A Forest of Stars - Kevin J. Anderson [265]
Baker—Roamer clan.
Balboa—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, second to depart.
Bartholomew—Great King of Earth, predecessor to Frederick.
BeBob—Rlinda Kett’s pet name for Branson Roberts.
bekh!—Ildiran curse, “damn!”
Ben—first Great King of the Terran Hanseatic League; also, a large moon of Oncier.
Beneto—green priest, second son of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa.
Big Goose—derogatory Roamer term for Terran Hanseatic League.
black pines—conifers grown for lumber industry on Boone’s Crossing, genetically engineered Earth pines crossed with indigenous plants.
blazer—Ildiran illumination source.
Blind Faith—Branson Roberts’s ship.
blitzkrieg scoops—fast commando harvesters used by Roamers during hydrogue embargo.
Blue Sky Mine—destroyed skymine facility at Golgen, operated by Ross Tamblyn.
Boone’s Crossing—Hansa colony world.
Bore’nh—qul in Ildiran Solar Navy.
Brindle, Conrad—Robb Brindle’s father, retired military officer.
Brindle, Natalie—Robb Brindle’s mother, retired military officer.
Brindle, Robb—EDF Wing Commander, comrade of Tasia Tamblyn.
Bron’n—bodyguard of Mage-Imperator Cyroc’h.
Burton—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, fourth to depart; lost en route.
Caillié—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, fifth to depart and first to be encountered by the Ildirans; colonists from the Caillié were taken to settle Theroc.
carbon slammer—new-design EDF weapon, effective at breaking carbon–carbon bonds.
cargo escort—Roamer vessel used to deliver ekti shipments from skymines.
Celli—youngest daughter of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa.
Chen—Roamer clan.
ch’kanh—armored anemone plants that live in the shadowed canyons of Maratha.
chrana soup—Ildiran food.
Christopher—third Great King of the Terran Hanseatic League; also, a large moon of Oncier.
chromefly—silver reflective flying insect on Theroc.
chrysalis chair—reclining throne of the Mage-Imperator.
cityship—giant hydrogue metropolis.
citysphere—enormous hydrogue habitation complex.
Clark—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, seventh to depart.
clee—a steamy, potent beverage made from ground worldtree seeds.
cloud mine—large and inefficient ekti-gathering facility.
Clydia—one of the nineteen green priest volunteers aboard EDF ships.
cohort—battlegroup of Ildiran Solar Navy consisting of seven maniples, or 343 ships.
Colicos, Anton—the son of Margaret and Louis Colicos, translator and student of epic stories.
Colicos, Louis—xeno-archaeologist, husband of Margaret Colicos, specializing in ancient Klikiss artifacts.
Colicos, Margaret—xeno-archaeologist, wife of Louis Colicos, specializing in ancient Klikiss artifacts.
ColonyTown—main settlement on Corvus Landing.
competent computerized companion—intelligent servant robot, called a compy, available in Friendly, Teacher, Governess, Listener, and other models.
Comptor—Ildiran colony world, site of a legendary forest fire.
Comptor lilies—large, fleshy flowers from Comptor; salmon pink petals are edible.
compy—shortened term for “competent computerized companion.”
condorfly—colorful flying insect on Theroc, like a giant butterfly, sometimes kept as pets.
coral-eggs—edible underwater nodule native to Ildira.
Corribus—ancient Klikiss world, where Margaret and Louis Colicos discovered the Klikiss Torch technology.
Corvus Landing—Hansa colony world, mainly agricultural, some mining.
Cotopaxi—Hansa colony world.
Crenna—Ildiran splinter colony, evacuated due to plague.
creteblocks—prefab Hansa construction material.
cryobags—preservation sacks designed to produce extreme cold.
cutter—small ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.
Cyroc’h—original name of current Ildiran Mage-Imperator.
Daniel—new prince candidate selected by the Hansa.
Dasra—gas-giant planet suspected of harboring hydrogues.
datawafer—high-capacity data-storage package.
Daym—blue supergiant star, one of the Ildiran “seven suns”; also the name of the primary gas-giant planet, site of abandoned Ildiran ekti-harvesting operations.
DD—compy