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[sup]This glossary collects spacer slang, technical jargon, and official terms that shape the setting. [b]This list will be changed along with the addition of new terminology. [/b][/sup][/center]

[hr][sup][color=ff3838][b]Key Terminology[/b][/color][/sup][list][*]The [color=ff3838][b]Bloc Crisis[/b][/color]
[sup]The current cold war (2168–present) between the Sol Federation, Jovian Commonwealth, and Magna Centauri. [color=ff3838][b]The Block[/b][/color] is a common malapropism (as in 'Blockade') used by spacers. ([i]"Work dried up since the Block started."[/i])[/sup]
[*][color=ff3838][b]Blocspace[/b][/color]
[sup]Shorthand for politically controlled Anchor zones. ([i]"Don’t fly Sol blocspace without clearance."[/i])[/sup]
[*][color=ff3838][b]Heliodollar[/b][/color] (ħ)
[sup]The prevailing currency across the vast majority of human population. Introduced mid-21st century as a resource-backed currency pegged to helium-3, the backbone of fusion power and interplanetary propulsion. Often referred to by slang names such as [color=ff3838][b]helios[/b][/color], [color=ff3838][b]heelies[/b][/color], [color=ff3838][b]3s[/b][/color], or [color=ff3838][b]moon rocks[/b][/color].[/sup]
[list][*][color=ff3838][b]Chit[/b][/color]
[sup]A biometric storage device used for quick transfer of heliodollars, similar to a credit card.[/sup][/list]
[*][color=ff3838][b]MARQ[/b][/color]
[sup][i]Mercantile Authorization for Reprisal & Quarantine.[/i] Official licenses provided by major factions to legalise privateering with intent to disrupt rivals. "Flying under a Letter" is both badge of legitimacy and cover for piracy.[/sup]
[*][color=ff3838][b]Pathfinder[/b][/color]
[sup]Survey and exploration craft (often AGI-guided) that chart viable subspace geometries and seed new Anchor sites.[/sup]
[*][color=ff3838][b]Subspace[/b][/color]
[sup]An adjacent topology where interstellar distance is compressed. It cannot be traversed safely without paired Transit Anchors to shape and stabilise a corridor. Crossing time is effectively near-instant; delays come from queueing, alignment, and customs. Hazards include [color=ff3838][b]shear[/b][/color] (turbulence in the corridor) and corridor collapse during misalignment.[/sup]
[*][color=ff3838][b]Transit Anchor[/b][/color]
[sup]A fixed installation that couples realspace to subspace and to a matching Anchor elsewhere, creating a temporary [color=ff3838][b]corridor[/b][/color]. Transit Anchors are usually surrounded by exclusion zones where customs, inspections and tolling occurs.[/sup]
[list][*][color=ff3838][b]Picket Fleet[/b][/color]
[sup]A defensive screen of smaller ships around an Anchor to deter raids.[/sup]
[*][color=ff3838][b]Skip[/b][/color] / [color=ff3838][b]Burn[/b][/color]
[sup]Interchangeable slang for a subspace FTL jump via Transit Anchor.[/sup]
[*][color=ff3838][b]Wake[/b][/color]
[sup]Residual subspace distortion left by a recent skip/burn. Useful for forensics and pursuit; degrades within minutes to hours depending on ship's mass.[/sup][/list]
[*][color=ff3838][b]UTC[/b][/color]
[sup][i]Coordinated Universal Time[/i] +0, the standardised time zone used across Sol Blocspace for the purpose of working hours, including the Sunday - Saturday week system. Often used by spacers as a way of timekeeping. Likewise, most of humanity still adheres to the [color=ff3838][b]Gregorian calendar[/b][/color].[/sup][/list][hr][sup][color=0080ff][b]General Slang[/b][/color][/sup][list][*][color=0080ff][b]Exsol[/b][/color]
[sup]Colloquial term used by Jovians to refer to former Sol Federatiton citizens who immigrate to the Jovian Commonwealth.[/sup]
[*][color=0080ff][b]Fed[/b][/color]
[sup]A pejorative abbreviation for Sol Federation loyalists, often implying blind obedience or puritanical behaviour.[/sup]
[list][*][color=0080ff][b]Fedshit[/b][/color]
[sup]A dismissive term for endless legal bureaucracy. Often used interchangeably with 'paperwork'.[/sup][/list]
[*][color=0080ff][b]Subop[/b][/color]
[sup]Derived from suboptimal; a slang insult used by Centaurians against Sol System natives.[/sup][/list]