Scattered Suns - Kevin J. Anderson [264]
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 pets.
Constantine III—Roamer outpost.
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 obliterated by hydrogues.
Covitz, Jan—Dremen mushroom farmer, participant in transportal colonization initiative, father of Orli.
Covitz, Orli—Dremen colonist, joined transportal colonization initiative with her father Jan.
Crenna—former Ildiran splinter colony resettled by humans. Home of Davlin Lotze and Branson Roberts; frozen when hydrogues and faeros destroyed its sun.
cutter—small ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.
Cyroc’h—former Mage-Imperator, father of Jora’h.
Czir’h—Dzelluria Designate-in-waiting.
Daniel—new Prince candidate selected by the Hansa as a potential replacement for Peter.
Daro’h—the Dobro Designate-in-waiting after the death of Mage-Imperator Cyroc’h.
Dasra—gas-giant planet suspected of harboring hydrogues.
Daym—blue supergiant star, one of the Ildiran “seven suns”; also the name of its primary gas-giant planet, site of abandoned Ildiran ekti-harvesting operations.
DD—compy servant assigned to Rheindic Co xeno-archaeology dig, captured by Klikiss robots.
Dekyk—Klikiss robot at Rheindic Co xeno-archaeology dig.
Designate—any purebred noble son of the Mage-Imperator, ruler of an Ildiran world.
diamondfilm—crystalline parchment used for Ildiran documents.
Dobro—Ildiran colony world, site of human-Ildiran breeding camps.
Dremen—Terran colony world, dim and cloudy; chief products are saltpond caviar and genetically enhanced mushrooms.
drogue—deprecatory term for hydrogues.
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.”
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.
Ebbe, Jack—cryoengineering specialist on Jonah 12.
Eddies—slang term for soldiers in EDF.
EDF—Earth Defense Forces.
ekti—exotic allotrope of hydrogen used to fuel Ildiran stardrives.
Eld, Erin—“dunsel” commander of EDF rammer ships.
Eolus, Kostas—Grid 5 admiral.
escort—midsize ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.
Estarra—second daughter, fourth child of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa. Current Queen of Terran Hanseatic League, married to King Peter.
faeros—sentient fire entities dwelling within stars.
Fan’nh—qul in Ildiran Solar Navy, in charge of the maniple facing hydrogues at Hrel-oro.
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 cadet in the Earth Defense Forces, General Lanyan’s protégé, presumed dead after Osquivel but captured by Roamers in Del Kellum’s shipyards.
Forrey’s Folly—Roamer outpost.
fracture-pulse drone—new-design EDF weapon, also called a “frak.”
frak—slang term for fracture-pulse drone.
Frederick, King—previous figurehead ruler of the Terran Hanseatic League, assassinated by hydrogue emissary.
fungus reef—giant worldtree growth on Theroc, carved into a habitation by the Therons.
furry cricket—innocuous