APPLESEED TERMINOLOGY

AA (2) - ASSEMBLY AREA The area where SWAT teams equip themselves and receive mission instructions

AEGIS (1) The Earth's post-WWIII central management bureau

AGS SYNDROME (3) Masculinization in a woman brought on by excessive male hormones

AKECHI MOTORS(1) Motorbike and landmate company. Yoshi has an Akechi bike and landmate
They are also a repair shop for the aforementioned items

AP (1) - ARMOUR PIERCING A round which is designed to be used against an armoured target. The projectile utilizes kinetic energy to "hammer" the armour.

APFM (4) - ANTI PERSONNEL FRAGMENTATION MINE

APHROS (3) The Greek god of love

ARBR (3) - ANTI RIOT BATON ROUND This round splits into an X shape when fired, delivering a high kinetic (non-piercing) blow to the target

ARCOLOGY (1) The term to decribe a large set of buildings

ARCOZONE (2) District of arcologys

BCSC (1) - BIOCONTROL SERVICE CENTRE Centre for bioroids to keep their body functions in shape
This is where the life extension and periodic longevity treatments take place.

BADSIDE (1) The wastelands left by desolation of WWWIII. Inhabitants are regarded as low individuals by Olympians

BENANDANTI OP (3) An ESWAT operation to France, used as a nuclear deterent

BEZEKRIC (1) A large arcology housing offices and embassies

BIOROID (1) Most of the population of Olympus are genetically engineered lifeforms, who are known as bioroids. They have certain rules and directives to follow about preserving human life

CA (1) - CRISIS AREA An ESWAT term for a danger zone

CAFE AU LAIT (3) A slang expression for half caste people

CARBONICS (3) A combat Bioroid model

CLAYMORE (3) An anti-personel mine which fires thousands of ball bearings when triggered

DOROCI (1) 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 (4) - EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCE DISPOSAL Bomb defusion

ESWAT (1) - EXTRA SPECIAL WEAPONS and TACTICS The organisation to which Bri and Deunan belong. Deal with large threats, such as terrorists, cyborg crimes, and special invetsigations

EUMINIDES (3) The Black Nazi group

FBI (2) Not the old US organisation, but a much more powerful Olympian version. Monitors the bioroid population

GAIA (1) Central control computer. Controls Olympus, and is used to test the Council's theories

GREAT SATANS (3) The Munma religion refer to the old and new superpowers (USA and Olympus) as this

GUGES-D (1) 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 (2) A huge spider like tank, which is very powerful. It is solar powered

HEAP (1) - HIGH EXPLOSIVE ARMOUR PIERCING (see AP)

HEAT (1) - 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 (1) - 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 (2) A device which directs sunlight, rather like a large moveable mirror, onto solar panels

HECATONCHIRES SYSTEM (4) 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, ny direct mind interface

HERMES (3) 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 (2) A program of action to optimise the human race, by turning them all into bioroids. Discussed by the high council

IMPERIAL AMERICANA (4) - America is now split into two states. This is one of them

JAMAHIRIYA (3) The Libyan Government

LANDMATE (1) A robotic suit of armour, which combines humanoid movement with protection and speed.

LIFE EXTENSION (2) Medical technology has advanced so far as to grant humans another 30 or so years onto their life. The treatment is not available to humans

MACV (2) - MILITARY ADVISORY COMMAND, VIETNAM

MAGNETIC MINES (4) Projectile that stick to its target (usually a landmate) and disables on explosion

MAHDI (3) - A term used by the MHR, to describe a saviour or phrophet

MHR (4) - 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 (3) 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 (3) The Israeli equivilent of the FBI

MUNMA (4) The new messiah

NOE (2) - NAP OF the EARTH In order to avoid detection by radar, craft fly close to the ground and follow its curves and contours

OAU (3) - ORGANISATION for AFRICAN UNITY

ORC SUIT (3) A type of powered body armour, which monitors acoustic signatures rather than heartbeats

OLYMPUS (1) The urban utopia that Deunan and Bri live in. It is run by bioroids, and is located on an island off the coast of Africa. Survivors of WWIII are brought to live in Olympus by operatives for the Doroci Program

P7 (2) A 9mm gas operated pistol used for close combat and stealth

POLYMER GEL ROUND (4) An ESWAT shell fired at the viewing sensors on an enemy landmate to blind it or cut off it's air supply

POSEIDON (3) Japan has become an enemy of Olympus, and is now the superpower poseidon

PROTECTION LEVEL (4) Every piece of police and ESWAT apparatus has a P-level, which restricted access to it. Written as P(No.)

SARIN (1) A lethal nerve gas, which rapidly disperses into the atmosphere, lethal dosage .000000035oz.

SASAM (4) - SEARCH AND STRIKE ARMOUR Round that uses pre-programmed criteria to pick out targets

SCIPIO (2) A Roman general and philosopher

SPINDLE OIL (2) Oil that is passed into aircraft's engines specifically to create smoke (for aerobatic performances)

TARTARUS (1) The huge, mirrored administration arcology in Olympus. Shaped like a semi-circle, it has thousands of floor levels

TURING TESTS (2) A test designed to determine the difference between human thought and computer logic

UHMS (2) - UNDER HEAD MOUNTED SENSORS These sensors are located on a panel under the head of a landmate

USSSR (4) - The second state controlling America

Compiled by D.Denton - esuvt@csv.warwick.ac.uk

Orange text are additions made by Deric Bernier

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