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Terms and Key Words.


Batteries. Celestial mass. Colonists. Combustible fuel supply. Engines. Freighter. Gravity vortex. Gunnery Pods. Humanity. Intelligent life forms. King Neptune. Lasers. Life support. M.D.C.#. M.S.C. Missiles. MPH rating. Outer skins. Pirates. Planetary alliance. Plasma Bolt. Plasma Rays. PSI 5 ports. PSI 5 Trading Company. Repair station. RoboRepair. S.S. Slingshot effect. Star Crusher. Star Trek. Star Wars. Sued. Shipping bays. The electro-chemical barriers. The Gravitron Ring. Torpedoes. Tri-dent. Universal War ?? Workdroids.
Batteries:
Devices used to store energy for use at a later time.

Celestial mass:
Any form of matter large enough to destroy a ship if collided with while going well over 80,000 MPH.

Colonists:
The Human settlements located on other worlds.

Combustible fuel supply:
A source of burnable liquid for use with Earth star ship engines.

Engines:
The devices used to propel space ships through space. Due to the limited time given for retro-fits, most PSI 5 freighters are propelled with low class propulsion units with low output generators. It is expected to take at least three years minimum to modernize all freighter engines.

Freighter:
The ships used by PSI 5 to deliver the food and supplies to the colonists.

Gravity vortex:
The pull/push effect that occurs in the center of The Gravitron Ring during a ship's launching.

Gunnery Pods:
The tiny, self contained arsenal ships that the player virtually exists in during the game.

Humanity:
The Human race.

Intelligent life forms:
Any living being (Human's included) capable of thoughts for more than basic survival of the species and themselves.

King Neptune:
(This entry needs verification.) A Mythological God of {Ancient Greece's oceans}. PSI 5's logo is of his Tri-dent.

Lasers:
Quick flashes of hot, tight beams of light used to melt armor and panels off of targets.

Life support:
In use with all space ships to keep the life forms that are contained within' alive.

M.D.C.#.:
Stands for Military Destroyer Class #(Number). A space ready war ship designed with heavy fire power and blockade ramming in mind. Equipped with four fighter hangers, twelve fighter craft in each, sixteen launch tubes, the works for a weapon selection, and a payload of thirty tri-fusion warhead equipped missiles. A ship used primarily by the space military of the Earth Alliance.

M.S.C.:
Stands for Military Space Cruiser. A space ship designed for transport of troops and equipment. Equipped with a fighter bay, six fighter craft, standard layout particle cannon spread, Class 12 shields with independent Class 8 generators giving extra boosts of power to each shield (when needed), extra thick body armor plating, and two tri-fusion warhead type missiles. A ship manufactured for use by the Earth Alliance's space military, but well known to be sold on the black market for other uses then those intended to anyone willing to pay the luxurious price for one.

Missiles:
Designed to penetrate shields and deliver the war head to the hull of the ship.

MPH rating:
An ancient Earth measurement used for the measuring of distance covered in an hour by the amount of miles listed.

Outer skins:
The exterior of the ship.

Pirates:
The alien life forms who are trying to drive out the colonist through starvation and terrorism.

Planetary alliance:
The sighed treaty allowing for the joining of multiple worlds in a bond for friendship and commerce amongst said planets.

Plasma Bolt:
A weapon of massive assault power. The only weapon that can punch a hole big enough for the freighter to get through. If it wasn't for the high demand that it puts on the already stressed generators, it would make an effective weapon against every enemy. The answer to powering up the weapon is to slowly leach power into batteries that the weapon works off of.

Plasma Rays:
This weapon attack's the enemy's electrical equipment.

PSI 5 ports:
Places where food and supplies could be loaded and un-loaded onto PSI 5 freighters. Also known for their famous alien cuisines that were served at their popular fast food chains.

PSI 5 Trading Company:
The company that owns the freighter vessels that are used in the game.

Repair station:
The room and area on-board ship that contained spare parts and the RoboRepair to keep the ship from becoming dead-in-space due to mechanical failures or battle damage.

RoboRepair:
Automated workdroids programmed with mechanical and electronical repair skills used to deal with problems that may occur with machinery. Even on themselves. Though, their personality programs are missing a few Meg's.

S.S.:
Stands for Space Shipper. A classification for a cargo ship used by the PSI 5 Trading Co and other freighter companies for use in deliveries of food, equipment, medicine, packages, and other such items that need to go somewhere. In general, these are primarily commercial vessels.

Slingshot effect:
The act of being propelled out of the back side of The Gravitron Ring at blazing speeds.

Star Crusher:
A ship of extreme bulk. It's tonnage weight is over a hundred thousand tons. Literally, a floating city in space. This design was conceived of and put into use by the pirates as a sort of base of operations for every section of pirate claimed space. The ship is equipped with a super weapon of tremendous power. With gun doors open, it's able to extinguishing a medium sized star within' two minutes, and powderizing a PSI 5 freighter in 3.5 seconds. 2.8 for the shields and 0.7 for the armor.

Star Trek:
An imaginary place where everything, and yet nothing, can happen using out dated knowledge with little basis.

Star Wars:
As used here, this reference is referring to a classic arcade machine made by {Atari} which uses the same kind of design to be used for controlling the Gunnery Pod.

Sued:
A way of making money off of someone else's misfortune.

Shipping bays:
The space on-board ship that was reserved for food and cargo storage.

The electro-chemical barriers:
The counter-measures the pirates are using to stop any ships from entering any solar systems that are within' the barrier's perimeter.

The Gravitron Ring:
A device of great importance to space exploration (and to the PSI 5 Trading Company). This device allows ships to go long distances in very short time periods.

Torpedoes:
Designed to rip apart physical armor on a ship's hull and cause structural failure.

Tri-dent:
The staff weapon used by the Ancient Greece God of the sea, King Neptune. This staff is also the logo shape for the PSI 5 Trading Company.

Universal War ??:
The war of Earth against any pissed off life forms that didn't like Humanity.

Workdroids:
Androids designed to do heavy, dangerous, or other types of labor where Human's would be unable to go. RoboRepair is one task designed for this work force.

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