The Enemy Papers

by Barry B. Longyear

  Maybe it was too scary a challenge. As for myself, I couldn't see any answers. Why should anyone else? In the Middle East, other than a sufficient number of Israelis and Palestinians to keep things at a boil, there are no real issues to resolve such as land, or rights, or money, or reparations. All those things could be solved to everyone's satisfaction, and the fighting would continue to erupt. The wounds suffered by both sides are so numerous, so old, so cruel, senseless, and deep, there seems to be no healing to be had short of the complete and total annihilation of the other side. I could see no answers, but I couldn't stop playing with the problem in my head.

  What grafted the problem to me for life was remembering that the planet Amadeen in The Tomorrow Testament is very much an analogue of Middle East/Northern Ireland/Bosnia kinds of conflicts. That was why peace on the planet was impossible, and to achieve peace in the rest of the quadrant, the principals had to resort to radically unconventional means. Still, at the end of The Tomorrow Testament, although the rest of the quadrant is at peace, the problem of the war on Amadeen still exists. Taking the premise and Amadeen together, what about a third book? What about taking my own challenge and end the war on Amadeen? The title was obvious: The Last Enemy What was not so obvious was what to do with it.

  Then word came to me that Stewart Wieck at White Wolf Publishing was expanding into science-fiction books, and maybe I ought to drop him a line. I suggested The Last Enemy and he wanted it.

  The Last Enemy was not an easy book to write, First I had to make the war impossible to resolve, which was the easy part. All I had to do was look at the world around me. Then I had to come up with a believable way to achieve peace, and I think I did. No one has tried it yet, although it requires nothing in the way of technology that we don't already have. The only thing this world might be lacking to implement it are the integrity, conviction, and singularity of purpose to go and do it. In any event, the manuscript was completed and I was very happy with it.

  Will there be a fourth book in the series? Well, when I reached the end of The Last Enemy I looked at the situation and characters, where the characters were, and all of the possibilities about where they could go and what they could become, and a very familiar itch began working on me. I'm thinking on it.

  DRAC FOR TRAVELERS

  DRAC - ENGLISH

  A

  Aakva

  The god; fire; light; the star around which orbits Sindie.

  Aakva Lua

  Blue Light (PI firm on Planet Friendship).

  Ae

  Yes.

  Adze

  Do you know; can you speak?

  Akava

  To burn.

  Asaam

  Pilot.

  Ashra

  Criminal.

  Ashzhab

  Criminally insane.

  Ay

  Three.

  Ayvida

  Third; third person.

  B

  Benga

  Hurry.

  Bresha

  Crash.

  C

  Cha

  To be.

  Chova

  Move.

  Chirn

  Health (biological).

  Chirn Kovah

  Health college of the Talman (principal research institution).

  Cudall

  Cave.

  Cueh

  Horizon.

  Custa

  Halite; table salt.

  D

  Da

  It.

  Dasu

  Get up; rise.

  Daultha

  Doubter.

  Denvadar

  Of the denve; warrior; soldier; fighter. Tsien Denvadah = Front Fighters; elite unit, shock troops of the Drac military; a tribe at war.

  Denve

  War; division-sized unit,

  Dev

  With.

  Diea

  Council; chamber; organization; political administrative unit.

  Dos

  Of the (emphatic: se ve).

  Dracon Diea

  Dracon Chamber; ruling body of the Dracon planets.

  Dut

  Low, short, small, insignificant

  Dutshaat

  Low-sexed (very disrespectful, referring not to the moral quality of the act hut to the physical height of the recipient. See: kiz).

  E

  Echey

  Here.

  Ehdevva

  Be with me.

  Ehdevva sahn

  Be with me always.

  Enta va

  Stand (verb).

  Ess?

  What?

  Ess va...

  What is...

  Ess eh...

  What about...

  Estay (va)

  Born of (formal).

  Eh, ne

  Oh, no.

  F

  Faanda

  Tall, great, large, significant.

  Fangen

  Goal (social); future; friend; nefangen = enemy.

  Fangan Kovah

  College of goals (social sciences).

  G

  Gafu

  Brat.

  Gavey

  (I, you) Understand.

  Gefh

  Die; death.

  Gis

  Where.

  Gis nu cha?

  Where are you?

  H

  Hada!

  Hey!

  Hasu

  Get in.

  Hame

  Inside.

  Hi

  Six.

  Hivida

  Sixth.

  I

  Irkmaan

  Earthman (including females and children).

  Irkmaan vul

  Human lover (disrespectful).

  Istah

  Door; opening; route of escape or hope.

  Ith

  Five.

  Itheda

  Fifth.

  J

  Je

  To teach.

  Jetah

  Master (of any kind); teacher; instructor, professor; Ovjeta = First + Master.

  Jetah Talman

  Talman master.

  Jetai

  Masters.

  Jetai Diea

  Masters' Chamber (administrative body at any kovah); the administrative body of the Talman Kovah.

  K

  Ka

  Force (party).

  Kazzmidth

  Wealthy (disrespectful, as in rich bitch).

  Kiz

  Loathsome critter of Draco; excrement from same.

  Kiz do yuomeen

  (So-and so) eats kiz, as in Kiz du yuomeen, Shizumaat = Shizumaat eats it. Kiz du yuomeen, Irkmaan, ne? (Literally: Earthman eats kiz, no?) turns the tables, meaning, in effect, "So, who eats it now, pudsucker?"

  Kizlode

  Excrement head. Kizlode va nu dutshaat (Literally: Excrement head, your line) = You come from a line of low-sexed excrement heads.

  Koadaer

  Killer.

  Koda

  Truth; hook; formal designation of a book of The Talman.

  Korum su

  I kill you.

  Kos va nu?

  Give your need? What do you want?

  Kos son va?

  Give your name? What is your name?

  Kos va son—

  (I) Give my name (as)—; My name is—.

  Kovah

  School; college; business; institution; a place of paths.

  L

  Loamaak

  To awaken.

  Loamaak nu!

  You, wake up!

  Lode

  Head.

  Lua

  Blue.

  M

  Magasienna

  The undream (not real); English equivalent, as an expletive = I don't believe this!

  Masu

  Bring up.

  Mata

  Order; command.

  Matak

  To order.

  N

  Na
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  Number.

  Naa

  For the.

  Naatha

  Before.

  Nasesay

  Capsule; fighter ship escape-and-survival pod.

  Navi

  Peace.

  Navi Ka

  The Peace (truce police in The Last Enemy).

  Ne

  No.

  Nefangen

  Enemy.

  Nessa

  Pregnancy.

  Ne surda

  Maybe not.

  Ni

  I.

  Nu

  Two; you. Nu gefh = you die.

  Nue

  You (plural); You all.

  Nusha

  Eight.

  Nushada

  Eighth.

  Nuvida

  Second; second person.

  O

  Ov

  One.

  Ovida

  First.

  Ovjetah

  First master.

  Ovsi

  Nine.

  Ovsinda

  Ninth.

  P

  Poorzhab

  Crazy; insane; touched.

  Q

  Queda

  To push.

  R

  Rhada

  First chief of Aakva's servants; slang term for a priest.

  Riehm

  Forest.

  Rohune

  Servant (of Aakva); priest.

  Rouga

  Shack; hutch.

  S

  Sa

  State; government.

  Saat

  Sex (possession and/or use of reproductive organs).

  Sahn

  Always.

  Schada

  Fourth.

  Sedai

  Pot.

  Sha

  Four.

  Shaad

  Less than whole.

  Shaadsaat

  Part-sexed (possessing only male or female sex organs). Derogatory.

  Siay

  Twelve.

  Siayvida

  Twelfth.

  Si

  Zero, naught; nothing.

  Sihi

  Fifteen.

  Sinda

  Naught; forward; introduction.

  Sindie

  Birth planet of the Drac race; name of the unified tribe upon the death of Uhe; being (human English equivalent = man).

  Sinu

  Eleven.

  Sinush

  Seventeen.

  Sinushada

  Seventeenth.

  Sinuvida

  Eleventh.

  Siov

  Ten.

  Siovida

  Tenth.

  Sisha

  Thirteen.

  Sishada

  Thirteenth.

  Sitat

  Sixteen.

  Sitarmeda

  Sixteenth.

  Sith

  Fourteen.

  Sitheda

  Fourteenth.

  Son

  Name; call.

  Su

  You (emphatic).

  Summat

  Chief of servants who committed suicide because of Daultha the Doubter; slang for suicide.

  Surda

  Maybe.

  T

  Talma

  Path, way, route, life, answer. A discipline of perception and investigation in problem-solving; a way of finding ways.

  Talman

  The physical amulet, resembling a golden cube, worn around the neck on a golden chain which contains The Talman.

  The Talman

  Title of the Drac bible.

  Talmat

  Rule; regulation; procedure.

  Tar

  Seven.

  Tarmeda

  Seventh.

  Tean

  Child or fetus.

  Tean Sindie

  Children of Sindie; Fanatical terrorist faction of the Amadeen Mavedah in The Last Enemy.

  Tidna

  Drac harp made of glass.

  Thuyo

  Eye.

  Tsien

  Front; Tsien Denvedah = Front Fighters.

  Tuka

  Stop (command).

  U

  Uta

  Laws (of faith).

  Utaakva

  Laws and truths of Aakva.

  V

  V'...

  New, as in V'Butaan = New Butaan; v'tean = new child.

  Va

  Your.

  Vaa

  Yaaa or argh! (expression of anger, exasperation, or disgust).

  Va nu

  Your own.

  Ve

  Of; Ve + Madah = Mavedah = of the Madah, the Madah tribe.

  Vi

  My; mine. "Enemy Mine" in Drac is Nefangen Vi. My pregnancy = Vi nessa.

  Vidyapac

  A Drac edible made of dried fish and cheese.

  Viga

  Observe; look.

  Vo

  Town, village.

  Vu

  City.

  Vul

  One who loves perversely.

  X

  Xsa

  Molecule; xsai = molecules.

  Y

  Yaa!

  Yaa!

  Yula

  Lover; one who flirts or loves.

  Yuomeen

  Eat.

  Z

  Zea

  Family line.

  Zim zim

  Edible nuts from the zim zim trees.

  Zu

  To learn. Zu + formal number gives academic grade numbers. Zu + ovida = zuovida = first grade.

  Zurath

  Finger.

  Zusinda

  Preschooler; know-nothing (slang).

  ENGLISH - DRAC

  A

  Aakva

  Aakva, name of the star around which Sindie orbits.

  Always

  Sahn,

  Amulet

  Talman.

  Answer

  Talma.

  Awaken

  Loamaak.

  B

  (to) Be

  Cha.

  Before

  Naatha.

  Be with me

  Ehdevva.

  Blue

  Lua.

  Book

  Koda.

  Born of

  Estay

  Brat

  Gafu.

  Bring up

  Masu.

  Burn

  Akava.

  Business

  Kovah

  C

  Call

  Son.

  Capsule

  Nasesay.

  Cave

  Cudall.

  Chamber

  Diea.

  Child

  Tean. Children of Sindie = Tean Sindie.

  City

  Vu.

  College

  Kovah.

  Command

  Mata.

  Council

  Diea.

  Crash

  Bresha.

  Crazy

  Poorzhah.

  Criminal

  Ashra. Criminally insane = Ashzhab.

  D

  Death

  Gefh. Nu gefh = You die.

  Division

  Denve (division-sized military unit).

  Door

  Istah,

  Doubter

  Daultha.

  E

  Earthman

  Irkmaan.

  Eat

  Yuomeen.

  Eight

  Nusha.

  Eighth

  Nushada.

  Eleven

  Sinu.

  Eleventh

  Sinuvida,

  Enemy

  Nefangen.

  Eye

  Thuyo.

  F

  Fighter

  Denvadar.

  Fifteen

  Sihi.

  Fifth

  Itheda.

  Finger

  Zurath.
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