the Multiverse War Chronicles Glossery

Acirema

The primary continent in which the story Desert 2: Cuts that Mark the Blade and Uther Armories and the 3rd Deep take place. The southern portion is made up of nearly entirely uninhabitable radiated territory, with a few villages in between. The northern portion is the Terran (find Terra) center of operation for the United Trade Republic (find below), a mega-corporation which controls a collection of cities and villages. The corporation also functions to oversee the settlements of southern Acirema, extracting resources in exchange for environmental regulation technology though the process of fixing the environment goes slow as southern Aciremans migrate to the northern more industrialized territories.

Angelstar

Though angelstars is not actual stars, they came to be known as such due to their bioluminescence. There are four angelstars known to the Terrans. Lilith aka Moonstar is the closest and resembles the moon. Then there’s a red glower named Inferno and tiny Absu at the solar center, smaller and brighter than the actual sun. Finally there is Old Blue, though it wobbled out of orbit and beyond detection.

Celestials

The name Aciremans gave to the ancient alien species believed to be responsible for the creation of the current solar system (the Network). This alien race is believed by some to be extinct since they have not been seen in the flesh by many though some still live around the Network. Their mysterious history remains the talk of legend. Therefore they are sometimes viewed by Terrans as supernatural and by other names. They are believed to have been the oldest sentient beings.

Cosmic Awareness

An ability that allows one to stay connected to the “third deep” while conscious (in the “awake” state), assumed by some to be present in those typically seen as “mad” (psychotic).

Brahma Cow

A breed of zebuine cattle found all around the Acireman wasteland. These cows are heavily mutated and come in many variations, often with extra heads, horns, and eyes. They are the primary source of Acireman beef.

Death Triggers

A now defunct special-ops unit formed by Denomolos. Formerly it was a mercenary unit, Denomolos led during the pre-UTR period in Acirema. Though during the initial years, the UTR made anti-mutant legislation in response to public fears and paranoia, the Death Trigger unit was made up primarily of brainwashed mutants trained to kill.

Denomolos

Governor of “the peoples Government” of the United Trade Republic. His primary goal is the maintenance of “harmonious society” and by any means. Though  a dictator in practice, he is loved by many, and hated by others. He has taken measures to protect the cities from the “wild savages” of the wasteland, often immigrants from failed states around Terra and those who resisted the influence of the UTR.

Legion

A violent wasteland cult that worship a celestial they call Yaldabaoth. They practice human sacrifice, particularly the crucification of sinners as a form of atonement, believing the current state of the Terra is due to the prevailing sinful lifestyle of humankind. 

Molecule-kinesis

The ability to manipulate matter at a molecular level.

the Network

A collection of 72 planets and celestial bodies linked together in orbit by a mystical flow of energy and a chain of 10 primary planets (Rubal Khali, Chir, Chandra/Atacama, Toondar, Nir/Edenia, Cosmopolis/Martus, Akvir, Hxieel, Terra & Tras/Sload) with human (“terraling”) and/or extraterrestrial alien life inhabiting them. The planets belong to the corporate states of the Interstellar Planetary Network (IPN).

Poliseers

United Trade Republic state police. They are known to be violent, ruthless, and armed to the teeth. They were formed due to complaints about racial profiling by the former robotic police. They use the symbol of a large tusk boar as an emblem throughout the Trade Republic. Poliseers deal with most local crime, both in the polises and the smaller villages around Acirema governed by the UTR. Their most elite sub-unit is known as the Trade Republic Guard, a paramilitary force assigned mainly to the inter-polis train line and official government buildings.

Synchronicity

The phenomena of seemingly synchronized coincidences, maybe related to DejaVu.

Terra

Home planet to men, and mutant alike . Terra is also home to a small population of  alien refugees from around the IPN and is politically the most influential planet of the Network. Terra is ruled by four major empires, they are the United Trade Republic, The Emirate of Arabia, The Great Sovietich and The East Asian Confederation.

the Third Deep (aka “the astral plane”)

The deep existing beyond the conscious and unconscious states though incorporating both. For the S’Ogni this state both transcends and incorporates the other states of “ego being” (singular rather than the collective conscious/unconscious), where as the preconscious (Freud) bridges the conscious and unconscious, the Third deep is an atemporal state of both at once, the conscious unconsciousness. It is the story from the perception of the writer, made up of cuts, edits and innumerable potentials.

the United Trade Republic (UTR)

A collection of small settlements, and larger polises (states centered around major cities) created by Denomolos. The UTR was established during a period of economic and technological competition between the preexisting settlements of Acirema, coalescing in an all out war for power, coalescing in a new corporate monopoly.

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