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Aether - Space.

Aether-madness, the - A psychological state, know to afflict those who travel the Aether, and specially when travelling the far reaches of the Solar System.

Aetherverse - Universe.

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Bluehouses -Venus's greenhouses

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Covenant, the - This is the name for the alliance between the Martians and Humans. Generally, Covenant is the catch call term for the ordered society along Jacob's Ladder.

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Jacob's Ladder - The Ladder to the Aether. An route guarded and maintained by the British Empire. Or as others call it "The lawful part of the Aether".

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Ladder, the - Short for Jacob's Ladder, see above.

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Micro-Verse - Term for the tiny world of microbes and molecules.

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Off the Ladder - An expression used for being in the areas not covered by Jacob's Ladder.

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Space Roach - Roaches that have adapted to the harshness of the Aether. Also used as slang, by the Queens lower rank soldiers, meaning pirate.

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T-Wrench - It's a wrench with two arms and no teeth. It is sometimes useful as a hammer, or to menace people, but the primary purpose of the T-wrench, why people carry them, is that you can drop a T-wrench into any perfectly working machine and slow it down immeasurably, or break it entirely.

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Wild-Space - All areas in the solar system which are not regulated by the Covenant and not within Jacob's Ladder.

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