20 Terms
Contributors in Fiction
Fiction
University League (U-League)
Literature; Fiction
With the Hub Mercantile Council, one of two authoritative insterstellar institutions. The League maintains a semi-monopoly on all pure research, acts as repository and judiciar for interstellar ...
Bioglows
Literature; Fiction
Lighting source, fast-growing photoactive lichens that absorb light and then emit it when activated by water and stimulated by various levels of darkness. It is grafted onto lightweight tufalike ...
Transuranics
Literature; Fiction
A range of superfusionable elements that can be refined to fuel the massive generators that sustain habitat fields and fill powercells. Most transuranics are found in asteroids and sub-planetary ...
Upnorth; upsouth; upeast; upwest
Literature; Fiction
Descriptives applied to the notional geography of the Hub, applied to the sectors "above" the equatorial plane defined by the Rim.
Aurora City
Literature; Fiction
The largest city in the eastern temperate zone, near the great Palace of Morning, principal Royal Residence, and the Aurora Chancel--essentially, the capital of Veran.
Barren-fever
Literature; Fiction
A disease that generally results in sterility or death--generally the vector is zoonotic, though not always. Yields relatively easily to treatment with the specific, nightthorn.
Blackleaf Gap
Literature; Fiction
A pass among the Edge foothills near Yimsin Mountain. It overlooks the Blackleaf Preserve.
