AA : Assembly Area. The area where SWAT teams equip themselves and receive mission instructions.
Aegis : the Earth's post World War III central management bureau.
AGS Syndrome : masculinization in a woman brought on by excessive male hormones.
Akechi Motors : motorbike and landmate company. Yoshi has an Akechi bike and landmate. They are also a repair shop for the aforementioned items.
AP : Armour Piercing. A round which is designed to be used against an armoured target. The projectile utilizes kinetic energy to "hammer" the armour.
APFM : Anti Personnel Fragmentation Mine.
Aphros : the Greek god of love.
ARBR : Anti Riot Baton Round. This round splits into an X shape when fired, delivering a high kinetic (non-piercing) blow to the target.
Arcology : the term to describe a large set of buildings.
Arcozone : district of arcologys.
BCSC : BioControl Service Centre. Centre for bio-roids to keep their body functions in shape. This is where the life extension and periodic longevity treatments take place.
Badside : the wastelands left by desolation of World War III. Inhabitants are regarded as low individuals by Olympians.
Benandanti Op : an E-SWAT operation to France, used as a nuclear deterrent.
Bezekric : a large arcology housing offices and embassies.
Bio-roid : most of the population of Olympus are genetically engineered lifeforms, who are known as bio-roids. They have certain rules and directives to follow about preserving human life.
CA : Crisis Area. An E-SWAT term for a danger zone.
Cafe au Lait : a slang expression for half caste people.
Carbonics : a combat bio-roid model.
Claymore : an anti-personel mine which fires hundreds of ball bearings when triggered.
Doroci : the Doroci program is the attempt by Aegis to intergrate Badsider's into Olympus's society. Bri and Deunan were part of this program.
DS : Discarding Sabot. A smaller dart is released from the main projectile, which diffuses, leaving the dart to penetrate the target.
EOD : Explosive Ordinance Disposal. Bomb defusion.
E-SWAT : Extra Special Weapons And Tactics. The organisation to which Bri and Deunan belong. Deal with large threats, such as terrorists, cyborg crimes, and special investigations.
Euminides : the Black Nazi group.
FBI : not the old US organisation, but a much more powerful Olympian version. Monitors the bio-roid population.
Gaia : central control computer. Controls Olympus, and is used to test the Council's theories.
Great Satans : the Munma religion refer to the old and new superpowers (USA and Olympus) as this.
Guges-D : rather like a deluxe version of a landmate, incorporating a set of outer arms which mimic the inner set. Able to fly if equipped with flight pack.
Gun Platform : a huge spider like tank, which is very powerful. It is solar powered.
HEAP : High Explosive Armour Piercing.
HEAT : High Explosive Anti Tank. A projectile, which on collision with the target, burns through the armour and sprays molten metal inside the enemy vehicle.
HESH : High Explosive Squash Head. A projectile which is designed to squash on contact with the target and explode, sending a shockwave though the target.
Heliostats : a device which directs sunlight, rather like a large moveable mirror, onto solar panels.
Hecatonchires System : a cybernetic system which allows multiple body functions (ie. limbs, senses, etc) to be processed at any one time. Extra limbs can be added, eg. Bri has multiple sets of eyes. It also allows the cyborg to control other object such as vehicles, by direct mind interface.
Hermes : an anti-gravity system, allowing vehicles to hover. Hermes is a new state of matter that makes metals super light, almost to the point of weightlessness.
Hope Program : a program of action to optimise the human race, by turning them all into bio-roids. Discussed by the high council.
Imperial Americana : America is now split into two states. This is one of them.
Jamahiriya : the Libyan Government.
Landmate : a robotic suit of armour, which combines humanoid movement with protection and speed.
Life Extension : medical technology has advanced so far as to grant bio-rods and clones another thirty or so years onto their life. The treatment is not available to humans.
MACV : Military Assistance Command, Vietnam.
Magnetic Mines : projectile that stick to its target (usually a landmate) and disables on explosion.
Mahdi : a term used by the Munma Holy Republic, to describe a saviour or phrophet.
MHR : Munma Holy Republic. A dissident religion (possibly a sect of Islam) who wish to steal from Olympus via espionage. Located in South east Iran.
Miranda : the original Miranda was a set of rights that an arresting officer read his prisoner upon arrest. A new set of rights are now present in Olympus.
Mossad : the Israeli equivalent of the FBI.
Munma : the new messiah.
NOE : Nap Of the Earth. In order to avoid detection by radar, craft fly close to the ground and follow its curves and contours.
OAU : Organisation for African Unity.
Orc Suit : a type of powered body armour, which monitors acoustic signatures rather than heartbeats.
Olympus : the urban utopia that Deunan and Bri live in. It is run by bio-roids, and is located on an island off the coast of Africa. Survivors of World War III are brought to live in Olympus by operatives for the Doroci Program.
P7 : a 9 mm gas operated pistol used for close combat and stealth.
Polymer Gel Round : an E-SWAT shell fired at the viewing sensors on an enemy landmate to blind it or cut off it's air supply.
Poseidon : Japan has become an enemy of Olympus, and is now the superpower Poseidon.
Protection Level : every piece of police and E-SWAT apparatus has a P-level, which restricted access to it. Written as P(No.).
Sarin : a lethal nerve gas, which rapidly disperses into the atmosphere.
SASAM : Search And Strike Armour. Round that uses pre-programmed criteria to pick out targets.
Scipio : a Roman general and philosopher.
Spindle Oil : oil that is passed into aircraft's engines specifically to create smoke (for aerobatic performances).
Tartarus : the huge, mirrored administration arcology in Olympus. Shaped like a semi-circle, it has thousands of floor levels.
Turing test : a test designed to determine the difference between human thought and computer logic.
UHMS : Under Head Mounted Sensors. These sensors are located on a panel under the head of a landmate.
USSSR : the second state controlling America.
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