
Vice–Admiral of the Alliance Armada; Jazon's wife and second in command of the Kepren Cluster.
SINGUR (SING-er)
Robot who assists Dr. Kirq Dristane during most portal experiments.
SWIGHT, SHALLEN (swite, SHALL-in)
Rank: Lieutenant. Khyltian officer on the Wasp; in charge of communications.
TAGMEILZER, HUGO (TAG-mile-zher, HUU-go)
Title: Dr. Successor to Yagdel Mathlen and developer of star tube travel technology.
TRANDIC, KYELL (TRAN-dik, KY-ell)
Rank: Commodore in the Alliance Armada. Aide-de-Camp to and close friend and confidant of Jazon and Sabanda Ozier.
VSDI (VISUAL SENSORY DIGITAL INTEGRATOR) UNIT #473
(Each letter sounded: vee-ess-dee-eye)
Robot; the senior overseer of the Mathlen Science Lab on Kepren.
WALTEER, KELT (wall-TEER, kelt)
Rank: Lieutenant. Khyltian officer on the Wasp; in charge of both Astrogation and Supply.
ZYTHERMAN, HEWELL (ZY-ther-man, HUU-ull)
Inventor and creator of the, "Advanced Digital Integrated Zythertron" series of robots, with advanced capabilities and behavior.
REGENCY COALITION
[Note: In the Coalition, family names come first, given names last]
BRAANG KTOR (brang kuh-TORE)
Conclave Representative-at-Large and a senior member of the Coalition Conclave, supporter of Lord Ptoriil Briin, uncle of Special Aide Braang Pezzer, and older brother of Braang Pzorren.
BRAANG PEZZER (brang PEZ-zer)
Title: SA, or Special Aid to the Executive Officer. Headstrong and abrasive son of Braang Pzorren, nephew to Braang Ktor, and a junior Representative to the Conclave.
BRAANG PZORREN (brang puh-ZORE-in)
The most disreputable member of House Braang; a scheming Merchant/Trader dealing primarily in illicit goods, the younger brother of Braang Ktor, and the father of Braang Pezzer.
CHUNEEL SEVAAN (chuh-NEEL seh-VAN)
Lord Regent of the House Chuneel and a neutral member of MAC.
CJORLL KUUIZ (suh-JORE-el koo-EEZ)
Lord Regent of the House Cjorll and an opposition member of MAC, constantly at odds with Lord Ptoriil. Usually accompanied by Lord Regent Vstoch Vlagen.
DHAALMLA (DAHLM-lah)
Mythical goddess from very early pre–Coalition history and immortalized by a bronze statue in the All Planets Museum.
FAANTIAN AALTEEA (FAN-tee-un al-TEE-ah)
Rank: Lieutenant. Lord Regent Faantian Thlomaz’s granddaughter, an expert in Alliance languages and culture, Lord Ptoriil’s life-long friend and sometimes administrative aide.
FAANTIAN THLOMAZ (FAN-tee-un thlow-MAHZ)
Lord Regent of the House Faantian, a supporting member Lord Ptoriil on MAC, and grandfather of Faantian Aalteea.
GAZAANEEL TELDORN (gahz-an-EEL TEL-dorn)
Lord Regent of the House Gazaaneel and an opposition member of MAC.
JANUZ, CAPTAIN (JAY - nuzz)
Rank: Captain. Commander of the ship on which Lord Ptoriil Briin makes a journey to
the planet, Iisleen, in the Iisleen system.
LAYTONN EEBRI (LAY-ton EE-bree)
Nickname: Brie. Rank: FSO or First Science Officer, Chief of Coalition Science Division, and Executive Staff Officer. Lord Regent Ptoriil Briin’s extremely competent and savvy science and political adviser—and frequent companion.
LUUSEEMA ZERRA (loo-SEEM-ah ZER-rah)
Lord Regent of the House Luuseema and a neutral member of M–A–C.
MALAAR (MAY-lar)
Title: Special Aide. The senior administrative aide to Lord Ptoriil Briin. He is a long time aide and permanently assigned to Lord Ptoriil.
PTORIIL BEREEUN (puh-TORE-ill BEAR-ee-un)
Lord Ptoriil Briin's deceased father; a prior Lord Regent and MAC member.
PTORIIL BRIIN (puh-TORE-ill brin)
Nickname: Briinie. Titles: His Excellency, Lord Regent of the House Ptoriil, Eminent Regent Supreme, Commander-in Chief of the Regency Coalition Cluster Fleet, Chief Executive of the Regency Coalition and Chairman of The Mutual Advisory Committee, Lord Ptoriil Briin.
PTORIIL GOZER (puh-TORE-ill GO-zher)
Highly esteemed ancestor to Lord Ptoriil Briin.
QIIRRON (KIR-on)
A trusted assistant on Lord Ptoriil’s staff.
VSTOCH VLAGEN (vuh-STAHCH VLAY-gun)
Lord Regent of the House Vstoch and an opposition member of MAC, constantly at odds with Lord Ptoriil. Usually accompanies Lord Regent Cjorll Kuuiz.
CRONUL
HOGA (HOE-gah)
An enigmatic entity of near-supernatural powers and perceptions who resides in a mysterious rock-walled compound on Cronul, well outside the town of Farthing.
MEMNON (MEM-non)
An extremely advanced, sentient robot associate of HOGA.
‘OLD' HALLNEY (HAUL-nee)
A ticket clerk at the train station on Cronul.
APPENDIX # 3
TERMS, OBJECTS AND PLACES
Basic Time Comparisons
1 Kepren Day = appx. 22.5 Earth Hours 11 Kepren Days = appx. 10 Earth days
1 Kepren Year = appx. 1.1 Earth Years 9 Earth Years = appx. 10 Kepren Years
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1 Coalition Day = appx. 28 Earth Hours 6 Coalition Days = appx. 7 Earth days
1 Coalition Year = appx. 1.05 Earth Years 20 Coalition Years = appx. 21 Earth Years
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1 Coalition Day = appx. 31 Kepren Hours 4 Coalition Days = appx. 5 Kepren days
1 Coalition Year = appx. 0.9 Kepren Years 24 Coalition Years= appx. 21 Kepren Years
(For full time measurements and conversion between
Earth, the Kepren Alliance, and the Regency Coalition
see the Basic Time Units conversion chart at the end of this glossary)
EARTH
AU
Abbreviation for "Astronomical Unit"; the distance from the Earth's center to the Sun's center.
HAMILTON
A small town in the central part of the United States; home of Jason and Samantha Ozier and Kyle Trandic. The location of a town meeting during which strange sightings are discussed.
IAPETUS (eye-AP-uh-tuss)
A moon of Saturn; the scrolls on which the book is based were discovered there.
KEPREN CLUSTER ALLIANCE
AIDD (AID)
An acronym for Artificial Intelligence Data Devices, the general term for many varieties of advanced robotic machine intelligences used widely throughout the Alliance.
AAIRON (AY-ron)
Capital city of the planet Belshimitar.
ACADEMY / FLEET ACADEMY
Common terms for the Kepren Cluster Alliance Exploratory Armada Academy, the educational facility and training ground for future Alliance officers who will command the crews of space exploration ships. Pride in the fleet still runs high and scholarly excellence is always the aim. However, with the concept of warfare only a distant memory, military strategies for armed conflict have become minimal parts of the curriculum, secondary to the primary training in techniques of exploration.
ALLIANCE
The general reference to the civilization and governmental organization formally known as "The Kepren Cluster Alliance," or to the Kepren Cluster in which it is located.
AICYCLEIS SYSTEM (ay-SIKE-lee-is)
A solar system which disappeared thirteen months earlier than Chadalmencondra.
ALPHA BYREEN III (AL-fah BY-reen)
The planetary location of Sanctuary–One, the first of many evacuation/hibernation facilities of the Alliance. It is also the principal duty station of ADIZ.
BELSHIMITAR (bell-SHIM-ih-tar)
Fourth and most densely occupied planet in the Plathymiir system.
BUKALOZ DEFENSE STATION (BOO-kah-lowz)
A Belshimitar military installation.
CHAD / CHADALMENCONDRA
(chad / chad-al-men-KON-drah)
The closest planet to Kepren in the Syzygy system. Unlike all other SDs, Chad disappeared alone, without additional system involvement.
CLUSTER
An astronomical term used to described a roughly spherical concentration of related stars of generally similar age and type. (also see “Kepren Cluster”)
CLUSTER ALLIANCE COUNCIL
The primary legislative body of the Kepren Cluster Alliance. Consisting of representatives of each of the settled systems of the Kepren Cluster, it is composed of three parts: the Solar Assembly, with each inhabited solar system having two members; the Planetary Advisors, with each settled planet having two members; and the Citizens’ Caucus, based on individual solar systems’ population, with one member per each 250 Million citizens. If each of the three houses approves a measure, but in different forms, the final form of any approved legislation is decided by the Cabinet of Elders, made up of each system’s senior member in the Solar Assembly.
COLOSSUS
The descriptive title given to an unknown ship seen in Alliance space.
CLIO. - COMMUNICATION LIAISON INTELLIGENCE OPERATOR
(Note: "CLIO" pronounced like "Cleo.")
A Mathlen Science Center fully integrated machine intelligence facility capable of life-like interaction and responses in furnishing communications and a wide range of information concerning the infra–structure of the Kepren Cluster Alliance.
DIMENSIONAL TUNNEL
See "InterSpace Tunnel"
DOPPEL / DOPPELGANGER (DOPP-pel / DOPP-pel-gang-er)
Generally, a wraithlike image or double of a person; also refers to a projected holographic image of a person, manipulated from a distance by a controlling intelligence.
THE EDUCATOR
The commonly used term for the HoloPsychic Integrator, a bio-electronic learning accelerator capable of by imparting large amounts of knowledge to a person in very short time periods by electronically stimulating, focusing and integrating all learning and recall activities of the brain.
EROLA SYSTEM (ee-ROH-la)
A collection of beautiful worlds, sometimes referred to as “The Garden Planets”.
FTL (Each letter sounded: eff-tee-ell)
Acronym for any system of “Faster Than Light-speed Travel"; this may mean actually exceeding the speed of light or effectively achieving the same result by taking dimensional “short-cuts” which reduce the normally required travel distance through space. (Also see “InterSpace” and “InterSpace Tunnel”)
SLC (Each letter sounded: ess-ell-see)
Acronym for Super-Luminal Communications, a system of faster than lightspeed communications. (Also see Tachyonic Communications)
GANLON (GAN-lon)
Principal and capitol city on the planet Kepren. The city is above the underground site of the Mathlen Science Center.
Berania (bur-AN-ee-uh)
Largest ocean of Belshimitar.
HOLOPSYCHIC INTEGRATOR
See "Educator."
INTERSPACE
An inter–dimensional sub-space region not defined by the conventional laws of the known universe. Passage through this region allows travelers to take “short-cuts” through space. (Also see “FTL” and “InterSpace Tunnel”)
INTERSPACE TUNNEL
Artificially constructed openings into and through InterSpace, which allows interstellar distances to be traversed faster than light, but without perceptible time-dilation effects. Colossal magnetic fields are created by a technology which taps the vast energy of local stars, opening wormhole-like passages through InterSpace. By traveling through these tunnels at approximately one-third lightspeed, ships take “short-cuts” and traverse interstellar distances in small fractions of the time light would take to travel through normal space to the same destination.
Also known as "Dimensional Tunnels", "Star Tunnels", and "Star Tubes," their entry points are located roughly fifteen light-minutes from the planet of departure, radiating outward into space in the direction of the destination. Transport through such constructs is rated by phase numbers; the larger the phase number, the more the travel time is reduced and the greater the amount of energy required for the tunnel's creation. [See also "InterSpace", “FTL”, “Mathlen, Yagdel” and “Tagmeilzer, Hugo”]
KEPREN (KEP-ren)
Once a sparsely populated planet in the Syzygy solar system near the center of the Kepren Cluster, Kepren was chosen as the newly centralized political heart of the Alliance government. As the site of the Mathlen Science Center, it is also the focus of much of the scientific and technological advancement of the Alliance. Combined with its state–of– the–art transportation facilities, Star Terminal One, Kepren has become the Alliance’s hub for politics, science, and cluster-wide travel.
KEPREN CLUSTER
A region of over 1000 stars focused in a loose globular pattern roughly eighty–one light years in diameter; the planet Kepren in the Syzygy system is near its center.
KEPREN CLUSTER ALLIANCE
The united government of dozens of settled star systems with the Kepren Cluster; its chief executive is the President and its legislative body is called the Cluster Alliance Council.
KEPREN CLUSTER ALLIANCE EXPLORATORY ARMADA
The official title for the government supported and operated quasi-military system operating a significant fleet of space-going vessels. The Armada had, in millennia past, served as a true military war force. The word, "Exploratory," was added after centuries had passed without any active military engagements.
KEPREN TIME/CALENDAR
Based upon the time units native to the planet Kepren, the official standard of time measurement of the Kepren Cluster Alliance. Calendar year starts on Spring Equinox
468 calendar days per year (468.47 solar days per year)
25 hours per day, 9 days per week, 4 weeks per month
36 days per month; 13 months
Adjustment for Calendar Year to match Orbital Year:
1 leap day each 2 years
Skip leap day each 66 years;
Do not skip leap each 6600 years.
Yields accuracy within 1.5 seconds per million years.
(For full time measurements and conversion between
the Kepren Alliance, the Regency Coalition, and Earth
see the Basic Time Units conversion chart at the end of this glossary)
KINY–STOMOS LIBRARY (KY-nee STO-mose)
An electronic device with which realistic holographic images, complete with audio, could be created.
CAISEL SYSTEM (KY-zel)
Alliance Cluster star system containing Maljier, the home planet of Kirq Dristane. It is one of the solar systems lost as an SD.
MALJIER (MAL-jee-air)
Kirq Dristane's birth planet. It is a part of the Caisel System, which became an SD shortly before Chad’s disappearance.
MATHLEN SCIENCE CENTER
The Alliance’s premier scientific facility, located underground near Ganlon on the planet, Kepren. Its primary parts are: Mathlen Science Institute, an educational institution; Mathlen Science Lab, a research facility; and Mathlen Command Center, the primary monitoring and control center for the entire Kepren Cluster during hibernation.
THE NINE CREATIONS
Originally a religious term from ancient myths and texts describing the nature of the beginning of all things, the concept became more widely accepted when cosmologists and astrophysicists developed, through mathemat
ical models, essentially the same scientific theory. Both the religious concept of creation and the scientific theory suggest that, in a blinding original outburst, nine separate but related dimensions or universes were simultaneously created, each with its own process of development and evolution. The term is sometimes used as an exclamation in moments of extreme tension or sudden realization. (i.e., "By the Nine Creations!”)
KHYLT (kilt)
The desolate and inhospitable home planet of the Khyltians who volunteered for the skeleton crew to operate the Wasp during hibernation.
PLATHYMIIR (PLATH-eh-meer)
One of the Kepren Cluster’s settled solar systems; its primary settled planet is Belshimitar.
PLAZA OF THE WORLDS
A popular tourist destination in Belshimitar’s capitol city of Aairon, where Jazon and Sabanda have vacationed. It is distinctive and famous for its featured exhibits of merit from all of the major systems in the Alliance Cluster.
SANCTUARY–ONE
Located on the remote planet Alpha Byreen III, Sanctuary–One was the first hibernation facility constructed and populated with evacuated Kepren Cluster Alliance citizens. The robot, ADIZ, is the principal caretaker and overseer of the facility.
STAR TUBE / STAR TUNNEL
See "InterSpace Tunnel"
STAR TERMINAL - 1
The name given to the transportation center at the planet, Kepren. The transport facility was so named in honor of both for its political position and for its state-of-the-art star tunnel travel capabilities.
SYSTEM DISAPPEARANCES
The sudden and unexplained vanishing of a primary star along with all or most of the orbiting bodies in that solar system.
SYZYGY (SIZZ-uh-gee)
The name of both the solar system of which Kepren is a part and the sun about which Kepren orbits. Syzygy also refers to a centralized, straight line astronomical formation.
TACHYONIC COMMUNICATIONS (tack-ee-ON-ic)
A method of FTC (Faster Than Light-speed Communications) made possible by the use of tachyon streams as a signal carrier. By their nature, tachyons must always move faster than the speed of light and may move at speeds significantly greater than light-speed.
TEEKA (TEE-kah)
An Alliance animal, roughly equivalent to an Earth "spider."
WASP
A five-mile diameter artificial satellite which created a crisis when the planet it was orbiting [Chadalmencondra] vanished without a trace. Part time home of Commander Vicklor Agriel and crew.
REGNCY COALITION
ALL PLANETS MUSEUM BUILDING
A combination museum and office building which also contains the prestigious J’Orgowiilf Regency Grill at its very top.
AANZELOTA (an-ze-LOT-ah)
One of Caaljeron's moons. A particularly dramatic effect is produced when seen under the right astronomic and atmospheric conditions and in conjunction with another of Caaljeron's moons, Zeloti.
AAXLOTL (ax-LOT-ul)
An non-domesticatable and rather burly wild animal that is difficult to locate and somewhat dangerous to hunt; also refers to selected portions from the carcass of that animal that are used as food and deemed a special delicacy by many citizens of the Coalition. Rarely found in restaurants of the realm, but always at a premium price.
BAJJELMEER (BAY-zhel-meer)
The system that the captured planet Chad will pass close to as it moves through Coalition space.
CAALJERON (CAL-jer-on)
The planet on which the Regency Coalition’s capitol city, Xuudeloee, is located.
COALITION
The general reference to the civilization and governmental organization formally known as "The Regency Coalition," or to the Coalition Cluster in which it is located. (Also see "Coalition Cluster" and “Regency Coalition”)
COALITION CLUSTER / REGENCY COALITION CLUSTER
A concentrated region of almost 2000 stars in a general spherical pattern, having over 200 inhabited systems; the city of Xuudeloee on the planet Caaljeron is the seat of government for the confederacy of planets in the cluster. (See also “Regency Coalition”)
THE CONCLAVE (KON-klave)
The Regency Coalition's legislative body, it is a less powerful and less autonomous arm of the government than the Mutual Advisory Committee.
EIDOLON (EYE-duh-lon)
A mysterious, moon–sized construct 1200 kilometers (appx. 750 miles) in diameter, accidentally discovered by a Coalition Fleet cadet training mission.
FTC2
(Each element pronounced: eff-tee-see-skwared)
A term for “Faster Than Light-Speed Communications”, where “Light-Speed” is designated by “C”. The "squared" indication (seen as the small superscript "2") both simplifies the “FTCC” designation and indicates that the rate of communication transmission is the speed of light multiplied by itself. At such speeds, the time required for communications to traverse the distance between stars is reduced to a matter of minutes or hours.
HOUSES
The family/political units which rule their own sectors of the Coalition Cluster. The Lords Regent (the heads of each of the thirteen aristocratic Houses) form the Mutual Advisory Committee, the primary ruling body of the Regency Coalition. One of the Lords Regent is selected as the Chairman of MAC and automatically becomes the Chief-of-State of the Regency Coalition. The thirteen Houses are: House Ahfemeen, House Braang, House Chuneel, House Cjorll, House Emzeersepek, House Faantian, House Gazaaneel, House Luuseema, House Ptoriil, House Rahzhpuul, House Tzenjjuu, House Vstoch, and House Xuudel. (See also “Regency Coalition” and “Mutual Advisory Committee”.)
IISLEEN (IZ-leen)
Located in fringe area of the Regency Coalition Cluster near the region where most system captures have occurred, Iisleen—both the planet and the system—is the ancestral home of the House Ptoriil. One of the few inhabitable Coalition planets that is not overpopulated, Iisleen was occasionally considered a vacation spot.
KIIDEENI PRIME (kid-DEEN-ee)
The larger of two stars of a Coalition binary system, the nearest in Coalition space to
Chadalmencondra’s point of transition.
MAAGNUS RIFT (MAG-nus)
An enormous natural geological chasm, well known throughout the Coalition.
MUTUAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE / MAC
(Note: MAC normally pronounced “Mack”.)
The primary ruling body of the Coalition. It is a contentious confederacy comprised of the Lords Regent of each of the thirteen aristocratic Houses which rule their own sectors of the Coalition Cluster. The Chairman of MAC (designated as Lord Regent Supreme) is automatically the Chief-of-State of the Regency Coalition. (See also “Houses” and “Regency Coalition”.)
RAAJJSH SECTOR (rahzsh)
The remote region of the Coalition in which Eidolon is found.
REGENCY COALITION
A formal, but adversarial, confederation of the aristocratic Houses which rule each of the thirteen inhabited geo-political sectors of the Regency Coalition Cluster; the formal oligarchy of Lords which comprises the government of the inhabited cluster. Occasionally the term also is used as an alternative reference to the Coalition Cluster. (See also “MAC / Mutual Advisory Committee”)
REGENCY COALITION CLUSTER FLEET
A collection of space going vessels comm
issioned by the Coalition government and staffed by officers sworn to allegiance in a manner following ancient military protocol. Although war has become only a distant memory, the concept of self protection dies hard and the fleet retains some of the tools to wage war.
REGENCY COALITION TIME/CALENDAR
333 calendar days per year (333.333+ solar days per year)
30 hours per day, 8 days per week;
3.75 weeks per month (for 41 of the 42 weeks per year)
11 months total; first 10 months with 30 days, Sacred month has 33 days
11th month=4.0 weeks with three 8 day weeks, final week only 5 days (6 in leap year)
1 leap day each 3 years; 1 extra Sacred Minute each 3,000 years
(For full time measurements and conversion between
the Regency Coalition, the Kepren Alliance, Earth, and
see the Basic Time Units conversion chart at the end of this glossary)
SACRED MONTH / COALITION TIME
A month of both special religious significance and calendar adjustment; unlike the other ten months in the official Coalition calendar (which is based on time measurement and year length on Caaljeron), the Sacred Month has 33 days instead of 30, and four weeks instead of 3.75, with the additional week (the Sacred Week) having only 5 days instead of the usual 8 days.
TOWERS–CREST
A prestigious skyscraper, meeting place and restaurant favored by the movers and shakers of Coalition society. The exclusive dining area is located high atop the building, with a spectacular view of all of Xuudeloee.
TUNNEL RATS PUB
A thoroughly disreputable Xuudeloian eatery and watering hole whose only saving graces are its privacy and its exceptional aaxlotl steaks.
VERBAL DUEL
A traditional Coalition contest of vocal combat which has replaced almost all physical conflict or battles. Particular emphasis is placed on imagery and alliterative style. A facile and extensive command of the language is a definitely prerequisite for those who have any hope of being competitive.
XUUDELOEE (ZOO-deh-LOW-ee)
The capitol city of both the planet Caaljeron and the Regency Coalition.
ZELEETA (zeh-LEET-ah)
Home planet of Ptoriil Briin, approximately twenty light years from the House Ptoriil’s ancestral home on Iisleen.
ZELAANZ / ZELAANZIAN (zeh-LOHNZ / zeh-LOHNZ-ee-an)
A reference to the unusual pastel aqua color produced on rare occasions by two moons of Caaljeron. Also the term for the occasions on which the phenomena is observed, as well as for the precious stone of the same color. (See also “Aanzelota” and “Zeloti”.)
ZELOTI (zeh-LOT-ee)
One of Caaljeron's moons. A particularly dramatic effect is produced when seen under the right astronomic and atmospheric conditions and in conjunction with another of Caaljeron's moons, Aanzelota.
CRONUL
(KROH-nul)
CONNIX (KON-ix)
The name of an instantaneous transport system used by HOGA and his associates.
FARTHING (FAR-theeng)
The small, somewhat antiquated town at the entry port to Cronul.
MATCHED PARTICLE PAIR
Paired sub–atomic particles for which are entangled is such a way that either particle of the pair instantaneously reflects any effects or changes in its partner, regardless of how widely they are separated. As a result, the use of matched particle pairs in communication allows instant communication, whether the particles are miles apart or millions of light years apart. On Earth, the initial theoretical work in this area was jointly conducted by Albert Einstein and Boris Podolsky. Thus, matched particle pairs are sometimes referred to as Einstein/Podolsky pairs.
RISHON (REE-shon)
The most elemental component of the physical universe. Although rishons may be
infinitesimal energy units with no particle characteristics, various combinations of rishons are the fundamental building blocks which create all sub-atomic particles, all atoms, and all matter.
RISHONIC PROCESSOR (ree-SHON-ic)
The core unit of a robotic brain which allows artificial intelligence to achieve sentience. Constructed from rishons in a manner that creates a harmonic fusion of inert and living biological components, its operation is essentially the same as that of the brain of a living person.
RISHONIC CO-PROCESSOR
A rishonic processor designed to work in tandem with a traditional electronic or positronic processor, providing capabilities beyond the individual capabilities of either individual processor.
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