Stasis – Also known as the deep sleep or cryosleep. In stasis the body of the individual is frozen in a liquid gel. The cells of the body are slowed to an amount of time so slow they could stay inside stasis for thousands of years. While in stasis the brain activity is present but the individual is in such a deep sleep (REM) they can’t wake up and almost never remember their dreams.
Swords – Many different alien races including humans use swords. The Drok and Skrav in particular cut their swords from the bone of massive creatures. The Skrav in particular have created swords that have similar features to the nexus element even being capable of cutting it. Swords (and daggers) are used as a backup weapon by most soldiers.
The Collapse – The Destruction of the Sol System The Order - Formed out of the remnants of the Knight’s Templar. The Order vowed to watch over and keep the nexus safe from those that might use its power to see into the future for greed.
The Purge – The Destruction of Errikus
The Scourge – Clones created onboard the Aelita. Mentally unstable. The Void – A place hidden amongst the stars that can’t be seen via long-range scanners or the human eye. Many believe it is only a myth while others that have seen it inside the nexus call it a paradise (though a few have called it a frozen hell)
Terra Vesp – Small rodent like creatures found on orbitals and various worlds used to pick away trash. Ter – also called Terre, terra or Terran, a word used in reference to the human race mostly by other alien species.
Tick – An insect like creature about three-four feet tall that came off the leviathan. They attach themselves to a host feeding off their life force and bodily fluids turning them into zombies. They are a creature that comes from the immer.
Trepp – An alien race that looks like a cross between human and reptile. They are slaves to the Skrav who conquered their home world centuries earlier. In a way they are to the Skrav as the Drok are to humans.
Trinity – Three massive human starships constructed between the 22nd and 24th century reverse engineered from Skrav technology. The ships are the Erebus, the Aelita, and the Tritan. Each ship is made up of several hundred corridors which house the crew inside, there are also numerous stasis chambers and hangars that house dropships and air/space fighters. Other layers inside the ships include the mess, storage rooms, prison, medical bay, drive shaft, drone control rooms, various ‘memorial halls’, elder chambers, and safe rooms called bunkers or vaults. Each ship is armed with laser and plasma canons, automated turrets, ion canons, and grid bombs.
Tritan – The smallest of the Trinity, the Tritan was more of a scout ship. It could only hold a few thousand people in and out of stasis. The Tritan was the first of the Trinity to be completed. It held and trained the most elite human soldiers who were the first into battle.
User – Also called a Seer and Oracle. Human (and Skrav) individuals that can see into the past, present, and future. By the time of Sev’s birth users are genetically modified as the human genome has become too different for users to be born naturally without modification.
Warp Core - Alcubierre drive aka Warp Drive folds time & space around a starship allowing the ship to travel at speeds faster then light. Every time a warp drive is used it must be stripped and rebuilt (this is taken care of by autons or caretakers) most starships have two so that while one is being
rebuilt the other is ready for use. Wormholes - Theoretically tearing a hole from point A to point B travel would be instantaneous travel. Other theories suggest they tear a hole from one universe to the next so the point B you end up in is a different universe (this could be a subtle change you may never see or something significant)
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About the Author
Stephen Landry was trained as an art major with a B.A. in graphic design. Creating illustrations and cover art for up and coming authors, video game
companies, and film studios has always been a passion of his. An award winning filmmaker and photographer currently living in Nashville, TN when not writing most of his time is used following his other passions which include helping others and beating depression.
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