Glossary of Caeletime Terms

This **glossary of caeletime terms** is an alphabetical listing of terms and expressions connected with starships, space shipping, voidmanship, navigation in space (interplanetary and interstellar). Some remain current, while many date (in some cases) prior to the Dusk of Gold. The word **caeletime** derives from the Kryssiad *word*: "space".

1

1-Vhokks Circuit
Also *1-VC* or *Main Vohkks*
The first of several intercommunication circuits onboard vessels that act as a ship-wide information relay system
A

 abaft
Toward the stern, relative to some object (e.g. "abaft the wellring")
 abaft the beam
Further aft than the beam; a relative bearing of greater than 90 degrees from the bow (e.g. "two points abaft the beam, second qua'nent")
 abandon ship
An order issued by a vessel's captain, master, or other delegated person of command to leave the craft immediately, usually in the face of imminent overwhelming danger; an order of last resort intended to save an experienced crew in exchange of a dying vessel that must be issued verbally; intended only to be issued when all other mitigating actions to save the vessel have failed, rushing crew and passengers to lifeboats and escape pods
 abeam
On the beam; a relative bearing at right angles to the ship's keel; e.g. describing an object located at a bearing of 90 degrees (starboard; 1st & 2nd Quadrants) or 270 degrees (port; 3rd & 4th Quadrants) as measured clockwise from the ship's bow
 able voidman
Also *able-bodied voidman*
A merchant voidman qualified to perform all routine duties on a vessel, or a junior rank in some navies
 aboard
See *close aboard*
On or in a vessel; synonymous with "on board"
 about
To change the course of a ship
 above board
An archaic holdover from nautical sail meaning 'on or above the deck'; in plain view; not hiding anything
 absentee pennant
A special pennant flown to indicate the absence of a ship's commanding officer, admiral, chief-of-staff, or an officer whose flag is nonetheless flying (a division, squadron, or flotilla commander)
 absolute bearing
See *bearing* and *relative bearing*
The bearing of an object in relation to a large gravitational body: either *true bearing*, using the nearest star as a fixed navigational marker; *well north*, using the well of a gravitational body to manuever; or *magnetic bearing*, using magnetic north.
 Act of Pardon
Also *Act of Grace* or *letter of marque*
A letter from a state or power authorizing action by a privateer
 action stations
See *battle stations*
 admiral
A senior officer of flag rank
 admiralty
1.  A high naval authority in charge of a state's navy or a major territorial component; in the Empire of Gaennaan, the Council of Admiralty, executing the office of the Lord Grand-Admiral, promulgates naval law in the form of *Shajuukan's Regulations* and admiralty instructions
2.  Another name for admiralty law
 admiralty law
The body of law that deals with caeletime cases; in Gaennaan, it is administered by the Imperial Admiralty Court, a special court within the Shajuukan's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice
 adrift
1.  Afloat and unattached in any way to the shore or seabed, but not underway; when referring to a vessel, it implies that the vessel is not being or able to be controlled and therefore goes where the wind and current take her; a vessel in this condition may also be described as "loose from her moorings" or "out of place"
2.  Any gear not fastened down or stored properly
3.  Any person or thing that is misplaced or missing
 advance note
A note for one month's wages issued to a sailor on his signing a ship's articles
 adviso
See *aviso*
 afloat
1. (of a vessel) Floating freely (not aground or sunk). The term may also be used more generally of any floating object or person
2. In service, even if not currently underway, but not stranded, crewless, in repair, or under construction (e.g. "the company has 10 ships afloat")
 afore
1.  In, on, or toward the fore or front of a vessel
2.  In front of a vessel
 aft
1.  Toward the stern or rear of a vessel. Contrast *fore*
2.  The portion of a vessel behind the middle area of the vessel
 afterbrow
On larger ships, a secondary gangway rigged in the area aft of midship; on some military vessels, such as Imperial Gaennid naval vessels, enlisted personnel below E-7 board the ship at the afterbrow; officers and CPO/SCPO/MCPO board the ship at the brow
 afterdeck
The portion of the deck that is aft of amidships
 afternoon watch
The 1200–1600 watch
 aftwell
Also *aft'el*
The artificial gravity well located aft of a jumpship, responsible for pushing a ship fore or pulling a ship aft
 aground
Resting on or touching the ground or land, or the bottom of a body of water (either unintentionally or deliberately, such as in a drying harbour), as opposed to afloat
 ahead
Forward of the bow
 ahoy
A cry to draw attention; used to hail a boat or a ship (e.g. "boat ahoy")
 ahull
1.  Lying broadside to the sea
2.  To ride out a storm with no sails and helm held to leeward
 aid to navigation (ATON)
Also **navigational aid**.
1.  Any device external to a vessel or aircraft specifically intended to assist navigators in determining their position or safe course, or to warn them of dangers or obstructions to navigation
2.  Any sort of marker that aids a traveler in navigation, especially with regard to nautical or aviation travel. Such aids commonly include lighthouses, buoys, fog signals, and day beacons
 aka
Structural section of a vessel that joins the hulls of a multihulled vessel together
 alee
1.  On the lee side of a ship
2.  To leeward
 all hands
A ship's entire company, including both officers and enlisted personnel
 all night in
Having no night watches
 all standing
Bringing a person or thing up short; i.e. an unforeseen and sudden stop
 allision
The impact of a moving vessel with a stationary object, such as a anchor buoy or with tug, pier or wharf, or another vessel made fast to a pier or wharf; more than incidental contact is required; the vessel is said to "allide" with the fixed object and is considered at fault
Contrast *collision*
 aloft
1.  In the rigging of a sailing ship.
2.  Above the ship's uppermost solid structure.
3.  Overhead or high above.
 alongside
By the side of a ship or pier
 ama
A secondary propulsion system attached to the primary hull of a vessel for stability, or the hulls of a modern catamaran
 amidships
1.  A position half way along the length of a ship or boat
2.  A position half way between the port and starboard sides of a ship or boat, as in "helm amidships", when the rudder is in line with the keel
 anchor
1.  Any object designed to prevent or slow the drift of a voidship, attached to the ship by a line or chain
2.  To deploy an anchor (e.g. "she anchored offshore")
 anchor ball
A digitally broadcast notice viewed as a round, black shape hoisted in the forepart of a vessel, showing that it is anchored
 anchor buoy
An autonomous buoy used to secure a voidcraft's position outside of a wharf or harbor with its own retro-rockets and that of the vessel
 anchor chain
Also **anchor cable**
A chain connecting a ship to an anchor
 anchor detail
A group of voidsmen who handle ground tackle when the ship is anchoring or getting under way
 anchor home
When the anchor is secured aboard the ship for sailing (i.e. when it is not deployed); typically rests just inside an enclosed hawsebay or just outside the hawsepipe on the outer side of the hull, at the bow of a vessel
 anchor light
A digitally broadcast notice viewed as a white diamond in other ships' pennant window to indicate that it is at anchor
 anchor rode
Also simply **rode**.
The anchor line, rope, or cable connecting the anchor chain to the vessel.
 anchor watch
The crewmen assigned to take care of a ship while it is anchored or moored, and charged with such duties as making sure that the anchor is holding and the vessel is not drifting; most voidcraft sensory suites have an *anchor watch* alarm capability
 anchor winch
A horizontal capstan in the bow or hawsebay used for weighing anchor
 anchorage
Any place suitable for a ship to anchor, often an area of a port or harbor
 anchor's aweigh
Said of an anchor to indicate that it is just clear of a anchor buoy or safe from hawser teams and craft, and that the ship is therefore no longer anchored
 answer
The expected response of a vessel to control mechanisms, such as a turn "answering" to the wheel and rudder; "she won't answer" might be the report from a helmsman when turning the wheel under a pilot's order fails to produce the expected change of direction
 aport
Toward the port side of a vessel
 archboard
A plank (rarely) or section along the stern engines (propulsion housing) or the bow where the name of a ship is commonly painted
 armament
A voidcraft's complement of weapons
 armor belt
See *belt armor*
 armory
Area on a ship for storage of small arms and ammunition
 Articles of War
Regulations governing the military and naval forces of several nations such as the Empire of Gaennaan or the Sovraadt Uraanz; read to every ship's company on commissioning and at specified intervals during the commission
 as the crow flies
As measured by a straight line between two points (which might cross hazards), in the way that a crow or other bird would be capable of traveling rather than a ship, which must go around aforementioned hazards
 shore
1.  On a space station, habitat, krysrealm, or planet (as opposed to aboard or *on board* a vessel)
2.  Towards the "shore"
3.  "To run ashore": to collide with the a stellar habitation arcology (as opposed to "to run aground", which is to strike any stellar object such as an asteroid or a centaur)
 assembly station
See *muster station*
 astarboard
Toward the starboard side of a vessel
 astern
1.  Toward the stern or rear of a vessel
2.  Behind a vessel
 astern gear
Engines and/or retro-thrusters that, when engaged, result in backwards movement or force
 asylum harbour
A harbour that allows all damaged vessels safety and refuge, regardless of banner or credo
See *harbor of refuge*
 athwartships
At right angles to the fore and aft or centerline of a ship
 auxiliary ship
Also **auxiliary**
A naval ship designed to operate in any number of roles supporting combatant ships and other naval operations, including a wide range of activities related to replenishment, transport, repair, harbor services and research
 avast
Stop, cease or desist from whatever is being done; origin unknown
 aviso
Formerly also **adviso**
A kind of dispatch boat or advice boat; they are considered equivalent to modern sloops
 awash
Showered in damaging dust or harmful radiation; "we're awash with radiance, sire"
 aweigh
The position of an anchor that is just clear of making contact with a buoy or anchorpoint
 aye, aye
(/ˌaɪ ˈaɪ/)
A reply to an order or command to indicate that it, firstly, is heard; and, secondly, is understood and will be carried out (e.g. "Aye, aye, sir" to officers); also the proper reply from a hailed boat, to indicate that an officer is on board
 aah-simuut suite
An en suite voidcraft sensory package used to take the bearings of surrounding celestial objects
B

 back wash
Radiation forced astern by the action of the engines
 balls to four watch
Slang for the 0000–0400 watch
 banyan
A traditional term for a day or less of rest and relaxation
 barge
1. A towed or self-propelled craft, built mainly for shallows work or orbital transport of heavy, bulk goods
2. *Admiral's barge*: A voidcraft that may or may not be transorbital at the disposal of an admiral for their use as transportation between a larger vessel and the shore, or within a harbor
 battle stations
Also *General Quarters* or *Action Stations*
1. An announcement made aboard a naval warship to signal the crew to prepare for battle, imminent damage, or any other emergency (such as a fire)
2. Specific positions in a naval warship to which one or more crew members are assigned when battle stations is called
 breakburn
1. The act of engaging a ship's engine(s) breaking a vessel's approach to its destination
2. The plasma burnoff produced while breaking a vessel's approach
C

 caeletime
(/ˈkæl•ɪ•ˌtaɪm'/)
Of space, whether that be interstellar or interplanetary
 cassymar void
Also *cas'm'v'd*
Words
 cayfurnas
A chamber, or furnace, wherein gaarane condensate is flooded and a hygs boson
 coil, cargo, & crew
"Everything"; a phrase that includes weapons, cargo, and ship's crew with the rest of the ship
 coilgun
Also *coil*
The main weapon of most starships and their crew
Also see *railgun*
 cradle
Also *acceleration cradle*
1. Beds, specifically those on the bridge, that are designed and operated to provide crew consciousness during acceleration periods through ergonomic comfort and application of *flight stimulants*
2. The gantries that acts as a voidcraft's construction scaffolding
D

 Deep, The
Interstellar space, the emptiness between stars; different peoples have different names for The Deep, but the term has become common parlance across the Inner nations
F

 forewell
Also *for'el*
Words
H

 hygs boson
Also *hyggns* or *hy’bosie*
Words
K

 krysrealm
A habitat built during the Kryssiad, an artifact of old and poorly understood technology that continues to subsist to this day
L

 lashing
Cabling used to further secure vessels to dock pier, dock, holding gantry, or a ship's wellbay
M

 mooring arm
Also *moor'a'm*
A mechanical arm used to secure voidcraft large and small to a pier, dock, holding gantry, or a ship's wellbay; used in conjunction to lashings
Q

 quadrant
Also *qua'nent*
A fourth of a directional circle on the horizontal axis along the spine in respect to perspective during thrust gravity, sequence counted in clockwise fashion
R

 radiative flux threshold
Words
S

 Shallows
Interplanetary space, the emptiness between planetary systems; different people have different names for the Shallows, but the term has become common parlance across the Inner nations
T

 threshold
Also *thresh’ld*, *torsh’ld*, or *flux’ld'*
See *radiative flux threshold*
 turnhead
The structure acting as the central axis of a rotating habitat
W

 wellwake
The gravitational effect on space created by a ship within a Shakyan Bubble
V

 void
1. Words
2. ("‘void") See *cassymar void*