Post by Tinman on Jan 6, 2013 23:24:48 GMT -6
LEXICON OF WORDS:
A:
ACADEMY - A place for specialized training.
ADENA - One of the fleets passenger ships.
AERIAN MERCHANT CODE - An obsolete code developed by Aerian's yahrens ago for use by their transport ships.
AERINA - A planet in the third quadrant.
AGRO - The production of consumables.
AGRON OUTPOST - Agricultural/Farming colony.
AGRONLONS - The measurement of the strength of a transmitting frequency.
AIR DOME - An area built for the landing and departing of aircraft and spacecraft.
ALE - Alcoholic drink, Beer type.
AMBROSIA - A rare drink distilled and purified in low gravity for at least a yahren.
ANDROID - A type of robot made to look and act like a human.
ANTI BURN BAFFLES - A protective plating housing pulse generators on fighter craft.
AQUARIUS - A ship and a planet.
ARCTA - An astroid in the seventh quadrant.
ARMAMENT DAY - A Colonial National Holiday of celebration.
ARMISTICE - A pause in a war brought about by agreement between the warring sides.
ARMORMENT - A collection of arms and ammunition.
ASCENSIOR - Lift, elevator.
ASENCION TUBE - A cage or platform in a building or a ship which can be raised or lowered for carrying persons or goods from one level to another.
ASTERAL WINDS - Winds produced by gravities interacting between close orbit planets.
ASTRALON - A high velocity particle found in a deep space ranging in size from microscopic diameters up to several metrons.
ATTACK COMPUTER - A computer in a fighter directly linked to the craft's scanner. See scanner.
ATTILLA - A planet in the Omega System now in the hands of the Cylons.
AUTOMATIC DETONATOR - A self-destruct device.
AVION - Bird or birdlike creature.
B:
BACTERIA TRAP - Slang; for the decontamination chambers aboard starships.
BAHARRI - Intoxicating spirit drink.
BALCON - A star in an uncharted system known to be the closest Cylon pennetration to Earth.
BARATON - A child's spinner toy.
BARGE LICE - Slang; for prisoners on a prison ship.
BASESTAR - Cylon, a slow moving, not easily maneuverable deep spacecraft. They are believed to carry over 300 fighters, and have two long range mega-ulsars and over 100 laser turrets.
BATTLESTAR - A deep spacecraft assembled in planetary orbit with a maximum before fueling range of 500 light-yahrens. It is strictly an outer space vehicle.
BIO-PULSE LINES - A system for monitoring fighter pilots bodily functions during flight. Also refers to the same thing for a patient in a medical center.
BIO-ROBOTICS - The study and application of creating robots to be like a particular race or species in every detail.
BLACKSHIRT - Slang; for Colonial Security personnel.
BLOOD TRAIL - A hunt to revenge the Borellian code, where they hunt down and kill a prey. See Borellians.
BOOK OF STRATEGY - Colonial Warrior's manual.
BOOK OF THE WORD - The oldest and most sacred of the books of the Lords of Kobol. It contains lofty moral precepts still followed today, with its central theme being the constant struggle between good and evil.
BOOKS OF THE LORDS OF KOBOL - A semi-mystic chronicle containing the writings of the Lords of Kobol during the Age of the Philoophers during the second millenium.
BORALLUS - A rich agro world first settled by humans after the rediscovery of space travel. Now in the hands of the Cylons.
BORATON - Firefighting foam, used to smother out fires aboard ship.
BORAYS - Intelligent, pre-technological natives of the planet Equellus. They live in herds on the planet Sectara under the leadership of one dominant Boray.
BORELLIANS - A fierce nomadic people called Nomen, who for thousands of yahrens inhabited a desert area of one of the colonial worlds, whose cruel tribal customs have survived into the interstellar age. They have no respect for society, its laws, or its principles.
BORILLO - A freighter.
BOVINE - Cattle, mainly cows.
BRIG - Detention centre on starships.
BURITICIANS - The hereditary nobility of the twelve colonies, originally appointed by the Lords of Kobol, to rule over each colony. Over the millenia, many of the original familes died out, and new buritician families were founded by great military and political leaders in each colony.
BUZZER - A slang term given to a variety of crude, homemade, intoxicating beverages.
C:
CANARIUS - A commercial shuttle.
CARBON SYNTHETIC - A material used in place of metal in lasers and other equipment.
CARBIDE - Carbon Dioxide.
CARILLON - A small planet, very rich in tylium. First discovered by humans in 6392. Destroyed in 6550.
CARILLON EXPEDITION - A warrior expedition sent to Carillon in search of tylium. Baltar had put the word out that Carillon's tylium was minimal. However, the expedition found that Carillon was rich with tylium. Baltar had recruited the Ovions, the natives of the planet, to assist him in destroying what was left of the human race in return for plenty of people to eat. NOTE: The Ovions feed off humans. But because of Adama's intuition and Apollo's ingenuity, Baltar's plan failed. Carillon was destroyed and the fleet managed to secure some of the much needed fuel.
CELESTIAL CHAMBER - A transparent dome on many spacecraft used for observation and navigation.
CELESTRA - An old battleship now used as the fleet's electronics ship.
CENTAURIE - 100 centons.
CENTON - 100 microns.
CHANCERY - A place where all types of wagering games are played.
CHECK - Oregg, coined or stamped, used by the Orions as a medium of exchange.
COLD CELL - A chamber used by the Cylons to slowly freeze humans to death.
COMMANDERS COURT - Military court.
COMPUTAPES - Scanner recordings.
COMPUTRON - An advanced computer that reasons in an almost human manner.
COM-TEL - Communication.
COUNCIL OF TWELVE - See Quorum of the Twelve.
CONSUMABLES - Nourishment taken into the body of a plant or animal for the purpose of maintaining life.
CORA - A very advanced guidance system used on long range probe missions. Short for Computer Oral Response Activated.
CORRIDORS - The usual routes that would be taken by spacecraft approaching a planet.
CORTILLA - A dance.
CORTEX SCAN - A form of interrogation developed by the Cylons in which the subject's mind is scanned and recorded. It is extremely painful, causes unconsciousness, and sometimes death.
CRANIUM PROBE - A medical test for cranial damage.
CRAWLON - A wingless animal resembling a true insect except that it has eight legs instead of six, and its body is divided into two parts instead of three.
CRYOGEN SUSPENSION - Process of freezing the human body till a cure can be found for a disease. Early cultures also used these to travel between the stars before hyperdrive was invented.
CRYOGEN TUBES - Cylinders used for crogenic suspension. A device used to put a person in cryogenic suspensions, or deep freeze.
CUBIT - Oregg, coined or stamped, and used by colonials as a medium of exchange. Standard money of the Colonials.
CYMKLEN - The second highest mountain on Caprica.
CYMTAR - A moon of Caprica.
CYLON - Originally, a war-like technologically advanced reptilian race that created sophisticated robots, and totally intelligent androids. Ultimately, these machines destroyed their creators and formed an alliance among themselves with their only objective being to rid the universe of humans.
A:
ACADEMY - A place for specialized training.
ADENA - One of the fleets passenger ships.
AERIAN MERCHANT CODE - An obsolete code developed by Aerian's yahrens ago for use by their transport ships.
AERINA - A planet in the third quadrant.
AGRO - The production of consumables.
AGRON OUTPOST - Agricultural/Farming colony.
AGRONLONS - The measurement of the strength of a transmitting frequency.
AIR DOME - An area built for the landing and departing of aircraft and spacecraft.
ALE - Alcoholic drink, Beer type.
AMBROSIA - A rare drink distilled and purified in low gravity for at least a yahren.
ANDROID - A type of robot made to look and act like a human.
ANTI BURN BAFFLES - A protective plating housing pulse generators on fighter craft.
AQUARIUS - A ship and a planet.
ARCTA - An astroid in the seventh quadrant.
ARMAMENT DAY - A Colonial National Holiday of celebration.
ARMISTICE - A pause in a war brought about by agreement between the warring sides.
ARMORMENT - A collection of arms and ammunition.
ASCENSIOR - Lift, elevator.
ASENCION TUBE - A cage or platform in a building or a ship which can be raised or lowered for carrying persons or goods from one level to another.
ASTERAL WINDS - Winds produced by gravities interacting between close orbit planets.
ASTRALON - A high velocity particle found in a deep space ranging in size from microscopic diameters up to several metrons.
ATTACK COMPUTER - A computer in a fighter directly linked to the craft's scanner. See scanner.
ATTILLA - A planet in the Omega System now in the hands of the Cylons.
AUTOMATIC DETONATOR - A self-destruct device.
AVION - Bird or birdlike creature.
B:
BACTERIA TRAP - Slang; for the decontamination chambers aboard starships.
BAHARRI - Intoxicating spirit drink.
BALCON - A star in an uncharted system known to be the closest Cylon pennetration to Earth.
BARATON - A child's spinner toy.
BARGE LICE - Slang; for prisoners on a prison ship.
BASESTAR - Cylon, a slow moving, not easily maneuverable deep spacecraft. They are believed to carry over 300 fighters, and have two long range mega-ulsars and over 100 laser turrets.
BATTLESTAR - A deep spacecraft assembled in planetary orbit with a maximum before fueling range of 500 light-yahrens. It is strictly an outer space vehicle.
BIO-PULSE LINES - A system for monitoring fighter pilots bodily functions during flight. Also refers to the same thing for a patient in a medical center.
BIO-ROBOTICS - The study and application of creating robots to be like a particular race or species in every detail.
BLACKSHIRT - Slang; for Colonial Security personnel.
BLOOD TRAIL - A hunt to revenge the Borellian code, where they hunt down and kill a prey. See Borellians.
BOOK OF STRATEGY - Colonial Warrior's manual.
BOOK OF THE WORD - The oldest and most sacred of the books of the Lords of Kobol. It contains lofty moral precepts still followed today, with its central theme being the constant struggle between good and evil.
BOOKS OF THE LORDS OF KOBOL - A semi-mystic chronicle containing the writings of the Lords of Kobol during the Age of the Philoophers during the second millenium.
BORALLUS - A rich agro world first settled by humans after the rediscovery of space travel. Now in the hands of the Cylons.
BORATON - Firefighting foam, used to smother out fires aboard ship.
BORAYS - Intelligent, pre-technological natives of the planet Equellus. They live in herds on the planet Sectara under the leadership of one dominant Boray.
BORELLIANS - A fierce nomadic people called Nomen, who for thousands of yahrens inhabited a desert area of one of the colonial worlds, whose cruel tribal customs have survived into the interstellar age. They have no respect for society, its laws, or its principles.
BORILLO - A freighter.
BOVINE - Cattle, mainly cows.
BRIG - Detention centre on starships.
BURITICIANS - The hereditary nobility of the twelve colonies, originally appointed by the Lords of Kobol, to rule over each colony. Over the millenia, many of the original familes died out, and new buritician families were founded by great military and political leaders in each colony.
BUZZER - A slang term given to a variety of crude, homemade, intoxicating beverages.
C:
CANARIUS - A commercial shuttle.
CARBON SYNTHETIC - A material used in place of metal in lasers and other equipment.
CARBIDE - Carbon Dioxide.
CARILLON - A small planet, very rich in tylium. First discovered by humans in 6392. Destroyed in 6550.
CARILLON EXPEDITION - A warrior expedition sent to Carillon in search of tylium. Baltar had put the word out that Carillon's tylium was minimal. However, the expedition found that Carillon was rich with tylium. Baltar had recruited the Ovions, the natives of the planet, to assist him in destroying what was left of the human race in return for plenty of people to eat. NOTE: The Ovions feed off humans. But because of Adama's intuition and Apollo's ingenuity, Baltar's plan failed. Carillon was destroyed and the fleet managed to secure some of the much needed fuel.
CELESTIAL CHAMBER - A transparent dome on many spacecraft used for observation and navigation.
CELESTRA - An old battleship now used as the fleet's electronics ship.
CENTAURIE - 100 centons.
CENTON - 100 microns.
CHANCERY - A place where all types of wagering games are played.
CHECK - Oregg, coined or stamped, used by the Orions as a medium of exchange.
COLD CELL - A chamber used by the Cylons to slowly freeze humans to death.
COMMANDERS COURT - Military court.
COMPUTAPES - Scanner recordings.
COMPUTRON - An advanced computer that reasons in an almost human manner.
COM-TEL - Communication.
COUNCIL OF TWELVE - See Quorum of the Twelve.
CONSUMABLES - Nourishment taken into the body of a plant or animal for the purpose of maintaining life.
CORA - A very advanced guidance system used on long range probe missions. Short for Computer Oral Response Activated.
CORRIDORS - The usual routes that would be taken by spacecraft approaching a planet.
CORTILLA - A dance.
CORTEX SCAN - A form of interrogation developed by the Cylons in which the subject's mind is scanned and recorded. It is extremely painful, causes unconsciousness, and sometimes death.
CRANIUM PROBE - A medical test for cranial damage.
CRAWLON - A wingless animal resembling a true insect except that it has eight legs instead of six, and its body is divided into two parts instead of three.
CRYOGEN SUSPENSION - Process of freezing the human body till a cure can be found for a disease. Early cultures also used these to travel between the stars before hyperdrive was invented.
CRYOGEN TUBES - Cylinders used for crogenic suspension. A device used to put a person in cryogenic suspensions, or deep freeze.
CUBIT - Oregg, coined or stamped, and used by colonials as a medium of exchange. Standard money of the Colonials.
CYMKLEN - The second highest mountain on Caprica.
CYMTAR - A moon of Caprica.
CYLON - Originally, a war-like technologically advanced reptilian race that created sophisticated robots, and totally intelligent androids. Ultimately, these machines destroyed their creators and formed an alliance among themselves with their only objective being to rid the universe of humans.