United Empire of Earth
Also called simply the Empire, it is a federal constitutional monarchy with a mixed economy and varying levels of participation for member states. It is nominally led by the Emperor, a hereditary position dating back
Category: Glossary
Diaspora
A century-long period of exploration and expansion resulting from the wartime development of technologies that made warp drives much cheaper, safer and faster to manufacture. Though it began during a war, it is remembered as
Two Century War
A war that broke out in the late 21st century and continued in one form or for 198 years in various theaters around the world. Sometimes known as World War III, it was the most
Virtual Reality Simulators
Better known as virt-sims. They are full-immersion virtual reality machines that use smart fluids, capable of moving and changing densities and temperatures to a very high granularity. The user immerses themselves in a large tank,
Solid-State Electronics
A type of electronics made of monomolecular-scale circuits, both digital and quantum, which is 3d printed into an extremely dense, Neutronium core using a mixture of common semiconductors and exotic superconductors. The term has origins
Neutronium
Technically refers to a form of matter made of neutrons compressed together by gravity, but is most commonly a colloquial term for a form of metal, usually aluminum, which has been manufactured under specific, highly
Charybdinium
An exotic, elemental metal in the 2nd island of stability. It is widely used due to its extreme strength and rigidity. It is the material with the most tensile strength which can be manufactured in
Fundamental Charge Inverter
Also known as an FCI. A device which produces an extremely highly tuned electromagnetic field flooded with equally-finely tuned alpha, beta and gamma radiation. It inverts the fundamental electrical charge of all atoms of any
MAMR
Matter AntiMatter Reaction. The primary method of power and thrust production in the Empire and most first-world nations in the known galaxy. The use of fundamental charge inverters makes the storage of anti-matter a non-issue,
Warp Buoy
A small, 0.2 to 1 meter long unmanned warp-capable spacecraft consisting entirely of a powerful warp drive, a computer, a transceiver, multiple redundant memory drives and an array of extremely high capacity batteries and capacitors.