When the Devil Dances

Glossary

abat

Small, generally inoffensive Posleen pest.

Attenrenalslar

Five percenter Kessentai in Rochester.

Blastplas

Material that blastdoors are made from.

Castleman Avenue

One side (the east) of the "box" in Rochester.

Chengdu

City near western limit of Posleen advance in China.

Cholosta'an

Junior Kessentai.

chorho

Birthplace.

cosslain

Superior normal.

defib

Defibrillator.

devourers

Digging machines.

Drasanar

"Patrolmaster," operations officer in charge of patrols.

edas

Set-up debt. Also any general debt.

eson'sora

Junior officer/protégé.

Essthree

S-3, Operations.

Esstu

S-2, Intelligence.

estanaar

Greater Warleader/Khan.

Forty-Three

Uncompleted SheVa.

Forty-Two

SheVa in Rochester.

Galplas

Standard Galactic structural material.

grat

Malicious Posleen pest. Only eats abat. Similar in appearance to a large wasp. Very territorial and aggressive.

Halligan

Type of entry tool.

Irmansul

Darhel planet currently under attack by the Posleen.

Kenstain

God Kings who act as castellaine.

Kerlan

Posleen name for Barwhon.

Luoxia Shan

Mountainous region in China.

micrite

Small UAV, larger than a na

oolt

Posleen company.

oolt Po'osol

Lamprey. Holds Posleen company and Kessentai.

oolt'ondai

"Colonel," brigade/battalion commander.

oolt'ondar

Brigade (B-Dec unit)/battalion (C-Dec unit).

oolt'os

Posleen normal.

oolt'po'slen'ar

C-Dec. Holds four Posleen companies (oolt'ondar). Commanded by an oolt'ondai.

orna'adar

Posleen Ragnarok.

Orostan

Senior Posleen. Oolt'ondai.

Pendergrass Mountain

Mountain near Franklin, N.C.

plasteel

Galactic armor.

polylon

Galactic weaving material.

Po'oslena'ar

Posleen.

PreserFilm

Weapon sealing material.

Ramsardal

Kessentai. Casualty in Clayton.

Staraquon

Posleen S-2.

Tenaral

Flying tanks.

thresh'c'oolt

Posleen iron rations.

Westbury

Area on the Ontario Plain.

Xian

City in Eastern China. Last major defensive action on the part of the Chinese.

SheVa I Specifications

Height : 170 ft. ground to top of turret

Treads : four

Tread height : 27 ft.

Tread width, individual tread : 150 ft.

Weight of individual tread : 37 tons

Total vehicle width : 385 ft.

Total vehicle length : 468 ft.

Gun length : 200 ft. including barrel and breech

Gun bore : 16"

Round weight : 16 tons, projectile, cartridge and propellant.

Cartridge length : 14.7 ft.

Cartridge diameter : 27 inches

Reactors : 4 Joha

Drive motors : 48

Total power : 12,000 horsepower

Unloaded weight : 7,000 tons approximate

Calculation of PSI Overpressure Wave for Nuclear Explosions

r_blast = Y^0.33 * constant_bl are:

constant_bl_1_psi = 2.2

constant_bl_3_psi = 1.0

constant_bl_5_psi = 0.71

constant_bl_10_psi = 0.45

constant_bl_20_psi = 0.28

Recommended Music List

for When the Devil Dances

Bat Out of Hell

Meat Loaf (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

Born to Be Wild

Steppenwolf (Mike O'Neal, Sr.)

Brothers in Arms

Dire Straits (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

Brown Eyed Girl

Van Morrison (Shari O'Reilly)

Conquistador

Procol Harum (Mike O'Neal, Sr.)

Copperhead Road

Steve Earle (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

Don't Pay the Ferryman

Chris DeBurgh (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

Don't Fear the Reaper

Blue Öyster Cult (Mike O'Neal, Jr./Sr.)

Fire on High

ELO (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

Fire and Rain

James Taylor (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

Flowers of the Forest

Traditional (Tommy Sunday)

Heavy Metal

Don Felder (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

Immigrant Song

Led Zeppelin (Mike O'Neal, Jr./Sr.)

Invincible

Pat Benatar (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

Jungle Love

Steve Miller Band (Mike O'Neal, Jr./Sr.)

Lawyers, Guns and Money

Warren Zevon (Papa O'Neal)

Magic Carpet Ride

Steppenwolf (Mike O'Neal, Sr.)

More Human than Human

White Zombie (Cally/Stewart)

Never Been Any Reason

Head East (Mike O'Neal, Sr.)

No Surrender

Bruce Springsteen (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

On the Dark Side

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

Over the Mountain

Ozzy Osbourne (Mike O'Neal, Jr./Duncan)

Paint It Black

Rolling Stones (Mike O'Neal, Jr./Sr.)

Promises in the Dark

Pat Benatar (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

Rebel Yell

Billy Idol (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

Renegade

Styx (Mike O'Neal, Jr.)

Riding the Storm Out

REO Speedwagon (Duncan)

Right Here, Right Now