Android: A construct designed in the image of their creator species. Typically used for menial labor and dangerous jobs, Androids are generally programmed with limited intelligence, but are often designed with the intention of creating a platform for an Artificial Intelligence.
A.I. : Artificial Intelligence. A platform capable of replicating humanoid intelligence as well as being capable of adaptive learning.
Arcology: A portmanteau of Architecture and Ecology, Arcology is the field of architectural design that allows for densely populated habitats to be created with low ecological impact, usually by building vertically rather than horizontally.
Bernal Sphere: A space habitat designed as a long term home for permanent residents. It is a hollow, spherical shell filled with air, with a set rotation that artificially creates an earthlike gravity.
Biobed: An advanced medical bed capable of scanning an individual for the purposes of medical support and assistance.
Bio-Hacker: Colloquially known as 'Grinders'. An underground movement of people who 'hack' themselves, either through the use of illegal cybernetics, gene splicing, or other such methods with the hope of becoming stronger. Ethically dangerous. Also See: Transhumanism.
Biometrics: Details about an individual, ranging from DNA, retina patterns, or overall health information. Generally used to validate a person as who they say they are, either to gain access to a computer, account, or building.
Bionics: The study of Androids.
Black Hat: A hacker term used for individuals who break in to computers with the intention of causing harm, either to damage a government or business, or steal information or money, among other things.
Clarke Ring: Also known as Clarke Belt, it is the location of a geostationary orbit of a satellite or space station around a designated planet.
Comm: Communications, either video, text, or audio. Can also refer to a device used for such purposes.
Comm link: A device used to send and receive communications.
Credit: Money.
Chit: A digital wallet used to store credit values and account information.
Cybernetics: Augmentations of an organic or mechanical nature. Typical of military and medical professions, the field of cybernetics allows an individual to replace broken or damaged bodyparts with lab grown or artificial limbs or organs to ensure quality of life.
Cyborg: An individual who has undergone extensive cybernetic modifications to the point they are legally more machine than man.
Datapad: A tablet device used to store information for easy transport.
Data Module: A large external storage device.
Datachit: A removable storage device that can be inserted into a computer to upload or download small files locally.
Dyson Sphere: An artificial structure that forms a hollow shell around a star or planet, often as a planetary defense system.
E-Suit: Slang term for an Environmental Suit.
EMP: Electro Magnetic Pulse. A short, violent burst of electromagnetic energy that can severely disrupt or damage electronic equipment. Such EMP events can be natural, such as lightning strikes or solar storms, to man made like Switch Pulses or nuclear explosions.
Engram: Changes in the brain that account for the existence of memories; a memory trace.
Esper: An individual with extrasensory powers.
Exo-Suit: A powered exoskeleton, or wearable mobile machine. Can be used medically to assist individuals with mobility issues, or in a military capacity to make soldiers more dangerous on the battlefield.
First Contact: The first meeting between alien species.
Faraday Cage: Also known as a Faraday Shield, it is an enclosure used to block electromagnetic fields. Used to protect sensitive electronic equipment, usually from radio frequency interference (RFI), they are usually cages of mesh like materials capable of cancelling the electrical field from effecting the cages interior.
FTL: Faster Than Light, referring to a form of space travel.
Grey Goo: A hypothetical 'End of the World' scenario, by which nanotechnology breaks free of the control of its creators. Grey Goo Theory speculates that the self replication capabilities of nanomachines could consume all biomass of a planet while creating more of themselves. This scenario has been coined 'Ecophagy', or 'Eating the Habitation'.
Grey Hat: A hacker term used for individuals who break through the security of businesses or government agencies with the intention of alerting those individuals about weaknesses in their digital security. Often resulting in violations of laws or ethics, but never with malicious intent.
Haptic: A holographic projection that one can physically touch, offering a tangible resistance that allows one to freely interact with it.
Hologram: A holographic projection. Can vary between simple images to more complex displays capable of tactile feedback.
Hydroponics: A method of growing plants without soil by using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent. Beneficial for station life as hydroponic bays can serve as a food source but also as a source of oxygen supply.
Hydrosonic Shower: Also known as a Sonic Shower, a Hydrosonic shower is comprised of steam jets and high-frequency (ultrasonic), low-amplitude acoustic generators that bathe the user in a thin film of water condensate mixed with a few drops of liquid soap. The mixture would then be vibrated, thus initiating the cleansing function. The system makes it possible to be water efficient while in the midst of space travel.
Hypospray: Also known as a Hypo, it is a medical device used to deliver rapid release of medications in emergency or general healthcare situations.
Jammer: A colloquial term. A piece of technology used to block, redirect, or alter scans. Often used by hackers to prevent detection.
Lagrange Point: A location in space where the combined gravitation force of two large bodies, such as a planet and moon, equal the centrifugal force felt by a smaller third body. These 'parking points', are areas of spacial equilibrium where a spacecraft can idle for long periods.
Light Sail: A spacecraft propulsion system that relies on a massive solar sail that harnesses radiation pressure of light.
Mass Driver: An electromagnetically driven launch system used to propel objects into space or over long distances.
Medigel: A medical grade gel solution used in emergency situations. Used for a variety of situations, from soothing burns, halting blood loss, easing pain, but primarily providing a barrier against infection until proper medical care can be provided.
Nanomachine: Autonomous robots at the nano scale, capable of self reproduction and repair. Often used in medical fields to help repair injuries that surgery might be too dangerous for. Different variations of the bots programming can allow them perform vastly different functions, from cleaning up waste spills to fabrication of objects. Also called Nanobots or Nanites.
Neurotransmitter: A microprocessing chip implanted into an individuals brain. Experimental technology with a wide range of uses. While typically used for medical treatments to improve quality of life, such devices are typically used in military factions to bolster a soldiers capabilities.
Neural Net: A framework of machine algorithms that make it possible for a computer system to learn as it performs various tasks. Based on a collection of connected units or nodes that create artificial neurons that can form connections and pass information along through artificial synapses. Neural Nets are a prominent feature in Androids, as well as military defense systems. Also known as a Neural Network or Artificial Neural Network (ANN).
O'Neill Cylinder: Also known as an O'Neill Colony, it is a space settlement design created by physicist Gerard K. O'Neill. The O'Neill Cylinder consists of two counter rotating cylinders, whose purpose is to cancel out gyroscopic effects that would prevent the structure from keeping aimed at the sun. The rotation provides artificial gravity.
Parking Orbit: A slang term for a Lagrange Point.
P.I.:Programmed Intelligence: A piece of software programmed to follow set procedures. They can not reason, only react within the limitations of their programs. Examples would be NPC's in video games or robotics.
Posthumanism: Not to be confused with Transhumanism, Posthumanism means 'After Humanism' or 'Beyond Humanism'. Posthumanism is the generation of beings that have adapted to alterations in their genetics that makes them 'more than human'. A descendant of humans that vastly differs from present day humans.
Prefab: Shorthand for prefabricated buildings. Structures that are quick to set up due to having been premanufactured off site. Great for first colonies.
Replicant: An artificially made human. By all definitions, they are human. However, they are completely genetically engineered. Considered a 'pure source', Replicants are often clones of an individual for use as on call organ harvesting.
Replicator: A system capable of creating food, clothing, weapons, etc., by reconstituting matter.
Repo-Man: A bounty hunter hired to collect things, particularly body parts, organic or artificial, if an individual is unable to pay their debt.
RFID: Radio Frequency Identification. RFID's are short distance electromagnetic identification systems, often attached to accounts, vehicles, weapons, and cybernetics as a means of quick identification and validation of ownership.
Rimworld: A planet orbiting a star at the edge, or rim, of the galaxy.
Singularity: A hypothetical moment when artificial intelligence and other technologies become so advanced that humanity is forced to undergo dramatic and irreversible change in order to survive.
Singularity: In physics, it is the one-dimensional point within a black hole which contains a huge mass in an infinitely small space. Density and Gravity become infinite, and space time curves infinitely. The point in which physics as we understand them ceases to function.
Synthetic: Also known as Synths. An android designed to appear human. Coined 'Synths' due to the synthetic outer dermal coating, capability to bleed and feel pain.
Synthesizer: A replicator used only for reconstituting food and drinks.
Synthehol: Synthetic alcohol. Get the buzz without the hangover.
Terraforming: Shaping a planet, moon, or other body through deliberate modification of that bodies atmopshere, temperature, topography, or ecology to make it capable of sustaining life.
Torus: A ring shaped rotating space station.
Transhumanism: A philosophical and physical movement where individuals believe they can evolve beyond their current physical and mental limitations, particularly through the use of science and technology. Abbreviated as H+ by followers of the movement.
V.I.: Virtual Intelligence. A platform that tries to replicate humanoid intelligence but is not actually sentient and is incapable of adaptive learning. A Virtual Intelligence can not go beyond the boundaries of their programming. Examples of such could be holographic billboards that interact with people on the street, chat bots, or other such programs.
Void Net: A term for an underground collection of sites on encrypted networks that can't be found using standard search engines or traditional browsers. An upgrade from the human 'Dark Web'. The Void Net is a place to find just about anything illicit, from weapons to drugs.
Wetware: A philosophical term used to draw comparisons between computer hardware or software and biological life forms, such as how human brain cells or thought processes are regarded as analogous to a computers RAM. Wetware is also a term used to describe the linking of a brain to artificial systems, such as a neurotransmitter.
White Hat: A hacker term used for individuals hired to break through the security of businesses or government agencies with the intention of testing the stability of that security. Also known as 'Ethical Hacking', as it is never done with malicious intentions and often with permission.
Xeno: A prefix meaning 'foreign' or 'alien'. Used in relation to any knowledge classification of extra-terrestrial groups, such as but not limited to Xenology, Xenobiology, or the fear of foreigner, Xenophobia.
A.I. : Artificial Intelligence. A platform capable of replicating humanoid intelligence as well as being capable of adaptive learning.
Arcology: A portmanteau of Architecture and Ecology, Arcology is the field of architectural design that allows for densely populated habitats to be created with low ecological impact, usually by building vertically rather than horizontally.
Bernal Sphere: A space habitat designed as a long term home for permanent residents. It is a hollow, spherical shell filled with air, with a set rotation that artificially creates an earthlike gravity.
Biobed: An advanced medical bed capable of scanning an individual for the purposes of medical support and assistance.
Bio-Hacker: Colloquially known as 'Grinders'. An underground movement of people who 'hack' themselves, either through the use of illegal cybernetics, gene splicing, or other such methods with the hope of becoming stronger. Ethically dangerous. Also See: Transhumanism.
Biometrics: Details about an individual, ranging from DNA, retina patterns, or overall health information. Generally used to validate a person as who they say they are, either to gain access to a computer, account, or building.
Bionics: The study of Androids.
Black Hat: A hacker term used for individuals who break in to computers with the intention of causing harm, either to damage a government or business, or steal information or money, among other things.
Clarke Ring: Also known as Clarke Belt, it is the location of a geostationary orbit of a satellite or space station around a designated planet.
Comm: Communications, either video, text, or audio. Can also refer to a device used for such purposes.
Comm link: A device used to send and receive communications.
Credit: Money.
Chit: A digital wallet used to store credit values and account information.
Cybernetics: Augmentations of an organic or mechanical nature. Typical of military and medical professions, the field of cybernetics allows an individual to replace broken or damaged bodyparts with lab grown or artificial limbs or organs to ensure quality of life.
Cyborg: An individual who has undergone extensive cybernetic modifications to the point they are legally more machine than man.
Datapad: A tablet device used to store information for easy transport.
Data Module: A large external storage device.
Datachit: A removable storage device that can be inserted into a computer to upload or download small files locally.
Dyson Sphere: An artificial structure that forms a hollow shell around a star or planet, often as a planetary defense system.
E-Suit: Slang term for an Environmental Suit.
EMP: Electro Magnetic Pulse. A short, violent burst of electromagnetic energy that can severely disrupt or damage electronic equipment. Such EMP events can be natural, such as lightning strikes or solar storms, to man made like Switch Pulses or nuclear explosions.
Engram: Changes in the brain that account for the existence of memories; a memory trace.
Esper: An individual with extrasensory powers.
Exo-Suit: A powered exoskeleton, or wearable mobile machine. Can be used medically to assist individuals with mobility issues, or in a military capacity to make soldiers more dangerous on the battlefield.
First Contact: The first meeting between alien species.
Faraday Cage: Also known as a Faraday Shield, it is an enclosure used to block electromagnetic fields. Used to protect sensitive electronic equipment, usually from radio frequency interference (RFI), they are usually cages of mesh like materials capable of cancelling the electrical field from effecting the cages interior.
FTL: Faster Than Light, referring to a form of space travel.
Grey Goo: A hypothetical 'End of the World' scenario, by which nanotechnology breaks free of the control of its creators. Grey Goo Theory speculates that the self replication capabilities of nanomachines could consume all biomass of a planet while creating more of themselves. This scenario has been coined 'Ecophagy', or 'Eating the Habitation'.
Grey Hat: A hacker term used for individuals who break through the security of businesses or government agencies with the intention of alerting those individuals about weaknesses in their digital security. Often resulting in violations of laws or ethics, but never with malicious intent.
Haptic: A holographic projection that one can physically touch, offering a tangible resistance that allows one to freely interact with it.
Hologram: A holographic projection. Can vary between simple images to more complex displays capable of tactile feedback.
Hydroponics: A method of growing plants without soil by using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent. Beneficial for station life as hydroponic bays can serve as a food source but also as a source of oxygen supply.
Hydrosonic Shower: Also known as a Sonic Shower, a Hydrosonic shower is comprised of steam jets and high-frequency (ultrasonic), low-amplitude acoustic generators that bathe the user in a thin film of water condensate mixed with a few drops of liquid soap. The mixture would then be vibrated, thus initiating the cleansing function. The system makes it possible to be water efficient while in the midst of space travel.
Hypospray: Also known as a Hypo, it is a medical device used to deliver rapid release of medications in emergency or general healthcare situations.
Jammer: A colloquial term. A piece of technology used to block, redirect, or alter scans. Often used by hackers to prevent detection.
Lagrange Point: A location in space where the combined gravitation force of two large bodies, such as a planet and moon, equal the centrifugal force felt by a smaller third body. These 'parking points', are areas of spacial equilibrium where a spacecraft can idle for long periods.
Light Sail: A spacecraft propulsion system that relies on a massive solar sail that harnesses radiation pressure of light.
Mass Driver: An electromagnetically driven launch system used to propel objects into space or over long distances.
Medigel: A medical grade gel solution used in emergency situations. Used for a variety of situations, from soothing burns, halting blood loss, easing pain, but primarily providing a barrier against infection until proper medical care can be provided.
Nanomachine: Autonomous robots at the nano scale, capable of self reproduction and repair. Often used in medical fields to help repair injuries that surgery might be too dangerous for. Different variations of the bots programming can allow them perform vastly different functions, from cleaning up waste spills to fabrication of objects. Also called Nanobots or Nanites.
Neurotransmitter: A microprocessing chip implanted into an individuals brain. Experimental technology with a wide range of uses. While typically used for medical treatments to improve quality of life, such devices are typically used in military factions to bolster a soldiers capabilities.
Neural Net: A framework of machine algorithms that make it possible for a computer system to learn as it performs various tasks. Based on a collection of connected units or nodes that create artificial neurons that can form connections and pass information along through artificial synapses. Neural Nets are a prominent feature in Androids, as well as military defense systems. Also known as a Neural Network or Artificial Neural Network (ANN).
O'Neill Cylinder: Also known as an O'Neill Colony, it is a space settlement design created by physicist Gerard K. O'Neill. The O'Neill Cylinder consists of two counter rotating cylinders, whose purpose is to cancel out gyroscopic effects that would prevent the structure from keeping aimed at the sun. The rotation provides artificial gravity.
Parking Orbit: A slang term for a Lagrange Point.
P.I.:Programmed Intelligence: A piece of software programmed to follow set procedures. They can not reason, only react within the limitations of their programs. Examples would be NPC's in video games or robotics.
Posthumanism: Not to be confused with Transhumanism, Posthumanism means 'After Humanism' or 'Beyond Humanism'. Posthumanism is the generation of beings that have adapted to alterations in their genetics that makes them 'more than human'. A descendant of humans that vastly differs from present day humans.
Prefab: Shorthand for prefabricated buildings. Structures that are quick to set up due to having been premanufactured off site. Great for first colonies.
Replicant: An artificially made human. By all definitions, they are human. However, they are completely genetically engineered. Considered a 'pure source', Replicants are often clones of an individual for use as on call organ harvesting.
Replicator: A system capable of creating food, clothing, weapons, etc., by reconstituting matter.
Repo-Man: A bounty hunter hired to collect things, particularly body parts, organic or artificial, if an individual is unable to pay their debt.
RFID: Radio Frequency Identification. RFID's are short distance electromagnetic identification systems, often attached to accounts, vehicles, weapons, and cybernetics as a means of quick identification and validation of ownership.
Rimworld: A planet orbiting a star at the edge, or rim, of the galaxy.
Singularity: A hypothetical moment when artificial intelligence and other technologies become so advanced that humanity is forced to undergo dramatic and irreversible change in order to survive.
Singularity: In physics, it is the one-dimensional point within a black hole which contains a huge mass in an infinitely small space. Density and Gravity become infinite, and space time curves infinitely. The point in which physics as we understand them ceases to function.
Synthetic: Also known as Synths. An android designed to appear human. Coined 'Synths' due to the synthetic outer dermal coating, capability to bleed and feel pain.
Synthesizer: A replicator used only for reconstituting food and drinks.
Synthehol: Synthetic alcohol. Get the buzz without the hangover.
Terraforming: Shaping a planet, moon, or other body through deliberate modification of that bodies atmopshere, temperature, topography, or ecology to make it capable of sustaining life.
Torus: A ring shaped rotating space station.
Transhumanism: A philosophical and physical movement where individuals believe they can evolve beyond their current physical and mental limitations, particularly through the use of science and technology. Abbreviated as H+ by followers of the movement.
V.I.: Virtual Intelligence. A platform that tries to replicate humanoid intelligence but is not actually sentient and is incapable of adaptive learning. A Virtual Intelligence can not go beyond the boundaries of their programming. Examples of such could be holographic billboards that interact with people on the street, chat bots, or other such programs.
Void Net: A term for an underground collection of sites on encrypted networks that can't be found using standard search engines or traditional browsers. An upgrade from the human 'Dark Web'. The Void Net is a place to find just about anything illicit, from weapons to drugs.
Wetware: A philosophical term used to draw comparisons between computer hardware or software and biological life forms, such as how human brain cells or thought processes are regarded as analogous to a computers RAM. Wetware is also a term used to describe the linking of a brain to artificial systems, such as a neurotransmitter.
White Hat: A hacker term used for individuals hired to break through the security of businesses or government agencies with the intention of testing the stability of that security. Also known as 'Ethical Hacking', as it is never done with malicious intentions and often with permission.
Xeno: A prefix meaning 'foreign' or 'alien'. Used in relation to any knowledge classification of extra-terrestrial groups, such as but not limited to Xenology, Xenobiology, or the fear of foreigner, Xenophobia.
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