Post by Leif Schraakt on Dec 13, 2005 14:08:30 GMT -7
-Anglo-Sino Alliance - The ruling government
-Atmo - Shortening of the word "atmosphere"
-Black, The - Referring to outerspace, especially deep space
-Blue Sun- A company that sells food products (and certainly more). Blue sun logos are seen on food cans and advertisements throughout the 'verse. The motto from their commercials: Live life with Blue Sun.
-Bowden's Malady- A degenerative affliction of the bone and muscle. Afflicts the settlers of Paradiso in the Georgia System.
-Browncoats- Referring to the "independents" or rebels against the Alliance, likely in reference to their military uniform.
-Bughouse- slang for "mental health facility"
-Byphodine - A drug which can induce a realistic simulation of death.
-Carrion House - Outlaws set these facilities up and capture space ships with a high-powered electric "Net". These arrangements are used to immobilize a ship and kill or stun its crew, then strip parts off the ship or simple steal the whole thing.
-Central Authority - Judicial courts of the Alliance
-Companion - An academy-schooled prostitute practicing legally as part of The Guild, a socially powerful pseudo-religious organization. Companions are highly respected by almost everyone. Their schooling is long and arduous and covers everything from psychology to sword fighting. They can converse with anyone, and make anyone utterly at ease, from a dirt poor farmer to a planetary president. They live by the Guild code and only engage in transactions with customers of their choice.
- Core - Refers to any major city/planet in the Alliance.
-Cortex - The visual/textual Interactive Network of the 26th century.
-Credit - A type of currency. Alliance-based, with no 'solid' component, and used to the exclusion of all else for legitimate transactions on all core worlds. I.e.: all standard transactions on the Core worlds are electronic in nature -- no one can physically hand you a credit. Per unit, a credit is worth more than any other type of currency
-Cruiser - Type of Alliance military vessel. A very large, vertically-aligned vessel that resembles nothing so much as a small city in space.
-Cryo - Short for cryogenic. By the 26th century cryogenic suspension can occur in self-contained mobile unit which makes for an ideal means by which smuggle living contraband in temporary deep freeze hibernation.
-Dedicated Source Box - The DSL / Personal File Server of the Firefly setting.
-Fed Squad - A unit of twenty Alliance soldiers.
-Genseed - A type of genetically engineered crop seed issued to those sent to settle terraformed planets and moons.
-Gorram - AKA "god damn", expletive.
-Grapple - Slang, vulgar. "To have sex with."
-Grizwald - A grenade about the size of a battery; responds to pressure.
-Gurtsler - Type of engine used in space ships, considered to be of somewhat shoddy construction.
-Hover-Plane - A mode of transport.
-Humped - Expletive (depending on context).
-Hydrozapam - A particularly valuable pharmaceutical.
-I.A.V. - Intersteller Alliance Vessel -- standard prefix on all Alliance military craft
-Ident Card - Alliance identification card carrying personal information in electronic format -- useful for scanning purposes.
-Independents - Political/military party opposed to the Alliance.
- Kick - Slang. To die.
-Medvault - A secure area for the storage of pharmaceuticals.
-Mei Mei - Sister in blood or sister in spirit (Chinese).
-Mule - Four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle used to transport goods and crew. Seats a maximum of two people. Top speed approximately 40 to 50 k/m.
-Oh-Two - Oxygen.
-Pasceline - A type of medicine used to treat Bowden's Malady; valuable on the black market.
-Pipeline - A communications channel
-Platinum - A type of hard currency, typically used on border worlds and for most clandestine dealings. For the purposes of conversion, a credit (see above) converts to platinum on approximately a 4:1 ratio, and a platinum coin converts to paper scrip (1 "dollar") at approximately 10:1. (1 credit = 4 platinum = 40 bills).
-Propoxin - A pharmaceutical.
-Purple Belly - An Alliance soldier or officer. (Used in reference to an Alliance Captain in Bushwhacked.) The Alliance's official colors include purple and are used on the abdomen (belly) of Alliance troop body armor.
-Reader - Short for mind reader.
-Reavers - Space pirates with a twist -- the twist being they're insane, cannibalistic, and practice self-mutilation.
-Roller - A weapon used in the war presumably a tank or some other conveyance on treads.
-Rutting - Expletive. Mating or 'to mate'.
-Shepherd - Term for a religious minister, preacher, or priest.
-Shiny - Slang. "Good", "great", "neat", "wonderful", etc.
-Shuffle - Slang. To die. ("Shuffle off this mortal coil...")
-Sly - Male and homosexually inclined. (May also apply to women who fancy women.)
-Sky Plex - A space station that has optimized a large portion of it's habitable space for client services such as shopping, entertainment, and so forth.
-TeleFonix - Name of a telecommunications system, like AT&T or MCI.
-Terraforming - Means of bestowing a planet or moon with conditions essential to sustain human and nonhuman life.
-Triplex - A slang term for a planetside shopping and entertainment megaplex.
-U-Day - Short for "Unification Day"; the holiday celebrating the Alliance's defeat of the Independents.
-'Verse - Slang, short for "universe".
-Vitals - Short for vital signs.
-Wave - Audio-visual transmission sent over the Cortex. Full waves (audio and visual) are generally only available within major Alliance systems. Once a ship has left a major system (or is traveling in a system too unimportant to have a Cortex beacon), the send must resort to more primitive means of communication.
-Weave - Medical term, equivalent to stitches.
-Blastomeres- Unapproved (by the Alliance, which of course then equates to "illegal") human organs. They are an unstable medical technology that requires they be transported from point of origin to final destination within a human host (who functions not only as a carrier but an incubator).
-Dermal Mender- A piece of medical equipment used to reattach limbs and other appendages.
-Imaging Suite- A entire room in advanced Core hospitals where a 3D Imager is located (useful for examining all the primary systems of a subject
-Ivoprovalin- A common immunobooster.
Handguns
-Alliance Pistol - 3lbs, small. Range: 40ft.
-Auto Pistol (9mm autoloader)- 2lbs, small. Range: 30ft.
-Buhnder
-Chaplain Pistol
Rifles
-Alliance Assualt Rifle(5.6 mm)- 12lbs, large. Range: 80ft.
-Callahan Fullbore Autolock
-Independent Bullpup(5.6 mm)- 9lbs, large. Range: 80ft.
-Independent Upgrade(5.6mm)- 8lbs, large. Range: 80ft.
-Fifty-Four R Sniper Rifle
Submachine Guns
-Alliance SMG- 8lbs, large. Range: 40ft.
Energy Weapons
-Lassiter- First laser pistol invented.
-Laser Pistol- Advanced technology not authorized for public use. Rarely seen out of the Alliance Military’s hands, and for good reason; they’re extremely lethal in the hands of anyone.
-Sonic Rifle- Advancement in non-lethal (insert Jayne's scornful tone here) law enforcement weaponry, this weapon is not generally used by Alliance Military. The weapon emits a low-pitched sound wave with enough force to drive a big man to the ground, much like a taser would today. One benefit of the weapon aside from its lack of lethality is the reduced chance of property damage on those beautiful Core worlds -- the weapon seems to have no adverse effects on non-living objects.
Grenades
-Grizwald- A pressure sensitive grenade the size of a battery.
Catalyzer
Part of the Compression Coil that generates power and makes the engine turn.
Compression Coil
Necessary to run main engine of the ship, including the grav thrust, power plant, and life support. Obviously, a compression coil would be an integral piece of Trace Compression Block engine such as the one that the Firefly Transport uses.
Cooling Drive
Engine part mentioned during Kaylee’s interrogation in Bushwhacked, mounted on Alliance ships in such a way as to be confounded by the Gurtsler Engines.
Fuel Cells
Apparently, the main source of power for the Trace Compression Block engine (as used on a Firefly Transport).
G-Line
Part of a Trace Compression Block engine of the style used on a Firefly Transport. Presumably "G" stands for "gravity", since this is what Kaylee reroutes to get the Grav Boot back online when fixing the engine.
Grav Boot
A part of the Trace Compression Block engine used commonly in Firefly Transport type ships -- this involved the artificial-gravity and anti-inertial portions of the system and, if non-functional, means that the ship can't fly (or, more probably, can't fly safe).
Grav Dampener
Saffron sabotages the filament in this device on Serenity's Trace Compression Block engine so that the ship can't turn.
Given the name, it's likely that what this device actually does is reduce the effect of natural gravity and inertia on the ship and it's crew, so to to be accurate, the ship could still turn, but doing so would probably kill or damage everyone and everything on board.
Gurtsler Engine
A type of propulsion engine used on space ships. The company apparently makes its profit through government contracts, as Kaylee mentions in Bushwhacked that the Alliance cruisers use a number of these types of engines. (A half-dozen mounted under each Cooling Drive, in fact.)
Trace Compression Block
The type of engine utilized in the Firefly Transport. Apparently far superior to the high-quantity, low-quality Gurtsler Engine. One assumes that the oft-mentioned Compression Coil is a key part of this style of engine.
The Trace Compression Block engine includes (or is included as part of):
· Firefly Transport
· Compression Coil
· G-Line
· Grav Boot
· Grav Dampener
· Ship Repair
· Fuel Cells
Alliance Armed Forces
Alliance Carrier
Alliance Cruiser- Mammoth space ships employed by the Alliance. Think 'large floating fortress.'
A.S.R.E.V- Alliance Short Range Enforcement Vessel. Slightly bigger than Serenity and equipped with weapons. Described as an oversized, beat up squad car in the script for The Message.
Independent
Firefly-Class Transport- The '03 Firefly Model was the last version of the Firefly design to make it to production. It featured a number of improvements over the earlier models, notably the extenders on the 'wings' of the ship to separate the rotating VTOL-style ion jets further from the main body of the craft (which both keep the ship from shaking as much and allowed for two shuttle bays to be built into the design). Also, the 03 version of the Firefly is notably longer, with an extended 'neck', longer body, and generally roomier interior.
Attack: None
Engines: Ion engine, thrusters
Armor: Polymeric
Defense Systems: Autopilot system, damage control system, radiation shielding, sensor jammer
Sensors: Class II sensor array, targeting system
Communications: Laser transceiver, radio transceiver
Weapons: None
Grappling Systems: None
Firefly Shuttle- The Firefly model transport comes equipped with two short-range shuttles. The life-support and interiors are designed to handle four passengers each, and they have the ability to break atmo and reach wide orbit before needing to dock with the main Firefly.
Attack: None
Engines: Thrusters
Armor: Alloy plating
Defense Systems: Autopilot system, damage control system
Sensors: Class I sensor array
Communications: Radio transceiver
Weapons: None
Grappling Systems: None
Generic
Derelict 1-Converted cargo hauler or a shot ranged scow. Retrofitted to carry passengers, typically bought from auctions and redesigned to provide a one-way ticket to a newly terraformed planet or moon.
Sky Plex- A space station that has optimized a large portion of its habitable space for client services such as shopping, entertainment, and so forth.
-Atmo - Shortening of the word "atmosphere"
-Black, The - Referring to outerspace, especially deep space
-Blue Sun- A company that sells food products (and certainly more). Blue sun logos are seen on food cans and advertisements throughout the 'verse. The motto from their commercials: Live life with Blue Sun.
-Bowden's Malady- A degenerative affliction of the bone and muscle. Afflicts the settlers of Paradiso in the Georgia System.
-Browncoats- Referring to the "independents" or rebels against the Alliance, likely in reference to their military uniform.
-Bughouse- slang for "mental health facility"
-Byphodine - A drug which can induce a realistic simulation of death.
-Carrion House - Outlaws set these facilities up and capture space ships with a high-powered electric "Net". These arrangements are used to immobilize a ship and kill or stun its crew, then strip parts off the ship or simple steal the whole thing.
-Central Authority - Judicial courts of the Alliance
-Companion - An academy-schooled prostitute practicing legally as part of The Guild, a socially powerful pseudo-religious organization. Companions are highly respected by almost everyone. Their schooling is long and arduous and covers everything from psychology to sword fighting. They can converse with anyone, and make anyone utterly at ease, from a dirt poor farmer to a planetary president. They live by the Guild code and only engage in transactions with customers of their choice.
- Core - Refers to any major city/planet in the Alliance.
-Cortex - The visual/textual Interactive Network of the 26th century.
-Credit - A type of currency. Alliance-based, with no 'solid' component, and used to the exclusion of all else for legitimate transactions on all core worlds. I.e.: all standard transactions on the Core worlds are electronic in nature -- no one can physically hand you a credit. Per unit, a credit is worth more than any other type of currency
-Cruiser - Type of Alliance military vessel. A very large, vertically-aligned vessel that resembles nothing so much as a small city in space.
-Cryo - Short for cryogenic. By the 26th century cryogenic suspension can occur in self-contained mobile unit which makes for an ideal means by which smuggle living contraband in temporary deep freeze hibernation.
-Dedicated Source Box - The DSL / Personal File Server of the Firefly setting.
-Fed Squad - A unit of twenty Alliance soldiers.
-Genseed - A type of genetically engineered crop seed issued to those sent to settle terraformed planets and moons.
-Gorram - AKA "god damn", expletive.
-Grapple - Slang, vulgar. "To have sex with."
-Grizwald - A grenade about the size of a battery; responds to pressure.
-Gurtsler - Type of engine used in space ships, considered to be of somewhat shoddy construction.
-Hover-Plane - A mode of transport.
-Humped - Expletive (depending on context).
-Hydrozapam - A particularly valuable pharmaceutical.
-I.A.V. - Intersteller Alliance Vessel -- standard prefix on all Alliance military craft
-Ident Card - Alliance identification card carrying personal information in electronic format -- useful for scanning purposes.
-Independents - Political/military party opposed to the Alliance.
- Kick - Slang. To die.
-Medvault - A secure area for the storage of pharmaceuticals.
-Mei Mei - Sister in blood or sister in spirit (Chinese).
-Mule - Four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle used to transport goods and crew. Seats a maximum of two people. Top speed approximately 40 to 50 k/m.
-Oh-Two - Oxygen.
-Pasceline - A type of medicine used to treat Bowden's Malady; valuable on the black market.
-Pipeline - A communications channel
-Platinum - A type of hard currency, typically used on border worlds and for most clandestine dealings. For the purposes of conversion, a credit (see above) converts to platinum on approximately a 4:1 ratio, and a platinum coin converts to paper scrip (1 "dollar") at approximately 10:1. (1 credit = 4 platinum = 40 bills).
-Propoxin - A pharmaceutical.
-Purple Belly - An Alliance soldier or officer. (Used in reference to an Alliance Captain in Bushwhacked.) The Alliance's official colors include purple and are used on the abdomen (belly) of Alliance troop body armor.
-Reader - Short for mind reader.
-Reavers - Space pirates with a twist -- the twist being they're insane, cannibalistic, and practice self-mutilation.
-Roller - A weapon used in the war presumably a tank or some other conveyance on treads.
-Rutting - Expletive. Mating or 'to mate'.
-Shepherd - Term for a religious minister, preacher, or priest.
-Shiny - Slang. "Good", "great", "neat", "wonderful", etc.
-Shuffle - Slang. To die. ("Shuffle off this mortal coil...")
-Sly - Male and homosexually inclined. (May also apply to women who fancy women.)
-Sky Plex - A space station that has optimized a large portion of it's habitable space for client services such as shopping, entertainment, and so forth.
-TeleFonix - Name of a telecommunications system, like AT&T or MCI.
-Terraforming - Means of bestowing a planet or moon with conditions essential to sustain human and nonhuman life.
-Triplex - A slang term for a planetside shopping and entertainment megaplex.
-U-Day - Short for "Unification Day"; the holiday celebrating the Alliance's defeat of the Independents.
-'Verse - Slang, short for "universe".
-Vitals - Short for vital signs.
-Wave - Audio-visual transmission sent over the Cortex. Full waves (audio and visual) are generally only available within major Alliance systems. Once a ship has left a major system (or is traveling in a system too unimportant to have a Cortex beacon), the send must resort to more primitive means of communication.
-Weave - Medical term, equivalent to stitches.
-Blastomeres- Unapproved (by the Alliance, which of course then equates to "illegal") human organs. They are an unstable medical technology that requires they be transported from point of origin to final destination within a human host (who functions not only as a carrier but an incubator).
-Dermal Mender- A piece of medical equipment used to reattach limbs and other appendages.
-Imaging Suite- A entire room in advanced Core hospitals where a 3D Imager is located (useful for examining all the primary systems of a subject
-Ivoprovalin- A common immunobooster.
Handguns
-Alliance Pistol - 3lbs, small. Range: 40ft.
-Auto Pistol (9mm autoloader)- 2lbs, small. Range: 30ft.
-Buhnder
-Chaplain Pistol
Rifles
-Alliance Assualt Rifle(5.6 mm)- 12lbs, large. Range: 80ft.
-Callahan Fullbore Autolock
-Independent Bullpup(5.6 mm)- 9lbs, large. Range: 80ft.
-Independent Upgrade(5.6mm)- 8lbs, large. Range: 80ft.
-Fifty-Four R Sniper Rifle
Submachine Guns
-Alliance SMG- 8lbs, large. Range: 40ft.
Energy Weapons
-Lassiter- First laser pistol invented.
-Laser Pistol- Advanced technology not authorized for public use. Rarely seen out of the Alliance Military’s hands, and for good reason; they’re extremely lethal in the hands of anyone.
-Sonic Rifle- Advancement in non-lethal (insert Jayne's scornful tone here) law enforcement weaponry, this weapon is not generally used by Alliance Military. The weapon emits a low-pitched sound wave with enough force to drive a big man to the ground, much like a taser would today. One benefit of the weapon aside from its lack of lethality is the reduced chance of property damage on those beautiful Core worlds -- the weapon seems to have no adverse effects on non-living objects.
Grenades
-Grizwald- A pressure sensitive grenade the size of a battery.
Catalyzer
Part of the Compression Coil that generates power and makes the engine turn.
Compression Coil
Necessary to run main engine of the ship, including the grav thrust, power plant, and life support. Obviously, a compression coil would be an integral piece of Trace Compression Block engine such as the one that the Firefly Transport uses.
Cooling Drive
Engine part mentioned during Kaylee’s interrogation in Bushwhacked, mounted on Alliance ships in such a way as to be confounded by the Gurtsler Engines.
Fuel Cells
Apparently, the main source of power for the Trace Compression Block engine (as used on a Firefly Transport).
G-Line
Part of a Trace Compression Block engine of the style used on a Firefly Transport. Presumably "G" stands for "gravity", since this is what Kaylee reroutes to get the Grav Boot back online when fixing the engine.
Grav Boot
A part of the Trace Compression Block engine used commonly in Firefly Transport type ships -- this involved the artificial-gravity and anti-inertial portions of the system and, if non-functional, means that the ship can't fly (or, more probably, can't fly safe).
Grav Dampener
Saffron sabotages the filament in this device on Serenity's Trace Compression Block engine so that the ship can't turn.
Given the name, it's likely that what this device actually does is reduce the effect of natural gravity and inertia on the ship and it's crew, so to to be accurate, the ship could still turn, but doing so would probably kill or damage everyone and everything on board.
Gurtsler Engine
A type of propulsion engine used on space ships. The company apparently makes its profit through government contracts, as Kaylee mentions in Bushwhacked that the Alliance cruisers use a number of these types of engines. (A half-dozen mounted under each Cooling Drive, in fact.)
Trace Compression Block
The type of engine utilized in the Firefly Transport. Apparently far superior to the high-quantity, low-quality Gurtsler Engine. One assumes that the oft-mentioned Compression Coil is a key part of this style of engine.
The Trace Compression Block engine includes (or is included as part of):
· Firefly Transport
· Compression Coil
· G-Line
· Grav Boot
· Grav Dampener
· Ship Repair
· Fuel Cells
Alliance Armed Forces
Alliance Carrier
Alliance Cruiser- Mammoth space ships employed by the Alliance. Think 'large floating fortress.'
A.S.R.E.V- Alliance Short Range Enforcement Vessel. Slightly bigger than Serenity and equipped with weapons. Described as an oversized, beat up squad car in the script for The Message.
Independent
Firefly-Class Transport- The '03 Firefly Model was the last version of the Firefly design to make it to production. It featured a number of improvements over the earlier models, notably the extenders on the 'wings' of the ship to separate the rotating VTOL-style ion jets further from the main body of the craft (which both keep the ship from shaking as much and allowed for two shuttle bays to be built into the design). Also, the 03 version of the Firefly is notably longer, with an extended 'neck', longer body, and generally roomier interior.
Attack: None
Engines: Ion engine, thrusters
Armor: Polymeric
Defense Systems: Autopilot system, damage control system, radiation shielding, sensor jammer
Sensors: Class II sensor array, targeting system
Communications: Laser transceiver, radio transceiver
Weapons: None
Grappling Systems: None
Firefly Shuttle- The Firefly model transport comes equipped with two short-range shuttles. The life-support and interiors are designed to handle four passengers each, and they have the ability to break atmo and reach wide orbit before needing to dock with the main Firefly.
Attack: None
Engines: Thrusters
Armor: Alloy plating
Defense Systems: Autopilot system, damage control system
Sensors: Class I sensor array
Communications: Radio transceiver
Weapons: None
Grappling Systems: None
Generic
Derelict 1-Converted cargo hauler or a shot ranged scow. Retrofitted to carry passengers, typically bought from auctions and redesigned to provide a one-way ticket to a newly terraformed planet or moon.
Sky Plex- A space station that has optimized a large portion of its habitable space for client services such as shopping, entertainment, and so forth.
