Ishto EESH-toh: Welkin word for children. Could also be translated “rascal”. Feminine form is ‘ishta’.
Kaff KAF: Turban wrapped around the head and worn by Waymen for desert travel.
Kindred: Name of the language spoken by both Welkin and Waymen, though they use different dialects.
Knit: Societal organization amongst the Welkin consisting of groups of families; a tribe.
Lentes LEN-teyz: Small circular lenses with polymeric padding around the edges which forms a seal around the eye so they can stay in place. They allow a person to see in the dark and to magnify what is seen.
Locus energy: Energy source which holds together non-living matter. It can be focused into various strains to be used in weapons, as energy sources, or to create barriers of various sorts.
Lucine LOO-sahyn: A gel used to augment the range at which a bioseine can connect to other minds or esolace enabled devices. Its development was abandoned due to potentially deadly side effects.
Lumin LOO-min: A small device, usually round, which functions as a light source.
Maneusis muh-NOO-sis: Religious leader amongst the Welkin who passes on the traditions and beliefs about Numinae.
Memorant: Someone with the ability to probe the thoughts of another person. Memorants also have the ability to absorb and process vast amounts of information when connected to the esolace, far more than ordinary people.
Mendax Generator: A small sphere which projects realistic images of people, machines, or other discreet simulated entities. A highly advanced form of projection, it is capable of reacting to the environment surrounding it, including the behavior of intelligent beings. It is only effective against people with a bioseine, however, as it projects the illusion directly into their mind.
Microslice: Unit of time roughly equivalent to 54 seconds. There are 100 microslices in a slice. (See also slice, nanoslice)
Mosh: A lumpy paste eaten by Werin, made from sere powder mixed with water. Tastes like a mixture of peas and rice.
Nanoslice: Unit of time roughly equivalent to 0.54 seconds. There are 100 nanoslices in a microslice. (See also slice, microslice)
Oscillathe AH-sil-leyth: A class of weapon which comes in various sizes and forms, but which shoots forth an evanescence wave which dissolves or disintegrates living, organic matter by disrupting the zoetic forces which hold it together. The wave frequency can be diminished so that it merely stuns its victim.
Pallium PAL-ee-um Generator: Small, bismine powered device which confuses anyone nearby with a bioseine into not being able to detect their presence. Not effective against large systems like the esolace or the quorum, but very useful against people who are not otherwise aware of the wearer’s presence.
Pinion: Short javelin; principle weapon of the Waymen.
Praxis cruiser: Largest class of ship in the Collective fleet, armed with oscillathe cannons, locus pulsers, and dozens of antipersonnel guns. The praxis cruisers are the largest in the fleet, but not capable of interstellar travel.
Raker: Large, floating cargo ships which have locus energy barriers on top of them to protect their contents.
Reeve: Title for the leader of a Wayman thral (tribe).
Remin fluid: Liquid capable of storing memories. The memories can be recovered by drinking the fluid.
Sar SAHR: A Wayman camp.
Sere SAIR-ey: A soft, chalky rock that grows slowly over time in certain environments. It can be turned into a powder and if prepared properly, later reconstituted in water to use as food. The principal ingredient in mosh.
Service Ring: The district in Oasis between the Ancillary Rim and Axis Prime.
Sentients: Name of the survivors of the storm that destroyed Oasis who chose to try and break free from the Collective.
Shiv: Term used by Waymen meaning roughly “warrior” or “soldier”. Also refers to the knife-like weapons these warriors use in battle.
Shim: A derogatory term for another person used by the Waymen. Roughly translated it means someone of little worth or importance.
Sidereal Portal: An interstellar gateway, allowing for instantaneous traversal of near infinite distances. Each portal requires a matching one at the point of origin.
Sidereal Jaunter: A small, one man interstellar space ship. The pilots of these ships utilize cryo-sleep to avoid aging over the long journeys these ships are capable of.
Slice: Unit of time roughly equivalent to 1.5 hours. There are 20 slices in a day. (See also microslice, nanoslice)
Solec: Drug with restorative and metabolism increasing properties. Very powerful but with negative side effects including extreme weakness and tiredness once it wears off.
Somatarch SOH-muh-tahrk: Mindless, soulless being which looks like an ordinary human but is controlled by the Developers and has no will or personality of its own. Used primarily for military and intelligence gathering purposes. Also referred to as “ghosts” or “the soulless” by Waymen and “hollow men” by the Sentients.
Sopor SOH-pohr: Also referred to as ‘naptrap’. A powder made from combining the powders of griff and pheus rocks which will make a person unconscious nearly instantly if enough of it is inhaled. A handful of the powder can put an average size person to sleep for several.
Sovos SOH-vohs: Also known as a ‘sand duster’. A small, open-topped ship which is faster than a lev and may also be outfitted with weapons. Seats around eight to ten people.
Span: Unit of measurement roughly equivalent to about 2 meters or 6.5 feet. A thousand spans is equal to a click (see ‘click’). Also used in the expression ‘a ten span’ which is the way weeks are denoted (though obviously weeks are ten days instead of seven. Months are also only twenty days, so two ten spans, and there are only 200 days in a year).
Standard: Lowest ranking soldier in the Delegation army.
Steorra: Distance for measuring space travel. Equivalent to about 1000 light years.
Sunder: A Wayman with authority over a group of shivs. They are chosen by the Reeves from amongst the most brutal and ruthless members of the thral. It is not unusual for the next Reeve of a thral to come from amongst the ranks of the Sunders.
Taline TEY-leen: A rock that can easily be turned into powder and mixed with water to form an acid that eats through most forms of metal.
Tasada tuh-SAH-duh: Name for the eternal city in Waymen lore.
Thral: Societal organization of Waymen with fairly fluid membership held together by a powerful leader (the Reeve).
Throng: A Wayman raiding party.
Vacants: Fully grown adult bodies with no memory or personality. They are used by the Developers for creating somatarchs.
Vadi VAH-dee: A geographical formation of living rock which accumulates water over time. Waymen usually make their camps close to vadis.
Vapors: Round, fast assault vehicles which have blink thrusters which allow them to seem to teleport over short distances. They use oscillathe pulses as their primary weapons.
Vast: Term used by the Werin to refer to the planet’s surface.
Viand VAHY-and Stream: A molecular distribution system responsible for the sustenance and health of everyone connected to the esolace. When connected to this, a person has no need to sleep or eat and is protected from all forms of disease.
Virid VEER-id Ridge: Elevated area on the perimeter of Oasis where the atmos generators are located.
Viscera: Name the Welkin use for the underground cavities of the planet in which they live.
Waymen: General term for the people who live on the planet’s surface. They are nomadic and often raid others for supplies and goods. Though they claim to be distinct from the Welkin, they often absorb members of the Welkin into their numbers.
Welkin: Name of the people who live beneath the surface of the Vast.
Werin WAIR-in: Name used by the Welkin to refer to all people, whether Welkin or Waymen. The Welkin believe that the Waymen and Welkin are simply two groups of the same people, but most Wa
ymen do not share this view.
Yeso YEHS-oh: Made from cretan powder and umor oil, it is used by the Werin to set broken bones until they heal.
Zoelith ZOH-uh-lith: A small tool used to ‘turn on/off’ someone with a bioseine and also to perform ‘maintenance’ on their bioseine.
Zoetic ZOH-eh-tik pulse/source: Detectable energy signature given off by living creatures.
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