AdComp: Facility on the moon developed to house the General Assembly as well as various research tools.
AG (Atmospheric Genera): a species resembling the Sigen, but where the psychogenics are gathered from the atmosphere rather than produced by two Sigens.
aggie(s): derogatory slang term for AGs
Bavishite(s): humans exiled from the outer sector to the planet Yiven.
Berant: an asteroid in the outer sector—source for the energy ore, tocris, used on New Esrii.
CO (Compliance Officer): - the robotic police force.
dallier: a Term who derives income by attending the sexual needs of others—a respected position.
Defender: robotic Military police; with more advanced programming than Compliance Officers.
enja(s): slang for anyone (mostly Terms) who lives in non-junction city (see NJC).
Fundament: the place where the chrysalides are housed as psychogen infants develop, and the school for early learning through Prep level.
General Assembly: the governing body for the planet New Esrii, with representatives from each county.
harnessing towers: units that extend into the lower atmosphere to investigate and capture noetics.
Hushra Seminary: the oldest Seminary on the planet.
inner sector: the space on the sun (Sol) side of the solar fault.
Izmir: a satellite that monitors space activities of the inner sector.
juncker(s): derogatory word enjas use for people who live New Esrii's major cities.
junction city: the government-recognized cities and towns located in designated counties.
Krellanon: small outer sector planet conducive for agriculture, but not for continuous human activity.
Lambda2: the secondary star in a neighboring binary system that affects the Sol system.
Life Partners: Sigen who contract to live together for the purpose of creating a new life.
MAR (Mental Achievement Ranking): the measure of status in the outer sector culture.
New Esrii: the planet on which humans live in the outer sector.
NJC (non-junction city): towns populated mostly by Terms.
Omace: a large outer-sector planet with good atmosphere, but in a state of continual upheaval. Also the source of the mega-metal, talsi.
outer sector: the space on the galaxy side of the solar fault.
Prep: the secondary schools.
Sage: honorific for an exemplary aged scholar.
Scholar: a person who has completed two levels of achievement, usually with an MAR above 57.
Secolems: A group, mostly defunct, that resists changes.
Seminary: the six academic institutions that deal with biological and metaphysical sciences.
Sigen: the dominant birth type, developed from psychogenic input created by two people and housed in laboratory-engendered bodies.
Sol: the sun of this galaxy—inner and outer sectors.
solar fault: the space anomaly that separates the galaxy into inner and outer sectors.
strellic(s): psychogenic transfer from the physical form to ethereal existence (out of body experience). Only a few scholars have done this in a controlled and purposeful way.
strellogy: the body of theory concerned with the dynamics of phenomenology and consciousness, especially out-of-body-experience.
Supreme: the title given to the leader of the Yivenese government; also the reverent title for Timaht (see below).
Term(s): the original human species developed from natural procreation.
Timaht: a believed entity that encompasses the greatest noetics.
Tooms Society: offbeat group that questions the New Esrii government policies.
True Insight: the time of the historic breakthrough in noetics research.
Varsity: the five academic institutions that specialize in hard sciences.
Yiven: the inner sector planet closest to the sun Sol.
Yivenese: the aboriginal sentient life forms on Yiven.
Zip: the truncated spoken language of long-time space workers.
