Arabic: Holy Warriors (singular: mujahad)
Mukhabbarat
Arabic: Secret Police
Mullah
Holy man, sometimes holy, sometimes not.
Na'ib 'Dabit
Arabic: Sergeant Major
Naik
Corporal
Naquib
Arabic: Captain
NGO
Nongovernmental Organization
Noahs
Aliens that seeded Terra Nova with life, some from Old Earth, some possibly from other planets, some possibly genetically engineered, in the dim mists of prehistory. No definitive trace has ever been found of them.
Ocelot
Volgan-built light armored vehicle mounting a 100mm gun and capable of carrying a squad of infantry in the back.
Meg
Coastal Defense Submarine under development by the Legion
PMC
Precious Metal Certificate. High Denomination Legionary Investment Vehicle
Progressivine
A fruit bearing vine found on Terra Nova. Believed to have been genengineered by the Noahs. The fruit is intensely poisonous to intelligent life.
Push
As in "tactical push." Radio frequency or frequency hopping sequence, so called from the action of pushing the button that activates the transmitter.
PZ
Pickup Zone. A place where helicopters pickup troops, equipment and supplies to move them somewhere else.
RGL
Rocket Grenade Launcher
RTO
Radio-Telephone Operator
Satan Triumphant
A hot pepper of Terra Nova, generally unfit for human consumption, though sometimes used in food preservation and refinable into a blister agent for chemical warfare.
Sayidi
Arabic form of respectful address, "Sir."
SPATHA
Self Propelled Anti-Tank Heavy Armor. A legionary tank destroyer, under development
SPLAD
Self Propelled Laser Air Defense. A developed legionary anti-aircraft system
Subadar
Major
Surah
A chapter in the Koran, of which there are 114
Tercio
Spanish: Regiment
Tranzitree
A fruit bearing tree, believed to have been genengineered by the Noahs. The fruit is intensely poisonous to intelligent life.
Trixie
A species of archaeopteryx brought to Terra Nova by the Noahs.
Yakamov
A type of helicopter produced in Volga. It has no tail rotor.
Appendix B: Legionary Rank Equivalents
Dux, Duque:
indefinite rank, depending on position it can indicate anything from a Major General to a Field Marshall, Duque usually indicates the senior commander on the field.
Legate III:
Brigadier General or Major General. per the contract between the Legion del Cid and the Federated States of Columbia, a Legate III, when his unit is in service to the Federated States, is entitled to the standing and courtesies of a Lieutenant General. Typically commands a deployed legion, when a separate legion is deployed, the air
ala
or the naval
classis
, or serves as an executive for a deployed corps.
Legate II:
Colonel, typically commands a tercio in the rear or serves on staff if deployed.
Legate I:
Lieutenant Colonel, typically commands a cohort or serves on staff.
Tribune III:
Major, serves on staff or sometimes, if permitted to continue in command, commands a maniple.
Tribune II:
Captain, typically commands a maniple
Tribune I:
1st Lieutenant, typically serves as second in command of a maniple, commands a specialty platoon within the cohort's combat support maniple, or serves on staff
Signifer:
2nd Lieutenant or Ensign, leads a platoon. Signifer is a temporary rank and signifers are not considered part of the officer corps of the legions except as a matter of courtesy.
Sergeant Major:
Sergeant Major with no necessary indication of level
1st Centurion:
Senior non-commissioned officer of a maniple
Senior Centurion:
Master Sergeant but almost always the senior man within a platoon.
Centurion, J.G.:
Sergeant First Class, sometimes commands a platoon but is usually the second in command
Optio:
Staff Sergeant, typically the second in command of a platoon
Sergeant:
Sergeant, typically leads a squad
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Corporal, typically leads a team or crew or serves as second in command of a squad
Legionario, or Legionary, or Legionnaire:
private through specialist
Note that, in addition, under Legion regulations adopted in the Anno Condita 471, a soldier may elect to take what is called "Triarius Status." This locks the soldier into whatever rank he may be, but allows pay raises for longevity to continue. It is one way the legion has used to flatten the rank pyramid in the interests of reducing careerism. Thus, one may sometimes hear or read of a "Triarius Tribune III," typically a major-equivalent who has decided, with Legion accord, that his highest and best use is in a particular staff slot or commanding a particular maniple. Given that the Legion—with fewer than three percent officers, including signifers—has the smallest officer corps of any significant military formation on Terra Nova, and a very flat promotion pyramid, the Triarius system seems, perhaps, overkill. Since adoption, regulations permit but do not require Triarius status legionaries to be promoted one rank upon retirement.
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