Glossary of terms

Xenoi: Singular 'xenos'; derived from the Greek term for a hostile stranger and typically used in Terran communiques to denote aliens outside of Terran control.

Peregrini: Singular 'peregrinus'; alien polities absorbed into direct or indirect rule by the Directorate, derived from the Roman term for inhabitants of the empire who lacked 'full' citizenship.

Shift Drive: A device designed to effectively open wormholes between point A and B, bypassing causality by merely 'linking' to physically distant points.

Hyperspace, Warp, Alcubierre: All referring, the first erroneously, to a single 'FTL' device which moves- or more rightly, contracts and expands- the space around a vessel instead of the other way around.

The Veil: A region of 'bent' spacetime; several technically exist, but only at small scale. The Veil refers to the Terran Directorate's immediate 'back yard' of space.