Jesel sul-Perekmeres: Aspirant; Crew of Red Lurker
Suzruzh sul-Perekmeres: Aspirant; Crew of Red Lurker
Sehtrek: Intendant, Crew of Red Lurker
Tlerek Shethkador: Evolved, Aware, Srin, and Ambassador to Earth/CTR; Captain of Ferocious Monolith
Olsirkos Shethkador-vah: Evolved; Acting Master of Ferocious Monolith
The Slaasriithi
Hsaefyrr: Third Ratiocinator of the Third Silver Tower
Mriif’vaaclass="underline" Senior Ratiocinator; Overseer of the Third Silver Tower
Thnessfiirm: spokesperson for the cerdorae assisting the human survivors on Disparity
Unsymaajh: spokesperson for the convectorae assisting the human survivors on Disparity
W’th’vaathi: spokesperson for the ratiocinatorae assisting the human survivors on Disparity
Yiithrii’ah’aash: Prime Ratiocinator; Ambassador to Earth/CTR
APPENDIX B
Useful Acronyms and Slang
ACS: attitude control thruster
AMP: automated munitions platform
CIC: combat information center
CINC or C-in-C: Commander in Chief or Commander in Charge
CoDevCo: Colonial Development Combine
CTR: Consolidated Terran Republic
HALO: high altitude/low opening
MAP: magnetically (or magnetohydrodynamically) accelerated plasma
PDF: point defense fire
RFS: Russlavic Federation ship
ROV: remote operated vehicle
TOCIO: TransOceanic Commercial and Industrial Organization
UCS: United Commonwealth(s) ship
APPENDIX C
Ktoran Glossary
Aboriginaclass="underline" a low breed of original Earth stock; unmodified homo sapiens
Agra: a junior officer who is neither Evolved nor an Intendant
Aspirant: the progeny of a particularly accomplished and genetically preferred huscarl; these children are being considered for Elevation to Intendant; rarely, directly to Aspirant. If they fail the first step of Elevation (to ’vah or Aspirant), they are typically demoted.
Aware: an Evolved that can exercise the power of Reification (self-reference; homo transcendens)
Berem(a): (m./f.) A generic term that indicates aristocratic birth or station, but which does not signify any particular rank (and usually implies an absence of special rank within that social class). Akin to “sir” or “madame.”
Catalysite: a symbiot or “catalyst” that amplifies Reification control and power
Devolysite: a devolved version of the “catalyst” symbiot that is sensitive to various quantum entanglement alterations
Evolved: a member of the Ktor master geneline (homo imperiens)
Elevation: the process and rite by which low-breeds (usually Intendants) become Evolved
helot: a low-bred servitor, typically commanded by huscarls; many subclassifications exist
huscarclass="underline" direct, prized low-bred servitors; the class from which Intendants are usually drawn
jur: prefix; a particularly promising individual of one of the low-bred classes (a jur-huscarl, for instance, is likely to be the father of a sur-Intendant)
lictor: a junior officer rank, particular to the Aegis forces that answer solely to the Autarchs
Srin/Srina: an aristocrat of the Evolved, whose accomplishments, geneline, or both qualify them for elevation to Hegemon or Autarch. (pl.; Srinu)
suclass="underline" the prefix or short-form referent (’sul) signifying an Aspirant
Tvaclass="underline" one whose geneline has become corrupt, distant from the core line, or is otherwise not suitable to become the Hegemon of a House or Head of a Family, but who is otherwise unrestricted in their ambitions
— uum/’m: no longer of the core or progenitorial geneline of a House
vah: suffix added to a name that indicates the progeny of an Elevated Aspirant. Also shortened as ’vah, this status may be extended in the event of disappointing achievement, or other failures. Only in extreme cases, or several generations of a geneline remaining as ’vahs, is a ’vah demoted.
Wilding: a low breed that was not raised under Ktoran dominion