orna’adar — The Posleen Ragnarok, which occurs when population pressure forces the clans on a world to war for space, which war invariably devolves into total planetary destruction and the migration of the survivors to new worlds.
Palacio de las Garzas — “Palace of the Herons”; Panama’s White House.
pork chop — Ship’s supply officer.
Po’oslena’ar — Posleen. “The People of the ships.”
rabiblanco — “White ass.” A bird with a white rear and, by extension, a Panamanian of highly European ancestry.
Rio Pact — A mutual defense treaty between the United States and most of the Latin states. Though the Latins entered into it in good faith, as it became apparent over time that the United States intended to make few demands on them and still provide much military support, they have grown rather complacent about the arrangement. In fairness, one might note that most of them were soon embroiled in their own communist inspired civil wars, which most of them won. Thus, they did help defend Western civilization and the major ally, the United States.
sancocho — Soup, typically in the Province of Chiriqui.
SD-44 — An auxiliary-propelled, Russian designed and built, quick firing, 85mm artillery piece.
tenar — Posleen God Kings’ flying sleds.
thermobaric — Fuel Air Explosive, or FAE.
Tranzis — Human beings, arguably, who long to see the highest human civilizations cast down. Hypocrites who think they do good for others and in doing good do pretty well for themselves. Look at any Third World hellhole and brush away the corpses. There, at the center, grown fat by feasting on the rotten meat of human suffering, generally dazzled by the sudden light, you will find a host of lily white, maggotlike Tranzis.