Of Fire and Night - Kevin J. Anderson [247]
Burton —one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, fourth to depart. Lost en route, captured by Ildirans, and the colonists aboard were used as breeding subjects.
Caillié —one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, taken to settle Theroc.
Cain, Eldred—deputy and heir apparent of Basil Wenceslas, pale-skinned and hairless, an art collector.
carbon slammer—new-design EDF weapon, effective at breaking carbon-carbon bonds.
cargo escort—Roamer vessel used to deliver ekti shipments from skymines.
Carrera, Ensign Federico—EDF trainee pilot, part of General Lanyan's "cavalry."
Celli—youngest daughter of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa.
Chan—Roamer clan.
Charybdis—the first water world where Jess disseminated the wentals.
Childress, Ensign Sandra—EDF trainee, part of General Lanyan's "cavalry."
chrysalis chair—reclining throne of the Mage-Imperator.
citysphere—enormous hydrogue habitation complex.
clanker—deprecatory term for either compies or Klikiss robots.
Clarin, Roberto—former administrator of Hurricane Depot, now leader of POWs on Llaro.
cloud harvester—ekti-gathering facility designed by the Hansa.
Clydia—one of the nineteen green priest volunteers aboard EDF ships.
cohort—battle group of the Ildiran Solar Navy consisting of seven maniples, or 343 ships.
Colicos, Anton—son of Margaret and Louis Colicos, translator and student of epic stories, sent to Ildiran Empire to study the Saga of Seven Suns.
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 Analytical, Friendly, Teacher, Governess, Listener, and other models.
compy—shortened term for "competent computerized companion."
Corribus—Klikiss colony world, obliterated by Klikiss robots.
Corvus Landing—Hansa colony world, obliterated by hydrogues.
Covitz, Orli—waifish survivor of the Corribus massacre.
Crenna—Hansa colony world, evacuated when hydrogue-faeros battles extinguished its sun.
Cyroc'h—former Mage-Imperator, father of Jora'h.
Daniel—new Prince candidate selected by the Hansa as a potential replacement for Peter.
Daro'h—Dobro Designate-in-waiting.
DD—Friendly compy, formerly owned by Margaret and Louis Colicos; taken captive by Klikiss robots, but recently escaped.
Designate—any purebred noble son of the Mage-Imperator, ruler of an Ildiran world.
diamondfilm—crystalline parchment used for Ildiran documents.
Diente, Admiral Esteban—Grid 9 commander.
Dobro—Ildiran colony world, site of human-Ildiran breeding camps.
Dogged Persistence —Roamer trading ship owned by Denn Peroni.
doorbells—resonance mats invented by Kotto Okiah, capable of blasting open a hydrogue warglobe.
drogue—deprecatory term for hydrogue.
dunsel—slang term for token human commanders aboard EDF rammer ships.
Durris—trinary star system, close white and orange stars orbited by a red dwarf; three of the Ildiran "seven suns," one of which was extinguished by faeros-hydrogue battles.
EA—Tasia Tamblyn's personal compy; her memory was wiped when she was interrogated by Basil Wenceslas.
Earth Defense Forces—Terran space military, headquartered on Mars but with jurisdiction throughout the Terran Hanseatic League.
Eddies—slang term for soldiers in the EDF.
EDF—Earth Defense Forces.
ekti—exotic allotrope of hydrogen used to fuel Ildiran stardrives.
Eldorado —Grid 5 flagship Juggernaut, captained by Admiral Kostas Eolus.
Elman, Private Kevin—silver beret.
Eolus, Kostas—Grid 5 admiral.
Estarra—daughter of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa. Current Queen of the Terran Hanseatic League, married to King Peter.
faeros—sentient fire entities dwelling within stars.
Fitzpatrick, Maureen—former Chairman of the Terran Hanseatic League, grandmother of Patrick Fitzpatrick III.
Fitzpatrick, Patrick, III—spoiled cadet in the Earth Defense Forces, General Lanyan's protégé, presumed dead