Glossary Nexium

Below are listed terms and their definitions used in the Chronicles of the Nexus. Categories of terms that are closely related can be found clustered here. For all glossary entries with separate articles see Glossary Nexium Definition (category).

A

AM

Acronym for angular momentum.

AU

Acronym for Anarchists' Union.

A/V

Acronym for audio / visual.

actor

A personality construct used to hide the real personality and provide realistic behavior and thoughts. Also referred to as a personality overlay.

adamantium

Diamond, or a diamond like composite that is formed using alchemy.

The Adventurers Club

Another name for the Dares Club.

aerodrome

An airship operations and docking area.

afterlife

Post embodiment life, most commonly lived in the arkades.

Age of Revolution

The Age of Revolution is a period of social upheavel during TE9.

alchemical ecology

The alchemistry permeating an organism's tissue, both inter- and intra-cellular.

alchemist

A practitioner of alchemistry.

Alchemist of Liberty, the

Alias of the Night Whippoorwill.

alchemistry

Nanotechnology. Some forms of alchemistry are mediated by tech, other forms are meant to operate in the dimlands or during an interregnum and not need the mediation of Monoliths.

alchemy

Alchemy is the process of alchemistry.

alpha

The dominate form of a neohuman rad. Most neohuman rads are split into alpha-beta forms.

alpha-human

The alpha form of neohumans that are (outwardly) the most similar to us (homo sapiens).

alpha-jaishin

A neohuman rad that is taller and more slender than alpha-humans that was originally engineered for lower gravity worlds.

AM compensator

Short for angular momentum compensator.

Anarchists' Union

The Anarchists' Union, or AU, is a loose collection of cities, regions, and empyreans that have no government but operate as political unit. The largest and most significant of these loosely confederated units is Bedlam.

Angst Gryphon

Angst Gryphon is a jaishin Unterpaladin of Trang. Also known as the Archer because of his signature weapon, a compound pulley bow over seven feet tall.

angel

An angel is a defensive system, usually composed of a thousands or millions of micro-tech to nano-tech autonomous semi-sentient sub-systems. -- (Source: Fritz Freiheit)

angular momentum

Rotational energy.

angular momentum compensator

An AM compensator, or angular momentum compensator, is a mechanism for compensating or counteracting unintended angular momentum in a nulspace drive system.

annum

Primary form of currency in Spire. Roughly equivalent to a years life extension.

Broken into deciannums (one tenth of an annum), centiannums (one hundredth of an annum), milliannums (one thousandth of annum).

Arbaris

Arbaris is the capitol city of Edmee located on Opyl.

Argent Stormhaven

In Pelly's time, Argent Stormhaven is Lord Stormhaven. A member of the Mycroft Club, Lord Stormhaven is politically active (unlike Pelly) and engaged in a long-standing political feud with the members of the Shades.

arkade

An afterlife off-space.

auditor

Someone who is doing an audit.

audit port

A 'hook' into someones sensoria flow to their codex.

audit, memory

To experience the sensoria stored in someone's codex.

avatar

A construct, typically of a Power, that is capable of independent thought and action.

B

Bedlam

Bedlam is both the largest city in the Anarchists' Union as well as term frequently used synonymously with the Anarchists' Union.

beta

The subordinate form of a neohuman rad.

beta-human

The beta form of humans. Also known as goons.

beta-jaishin

The beta form of jaishin. Also known as cursors.

beta-jaishin revolt

In Arbaris, 583 TE9 the majority of beta-jaishin revolted against the Shapers leading to the establishment of People's Republic of Edmee.

bio-keyed

A bio-keyed device or matrix has an automated control or lockout based on an individual's genetic code.

biogel

The alchemical substance used in biotanks.

biopod

A cargo module for living biologicals. Commonly used to store and transport generics.

biot

A sub-sentient biological robot. Commonly created by Shaper's.

biotank

Biological tank. Commonly used in medtech for repairing biological systems, such as humans.

biotech

Biological tech.

biotic

One the component biots of the Bioway.

Bioway

The collection of biotics / biots that is the primary transportation and emergency response system in Arbaris.

blaster

A tech weapon that discharges a bolt of plasma with a high proportion of oxygen ions.

bonder

Tech that locks two surfaces together at a molecular level, typically found in the form a matrix.

bloom (alchemical)

A run-away alchemical process, typically occurring in life support systems.

Bolthole (Mana)

Bolthole is a frontier town established near the Bolthole Monolith on the Sea of Glass on Mana. It is the primary setting for "Fortress of Wind and Glass".

brightland

Those areas where the most sophisticated tech is available. As versus the dimlands. Another term for the areas of the Monoliths' influence.

bruno

Slang for a thug or heavy.

bubble empyrean

A bubble empyrean is an empyrean with surfaces exposed directly to nulspace. These surfaces are the fade boundary.

C

cargo module A self-contained unit of cargo. CED CED is an acronym for Cohesive Energy Defense, effective against synclight weapons. cherchak ToDo codex The data storage matrix that all neohumans have. A codex's primary function is store a complete record of every sensory input and brain state of its host. Recovery of a codex is necessary when resurrecting someone who has died in the dimlands.

cohesive energy defense ToDo comlink Another term for link. core (Nexus) A matrix that is an 'artificial' Monolith with is typically only capable of supporting a lower level of tech. cursor  Slang for beta-jaishin.

D

Dares Club Pelly's club. A Spirean social club occasionally referred to as the Adventurers Club. Darkage Another term for interregnum. Darkage keep Another term for interregnum keep. debonder Tech to detach two surfaces locked together by a bonder, typically found in the form of a matrix. demesne Template:Demesne demon A security or defensive imp with a physical manifestation in off-space.

dimland Those areas where the most sophisticated tech is not available. As versus the brightlands. Another term for the areas outside of the Monolith's influence. discrete A screen used to hide when people jack into or out of an off-space to maintain the social illusion that off-space is just like on-space. dissembler A sort of personal obscuration / cloaking field. doppelganger An imp that duplicates or acts as someone else in off-space, or physical duplicate of someone in real-space that is fully acting the original person. DuraCrystal The brand name of a transparent form of adamantium.

E

Echo (Transhuman)

An Echo is a period during which Monolith's are active and tech works. The periods between Echoes are Interregnums. All the Chronicles of the Nexus stories to date take place during the 9th Echo (TE9).

Edmee

Edmee is one of the major nations of Opyl, primarily inhabited by jaishin. Its capitol is Arbaris.

Edmee Dominion

The Shaper dominated government of Edmee prior to the beta-jaishin revolt.

Edmee Hegemony

The jaishin dominated government.

empyrean

An empyrean is a bubble of real space stabilized out of nulspace. There are two primary forms of empyreans: bubble empyrean and klein empyreans.

empyrean, bubble

A bubble empyrean is an empyrean with surfaces exposed directly to nulspace. These surfaces are the fade boundary.

empyrean, klein

An empyrean that has no surface exposed to nulspace. All locations in a klein empyrean can be accessed (eventually) from any other location.

energy scavenger

A matrix that extracts and stores many forms of energy including kinetic, sonic, heat and background radiation.

energy tap

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Era of Revolution

The period between 584 and 754 TE9, noteworthy for the many beta uprisings.

Evenstar

Template:Evenstar

evolutionary radiation

An evolutionary branch, either naturally occurring (i.e. natural selection) or intentionally induced (i.e. genetically engineered).

F

fade The fade is another term for nulspace. Used by majority of the population. The term nulspace is used by nulnauts / nulship personal. fade boundary The fade boundary is the region in a bubble empyrean between the stability of real-space and nulspace. fade burn ToDo Fé A name marker used in jaishin culture for "noble" families. Fé Apisterra, Shaper The mother of Trinette Fé Apisterra. Fé Apisterra, Trinette The daughter of Shaper Fé Apisterra and the main character of "The Shaper's Daughter". Fé Lunnoir, TreeYllana TreeYllana Fé Lunnoir is one of the main characters of Tactics of Transience. She prefers TreeYllana over Count Fé Lunnoir.

flamer A plasma based weapon with a characteristic "guttering roar" and intense orange beam. flexi-wheel A flexi-wheel is a wheel constructed of multiple spokes each terminating with a gripping or padded tip. It has no tire/tyre, each spoke capable of adjusting it's length and absorbing impacts. flimsy A disposable paper-like substance. flux An indication of energy flow. Flying Rimbaldi TreeYllana Fé Lunnoir's yacht. fork The creation of a mental clone of an individual.

G

generic A human (or other) body ready for recorporialization. Generics are hairless, mid-brown skin coloration and may or may not have any sexual characteristics, with the most basic generics not having sexual characteristics. Generics are designed to automatically transform (over time) into the 'expected body shape' of the imprinted mind. giving-tree ToDo glyph Symbols, text and other visual overlays. A visual component of augmented reality.

golem A vat grown artificial human. goon A slang term for beta-humans.

H

hotrod A flier which is not much more than a seat on a thrust-shaft. Only usable in a Monolith's demesne. -- (Source: Fritz Freiheit)

I

imp A sub-sentient autonomous 'program' (as in computer program) and a form of tech. Imps can only operate within the influence of a Monolith and thus are restricted to the brightlands. imp gun An imp gun is a gun-based weapon system under the control of an imp. imped An object that has imps. More colloquially it means 'ready to go'. imped defenses ToDo Imperial Phoenix Empire One of the dominate empires of the Nexus. Imperial Police The police force for the the Imperial Phoenix Empire. Headquartered in the IPE capitol Spire.

imperitas Imperitas is a measure of societal weight or importance. It can be used to influence imps that would otherwise not respond to anyone but their 'owners'. For example, a policeman might use imperitas to order an imp to unlock a door in the course of the investigation of a crime. interregnum The time between Echoes when the Monoliths shutdown and tech goes away. Intrepids, the A group of players organized by the Night Whippoorwill to fight for freedom. IPE Acronym for Imperial Phoenix Empire. IP Acronym for Imperial Police. Ippy Slang for Imperial Policeman. Ippies Slang for the Imperial Police.

J

jack As a noun, an off-space avatar. As a verb (jack in), the act of entering an off-space. jack in To enter an off-space. As versus jack out. jack out To exit an off-space and return to on-space. As versus jack in. jaishin A neohuman rad with an alpha and beta (cursor) form. See alpha-jaishin.

jag The after affects of jumping. Typically dizziness and disorientation. Jett Seaton ToDo jimbo Slang for bodyguard. jump In the Nexus, a teleport is referred to as a jump. jump shunt A jump redirection field.

K

kinetic-velocity matrix A matrix that converts other forms of energy into kinetic energy. klein empyrean An empyrean that has no surface exposed to nulspace. All locations in a klein empyrean can be accessed (eventually) from any other location.

Kregar the Dimlander Kregar the Dimlander, so called because he grew up in the dimlands, is a jaishin best known for leading the cursor revolts during the Era of Revolution. KVM Acronym for kinetic-velocity matrix.

L

League of the Seven Cities of the Sea of Light, the An alliance of cities on Mana. The capitol rotates among the member cities. ley line The navigational "channel" between two Monoliths. Ley lines are extremely important for navigation in nulspace. Without them, it is extremely easy to get lost. To travel off of a ley line requires the nulship to have a micro-Monolith. life certificate A life certificate is a social contract indicating that the holder can be resurrected. linacc Slang for linear accelerator. linear accelerator Tech that transfers kinetic energy directly into an object.

link (Nexus) The neohuman ability to communicate directly with another neohuman. Linking is similar to telepathy, but is not psionic like telepathy, rather it is tech based. link fix A mechanism for 'fixing', i.e. establishing, a link to someone not directly known by the linker. This is typically a picture (animated or not) of the individual to be linked with. Living Tower A Shaped structure that is something more than just a biot located in Arbaris. lognomic A lognomic ability is the ability to control biological processes voluntarily, particularly for involuntary process in humans. One of the primary distinctions between precursor humans and neohumans. One of the most common lognomic abilities encountered in the Chronicles from the Nexus is the ability to suppress or shunt pain.

M

Mana (planet) Mana is part of the Core Cluster and home of the League of the Seven Cities of Light. martian A soldier on a airship or null-ship. A general replacement for the term "marine", shifting the focus from water/maritime to martial/military. Note that the term martian is not capitalized as it has nothing to do with the planet or god Mars. matrix A matrix is a term used to describe tech in a physical form. mesa archipelago  See archipelago (mesa). Maze, the The city within a city, hollowed out within the Wall and generally inhabited by 'undesirable elements'. mech A (nonhuman) cyborg. mediskin ToDo medtech Medical tech. medusae  Plural form of meduse. meduse Meduse (or the plural medusae) are biological blimp / aeroship / biot developed by the Shapers. Medusae resemble huge aerial egg-shaped jellyfish with a variety of tentacles and other fleshy parts dangling from their underside. μMonolith ToDo micro-Monolith  See μMonolith.

mind block ToDo mind probe A telepathic or psionic forced reading of at mind. Usually performed to verify the targets identity. mod A physical modification (of an organism). modded To have a mod, to be physical changed. modding To mod. mono A slang word meaning something like 'cool', 'awesome', or 'wow'. It is a derived from term Monolith. monodrome A null-ship operations area associated with a Monolith. Monolith Monoliths are massive artifacts left by the transhumans. The single most important feature supporting tech and the brightlands culture of the Nexus. monowire A wire made from a single molecule, typically adamantium. monowire grenade  See snarl grenade. Mycroft Club ToDo

N

nannies Alchemical protective or regenerative potion, typically infused throughout an organism. neohuman Neohumans are our descendants, genetically modified to one degree or another. Neohumans have been extensively engineered since our time. Many of the changes were introduced during the transhuman era, but significant modifications occurred during the transhuman echos. nerve wire Nerve wire is physical-augmentation tech that replaces or runs in parallel to normal biological nerves. neuroinhibitor A matrix, typically in the form of a collar, that filters nerve signals to the body blocking voluntary motor control. Nexus, the The Nexus (as versus a nexus) is a collection of nodes (mostly planets and empyreans) which are connected by Monoliths and their ley lines. Night Whippoorwill, the (character) The Night Whippoorwill, a.k.a. the Alchemist of Liberty, is the leader of the Intrepids and responsible for the rescuing of many Shapers during the Age of Revolution. Night Whippoorwill, The (story)  ToDo

Noordheimr ToDo nulnaut Someone who travels through nulspace. nulship A nulship is a ship or vehicle capable of traveling through nulspace. Nulship personal are called nulnauts. nulspace Nulspace is the destabilized probability, transdimensional space that pervades the Nexus. Contrast with real-space and off-space. nulspace drive system A device or mechanism for (safely) driving a nulship through nulspace. nulspace plenum ToDo

O

off-space A term for virtual reality. As versus real-space. on-space Another term for real-space. As versus off-space. oracle An imp that is an interactive collection of predictive events chained together into paths.

Opyl (continent) ToDo Opyl (planet) Opyl is one of the central planets of the Nexus. Opyl has a single continent, also called Opyl, that is dominated by a central plateau that rises two miles above the jungle choked coastal regions. Opyl Plateau On Opyl there is a single continent, also called Opyl, dominated by the central Opyl Plateau which rises two miles above the jungle choked coastal regions. Opyl Plateau is the primary inhabited zone of Opyl, and almost entirely brightland.

P

paladin A champion or defender of a noble cause, or at least, what the adherents of the cause consider noble. -- (Source: Fritz Freiheit) parker A couch used by people to leave their physical body while jacked into off-space. parker couch  A couch used by people to leave their physical body while jacked into off-space. Pelly and Winters Pelly, an aristocratic, fluff-headed member of the Dares Club and his valet Winters have been a team since the events of "Winters' Unexpected Arrival". People's Republic of Edmee The government of Edmee during the Era of Revolution (TE9). phase pocket ToDo plasma lance ToDo player ToDo potion ToDo Power Typically an individual who is on the far side of the transhuman line. power armor ToDo PRF  See pseudo-reality field. probability flux ToDo

Proscription A rule built into tech. See Proscriptions, the. Proscriptions, the The set of rules built into tech by the Transumans. pseudo-reality ToDo pseudo-reality field ToDo pseudo-reality pulse ToDo psi Abbreviation or prefix for psionic. PSI Abbreviation for psionic. psionic (Nexus) Psionics refer to a group of powers derived from the mind, most notably from a minds interaction with a Monolith or a core. In some rare cases the psionic abilities do not require such an interaction and can manifest in the dimlands. (Source: Fritz Freiheit) pscreamer ToDo psiBomb ToDo psiFlare ToDo psych The skill or talent for reading someones emotional (etc.) state from subtle and not so subtle physical clues. Includes be able to tell when someone is linking. Psyche Stormhaven ToDo pulse cannon ToDo

Q

quash ToDo quash pit ToDo

Quince Evenstar ToDo

R

rad A slang term evolutionary radiation. radiation, evolutionary ToDo real-space The physical world. As versus nulspace or off-space. reality stabilizer Tech that shifts the highly unstable nature of nulspace in such a way as to create a bubble of stable real-space. reality wake The signature left by reality stabilization, typically from a nulship. recorp Abbreviation for recorporialize.

recorporialize To recorporialize is to resurrect in a new body, typically either in a clone or a generic. Reichgeist The uberzeppelin that the main action of the Tactics of Transience takes place. ripper cannon ToDo resurrect To bring back to life. There are two forms of resurrection, recorporialization and revivification. revivify To revivify is to resurrect using a repaired body rather than a new one (see recorporialize).

S

S and S Acronym for search and salvage. S and S gang ToDo safety lockout ToDo Savage Mesa Savage Mesa is the mesa that Trinette Fé Apisterra was born on. It is part of the northern Opyl mesa archipelago. search and salvage ToDo search and salvage gang ToDo SecCom Abbreviation for Security Command. security analyst ToDo security wand ToDo sensoria The combined perceptual feed of an individual's senses. Sea of Glass ToDo Sea of Light ToDo The Shades ToDo shadow grenade  See snarl grenade. Shadowside Spire's sister city, north of the the Wall and, consequently, perpetually in shadow. shaft (null ship's) ToDo Shaped Those that have biologically or genetically engineered by a Shaper. Shaper Prior to the Edmee beta revolt the elite alpha-jaishin ruling class of the Edmee. Known for their abilities in genetic engineering, biological sciences, and biotech. Shaper's Daughter, The Wherein a young girl is confronted with her mother's past. Shaper's art Genetic and / or biological engineering. Shaper Assembly The political decision making body under the Shaper Radix. Shaper Radix The 'root' or primary Shaper. The political focus point of political power among Shapers. Shaper Restoration ToDo shock rod ToDo shock transfer impedance by force feedback armor Armor that stiffens on impact. Abbreviation STIFF armor, or the slang stiffy armor. shunt, jump ToDo shunt, pain Shunting pain is the lognomic ability among neohumans to turn off pain. sigma Sigma is a measure of probability derived from normal distribution. sim Abbreviation for simulation, typically associated with off-space simulations. simnav tank ToDo simtank ToDo skein A collection of ley lines that are interconnected and strongly related by the characteristics of the planets and empyreans connected to those ley lines.

snarl grenade A grenade that contains a compressed sphere of tangled monowire. When triggered, the snarl of monowire rapidly expands, reducing everything it engulfs to a molecular slush. snarl gun A gun that fires a compressed sphere of tangled monowire. When fired, the snarl of monowire rapidly expands, reducing everything it engulfs to a molecular slush. soul dust The physical remnants of a codex after a body has been destroyed. See codex. Spartoch ToDo spinnerette A matrix that produces monowire. Spire The city of Spire and its enclosing empyrean are both named after the Spire Monolith. Spire (city) The capitol city of the Imperial Phoenix Empire located in the Spire empyrean. Spire (empyrean) The klein empyrean containing the city of Spire centered on the Spire monolith. Spire (monolith) The Monolith at the center of the city of Spire and its empyrean. Spire Shadowside Spire's sister city, north of the the Wall and, consequently, perpetually in shadow. Spirean Someone from Spire. spit tube A weapon that fires a napalm-like blob of burning gel. So called because of its characteristic spitting noise. sprite A specialized imp for displaying information and/or interacting visually. stabilization factor ToDo stabilization field ToDo stabilization-control field ToDo stabilizer (null-space) Tech that reduces or eliminates the reality scrambling effects of nulspace. stabilizer, reality  See stabilizer (null-space). stasis bag ToDo stasis shroud ToDo stealth field ToDo StickTight StickTight is a brand name in the Nexus for a products, usually in the form of gloves or booties, that allows the user to cling to nearly any surface. STIFF Acronym for Shock Transfer Impedance by Force Feedback, also referred to as stiffy armor. stiffy armor Slang for STIFF / Shock Transfer Impedance by Force Feedback armor. StratCom Abbreviation for Strategic Commander. strategic commander ToDo stun baton ToDo stunner ToDo suppressor tech that degrades or blocks the functioning of other tech. synclight Synclight, or synchronized light is another term for lasers. symbiot A symbiotic biot, commonly used for life support.

T

TacCom

Abbreviation for Tactical Commander.

TacCoor

Abbreviation for Tactical Coordinator.

tactical commander

A tactical commander, or TacCom, is a leader of a combat team or squad in charge of monitoring the team and providing tactical oversight. TacComs are usually not physically with the combat team and are jacked into an off-space equipped with a simtank. A TacCom can provide tactical glyphs, such as targeting, alerts and backup communications. Same as a tactical coordinator, but within a strict command hierarchy.

tactical coordinator

A tactical coordinator, or TacCoor, is the member of a combat team or squad responsible for monitoring the team and providing tactical support. TacCoors are usually not physically with the combat team and are jacked into an off-space equipped with a simtank. A TacCoor can provide tactical glyphs, such as targeting, alerts and backup communications. Same as a tactical commander, but without the strict command hierarchy.

tap

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tap, energy

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TE

Acronym for Transhuman Echo.

TE9

Acronym for Transhuman Echo 9.

tech (Nexus)

Technology so sophisticated that it will only (fully) operate when supported by a Monolith.

telemetry

ToDo

template

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Terror, the

During the Era of Revolution, the period when the People's Republic of Edmee became a tyranny.

Theseus Blacksail

Theseus Blacksail is a member of the Imperial Police and an unmodified. He appears in "The Unmodified Man" and, before joining the Imperial Police, in "Up in the Nightgaunts Gang" as Mouse (UitNG character). And yes, his named is derived from the ancient Greek Theseus. But that is another story.

Trang

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transcension

A transcension is the transition of an individual from embodied living in real-space to afterlife in an arkade.

transhuman

In the Nexus, transhumans are our descendants, forming a wide flung civilization. We are the distant ancestors of neohumans.

Transhuman Civilization

The Transhuman civilization was the neohuman civilization of the Transhuman Era, a civilization of effective immortals that created the Monoliths, colonized null-space, and discovered the Nexus. -- (Source: Fritz Freiheit)

Transhuman Echo

A period when tech is fully functional, which occurs (somewhat unpredictably) at intervals after the fall of the Transhumans. As versus Interregnum (or Darkage).

Transhuman Era

The period when humanity made its greatest achievements, including the creation of the Monoliths and the establishment of the Nexus structures interconnected via null-space ley lines.

Transhumans

The transhuman civilization that is the progenitor of the civilizations in the Nexus. The exact circumstances behind the fall of the Transhumans is not known, but it is rumored that some of the Powers still living were alive during height of the Transhuman Civilization.

Transhumans, the

A general term for the transhuman civilization that predates the civilization of the Nexus.

transience

ToDo

transmod

See mod.

TreeYllana Fé Lunnoir

TreeYllana Fé Lunnoir is one of the main characters of Tactics of Transience. She prefers TreeYllana over Count Fé Lunnoir.

twip

Twists per second. A measurement of speed in nulspace.

twist

A unit of measure of travel or distance in nulspace. For the related unit of speed, see twips.

U

uberzeppelin

A very large zeppelin, such as the Reichgeist.

unjack

Another term for jack out.

unmodified

Template:Unmodified

Unterpaladin

An unterpaladin is paladin of Trang who has not yet transcended to the arkades.

V

v-shield The v- or velocity-shield is defensive tech which creates field in which the velocity or momentum of an object is converted into heat. Vaggeist The capital city of Vaggeistland on Opyl. Vaggeistland Vaggeistland is the nation to the east of Edmee on Opyl, populated primarily by alpha-humans. Its capitol is Vaggeist.

vat Used to grow artificial flesh and creatures, such as golems. visual overlay Additions to the visual field, such as glyphs.

W

Waking Dream The Night Whippoorwill's zephyr class zeppelin null-ship and personal yacht. Wall, the ToDo wand A common form of a matrix used for one handed weapons or tools.

Wonder Putty ToDo wyrm ToDo

Y

Yonda (character) A beta-jaishin who came to power during the Era of Revolution in the People's Republic of Edmee.

Yondan Wars ToDo

Z

zep

Slang for zeppelin.

zephyr class zeppelin

A class of zeppelin nulship in the Nexus.

zeppelin

A lighter than air craft with a rigid structure containing the lift cells. As versus blimp or balloon.

zewt

Zewt is a slang exclamation of disgust or sometimes excitement, meaning something like 'damn', 'shoot', or 'rats'. Zewt is milder than fork.

zig

Failure to jump or jack in (to an off-space), being thrown back to ones starting point, being forced to start over.

zip field

A tech effect that introduces enough oxygen into unshielded objects to detonate explosives and other volatile substances.

zip grenade

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Sub-Glossaries

• Tactics of Transience Glossary
• The Alchemist of Liberty Glossary
• The Shaper's Daughter Glossary

List of the Chronicles from the Nexus

• AoL - "The Alchemist of Liberty" -- a Night Whippoorwill and the Intrepids story
• DHhOS - "Death's Harp has One String" -- an Angst Gryphon story
• DDtWoM - "Drink Deep the Wine of Memory" -- a Chance story
• DRfF - "Death Rides for Free" -- a Night Whippoorwill and the Intrepids story
• FoWaG - "Fortress of Wind and Glass" -- an Angst Gryphon story
• LotFT - "Lair of the Feathered Termites" -- a Kregar the Dimlander story.
• SaPoT - "Seizing a Pearl of Time"
• SD - "The Shaper's Daughter" -- a Trinette story
• SaSotGT - "Stealing a Seed of the Giving-Tree" -- a Kregar the Dimlander story.
• SitS - "A Sword in the Spokes" -- a Pelly and Winters story
• ToT - Tactics of Transience -- a TreeYllana, Drey and Darrett story
• UitNG - "Up in the Nightgaunts Gang" -- a Nightguants gang story
• UM - "The Unmodified Man" -- a Theseus Blacksail story
• WUA - "Winters' Unexpected Arrival" -- a Pelly and Winters story

Also see

• A note on the use (or lack thereof) of capitalization in the Chronicles from the Nexus.
• List of sayings from the Nexus
• Category:Definition
• Category:Definition Clusters
• Category:Glossary Nexium Definition
• Category:Nexus Definition Clusters
• Category:Nexus Key Concept
• Glossary Nexium redirects