Diane Duane - Starrise at Corrivale

AI - Artificial Intelligence. Sentient computer programming whose sophistication varies from model to model.

Aimara - A lake on Ino.

Aleerin - see mechalus.

Algemran - A G5 yellow star in the Verge. Also the name of the system.

Altid - A model of driveship.

Arends, Lieutenant Colonel - The marine senior commanding officer on board Falada.

AU - Astronomical Unit. 150 million km.

Austrin-Ontis Unlimited - A corporate stellar nation that is best known as the strongest arms dealer of the Stellar Ring, but whose citizens view themselves as strong individualists with a deep sense of altruism.

Battle of Kendai (2375) - A battle of the Second Galactic War that effectively cut communications between the stellar nations and the Verge for 121 years.

Baynes, Julius - The chief Concord Administrator for the Verge, bebe - A bird native to Grith.

Bluefall - Capital planet of the Aegis system. Ruled by the Regency government.

Bluff Heights - The cliff face at the edge of Diamond Point that protects it from the tides.

Boreal Sea - The sea of the north pole on Grith.

Bricht - A model of stardrive engine.

Builder - That section of fraal society that believes in integration with other species and cultures.

Callirhoe - A Concord Star Force Heavy Cruiser cerametal - An extremely strong alloy made from laminated ceramics and lightweight metals chai - tea charge pistol - A small firearm in which an electric firing pin ignites a chemical explosive into a white- hot plasma propellant, thus expelling a cerametallic slug at extremely high velocity clearfoam - A synthetic, transparent foam used to contain instruments in a sterile environment.

CM armor - cerametal armor.

Colonial Diocese - The Hatire government upon Grith.

Concord - see Galactic Concord.

Connor, Gabriel - A Concord marine lieutenant.

Corrivale - An F2 yellow-white star. Also the name of the system.

Council of Tribes - The formal sesheyan government on Grith.

Cureyfi the Father of Stars - A sesheyan deity.

D80 - A model of Delgakis.

Damrak - A planet in the Orion League.

Dareyev, Elinke - Captain of Falada.

David, Lemke - A Star Force second lieutenant navigator decontam - short for "radioactive decontamination."

Delgakis (pi. Delgakises) - A model of driveship.

Delrio, Enrique - A Concord diplomatic assistant.

Delvecchio, Lauren - A Concord ambassador.

Detaka - A weren shift chief working in Ordinen.

Devereaux, Captain - Captain of Callirhoe.

Diamond Point - The capital city of Grith.

Dietmar, Charles - A marine on board Falada.

Dilemma - A planet visited by Callirhoe's marine complement.

Diocese, the - see Colonial Diocese dirg - A creature that lives in nests on rocks.

Doming - A planet visited by Callirhoe's marine complement.

Duma - The capital city of Phorcys.

Drivecore - The central core of a stardrive engine. driveplan - A plan filed with a star system's traffic control stating a ship's planned destination, arrival time, and travel intentions. driveship - Any spaceship that is equipped with a stardrive. drivespace - The dimension into which starships enter through use of the stardrive. In this dimension gravity works on a quantum level, thus enabling near-instantaneous movement of a ship from one point in space to another.

Drounli the Provider - A sesheyan deity durasteel - Steel that has been strengthened at the molecular level e-suit - An environment suit intended to keep the wearer safe from vacuum, extreme temperatures, and radiation.

Enda - A fraal.

Endwith - The main city of Phorcys's northern hemisphere.

Enryn - A Thalaassan starship.

Epsedra - The site of a fierce battle involving Concord Marines.

Eraklian - An inhabitant of Eraklion.

Eraklion - An outer world of the Thalaassan system used primarily for mining.

ErOaishan - An Inoan negotiator faceprice - In traditional sesheyan society, the restitution-monetary or otherwise-paid to clear a debt or restore bruised honor.

Falada - A Concord Star Force Heavy Cruiser.

Ferdinand, Lieutenant - Faloda's protocol chief flitter - A small transport craft floater pallet - An anti-grav pallet force curtain - An energy field that keeps the atmosphere in a hangar bay but allows ships to come in. fraal - A non-Terran sentient species. Fraal are very slender, large-eyed humanoids. gailghe - Goggles worn by sesheyans to protect their sensitive eyes from bright light.

Galactic Concord - The thirteenth stellar nation formed by the Treaty of the Concord. gandercat - An enormous arboreal omnivore native to Grith. galya - A scented flower native to Grith.

General Order Eighteen - A statute of the Treaty of the Concord, which requires all ships within one starfall of a life-threatening emergency to render assistance. gig - A colloquial term for any ship-to-ground shuttle. Any small craft capable of transporting passengers or cargo from one place to another. Most have gravity induction engines and a fuel range of no more than 100 million kilometers.

Elatha - A Thalaassan starship. gravity induction - A process whereby a cyclotron accelerates particles to near-light speeds, there by creating gravitons between the particle and the surrounding mass. This process can be adjusted and redirected, thus allowing the force of gravity to be overcome. Most starships use a gravity induction engine for inner system travel.

Grid - An interstellar computer network.

Grith - A moon of Hydrocus, and the only habitable world in the Corrivale system.

Eyrufresia ondothalis fraalii - A plant of uncertain origin, though general assumption states that it is native to the fraal homeworld, but the fraal themselves are uncertain of this. The plant has three life stages: bulb (during which it may lie dormant for long periods), shoot (a cluster of laneolate succulent type leaves with hypogynous bristles on the "upper" sides), and flower (single quadrangular flower spike with long, narrow panicles of white or cream-colored florets).

Hammer's Star - The outermost star system of the Verge.

Hatire Community - A theocratic stellar nation founded by the generally anti-technology religion of the same name. holocomm - holographic communication. hulodisplay - The display of a holocomm that can be viewed in either one, two, or three dimensions. hovbus - A large public transportation hovercraft that is popular on many worlds.

Hydrocus - An uninhabitable planet of the Corrivale system imager - A camera that records holographic, three-dimensional images.

Ino - A planet in the Thalaassa system.

Inseer - A citizen of Insight.

Insight - A subsidiary of VoidCorp that broke away to form a separate stellar nation.

Iphus - A planet in the Corrivale system.

Iphus Collective - A mining facility run by StarMech Collective on Iphus.

Iphus Independent - An independent mining guild based on Iphus.

Iphus Mining Division - The forty-four mining conglomerates on Iphus that are a subsidiary of VoidCorp.