10 Terms
Contributors in Fiction
Fiction
Tann
Literature; Fiction
A gambling and strategy game played with computer drones, popular among the Klarosian troops.
Commercial Adjudication Courts
Literature; Fiction
Courts empowered to examine suits and render verdicts under the Hub Mercantile Code.
Duo-Latteran Extemporalism
Literature; Fiction
One of the major Panscriptic faiths, claiming to trace its roots in direct succession back to Old Terra. There are several variations and offshoots frequently in conflict with each other.
Ecliptic
Literature; Fiction
The colonies and planets located on or near the notional "vertical" circumference of the Hub, along the most densely-populated axis. The Ecliptic's diameter is comparitively small in relation to the ...
Downnorth; downsouth; downeast; downwest, etc.
Literature; Fiction
Descriptives applied to the notional geography of the Hub, applied to the sectors "below" the equatorial plane defined by the Rim.
Galania
Literature; Fiction
A first-wave Hub colony, one of the earliest colonised with terraform technology. It was the source of many Veran colonists, and it was already reaching critical overpopulation and resource ...
Cryston
Literature; Fiction
A hypermatrix mineral that can be processed into super-heavy forms called "flakes," that can store massive amounts of energy in stable configurations. Cryston flakes form the basis for most powercell ...
