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Additional Patrol – martial law peacekeeping in lockdown neighborhoods
Annals – a diary journal by the ruling monarch, for a ruling monarch’s eyes only
Aquari Aegis – a powerful defensive projector, aided by an amplifying power pendant
Aquari Home Recovery – an aid organization helping with the aftermath of the Symbias Grove fires
Aquari Home Wildfire Disaster, AHWD – when unusual fires destroyed Symbias Groves
Aquari Sendsingers – those with a trained special power to create spatially unifying starsong to enable translocation in concert with travelgate technology
Ascendancy – the ceremony for the Ascendant becoming Regent
Chainers – people who, before the Human-Dragon War, found a way to trap a Dragon in one place
dragontaught – the rare few who have the opportunity to have an extended tutelage with a Dragon
EduNet – a semi-self organizing educational system private support subsidiary
Genesee Geothermal Upheaval – concurrent fault earthquakes and volcanic eruptions all over the planet Genesee, questioned as to whether entirely natural; Red Nexus connection to the Vortex Anomaly and Aquari Home Wildfire Disasters
Genesee Guard – planet guard fleet for Genesee
Genesee Refugee Fund – aid organization for relocated people who survived the volcanic disasters
Genoene Council – planet council for Genoe
GG Unit 17 – Genesee Guard unit during the Zendris Eruption
Human-Dragon War – terrible, very long ago; involved Chainers, and resulted in banishment of the Red Nexus Dragons
IDRA – Interplanetary Department of Relief Assistance, allocates & deploys Imperium resources for emergency measures
Loramer Ultra – top clearance sectors of the prime research center
Maelstrom Rescue – the collective individual translocation engineered by General Claymore, Raev Sturlusson, the Kao-Sidhe & Vedani to spare Imperial soldiers from the Red Nexus fleet destruction
Magus Dynasty – the ruling family that has stewarded the Pan-Galactic Imperium from one single human planet for a thousand years, who made first communication with Dragons
nose-to-nose – a physical tactical meeting in connected spaceships
Octave, Multiplied Octave – Aquari administrative convening of representatives from each of eight Aquari homeworlds and the Sendsingers’ Guild; multiplied, with additional relevant presences.
Oligarchy of Tamakopa – an extremely wealthy shadow organization which the Hoopoe relieved of a large sum of currency
Phiroen Era – as defined by the name of the Magus ruler, during which there was a military revolt
Photuris Vortex, Photuris Vortex Slaughter, Ionian Vortex Anomaly, E.G.G. Incident, Photuris Attack – all names for what happened in a military action on a threatening phenomenon in Ionian nearby space, where Queen Ascendant Charlotte met her doom
Red Nexus – one particular group of fire-related Dragons who were exiled from association with the Pan-Galactic Imperium after the Human-Dragon War
Relief Assistance – shortened on-the-ground name for the IDRA, organizing immediate aid for situations like the neighborhood signal lockdowns
Royal Security – the guards for the royal family
Sendsinger’s Guild – Aquarii who work with the travelgates, and whose talents complete the necessities for the current state of star travel
Shield/Amp Units – military Dragon defense, for and from, using directional energy conversion
Slaughter of Hirylien – how some refer to the first population-wiping outbreak of HA235 on Hirylien
Spear Traffic Control – those directing air & special traffic to the inner-city military tower complex
TransNet, TransitNet, Travelgates, Imperial Transitnet System – names for intergalactic/interplanetary transit gates maintained by the Pan-Galactic Imperium
Vanguard – investigatory government grey ops
Zero Clearance – apocryphal don’t-ask mission scannable top clearance level for a possibly undercover government agent; also a classic film