2033 - Decatur constructs hundreds of thousands of X8R robots and automated mining stations in the Jupiter system.
2034 - Completion of “overdome” over the entire Gilgamesh crater and Harmony colony; atmosphere slowly being generated.
2036 - Completion of the Harmony Ring above Ganymede, designed primarily for servicing automated cargo ships but also offering comfortable services for human crews.
2044 - Dallas Garner joins UNSC Navy.
Glossary of Tech
2011 - Semi-automatic .45 caliber sidearm with two rail mounts; next-generation handgun inspired by the classic Colt 1911 commissioned by the U.S. Army
ARM: Automated Robotic Miner; attaches to an asteroid, mines water ice and metal ores to produce SRCs; can mine and separate nickel-iron, aluminum-osmium, and titanium
ARF: Automated Robotic Factory; consumes ores mined by an ARM and stored in SRCs; produces completed SCPs
ARB - Automated Robotic Builder; a robot that can assemble SBMs out of blueprint files using SCPs; S-ARB model operates in zero-gee; G-ARB model operates on ground; the last model produced was the X8R class
Ganymede - Largest moon of Jupiter; diameter: 3,300 miles; orbit: 665,000 miles; significant for having a magnetic field
M66 TAR - Trooper Automatic Rifle; standard battle rifle of the UNSC Defense Force; uses 6.8mm rounds and 50-rnd magazines; features a gas-operated short-stroke piston with a rotating bolt, free-floating barrel, and three rail mounts
MCGL - Multiple Capacitor Gigawatt Laser; also called “McGhoul” and “heavy-mount”; primary offensive weapon of UNSC Navy capital ships; requires high-density capacitors
MCML - Multiple Capacitor Megawatt Laser; also called the “light-mount”; secondary offensive/defensive weapon on UNSC Navy capital ships; primary weapon on smaller ships
Promise Class - Manned transport ship; hundreds were constructed by the Seerva Orbital Shipyard at SSL4 and abandoned when Seerva left; early model was cigar-shaped like a passenger jet; later models added additional cargo capacity to the rear; became a favorite of T3 and mercenary crews
Raz-Cam - Small remote-controlled camera enclosure with control jets for limited maneuvering in zero-gee
RTCD - Real-Time Communication Device; also known as “hypercomm”; faster-than-light communication device based on remote quantum entanglement; invented by Erik Smirnov
SBM - Standard Building Module; hollow box of any specified dimensions; used as a single room or floor in a larger structure
SCP - Standard Construction Panel; thin hollow rectangular panel, two inches thick with a honeycomb structure for strength and low weight; used for construction of SBMs
SCPL - Single Capacitor Personal Laser; handheld laser rifle; uses charge magazines
SRC - Standard Resource Container; designed for use by related automated systems (ARMs, ARFs, and ARBs); used to transport resources, such as raw ores and SCPs
SSL4 - Seerva Station Lagrange Four; also called "ell-four"; renamed to Space Station L4 when the T3 corporation acquired ownership
SF-100 Wasp - Space Fighter craft; operational details classified
SHAM - Space Heavy Autonomous Missile; standard heavy missile used by the UNSC Navy
SLAM - Space Light Autonomous Missile; standard light missile used by the UNSC Navy
ST-1 Beetle - Space Transport craft; operational details classified
Skipper Class - Disposable booster spacecraft used for initial bootstrap (see Timeline)
T3 - Tandem-Tesla-Tasc Inc; a multi-national corporation; acquired most of the Seerva patents and ships and stations left behind when Jack Seerva left Earth
Techsystem - Technical Ecosystem; full sensory virtual environment, detailed enough to replace the real world; capable of sustaining downloaded or constructed lifeforms
Vigilant Class - Automated ship with robotic mining and processing equipment on board; sent to asteroids and moons to collect and process ores
X8R - Second-generation construction robot class, one of which became self aware and named itself Decatur
Military Ranks
(of the UNSC Defense Force)
Officer:
Ensign (O-1)
Lieutenant 2nd Class (O-2)
Lieutenant 1st Class (O-3)
Senior Lieutenant (O-4)
Commander (O-5)
Captain (O-6)
Rear Admiral (O-7)
Vice Admiral (O-8)
Admiral (O-9)
Spacer Enlisted:
Spacer 2nd Class (E-1)
Spacer 1st Class (E-2)
Senior Spacer (E-3)
Petty Officer 2nd Class (E-4)
Petty Officer 1st Class (E-5)
Senior Petty Officer (E-6)
Chief Petty Officer (E-7)
Senior Chief Petty Officer (E-8)
Master Chief Petty Officer (E-9)
Trooper Enlisted:
Private 2nd Class (T-1)
Private 1st Class (T-2)
Lance Corporal (T-3)
Corporal (T-4)
Sergeant (T-5)
Staff Sergeant (T-6)
Gunnery Sergeant (T-7)
First Sergeant (T-8)
Master Sergeant (T-9)
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