A Forest of Stars - Kevin J. Anderson [266]
Dekyk—Klikiss robot at Rheindic Co xeno-archaeology dig.
Designate—purebred son of Mage-Imperator, ruler of an Ildiran world.
diamondfilm—crystalline parchment used for Ildiran documents.
Dobro—Ildiran colony world.
Dremen—Terran colony world, dim and cloudy.
drogue—derogatory term for hydrogues.
dropship—fast-delivery vessel used by EDF.
Dularix—uninhabited world in Ildiran space, site of senseless hydrogue attack.
EA—Tasia Tamblyn’s personal compy.
Earth Defense Forces—Terran space military, headquartered on Mars but with jurisdiction throughout the Terran Hanseatic League.
Eddies—slang term for soldiers in EDF.
EDF—Earth Defense Forces.
ekti—exotic allotrope of hydrogen used in Ildiran stardrives.
escort—midsize ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.
Estarra—second daughter, fourth child of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa.
faeros—sentient fire entities dwelling within stars.
Festival of the Butterflies—mass hatching of butterfly analogues in forests of Theroc, celebrated by Theron people.
filterfilm—protective eye covering used by Ildirans.
firefever—ancient Ildiran plague.
Fitzpatrick, Maureen—former Chairman of the Terran Hanseatic League, grandmother of Patrick Fitzpatrick III.
Fitzpatrick, Patrick, III—spoiled Commander in the Earth Defense Forces, General Lanyan’s protégé.
flatgems—rare jewels prominently used in crown of the Great King.
flutewood trees—multibranched growths on Crenna with hard bark and holes that make whistling sounds in the wind.
fracture-pulse drone—new-design EDF weapon, also called “frak.”
frak—slang term for fracture-pulse drone.
Frederick, King—previous ruler of the Terran Hanseatic League, killed by hydrogue emissary.
fungus reef—giant worldtree growth on Theroc, carved into a habitation by the Therons.
George—second Great King of the Terran Hanseatic league; also, a large moon of Oncier.
gliderbikes—flying contraptions assembled from scavenged engines and framework materials, augmented by colorful condorfly wings.
Golgen—gas giant, once harvested by Blue Sky Mine, the target of Jess Tamblyn’s comet bombardment.
Goliath—first expanded Juggernaut in EDF fleet.
grappler pod—small work vehicle used in shipyards of Osquivel.
Great King—figurehead leader of Terran Hanseatic League.
green priest—servant of the worldforest, able to use worldtrees for instantaneous communication.
Hansa—Terran Hanseatic League.
Hansa Headquarters—pyramidal building near the WhisperPalace on Earth.
Heald—star system in the Ildiran Empire, site of a famous “ghost story” in the Saga of Seven Suns.
Hendy, Sam—mayor of CorvusLandingColonyTown.
Hijonda—Hansa colony world.
Horizon Cluster—large star cluster near Ildira.
Hosaki—Roamer clan.
Hosaki, Alfred—Roamer clan leader.
hydrogues—alien race living at cores of gas-giant planets.
Hyrillka—Ildiran colony in Horizon Cluster, original discovery site of Klikiss robots.
Iawa—colony world, once inhabited by predecessors of the Roamers.
Idriss, Father—ruler of Theroc, husband of Mother Alexa.
Ildira—home planet of the Ildiran Empire, under the light of seven suns.
Ildiran Empire—large alien empire, the only other major civilization in the Spiral Arm.
Ildiran Solar Navy—space military fleet of the Ildiran Empire.
Ildirans—humanoid alien race with many different breeds, or kiths.
Ilkot—Klikiss robot at Rheindic Co xeno-archaeology dig.
Isix cat—feral feline on Ildira.
Isperos—hot planet, site of Kotto Okiah’s test colony.
Jack—fourth Great King of the Terran Hanseatic League; also, a large moon of Oncier.
jazer—energy weapon used by Earth Defense Forces.
Jora’h—Prime Designate of the Ildiran Empire, eldest son of Mage-Imperator.
Jorax—Klikiss robot, often seen on Earth.
Juggernaut—large battleship class in Earth Defense Forces.
Jupiter—enhanced Juggernaut battleship in EDF, flagship of Admiral Willis’s Grid 7 battlegroup.
Kamarov, Raven—Roamer cargo-ship captain.
Kanaka—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, last to depart; these colonists became the Roamers.
Kellum,