Post by Haven Tam on Apr 16, 2007 11:50:10 GMT -5
Alliance: The AngloSino government in charge of... pretty much everything.
Atmo: Foreshortening of the word "atmosphere".
Bowden's Malady: A degenerative affliction of the bone and muscle. Afflicts the settlers of Paradisio in the Georgia System.
Browncoats: Referring to the "independents" or rebels against the Alliance, likely in reference to their military uniform.
Bughouse: Slang for "mental health facility".
Central Authority: Presumably the Alliance judicial branch of government.
Companion: An academy-schooled prostitute practicing legally.
Core: Refers to any major city/planet in the Alliance.
Cortex: Assumption being it's kind of like a really big future Internet.
Credits: Type of currency, most likely Alliance-based.
Cruiser: Type of Alliance military vessel. Very large.
Dedicated Source Box: Likely some type of futuristic DSL.
Dermal Mender: A piece of medical equipment used to reattach Mal's ear in "109 - War Stories".
Earth-That-Was: How people refer to the original planet Earth.
Fedsquad: A unit of twenty Alliance Federal Marshalls.
Full burn: full burn seems to be the equivalent of full power/speed. A full burn in atmo will cause a blowback and burn out the engine.
Genseed: A type of generic crop seed issued to those sent to settle terraformed planets and moons.
Gorram: AKA "god damn", expletive.
Grapple: Slang, vulgar. "To have sex with."
Grizwald: A grenade about the size of a battery, responding to pressure.
Gurtsler: Type of engine used in space ships, considered to be of somewhat shoddy construction.
Hard Subsidies: A package of supplies given to Alliance citizens who are being sent to settle newly terraformed planets and moons. Consists of: genseed, protein, crop supplements.
Humped: Meaning "screwed", "broken", "in trouble", possible expletive.
Ident card: Likely some form of Alliance identification card, electronic form, carrying personal information.
Imprint: Alliance "imprints" every molecule of government goods with a symbol, making them difficult to sell on the black market.
Independents: Political/military party in opposition of the Alliance. See also: browncoats.
Magnetic Grappler: Projectile weapon that can latch onto a metal surface and pull it back in, like a low-tech tractor beam.
Medacad: Probably short for "Medical Academy".
Mule: The yellow, four-wheel vehicle on Serenity used to transport goods and crew.
Pasceline D: A type of medicine used to treat Bowden's Malady; sells for high prices on the black market.
Platinum: Currency, likely platinum coins.
Pop: Likely slang for a painkiller, noun.
Purple belly: Used in reference to an Alliance Captain in 102 - Bushwhacked. (Likely the Alliance's official colors contain the color purple, thus continuing the popular method of referencing political parties by color, i.e. "red" = "communism".)
Reavers: Space pirates with a twist -- the twist being they're insane, practice self-mutilation, and seem to be kinda cannibalistic.
Rutting: The network television-friendly version of "fucking", expletive.
Scrap Belt: Space junkyard.
Shepherd: Term for a wandering minister/priest.
Shiny: Slang, meaning "good", "great", "neat", "wonderful", etc.
Skiff: Type of military aircraft, Alliance.
Skyplex: Term for a space station orbiting a planet.
Srans-U: Type of ship/possibly company name, no longer operating.
Selefonix: Name of a telecommunications system, like AT&T or MCI.
U-Day: Short for "Unification Day", or the holiday celebrating the Alliance's defeat of the Independents.
'Verse: Slang, short for "universe".
Wave: Some kind of audio-visual transmission sent over the cortex. Probably like e-mail made nifty with video footage.
Weave: Medical term, likely indicating stitches or a bandage.
Atmo: Foreshortening of the word "atmosphere".
Bowden's Malady: A degenerative affliction of the bone and muscle. Afflicts the settlers of Paradisio in the Georgia System.
Browncoats: Referring to the "independents" or rebels against the Alliance, likely in reference to their military uniform.
Bughouse: Slang for "mental health facility".
Central Authority: Presumably the Alliance judicial branch of government.
Companion: An academy-schooled prostitute practicing legally.
Core: Refers to any major city/planet in the Alliance.
Cortex: Assumption being it's kind of like a really big future Internet.
Credits: Type of currency, most likely Alliance-based.
Cruiser: Type of Alliance military vessel. Very large.
Dedicated Source Box: Likely some type of futuristic DSL.
Dermal Mender: A piece of medical equipment used to reattach Mal's ear in "109 - War Stories".
Earth-That-Was: How people refer to the original planet Earth.
Fedsquad: A unit of twenty Alliance Federal Marshalls.
Full burn: full burn seems to be the equivalent of full power/speed. A full burn in atmo will cause a blowback and burn out the engine.
Genseed: A type of generic crop seed issued to those sent to settle terraformed planets and moons.
Gorram: AKA "god damn", expletive.
Grapple: Slang, vulgar. "To have sex with."
Grizwald: A grenade about the size of a battery, responding to pressure.
Gurtsler: Type of engine used in space ships, considered to be of somewhat shoddy construction.
Hard Subsidies: A package of supplies given to Alliance citizens who are being sent to settle newly terraformed planets and moons. Consists of: genseed, protein, crop supplements.
Humped: Meaning "screwed", "broken", "in trouble", possible expletive.
Ident card: Likely some form of Alliance identification card, electronic form, carrying personal information.
Imprint: Alliance "imprints" every molecule of government goods with a symbol, making them difficult to sell on the black market.
Independents: Political/military party in opposition of the Alliance. See also: browncoats.
Magnetic Grappler: Projectile weapon that can latch onto a metal surface and pull it back in, like a low-tech tractor beam.
Medacad: Probably short for "Medical Academy".
Mule: The yellow, four-wheel vehicle on Serenity used to transport goods and crew.
Pasceline D: A type of medicine used to treat Bowden's Malady; sells for high prices on the black market.
Platinum: Currency, likely platinum coins.
Pop: Likely slang for a painkiller, noun.
Purple belly: Used in reference to an Alliance Captain in 102 - Bushwhacked. (Likely the Alliance's official colors contain the color purple, thus continuing the popular method of referencing political parties by color, i.e. "red" = "communism".)
Reavers: Space pirates with a twist -- the twist being they're insane, practice self-mutilation, and seem to be kinda cannibalistic.
Rutting: The network television-friendly version of "fucking", expletive.
Scrap Belt: Space junkyard.
Shepherd: Term for a wandering minister/priest.
Shiny: Slang, meaning "good", "great", "neat", "wonderful", etc.
Skiff: Type of military aircraft, Alliance.
Skyplex: Term for a space station orbiting a planet.
Srans-U: Type of ship/possibly company name, no longer operating.
Selefonix: Name of a telecommunications system, like AT&T or MCI.
U-Day: Short for "Unification Day", or the holiday celebrating the Alliance's defeat of the Independents.
'Verse: Slang, short for "universe".
Wave: Some kind of audio-visual transmission sent over the cortex. Probably like e-mail made nifty with video footage.
Weave: Medical term, likely indicating stitches or a bandage.
