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King Peter listened to the surge of applause. Deputy Cain and Sarein clapped the loudest.
When the cheering died down, Estarra spoke. The King and I welcome all peoples who wish to live in peace, so that a strong civilization can thrive in the Spiral Arm. We have seen the costs of enmity and destruction. Now let us reap the rewards of cooperation, commerce, and friendship.
Peter continued even before the applause had quieted. Our past was built on the whims of tyrants, the blood of i
Glossary
Adar highest military rank in the Ildiran Solar Navy.
Aguerra, Carlos Raymonds younger brother.
Aguerra, Michael Raymonds youngest brother.
Aguerra, Raymond streetwise young man from Earth, former identity of King Peter.
Aguerra, Rory Raymonds younger brother.
Alanh, Tal one of the remaining cohort commanders of the Ildiran Solar Navy.
Alexa, Mother former ruler of Theroc; wife of Father Idriss and mother of Reynald, Beneto, Sarein, Estarra, and Celli.
Andez, Colonel Shelia EDF soldier, former Roamer captive with Patrick Fitzpatrick III, chosen to lead Chairman Wenceslass cleanup crew.
Andropolis, Dr. Tito Hansa scientific adviser assigned to assist Chairman Wenceslas in creating technological miracles.
Aquarius Nikko Chan Tylars wental-repaired ship.
Archfather symbolic head of the Unison religion on Earth.
Barrymores Rock isolated Roamer fuel depot destroyed by Sirixs black robots.
BeBob Rlinda Ketts nickname for Branson Roberts.
Beneto green priest, second son of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa, killed by hydrogues on Corvus Landing, returned in a wooden body as an avatar of the worldforest, then later joined with verdani battleship.
Big Goose Roamer derogative term for Terran Hanseatic League.
blazer Ildiran illumination source.
Blind Faith Branson Robertss ship, destroyed during an escape from Earth, rebuilt by Roamers at the Osquivel shipyards.
breedex a hive mind of the Klikiss, which controls all the members of a subhive.
Brindle, Conrad Robb Brindles father, former military officer, returned to active duty; when Robb left to join the Confederation, Conrad insisted on remaining loyal to the EDF.
Brindle, Natalie Robb Brindles mother, former military officer returned to active duty.
Brindle, Robb young EDF recruit, comrade of Tasia Tamblyn, captured and held prisoner by hydrogues after trying to contact them at Osquivel, rescued by Jess Tamblyn. With Tasia, Robb joined the Confederation and helps them build their military.
Burton One of the eleven generation ships from Earth, seized by Ildirans at Dobro and its passengers used in breeding experiments for generations.
Cain, Eldred deputy and heir-apparent of Basil Wenceslas.
cargo escort Roamer vessel used to deliver ekti shipments from skymines.
Celli youngest daughter of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa; she recently became a green priest.
Chan, Marla mother of Nikko Chan Tylar, wife of Crim Tylar. Marla was killed by Klikiss during the colonists escape from Llaro.
Charybdis primordial water planet, site of Jess Tamblyns original dispersal of wentals. Charybdis was devastated in an unprovoked faeros attack.
chrysalis chair reclining throne of the Mage-Imperator.
cleanup crew elite watchdog security group given special orders by Chairman Wenceslas to quell dissent. They are led by Colonel Shelia Andez.
cloud harvester ekti-gathering facility designed by Hansa.
cohort Ildiran Solar Navy battle group consisting of seven maniples, or 343 warliners, commanded by a tal.
Colicos, Anton son of Margaret and Louis Colicos, translator and student of epic stories, sent to Ildiran Empire to study theSaga of Seven Suns. He was captured with the Mage-Imperators Ildirans and held prisoner on the Moon.
Colicos, Louis xeno-archaeologist, husband of Margaret Colicos and father of Anton, killed by Klikiss robots at Rheindic Co.
Colicos, Margaret xeno-archaeologist, wife of Louis Colicos and mother of Anton, vanished through transportal during Klikiss robot attack on Rheindic Co and lived among Klikiss. After helping colonists escape from Llaro, Margaret was recaptured by the new breedex.
competent computerized companion intelligent servant robot, called compy, available in Friendly, Teacher, Governess, Listener, and other models.
compy shortened term for competent computerized companion.
condorfly colorful flying insect on Theroc like a giant butterfly, sometimes kept as pets.
Constantine III stormy, primordial planet, site of Roamer facility to extract polymers and raw materials from its thick atmosphere; known for exotic flame-proof materials.
Corribus ancient Klikiss world where Margaret and Louis Colicos discovered the Klikiss Torch technology, site of one of the first new Hansa colonies. Eradicated by Klikiss robots; Orli Covitz and Hud Steinman were the only survivors
Covitz, Orli teenaged girl, one of two survivors of the Klikiss robot attack on Corribus. Later, she moved to a new home on Llaro, only to be caught in the Klikiss invasion. After discovering that her music could stun the Klikiss hive mind, she helped the remaining colonists escape.
Cre
cutter small ship in Ildiran Solar Navy.
Cyroch former Mage-Imperator, father of Jorah, poisoned himself so that Jorah would have to take over the leadership.
Daniel Prince candidate selected as a replacement for Peter, left stranded on neo-Amish world of Happiness.
Daroh former Dobro Designate-in-waiting but now the Prime Designate of the Ildiran Empire after the death of Thorh.
DD Friendly compy owned by Margaret Colicos, seized by the Klikiss robot Sirix, before he escaped through a transportal to rejoin Margaret. Now DD serves as the companion to Orli Covitz.
Designate any purebred noble son of the Mage-Imperator, ruler of an Ildiran world.
diamondfilm crystalline parchment used for Ildiran documents.
Diente, Admiral Esteban one of the four surviving grid admirals after the black robot uprising and the hydrogue war; he was ordered to capture the Mage-Imperators Flagship.
Dobro Ildiran colony world, former site of human-Ildiran breeding camps before a revolt shut them down.
domate largest sub-breed of Klikiss, silver carapace with black tiger stripes. The domates acquire and provide genetic material to the breedex during reproductive fissioning.
drogue deprecatory term for hydrogues.
Durris trinary star system, close white and orange stars orbited by a red dwarf; three of the Ildiran seven suns. Durris-B was extinguished in the hydrogue-faeros war, but reignited when faeros incarnate Rusah led an armada of faeros back through the stars transgate.
Earth Defense Forces (EDF) Terran space military, led by General Kurt Lanyan, devastated during the black robot uprising and the hydrogue war.
Eddies slang term for soldiers in EDF
ekti exotic allotrope of hydrogen used to fuel Ildiran stardrives, primarily extracted from gas-giant planets.
Eldora Confederation forestry colony.
Estarra, Queen second daughter, fourth child of Father Idriss and Mother Alexa, married to King Peter, recently gave birth to a son, Reynald.