Horizon Storms - Kevin J. Anderson [239]
For the convenience of the reader, rather than inundating the text with numerous alien-sounding words, I have used the rough equivalent in Trade Standard. Bear in mind that when an Ildiran speaks of a “day,” he means the generally accepted length of a waking-sleeping cycle, and not specifically twenty-four hours.
GLOSSARY OF CHARACTERS AND TERMINOLOGY
adar—highest military rank in Ildiran Solar Navy.
Aguerra, Raymond—streetwise young man from Earth, former identity of King Peter.
Alexa, Mother—ruler of Theroc, wife of Father Idriss.
Aladdia—transportal technician on Rheindic Co.
Andez, Shelia—EDF soldier, held captive by Roamers at Osquivel shipyards.
Aquarius—wental-distribution ship flown by Nikko Chan Tylar.
Arcas—green priest, part of Colicos team on Rheindic Co, murdered by Klikiss robots.
Archfather—symbolic head of Unison religion on Earth.
attenders—diminutive personal assistants to the Mage-Imperator.
Avi’h—Maratha Designate, youngest son of Mage-Imperator Cyroc’h.
BeBob—Rlinda Kett’s pet name for Branson Roberts.
bekh!—Ildiran curse, “damn!”
Beneto—green priest, second son of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa, killed by hydrogues on Corvus Landing.
Bhali’v—bureaucrat kithman, assistant to Maratha Designate Avi’h.
Big Goose—derogatory Roamer term for Terran Hanseatic League.
blazer—Ildiran illumination source.
Blind Faith—Branson Roberts’s ship.
Blue Sky Mine—skymine facility at Golgen, operated by Ross Tamblyn, destroyed by hydrogues.
Boone’s Crossing—Hansa colony world, known for its black pine forests, now devastated by hydrogues.
Brindle, Robb—young EDF recruit, comrade of Tasia Tamblyn, vanished after attempting to contact hydrogues on Osquivel.
Bron’n—bodyguard of Mage-Imperator Cyroc’h, committed suicide after his leader poisoned himself.
Burton—One of the eleven generation ships from Earth, fourth to depart. Lost en route, captured by Ildirans for Dobro breeding experiments.
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.
Cain, Eldred—deputy and heir apparent of Basil Wenceslas, pale-skinned and hairless, an art collector.
Cannons of Darkness—geysers on Maratha, active during the cooling-off weeks of the long twilight.
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.
chrysalis chair—reclining throne of the Mage-Imperator.
cityship—giant hydrogue metropolis.
Clarin, Eldon—Roamer inventor, brother of Roberto, killed when hydrogues destroyed the skymine at Erphano.
Clarin, Roberto—administrator of Hurricane Depot, brother of Eldon.
cloud harvester—ekti-gathering facility designed by the Hansa; also called a cloud mine.
cohort—battle group 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, sent to Ildiran Empire to study the Saga of Seven Suns.
Colicos, Louis—xeno-archaeologist, husband of Margaret Colicos, specializing in ancient Klikiss artifacts, killed by Klikiss robots at Rheindic Co.
Colicos, Margaret—xeno-archaeologist, wife of Louis Colicos, specializing in ancient Klikiss artifacts, vanished through transportal during Klikiss robot attack on Rheindic Co.
competent computerized companion—intelligent servant robot, called compy, available in Friendly, Teacher, Governess, Listener, and other models.
compy—shortened term for “competent computerized companion.”
condorfly—colorful flying insect on Theroc, like a giant butterfly, sometimes kept as a pet.
Corribus—ancient Klikiss world where Margaret and Louis Colicos discovered the Klikiss Torch technology, site of one of the first new Hansa colonies.
Corvus Landing—Hansa colony world, mainly agricultural, some mining,