Glossary

This is a glossary of terms unique to the Celestial Lance Universe, as well as other helpful terms that come up in various stories.

Directional terms

Above

See upward, below.

Aspinward

In the opposite direction as the galaxy spins.

Below

See downward, below.

Coreward

Toward the galactic core.

Downward

Moving below the galactic plane on the side of Alpha Gruis/Alnair.

Edgeward

See rimward, below.

Rimward

Toward the edge of the galaxy.

Spinward

In the same direction as the galaxy is spinning.

Upward

Moving above the galactic plane on the side of Polaris.

General terms

Anchor

Describes the location at the far end of a wormhole where a jumpdrive anchors itself before pulling (slingshotting) itself through the wormhole.

Dead end

A star system with only one wormhole node. Examples include the Hana-ka-lau-‘ai system. See Category:Dead ends.

Dragon

A common nickname for Starkind

Goldilocks

A star system with at least one planet within the "Goldilocks" zone, the area where water is in liquid form. Also known as the circumstellar habitable zone or simply habitable zone. See Wikipedia for more details.

Hub

A star system with at least two wormhole nodes. Most star systems with wormholes have more than one.

Orphan

A star system with no known wormholes. See Category:Orphans.

Node

A wormhole opening. This is where ships enter and exit the wormhole.

Sphereship

A spheroid (either globular or oblong) ship, originally of Halfen design. Diameters range from small shuttles such as Chosu Nomh (8 meters) to very large ships such as Hikianalia (1000 meters).

Superhub

A star system containing more than ten wormhole nodes. Examples include Arcturus and Sol. See Category:Superhubs.

Polities

These are political entities within the ]]Celestial Lance Universe]].

Halfen Kongsveld

The main governmental body of the Halfen. It is a hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system that allows everyone to participate on various levels. Also simply Kongsveld. A member of the Ohlakhira Shufteim.

Independent

This isn't a polity. These star systems are not members of any of the other polities.

Kajinn Alliance

A small, independent, human political entity.

Laniakea Union

A human political entity that acts as a loose governmental body and trade organization among the star systems part of the Laniakea Cluster. A member of the Ohlakhira Shufteim.

Manosya Confederation

The main human political entity (which literally means "Confederation of Humankind"). It acts as a loose governmental body and trade organization among the human-owned star systems part of the Ohlakhira Shufteim.

Ohlakhira Shufteim

An interstellar federation of several thousand star systems that includes humans, Halfen, and Starkind.

Renn

A race from the NGC 5248 galaxy in the Celestial Lance Universe. They were driven out of the Milky Way about 17,000 B.C.