Terminology of FarScape

  • Acquarians: Human-like race stranded on a planet with a power drain - thought to be the lost subjects of the Hynerian Empire.

  • A-lu-e-masata: Acquarian greeting meaning "Hello" or "Welcome"

  • Amnexus Fluid: Moya's sanitizing fluid. Sometimes used to clean the crews laundry.

  • Amnexus Systems: Collection of vessels, ports, valves and glands involved in the production, circulation and control of Moya's system. It produces a milky fluid call Amnexus Fluid.

  • Arn: The space equivalent of our hour

  • Atmosphere Ducts: Parts of Moya which air flows, somewhat like Air-Ducts.

  • Aurora Chair: A device used to retrieve memories from the mind of a person. (Scorpius' chair)

  • Budong: The largest living creature in the Uncharted Territories. A creature that eats ships (if one is found alive)

  • Clorium: A common element (in the FS universe), one of the 6 forbidden cargos for Leviathans because it numbs them

  • Control Collar: A device PK's install on a Leviathan after they capture it to help them control the creature

  • Cycle: The equivalent of an Earth year

  • Defense Screen: A force field, and one of Moya's only defensive weapons

  • Delvians: A humanoid like alien race evolved from plants, they have blue skin and are better known as Zhaan's race

  • DRD's: DRD is short for "Diagnostic Repair Darter/Drone". They're like Pilot and Moya's little maid system; they go around cleaning up, fixing what needs to be fixed. Basically they do whatever Pilot or Moya tells them to.

  • Dren: Well...insert the correct meaning, "You piece of 'dren'" (that's a way to keep pg rated)

  • FarScape One: John Crichtons space craft module that he built and designed to test his interstellar slingshot theory

  • Frell: Yet another change to the word, many avid fans debate whether this means one of two words, or is it both? We don't really know, but what they say in the show most is, "What the 'frell' are you doing?"

  • Hynerian: A very non-humanoid species, they are more like a frog or toad. They have 3 stomachs and are roughly around the height of 20 to 22 feet tall. Rygel's race

  • Luxan: A huge brutish race that conquer anything in their path, they are the type of species that shoot first and ask questions later. D'Argo's race.

  • Micon: A space-time minute

  • Micot: A space-time second

  • Nebari: gray skinned humanoid aliens with black eyes and black or grayish-white hair from Nebari Prime, Chiana is a Nebari

  • PeaceKeepers (PK's): A Sebacean military force hired by worlds with no solid police force to keep order. Not all Sebaceans are PK's, but all PK's are Sebacean.

  • Qualta Blade: A two-in-one Luxan weapon. It transforms from a sword to a pulse rifle

  • Scarrans: A reptilian evil race of aliens that can read minds and crush them with their finger, they are trying to wipe out every alien race in the universe

  • Yotz: A word commonly used by Rygel. It seems to mean the same as "Crud"!

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