Hidden Empire (83 page)

Robert Roberts II (2359-2367)

Kelly Kirk (2367-2380)

Maureen Fitzpatrick (2380-2389)

Ronald Palomar (2389-2406)

Basil Wenceslas (2406-)

GLOSSARY OF CHARACTERS
AND TERMINOLOGY

Abel-Wexler
—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, tenth to depart.

Adam, Prince
—predecessor to Raymond Aguerra, considered an unacceptable candidate.

Adar—highest military rank in Ildiran Solar Navy.

Aguerra, Carlos—Raymond’s younger brother, nine years old.

Aguerra, Esteban
—Raymond’s estranged father.

Aguerra, Michael
—Raymond’s youngest brother, six years old.

Aguerra, Raymond—streetwise young man from Earth.

Aguerra, Rita—Raymond’s mother.

Aguerra, Rory—Raymond’s younger brother, ten years old.

Ahmani, Abdul Mohammed—name taken by Esteban Aguerra after his conversion to Islam.

Alexa, Mother—ruler of Theroc, wife of Father Idriss.

Alturas—Ildiran world.

Amundsen
—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, sixth to depart.

Andeker, William—human scientist, specialist in robotics.

Arcas—green priest.

Archfather—symbolic head of Unison religion on Earth.

Ari’t—Ildiran singer female, a lover of Prime Designate Jora’h.

Aro’nh—a tal in the Ildiran Solar Navy.

attenders—diminutive personal assistants to the Mage-Imperator.

Balboa
—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, second to depart.

Bartholomew
—Great King of Earth, predecessor to Frederick.

BeBob
—Rlinda Kett’s pet name for Branson Roberts.

bekh!
—Ildiran curse, “Damn!”

Ben
—first Great King of the Terran Hanseatic League; also, a large moon of Oncier.

Beneto
—green priest, second son of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa.

Big Goose
—Roamer derogative term for Terran Hanseatic League.

Bioth
—father of Arcas.

blazer
—Ildiran illumination source.

Blind Faith
—Branson Roberts’s ship.

Blue Sky Mine
—skymine facility at Golgen, operated by Ross Tamblyn.

Bobri’s
—comedic figure in
Saga of Seven Suns
.

Boone’s Crossing
—Hansa colony world.

Brindle, Robb
—young EDF recruit, comrade of Tasia Tamblyn.

Bron’n
—bodyguard of the Mage-Imperator.

Burl
—young bully on Earth.

Burr
—Roamer clan.

Burton
—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, fourth to depart; lost en route.

Byron, Miguel
—hedonistic former chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.

Caillié
—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, fifth to depart and first to be encountered by the Ildirans; colonists from
the
Caillié
were taken to settle Theroc.

cargo escort
—Roamer vessel used to deliver ekti shipments from skymines.

Celli
—youngest daughter of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa.

Christopher
—third Great King of the Terran Hanseatic League; also, a large moon of Oncier.

chrysalis chair
—reclining throne of the Mage-Imperator.

Cir’gh
—Ildiran jousting champion.

Clarin, Eldon
—Roamer inventor.

Clark
—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, seventh to depart.

clee
—a steamy, potent beverage made from ground worldtree seeds.

cohort
—battle group of Ildiran Solar Navy consisting of seven maniples, or 343 ships.

Colicos, Anton
—the son of Margaret and Louis Colicos, translator and student of epic stories.

Colicos, Louis
—xeno-archaeologist, husband of Margaret Colicos, specializing in ancient Klikiss artifacts.

Colicos, Margaret
—xeno-archaeologist, wife of Louis Colicos, specializing in ancient Klikiss artifacts.

Colony Town
—main settlement on Corvus Landing.

Competent Computerized Companion
—intelligent servant robot, called compy, available in Friendly, Teacher, Governess, Listener, and other models.

Comptor
—Ildiran colony world, site of a legendary forest fire.

compy
—shortened term for “Competent Computerized Companion.”

condorfly
—colorful flying insect on Theroc, like a giant butterfly, sometimes kept as pets.

Congress of Faiths
—Hansa religious body, similar to United Nations, comprised of representatives from many religions.

Constellation
—Hansa diplomatic ship.

Corribus
—abandoned Klikiss world where the Colicoses discovered the Klikiss Torch.

Corvus Landing
—Hansa colony world, mainly agricultural, some mining.

Cotopaxi
—Hansa colony world.

crackle
—Theron nut.

Crenna
—Ildiran splinter colony, evacuated due to plague.

cutter
—small ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.

Cyroc’h
—original name of current Ildiran Mage-Imperator.

dango
—Theron fruit.

Dasra
—gas-giant planet suspected of harboring hydrogues.

Daym
—blue-supergiant star, one of the Ildiran “seven suns”; also the name of the primary gas-giant planet, site of abandoned Ildiran
ekti-harvesting operations.

DD
—compy servant assigned to Rheindic Co xeno-archaeology dig.

Dekyk
—Klikiss robot at Rheindic Co xeno-archaeology dig.

designate
—purebred son of Mage-Imperator, ruler of an Ildiran world.

Dio’sh
—Ildiran rememberer, survivor of Crenna evacuation.

Dobro
—Ildiran colony world.

Dremen
—Terran colony world, dim and cloudy.

Durris
—trinary star system, close white and yellow stars orbited by a red dwarf; three of the Ildiran “seven suns.”

EA
—Tasia Tamblyn’s personal compy.

Earth Defense Forces
—Terran space military, headquartered on Mars but with jurisdiction throughout the Terran Hanseatic League.

Eddies
—slang term for soldiers in EDF.

EDF
—Earth Defense Forces.

ekti
—exotic allotrope of hydrogen used in Ildiran stardrives.

Erphano
—gas-giant planet, site of Berndt Okiah’s skymine.

escort
—midsized ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.

Estarra
—second daughter, fourth child of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa.

firefever
—ancient Ildiran plague.

Fitzpatrick, Patrick, III
—spoiled cadet in the Earth Defense Forces.

flatgems
—layered artificial gems, rare and expensive.

Frederick, King
—figurehead ruler of the Terran Hanseatic League.

fungus reef
—giant worldtree growth on Theroc, carved into a habitation by the Therons.

Garris
—Nira’s father.

George
—second Great King of the Terran Hanseatic League; also, a large moon of Oncier.

Glyx
—gas giant, site of Berndt Okiah’s first skymine command.

Golgen
—gas giant, harvested by Blue Sky Mine.

Goliath
—first expanded Juggernaut in EDF fleet.

Goose
—Roamer derogative term for Terran Hanseatic League.

Goswell, Bertram
—early Chairman of the Terran Hanseatic League, originally tried to force Roamers to sign Hansa Charter.

Great Expectations
—one of Rlinda Kett’s merchant ships, captured by Rand Sorengaard’s pirates.

Great King
—figurehead leader of Terran Hanseatic League.

green priest
—servant of the worldforest, able to use worldtrees for instantaneous communication.

Guiding Star
—Roamer philosophy and religion, a guiding force in a person’s life.

Hansa
—Terran Hanseatic League.

Hansa headquarters
—pyramidal building near the Whisper Palace on Earth.

Hendy, Sam
—mayor of Corvus Landing Colony Town.

hive worms
—giant nest-making invertebrates on Theroc.

Horizon Cluster
—large star cluster near Ildira.

hydrogues
—alien race living at cores of gas-giant planets.

Hyrillka—
Ildiran colony in Horizon Cluster, original discovery site of Klikiss robots.

Iawa
—colony world, once inhabited by predecessors of the Roamers.

Iawan scourge
—botanical plague on Iawa.

Idriss, Father
—ruler of Theroc, husband of Mother Alexa.

Ildira
—home planet of the Ildiran Empire, under the light of seven suns.

Ildiran Empire
—large alien empire, the only other major civilization in the Spiral Arm.

Ildiran Solar Navy
—space fleet of the Ildiran Empire.

Ildirans
—humanoid alien race with many different breeds, or kiths.

Ilkot
—Klikiss robot at Rheindic Co xenoarchaeology dig.

Iron Lady
—nickname for Ambassador Otema.

Isix cat
—small feral feline on Ildira.

Isperos
—hot planet, site of Kotto Okiah’s test colony.

Jack
—fourth Great King of the Terran Hanseatic League; also, a large moon of Oncier.

jazer
—energy weapon used by Earth Defense Forces.

jigglefruit
—Theron fruit.

Jora’h
—prime designate of the Ildiran Empire, eldest son of Mage-Imperator.

Jorax
—Klikiss robot, often seen on Earth.

Juggernaut
—large battleship class in Earth Defense Forces.

Kamin
—planet in the Ildiran Empire.

Kanaka
—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, last to depart; these colonists became the Roamers.

Kellum, Del
—Roamer, ekti cargo driver.

Kett, Rlinda
—merchant woman, captain of the
Voracious Curiosity
.

Khali
—Nira’s family name.

kith
—a breed of Ildiran.

kleeb
—derogatory term.

Klikiss
—ancient insectlike race, long vanished from the Spiral Arm, leaving only their empty cities.

Klikiss robots
—intelligent beetlelike robots built by the Klikiss race.

Klikiss Torch
—a weapon/mechanism developed by the ancient Klikiss race to implode gas-giant planets and create new stars.

Klio’s
—Ildiran Minister of Commerce.

K’llar bekh!
—strenuous Ildiran curse, “God damn!”

Kori’nh, Adar
—leader of the Ildiran Solar Navy.

Lanyan, General Kurt
—commander of Earth Defense Forces.

Llaro
—abandoned Klikiss world.

Lorie’nh
—cohort commander in the Ildiran Solar Navy.

Lotze, Davlin
—Hansa exosociologist and spy on Crenna.

Mage-Imperator
—the god-emperor of the Ildiran Empire.

Malph
—young bully on Earth.

maniple
—battle group of Ildiran Solar Navy consisting of seven septas, or forty-nine ships.

Manta
—midsized cruiser class in EDF.

Maratha
—Ildiran resort world with extremely long day and night cycle.

Marco Polo
—one of the eleven generation ships from Earth, third to depart.

Maylor
—Roamer clan.

Meena
—Nira’s mother.

Mesta, Gabriel
—captain of
Great Expectations
, killed by Rand Sorengaard’s pirates.

Meyer
—red dwarf sun, location of Rendezvous.

Mijistra
—glorious capital city of the Ildiran Empire.

Moon Statue Garden
—sculpture exhibit and topiary at Whisper Palace.

napple
—Theron fruit.

nialia
—“plantmoth” grown on Hyrilka.

Nira
—young green priest acolyte; accompanies Otema to Ildira.

Okiah, Berndt
—Jhy Okiah’s grandson, chief of Erphano skymine.

Okiah, Jhy
—Roamer woman, very old, speaker of the clans.

Okiah, Junna
—Berndt Okiah’s daughter.