GLOSSARY

Aarnadaha: Posleen Senior Battlemaster (Brigade commander).
abat: A nearly impossible to eradicate small pest on
: Posleen landers.
Adenast: Federation world on the far side of space from the
: Posleen invasion.
Aelool: Indowy Master Craftsman.
AFV: Armored Fighting Vehicle. Heavily armed personnel
: carrier or tank.
Agincourt: Fast Frigate in Earth Defense Region.
a-hoo-wah: Motivational or "battle" cry.
AirCav: Air Cavalry. Helicopter-borne scouts.
AIW: Advanced Infantry Weapon.
Alld'nt: Demons or sky gods of the Posleen pan-theology.
: Reputed to give great gifts but to also cause great
: harm.
Alrantath: Posleen battalion commander subordinate to
: Ardan'aath.
Althanara: Posleen Scoutmaster.
Anarlaralta: Posleen Scoutmaster subordinate to Alrantath
: (eson'antai).
Andatha: Region on Barwhon where majority of US
: expeditionary force is engaged.
APC: Armored personnel carrier. Lightly armed, lightly
: armored metal box on tracks.
Aradan: Posleen name for the star the Federation calls Diess.
Ardan'aath: Posleen brigade commander. Allied with Kenallai.
Arnata'dra: Posleen Scoutmaster, subordinate to Kenallurial.
Ashkabad: City in Turkmenistan.
Atalanara: Posleen company commander, allied with
: Kenallurial.
AWOL: Absent Without Leave.
Barrett Firearms: Manufacturer of a (really cool) .50-caliber sniper
: rifle. Based in Murfreesboro, TN.
Barwhon: Tchpth settled planet. Cool and wet with almost
: continuous swamps, lakes, rivers and bogs.
battlecase: Large ammunition box for feeding a manjack.
BattleDec: Short for Battle dodecahedron. A Posleen
: conglomerate ship consisting of an inner
: dodecahedral command ship (C-Dec) and twelve
: landers.
Battleglobe: A large Posleen conglomerate ship consisting of multiple hundreds of B-Decs.
Battlemaster: Posleen grade. Equivalent to captain-full colonel.
: Although all Posleen God Kings (Kessentai) are
: nominally independent, in general junior officers
: look to senior officers for direction.
Battlenet: Human Command Network for Continental Defense.
B-Dec: See BattleDec.
BDUs: Battle Dress Uniform. The US Ground Force
: standard camouflage field uniform.
Belvoir, Fort: Headquarters of the US Army Corps of Engineers.
: Located just outside of Washington, D.C.
Beretta: Standard 9mm sidearm of US Ground Force.
berm: An elongated pile of dirt used for cover.
Blackhawk: Military medium lift helicopter designated UH-60.
bowsers: Military tanker trucks.
Bradleys: Armored Fighting Vehicle (AFV). Crew of two, holds eight infantrymen. Armed with a 25mm chaingun
: and a TOW-2 Missile Launcher.
Bragg, Fort: Home of the Airborne. Located in central North
: Carolina.
Bullpup: Design of assault rifle. Places the ammunition
: magazine behind the firing hand thus shortening the
: overall length of the weapon.
Bushmaster: 25mm chaingun mounted on a Bradley Fighting
: Vehicle.
caltrop: Four-pointed spike device designed so that one point
: always faces up.
castellaine: The manager of a Posleen estate.
cav: Cavalry.
C-Dec: Command Dodecahedron. Holds the senior God
: King of a Posleen "B-Dec" conglomerate and its most
: heavily armed normals. Is usually the center ship of
: a B-Dec. Has interstellar drive. Holds 1400-1800
: Normals and 3-6 God Kings along with some light,
: simple armor.
chai: British Navy word for tea.
circumvallated: Surrounded by fortifications.
clacker: Detonation device for a claymore directional mine.
: So called because when compressed it makes a
: distinctive "clack" sound.
claymore: Directional mine. Consists of a convexly curved box
: with two ports for detonators on the top. The rear is
: a thin metal plate, then a sheet of explosive, then 750
: ball bearings.
CONARC: Continental Army Command.
COS: Chief of Staff.
cratering: Detonating explosives so as to cause a large crater.
: This is primarily used as an obstacle.
CSP: Combat Space Patrol.
Cyberpunk: Elite information warfare unit. Extremely secretive.
Dantren: Indowy Megascraper Deushi Megalopolis. Refuge for mobile forces.
Darhel: Galactic Federation race.
DataNet: Posleen information network. Very similar to the
: internet except without any indexing tools.
defilade: Maneuvering to obtain cover from terrain
detcord: Explosive cord. Similar to fusecord, but explodes
: instead of burning.
didee-mao: Vietnamese: Retreat.
Diess: Indowy Planet. Under assault by the Posleen.
DivArty: Division Artillery.
Dunkirked: Evacuated by water.
edan: Posleen: Battle madness.
edas'antai: Posleen: Primary genetic sponsor. Father.
emphysemic: A person who has emphysema.
enfilading: Fire from the flank.
esonal: Posleen: Ovipositor.
eson'antai: Posleen: Primary genetic derivative. Son.
Farbase: Primary military base on the moon. Hidden on the
: backside in a crater to reduce chance of detection by
: the Posleen.
Fars: Primary plateau of the country of Iran.
FedCreds: Federation Credits.
firebase: Heavily defended base where artillery is
: concentrated.
FireTac: Artillery Coordination Network.
Fistnal: Posleen: Damned. (Lit. "Eaten" reduced from "Eaten by sky demons.")
flechette: Finned metal dart.
flikker: To turn in the air like a hummingbird.
Fredericksburg: Town in central Virginia.
Fort A.P. Hill: Military base in central Virginia.
fuscirt: Posleen: Demons.
fuscirto: Posleen: Demons. Part of a wordy curse that
: translates more or less as "Demon Feces."
Galil: Name of an Israeli assault rifle.
GalMed: Galactic Medications. General name for a wide
: variety of medications the Federation has supplied
: to Earth.
GalTech: Galactic Technologies. General name for a wide
: variety of technologies the Federation has supplied
: to Earth.
Gamalada: Clan of the Po'oslenar.
Gatling: Type of automatic weapon that has multiple barrels.
ghillie: Type of camouflage suit used to break up the outline
: of an infantryman or sniper. Introduced by Scottish
: gamekeepers (or poachers alternately) during WWI.
Ghurka: Elite Nepalese Mercenary Infantry.
Glock: Type of pistol.
grat: Rare but extremely unpleasant pest of the Posleen.
: Resembles a very large ant and forms colonies.
Hiberzine: Galactic drug that causes almost instantaneous
: unconsciousness and places the user in a state of
: virtual suspended animation for up to 180 days.
: Combines pharmacological substances with
: nannites. Dosage is managed internally to the
: substance so that there is no chance of an over- or
: underdose.
Himmit: Federation race. Racial cowards and long-ranging
: scouts.
Hummelstown: Town outside of Fort Indiantown Gap.
Humvee: High Mobility Multi-Use Vehicle (HMMV).
HVM: Hypervelocity Missiles.
Indiantown Gap, Fort: Military post in Pennsylvania near Harrisburg.
Indowy: Galactic race. Short bipeds with apparently innate
: ability with technology and tools.
Irmansul: Galactic planet under threat of invasion by the
: Posleen.
Isfahan: Town in central Iran. Famous for its rugs.
Kasserine: Town in Morocco where the US Army suffered an
: early defeat in WWII at the hands of the German
: Afrikacorps.
Kenallai: Posleen: Senior battlemaster. Equivalent to a colonel
: or brigadier general.
Kenallurial: Gene derivative of Kenallai. Equivalent to a
: lieutenant or captain.
Kenstain: Posleen: Term for a castellaine. Castellaines are a
: lower "caste" God King and are formed from God
: Kings that have either voluntarily stopped fighting
: or were incompetent or cowardly.
Kessanalt: Posleen: Battle honor.
Kessentai: Posleen: God King (translates literally as
: "Philosopher" or "Thinker").
Kevlar: Aramide fiber used in body armor. Also used to refer
: to the helmets made of it that are worn by US
: Ground Force personnel.
Kiowa: Scout helicopter.
klicks: Short for "kilometer."
laager: Grouping of tanks or other fighting vehicles.
lidar: Laser detection system.
Maglite: Type of flashlight often preferred by police and
: special operations personnel.
Manassas: Town in north-central Virginia.
manjack: Automated machine gun.
Mashad: Major city in northeastern Iran.
Mayport: City and naval base in northeastern Florida near
: Jacksonville.
McCall, Camp: Small military base near the much larger Fort Bragg.
Milnet: Military internet interface and analogue.
Milspecs: Galactic Technology glasses. In appearance simple
: "wrap-around" sunglasses. Provide full light
: enhancement ability.
Minié: Type of bullet used by both sides during the Civil
: War.
monomolecular: Single very large molecule. A substance that is not
: only incredibly strong but also almost infinitely thin
: and therefore sharp.
Montrose Heights: Large hill overlooking Richmond, VA.
Mosby Hill: Large hill overlooking Richmond, VA.
MRE: Meals-Ready-To-Eat. Military combat rations. Come
: in plastic packaging.
Myer, Fort: Military base near Washington, D.C.
nannites: Very small mechano-electric machines that are used
: for a wide variety of purposes by the Galactic
: Federation.
NCO: Noncommissioned Officer.
Nomex: Fireproof fabric.
Occoquan: River, town and reservoir in northern Virginia.
oolt: Posleen: Group or company. (Lit. "Pack")
Oolton: Posleen: Battalion or brigade. Used interchangeably.
: (Lit. "Big Pack")
oolt'ondai: Posleen: Battalion or brigade commander. (Lit. "Big
: pack leader")
oolt'ondar: Posleen: Battalion or brigade.
oolt'os: Posleen: Posleen normal. (Lit. "Pack member")
Oolt'pos: Posleen: Command Dodecahedron. Holds 1400-
: 1800 Normals and 3-6 God Kings along with some
: light, simple armor.
orna'adar: Posleen: Final battle or Ragnarok. A scramble for
: dwindling resources that leads to destruction of the
: world and extinction of all the Posleen on it.
Panatellas: Long, thin cigars.
Panzergrenadier: German Mechanized Infantry.
PDC: Planetary Defense Center.
plasteel: Galactic armor material.
Po'oslena'ar: Posleen: "The People of the Ships."
Po'osol: Posleen: Lander. Holds 400-600 normals and one
: God King.
Posleen: Enemy aliens. Yellow-grey centauroids. Thirteen to
: fifteen hands high at the shoulder. Arms jut from a
: combination shoulder. Sauroid head with multiple
: teeth is mounted on a long, snake-like neck. "Hands"
: are four-fingered talons with an opposable talon,
: similar to a fish-eating bird of prey. Feet are
: foreshortened talons adapted for running and
: slashing.
Proteans: Term for current generation of manjacks.
Provigil: Anti-sleep drug.
Pyronics: Manufacturer of the world's leading detonators,
: preferred by professional demolition personnel and
: terrorists the world over.
Qualtren: Megascraper on Diess.
Quantico: Military base in central Virginia.
Quarles Gas: Petroleum supply company outside of
: Fredericksburg, VA.
Rabun Gap: Low pass in the Appalachians in northern Georgia.
radome: Radar Dome.
Ragnarok: The end of the world in Norse mythology.
railguns: Rifle that accelerates its projectiles magnetically.
Rappahanock: River in central Virginia.
Reaver: 155mm wheeled mobile artillery.
REMF: Military acronym that starts with "Rear" and
: "Echelon" and goes downhill from there.
Reticulan: "Like a net." Military plan that called for distributed
: forces so that no single force would be landed upon
: and destroyed by the Posleen. Referred to as "victory
: in detail" by its proponents and "Ridicuplan" by its
: opponents.
Richbrau: Microbrewery in Richmond, VA.
Robertson, Frank,: Commander of the 229th Engineering Battalion,
Lieutenant Colonel: Light. Fredericksburg, VA.
Rockledge Manor: Restored home in Occoquan.
rubbling: Destroying structures to produce rubble for defenses.
Sammadar: Posleen Battalion commander.
Schockoe Bottom: An area of late 19th-century factories in Richmond,
: VA.
SecDef: Secretary of Defense.
Simosin, Arkady: 10th Corps Commander.
SpecOps: Special Operations.
Spotsylvania: County in Virginia.
Stenarnatta: Posleen Battalion commander.
Sten'lonoral: Posleen Command ship/battalion commander.
TacCO: Tactical Actions Officer for Continental Defense
: Command.
TacSO: Tactical Systems Officer for Continental Defense
: Command.
Tamerlane: Name often used for Timur, a Mongol invader of
: Iran who destroyed the last remnants of the Persian Empire.
tanglefoot: Barbed wire stretched taut at knee height designed to catch and "tangle" assaulting enemy troops.
Tchpth: Galactic race. Pseudoarthropods with a remarkable resemblance, other than being blue and red, to a
: Dungeness crab. Renowned scientists and
: philosophers.
Tel'enaa: Battle Demons. Part of a wordy curse. (Demons of battle eat and defecate their souls!)
te'naal: Berserk charge.
Tenal'ont: Posleen company commander.
tenar: Posleen God King's saucer vehicle. Has a heavy
: weapon mounted on it and a suite of sensors.
terawatt: One trillion watts.
Thermopylae: A famous defense in ancient Greece. Also, a
: primarily automatic close defense system for
: battleships.
thresh: Posleen: Food.
Threshkreen: Posleen: Enemy. (Translates literally as "food with a
: bite.")
Thunderchiefs: Air Force aerobatics demonstration team.
Tindar: Clan of the Darhel.
Tir: Intermediate rank Darhel.
Tir Dol Ron: Darhel senior executive.
uut: Posleen: Fecal matter.
Zoroaster: Primary god of the religion that preceded Islam in
: Persia.

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