by M S Murdock
Ishtar Confederation
Powerful Venusian political group.
Ishtar Plateau
Location of one of Venus’s oldest settlements.
John Carter Military Academy
School attended by Kemal Gavilan.
Juno
Asteroid housing the second largest shipyard in the Asteroid Belt, and a pilot training base.
Jupiter
Fifth planet from the Sun. Un-terraformed home to the strangest genetically modified humans in the solar system.
Jupiteran
Person or thing native to Jupiter.
K
Abbreviation for “kilo,” a standard ratio of monetary value.
Kallag
Arcology in the Maccabbee Caverns of Mercury.
Kallagian
Person or thing native to Kallag, Mars.
Kane, Killer
Self-serving NED pilot turned RAM mercenary; Wilma Deering’s axe lover.
Karkov, Col. Anatoly
Twentieth century space weapons expert and creator of Masterlink.
Karkov.doa
Downloaded twenty-fifth century persona of Anatoly Karkov.
Khan, Mtabele
Roommate of Kemal Gavilan at John Carter Military Academy.
Khrebet, Alonzo
RAM official who tortured Cornelius Kane and Wilma Bearing in Deimos prison.
Kilo
Standard ratio of monetary value.
Klimt-Low, Ina
Distant relative of Ardala’s who provides her with information concerning Dr. Merrill Andresen’s archaeological findings.
Konig
Unit of Mercurian currency.
Langles
Twenty-Fifth century name of former Los Angeles, Earth.
Langles Flight Academy
School where Cornelius Kane learned to fly.
Luna
Earth’s moon, terraformed and populated.
Luna Geechaft GB
Stable banking house where numbered accounts and precious metals may be safely stored and transacted. Vitessans and Kalla. gians.
Lunarian; Lunar
Person or thing native to Luna.
Maccabbee Caverns
Underground caverns on Mercury inhabitated by Vitessans and Kallagians.
Malat, Randy
Twentieth century journalist.
Mars
Terraformed paradise, home to RAM, the corrupt Martian megacorporation.
Martian
Person or thing native to Mars.
Martian University
University near the Pavonis Space Elevator, where Dr. Merrill Andresen was tenured.
Hartian Desert Runner
One of the first fully engineered gennies, designed to withstand the savage conditions of the Martian Plateaus.
Marvell, Andrew
English poet and satirist, AD. 1621-1678.
Masterlmk
Twentieth century computer program and satellite.
Matrix
RAM intersolar computer network.
Mediplex
Medical complex.
Memscan
Device or technique used to scan a person’s memory.
Memwipe
Device or technique used to erase areas of a person’s memory.
Mercurian
Person or thing native to Mercury.
Mercury Prime
Orbiting home of Sun Kings of Mercury.
Micro-universe
Miniature or contained universe.
Micromeal
Prepackaged microwaveable meal.
Middeberry, Comdt. James
Administrator of John Carter Military Academy.
Mons Olympus
Largest mountain on Mars.
Morpheum
Depressant drug.
Mover
Mechanized sidewalk.
Musician
One of several independent workers’ unions on Mercury.
New Earth Organization (NEO)
Earth based terrorist group dedicated to ending RAM‘s control of Earth.
New Frommer Guide to the Inner Planets
Travel guidebook.
Newyorg
Arcology on the site of ancient Earth’s New York City.
North-H Mall
Location of the Body Nova, health club frequented by Ardala Valmar.
Ochoa-Varilla
One of fourteen living Barneys.
Ooneen-2
Chemical compound smeared on pigs during pigsmear matches.
Paris Joan
One of fourteen living Barneys.
Pavonis Space Elevator
Martian space bridge between Pavonis and an orbiting satellite; it houses twenty levels, each a self-contained city habitat.
Peblinsk
Secondary Earth-based laser facility for Masterlink.
Pelletier
Crew member on Black Barney’s ship, Free Enterprise.
Pepjuice
Electrolyte energy replenishing liquid.
Pigsmear
Brutal game originating in the Asteroid Belt, in which two opponents attempt to touch four walls while maintaining control of a greasy, live pig.
Plasticrete
Plastic-Reinforced Concrete
Plastifiber
Plastic-Reinforced Fiber
Princess of Mars
Ardala Valmar’s spaceship.
Price, Neola
Member of RAM’s executive board.
Professorial Tribunal
Martian University hearing to determine the qualifications of a resident professor.
Proto-meat
Artificial meat substitute.
Quartergym
Arena used for pigsmear.
Quinto
One of fourteen living Barneys.
Ralton Spaceport
Spaceport in the Pavonis Space Elevator.
Rockhoppers
Slang term for people who travel frequently between asteroids.
Rockjocks
See rockhoppers.
Rodney
Simund Holzerhein’s computer-generated butler.
Rogers, Capt. Anthony "Buck"
Twentieth century pilot who staves off world war by defeating the Soviet satellite, Masterlink, survives a five-hundred year cryogenic sleep, and is discovered by Dr. Merrill Andresen in AD. 2456.
Rogues' Guild
An alliance of space pirates.
Russo-American Mercantile (RAM)
Martian mega-corporation, defacto ruler of the solar system.
Sary Shagan
Primary Earth-based laser facility for Masterlink.
SEASAT
Sea-based antisatellite missile.
Shaztikoff
Twenty-third century musical composer.
Skimpies
Attire Worn During pigsmear matches
Skinform
Tight-fitting body suit.
Skitch
A distilled alcoholic liquor made from fermented mash of Martian grains.
Smart clothes
Clothing that incorporates into its fabric internal circuitry and microcomputers for climate control, communications, and defense.
Sol System
Twenty-fifth century name for the solar system.
Solien, Jander
RAM executive board member.
Spacer
Genetically altered human (gennie), with smooth, silvery skin of bio cybernetic aluminum over a blubbery body, and large, silver eyes with a hard outer lens.
Stennis gun
Projectile weapon.
Stonepig
Breed of pig used in pigsmear.
Sun King of Mercury
Hereditary ruler of Mercury.
Synthsuit
A tight-fitting body suit.
Tabibi, Sattar
One of fourteen living Barneys.
Tanny
Gennie assistant to Ardala Valmar, clone to Hatch.
TelCom
Twentieth century communications satellite allegedly shot down by Soviet lasers.
Telecom
Communications link; twenty-fifth century equivalent to the telephone.
Terraform
To alter the surface of a planet to make it habitable.
Terran
Person or thing native to Terra (Earth)
Terrine
RAM guard stationed on Earth.
Taxarkana Organization
Earth arcology.
Thule
Asteroid in the Asteroid Belt.
Treasury, Ltd.
RAM subsidiary company.
Triin
Desert Runner security guard on Ardala Valmar’s spaceship, Princess of Mars
Tumblechute
Tarabian, Gen. Carlton
Wilma Deering’s commanding officer in NEO.
Tycho
Lunar settlement, located in Tycho Center.
Valmar, Ardala
Beautiful, sinister Martian heiress and information broker, niece of Simund Holzerhein.
Valmar, Roaxido
RAM executive board member, uncle to Ardala Valmar.
Venus
Second planet from the Sun, partially terraformed, inhabited.
Venusian
Person or thing native to Venus.
Vermidox
Drug used by RAM to promote memory recollection.
Vesta
Second largest asteroid; site of major RAM military base.
Vid
Video; being, relating to, or used in the reception of a visual image.
Videomag
An audiovisual magazine.
Vidscreen
Video screen.
Vitessan
Person or thing native to Vitesse.
Vitesse
Arcology in the Maccabbee Caverns on Mercury.
Warch, Prof. Girard
President of Martian University.
Wollongong Outpost
RAM outpost and prison in Australia, Earth.
Wristchrono
Wristwatch.
Wristknife
Trademark weapon of the Barneys.
Xeno
Crew member on Black Barney’s spaceship, Free Enterprise.
Zac, Holton
Vitessan official.
Zendt
Asteroid prison in the Asteroid Belt.