Antilia Colony
A space colony that is stationed on Europa L5. Construction began in 2111 A.D., but due to the Deimos Incident the colony is presently under United Nations Space Force occupation.

Bahram Militia Group
An Anti-Earth group that was secretly founded on Mars in 2158 A.D. that is researching Orbital Frame technology to take their independence from the United Nations by force.

Candorl Event
The Guard Division Corps of the United States Management District disregards repeated warnings of the United Nations Space Force to cease investigation of the colonies. The results lead to a crisis in 2157 A.D. when territories are violated on Mars. The investigation teams have to be rescued, but a national secret involving the Jovian ores is uncovered.

Country System
Implemented in 2145 A.D. after a new wave of emigration occurred on Mars, the system involved each member/country of the United Nations administering there own corresponding colony on Mars.

Deimos Incident
In 2167 A.D., Bahram terrorist of an Anti-Earth sect use a stolen experimental Orbital Frame unit to attack officers of the United Nations Space Force (UNSF) at the Space Catapult installation on Mars's satellite, Deimos.

Earth
The center of humanity and the seat of the majority of the power in the solar system by way of the United Nations. The planet is surrounded by a number of orbiting satellites, bases, and Lagrange points as well as the Orbital Elevator.

Enders
A generic title used to describe people who live in the frontiers regions of space. The term is derived from the common notion that the people are living on the "ends of the universe." For the people in the Mars and Jupiter sphere regions, this notion has become an ideal that they live by.

EPS System
An energy supply system used in the Antilia colony as a way of powering all private flight bodies uniformly. The energy comes from an antenna set-up at both ends of a colony in the form of the microwave dish.

Europa L5
One of Jupiter's moons which is the home of the Antilia Colony. The moon is used as a support base containing over 100,000 laborers for the excavation of Jupiter's resources.

Extra Person
The generic name by which people who live in colonies are called. Due to racism from the Earth the colonist have banded together to make the most of their personal slice of their new home.

Frame Liner
The term used to describe the pilot of an Orbital Frame.

Frame Runner
Those who control an Orbital Frame unit.

Helium-3
One of the two minerals that are mined from the Jovian satellites that lead to many scientific and technological advancements.

Jehuty
A mysterious new model of Orbital Frame that has spawned civil unrest in the colonies. The unit has fallen into the possession of a 14-year-old Jovian boy known as Leo Stenbuck.

John von Neumann
A 20th Century scientist who built a solid framework for quantum mechanics and also worked in game theory and was able to investigate spaces with continuously altering dimensions. He was also a pioneer of computer science who advocated the instillation of the bit as a measurement of computer memory.

Jovian Sphere
A term used to describe the territory in which Jupiter and its moons orbit.

Laborious Extra-Orbital Vehicle (LEV)
A manned work robot that was developed to work outside in the vacuum of space so that the space stations and colonies could be completed.

Lagrange Point
The dynamic gravity balancing point which exists between three heavenly bodies (Sun, Earth, and Moon) which mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange found in the 18th century. A colony is constructed in each of the three unstable Earth-based Lagrange points that the gravity of the Earth balances due to the centripetal force of the Earth and the rotation of the moon. The remaining two Lagrange Points are stable orbits and can be found between Earth and Jupiter.

Linear Driver
A system for material transportation which passes along the outside layers of a planet's sphere range. The internal electromagnetic surfacing system is used in conjunction with the Linear Driver as a special container which loads materials that are to be transported.

Martian
The generic name by which people who are born and raised in the Mars sphere are called.

Massdrivers
A series of drive units used by space ships for high speed travel.

Metatron
The "Ore" which is enumerated as one of two great elements which become foundation of space development. In 2040 A.D. an unmanned explorer probe came across a plain on Jupiter's satellite Callisto that contained a number of ore veins. It was not until 2081 A.D. that testing of the material collected showed that it had special properties that could be utilized by a number of different research fields. In particular, the substance lead to great advancements in the field of LEV technology and in the field of high-speed space travel due to it's ability to compress space.

Metatron computer
A kind of quantum computer which uses Metatron for integrated circuit and breaks the line that was drawn when the digital von Neumann type of computers were developed. The new computers use a widely different operation speed due to the circuit miniaturization process utilized. The computer is literally able to increase it's access speed and expand it's memory capability due a circuit distinction between the operation memory and the arithmetic unit.

Neith
A powerful model of Orbital Frame used for front line combat that utilizes a pilot manning it from a cockpit located inside the unit. The unit's pilot is currently a 22-year-old military pilot named Viola.

NUT Corporation
An Earth based conglomerate that utilized new Metatron-derived substances with the original LEV design structure to create the first Orbital Frame technology. They have been in business since the 21th Century and have become the leading manufacturer of LEV units. They were also the first to develop the controversial Orbital Frame units.

Orbital Frame
Mobile armored suits developed for combat purposes by Anti-Earth parties in order to turn the tides against the UNSF. The suits have both mobility and the attack power to surpass a LEV by using the scarce mineral Metatron.

Raptor
A mass production model of orbital frame.

Redcap
A special equipment set-up to conceal the Metatron material by using the technology of the vector trap. Sometimes referred to as a 'watchdog.'

Self Supporting Armor (SSA)
The protective technology used in Orbital Frames that uses Metatron to create an impregnable hardness and at the same time have an elastic give that restores to its original shape through the use of self-generating energy.

Space-Distortion Catapult System
Though Metatron's ability to distort space allowed space ships to reach faster speeds, it is not practical to install new drive units into space ships due to the power and capacity needed. For these reasons a more efficient method of high speed transport was devised. An orbiting catapult was set up in the Lagrange Point near Deimos in order to send materials to the adjourning catapult port near Europa.

Superior Forecast Index
An index in which overall war potential differences such as airframe data, pilot attainments, situations, etc. are simulated.

Tempest
A large orbital frame utilized in wide-scale demolition.

Transformer Plantation
The term used to describe the unique "downloading" process on a Metatron computer. Unlike the von Neumann-type of computers that were the previous standard, when a file is copied from one destination and placed in another the original file is not deleted. Due to properties of the circuits used, the circuits physically reshape themselves to conform to the new networking that occurred due to the movement of the file.

United Colonies of Mars (UCM)
The independent nation formed by 16 Martian counties that have organized into one solid political union that is lobbying for increased Martian independence.

United Nations Space Force (UNSF)
Earth's military force that keeps the peace in the space colonies.

Vacilia Country
Martian colony filled with Anti-Earth supporters who are the creators of the Orbital Frame technology.

Vector trap
A distortion effect created by the use of Metatron as it creates energy. The effect is utilized in colony facilities, large-scale freighters, and various other large pieces of equipment as a means of storing large quantities of material. The vector trap is also used as an ammunition hangar in the Orbital Frame known as Jehuty.

VR Training
Mock training which uses virtual space.