Glossary of Terms

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## Credits

Written by: Sovereign (S92/OV)

Last Revision Stardate: 220421

Intended Audience: **All Commonwealth Members**

Reviewing Authority: Commonwealth Joint Chiefs

## "A"

### Aaru's Imports

Aaru Imports is the private venture of Aaru Dedef’ti of the Siqahi people, it’s headquarters being a displaced terrestrial moon orbiting a gas giant near Bassar’s star system called Silvanus Prime. It’s headquarters is a major trade hub to multiple races within the Black Eye Galaxy is a valuable knowledge resource on the quadrant’s species and worlds due to the Siqahi's natural affinity for exploration. Notably the moon used to be part of the Adversus Galaxy before it's displacement to the Lambda Quadrant and its tethering to the new orbit around the gas giant. First contact came from Siqahi explorers stumbling into Commonwealth space, followed by an immediate invention to browse their wares. (All first contacts are potential customers to the Siqahi). The Commonwealth's explanation of the Black Hole Galaxy finally cleared up much confusion considering where they are now and since the colony has become an unofficial embassy for their race.

### Alpha Source

Project Name: Omega Particles, currently present within all regions of the universe. Discovered and created by the U.S.S. Arizona in early February 2421, the Alpha Particle, aptly named for its for its creation, serves as a similar source of energy to Omega Particles. The only difference being that the charge of the isotopes have an opposite reaction, therefore the two initially cancels each other out, similar to other charged materials such as Nuridium and Tempestium.

### Altean Federation

The Altean Federation is a pacifistic and peaceful nature originating from the Lambda Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy.

### Anixis

Anixis VIII is a Class M world and home planet of the Anixi people. The Anixi people are a predominantly peaceful, albeit distrustful and xenophobic society ruled by Crown Prince.

### Anthropian Anarchism

Based in the Omega Quadrant and member of The Shadow Commonwealth, the Anthropian Anarchism is a canid species that has been plagued with consistent civil wars and power struggles between its various factions. Sinbad Naiver is a member of this species.

### Ardiovista

The Ardiovista Federation is a small Federation which controls only the home planet of Ardiovista. Unlike most civilisations in the known galaxies, the Ardiovista Federation is completely dominated by holographic and photonic lifeforms.

### Argentavia

Argentavia, also known as Beta Tau III is the third planet of the Beta Tau Star System first discovered by the U.S.S. Nemesis in 2420. Located in the unexplored regions of the Tau Quadrant, Argentavia is responsible for providing the United Commonwealth of Planets with the mapping data to form The Raleigh Project of early 2421.

### Argussian Republic

Milky Way Galaxy nomadic species that established a colony on Vectis (Tau Equus III) and became the Vectis Planetary Navy. Disappeared between 2422 to 2452.

### Arizona

Refers to the U.S.S. Arizona, a New Orleans Class Variant Starship currently in service by The Shadow Commonwealth.

### Arkhosian Legion

Former founding members of the United Commonwealth of Planets based on the planet Io (Arkhosia II-D) and now members of The Shadow Commonwealth remnant. A friendly draconic species based around openness and free exchange of information. Drake Flamestone is a member of this species.

### Arkhosia Star System

The *Arkhosia Star System*, also known as the *New Arkhosia Star System* is trinary star system containing three planets in the Omega Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy. The system was abandoned until 2419, where it became the location of the home planet of the Arkhosian Legion since their arrival from the Milky Way Galaxy and the site of the United Commonwealth of Planets main shipbuilding facilities.

### Asturia

Asturia is an M-Class World in the Exorna Sector of the Zeta Quadrant. Asturia has long been a vassal of the Rothian Corporation and has been under control of the empire since 2001. As a result, elements of Rothian culture have heavily influenced Asturia to the point where they are somewhat unrecognisable as a separate civilisation.

### Asturia (Battle of)

The *Battle of Asturia* was the first major battle in the *Aventis/Roth War* which lasted from 2423 to 2427.

### Auger Torpedo

Project Name: The Auger torpedo is a rare phasing weapon created in the secluded labs as a joint project between Sly Lunamonde and Laekada Davaxi of the Oblivion Verdict, a specialized torpedo formed from the experimentation of Eternium phasing biomatter. By infecting the Eternium with Vah'kohran crystal growths and controlled by a central memory crystal, the biomatter was able to be forcibly taken control of and programmed, giving an opportunity at initial experiments with phase technology.

### Aurellian Republic

Militaristic species resembling birds, the Aurellian Republic is known for their powerful navy although they are not based in the Black Eye Galaxy (M64). Black Eye Dominion leader, General Sylveris Lunamonde is a member of this species.

### Australis

Dubbed "Australis" by the United Commonwealth of Planets after the fictional continent of "Terra Australis" of Earth, which was theorised to be in the Southern Hemisphere until Australia was discovered by Europe in 1770.

### Avalid Empire

Species resembling goats attacked The Shadow Commonwealth in the late 2430's, the Avalid Empire are extremely aggressive and are known to worship the entity known as Aza'lon.

### Aventis (Aventis II)

Aventis is the home planet of the Aventis Empire, a central kingdom surrounded by fifty one individual vassal states. The planet was in a state of almost constant warfare during the years before the Aventis discovered a viable means of space travel.

### Aventis (Battle of)

During a mission to recover the mythical artefact, Calibur from Aventis Prime in April 2452. The U.S.S. Normandy (NCC-61944-A) accidentally broke the last bond of Aza'lon's prison, an imprisoned former member of The Q Continuum. This caused a strange wormhole to open in the vicinity of Aventis Prime and hundreds of vessels of the Avalid Empire to enter the system who proceeded to engage Aventis Empire forces in orbit while the Normandy was disabled and sent out a distress call. This provoked a response from the Galactic Commonwealth who arrived to help defend their Aventis allies, with the U.S.S. Republic and U.S.S. Wadjet attempt to close the wormhole that the Avalid ships were using to send more vessels into Aventis space. During the battle, a small task force of acquired *Consortium Aerie Class Surveyors* entered the system under the control of the *Rothian Liberation Army*, seizing the opportunity to take advantage of the distracted Aventis and launch an assault on Aventis Prime.

### Aventis Coaxial Warp Drive

Coaxial warp drive, also known as coaxial induction drive or simply coaxial drive, is a propulsion system used by the Aventis Empire, that functioned by drawing in subatomic particles and reconfiguring their internal geometries. This allowed a starship (or starbase) the capability to fold the fabric of space, allowing it to travel instantaneously across extremely large distances.

### Aventis Empire

Large Empire consisting of Humans that resides in the Zeta Quadrant. Based around the ideals of medieval chivalry and ruled over by an Emperor/Empress with three large houses. Based on the planet Aventis (Aventis II). Hild MacLowan, Celia MacLowan, Osgar MacLowan and Ginwald I are all members of this species.

### Aventis Steel

Aventis Steel, also known as "Aventinite" is one of the most closely guarded secrets in the entire Aventis Empire. Analysis by the United Commonwealth of Planets seems to indicate that Aventis Steel is not completely traditional steel but is a complex alloy consisting of several different components combined at the molecular level, including traditional iron ore and other minerals unique to several planets within the Aventis Empire such as Chilton (Yanshire IX).

### Aynir

The Aynir are a species which dominate the Globular Cluster, known as the Coma Berenices Dwarf Galaxy. They were first discovered by the survivors of the Commonwealth High Guard Fleet which became caught in the elusive Com Wormhole which passed through the Taon Star System during the Battle of Chion Prime in 2421.

## "B"

### Bajora Prime

Bajora Prime, originally known as Sentinel V was inhabited by the Bajoran people in 2420 when a request was made to the Commonwealth Council on behalf of the Bajoran First Minister by Bol Nevin for Commonwealth assistance in establishing a Black Eye colony. The Revelkan representative offered the fifth planet in their system as it doesn't meet their needs . Colonisation begun a roughly one month later. Bol Nevin, Kentar Ren, Kentar Edon and Kentar Yenti are all members of this species.

### Baltera Union

Originating from a species of Balaenoptera musculus (more commonly known as the "Blue Whale"), the Baltera Union originate from the planet of Balnera in the Lambda Quadrant. Originally a form of marine life on the planet, the Baltera's evolution was drastically accelerated due to contact with an unknown Cetacean Probe, which remained in orbit over their world for almost a thousand years, directly communicating with them through aquatic transmissions.

### Bannockburn

"Project: Bannockburn", named after the historical Battle of Bannockburn on Earth in 1314, was a Fleet Modernisation Program, concieved by General Sylveris Lunamonde, Sky Marshal Leogryn Romeli and General Sylveris Lunamonde, in partnership with the Black Eye Consortium.

### Battlestars

In 2452, the U.S.S. Normandy (NCC-61944-A) successfully discovered the believed to be mythical sword of Calibur, which had long been thought lost in the polar region of Aventis Prime, despite provoking a large attack from the Avalid Empire, the Aventis were intrigued by the Normandy's discovery and promoted a joint research team to survey the area in the hope of making more significant discoveries. In mid-April, 2452, a research team from Bajora Prime discovered a secret chamber at the *Lost City of Bal'durn* on the southern continent of the planet, where several ancient drawings had been preserved from a *pre-Arthurian era,* with *Quantum Dating* indicating that these documents were over 150,000 years old and came from a time when sentient life on Earth was only in its infancy.

### Bassari Socialist Republics

The Bassari Socialist Republics are a small empire located near the core of the Black Eye Galaxy in the Lambda Quadrant on Bassar (Bassar III). Known for their shrewd and inventive protection over their territory, they resemble small mammals, similar to Terran Raccoons and follow a self-enacted policy of isolationism known as the "Bulwark Policy".

### Berenices A

Named for the *Berenices Constellation* of which the Black Eye Galaxy (M64) is located within, *Berenices A* is two *Supermassive Black Holes* located at the center of the Black Eye Galaxy. Known as *Berenices A\** and *Berenices B\**

### Bifrost

Project: Bifrost, named for the mythical bridge in Norse Mythology, was a technological initative developed using Borg, Iconian and Vectis Planetary Navy technology to create a new spatial gate, similar to that of currently existing Iconian Spatial Gateways.

### Biolinear Circuitry

*Biolinear Circuitry* is the basis of much *25th Century Galactic Commonwealth* computer technology, replacing traditional *Isolinear* and *Bio-Neural Computer Processing Systems* which had been the original preferred system of Commonwealth starships since 2419.

### Black Eye Borg Collective

The origin of the Black Eye Borg Collective can be traced back to the creation of the New Romulan Empire within the Black Eye Galaxy. Romulan scientists based on the world of Leahval in the Tau Quadrant brought with them several specimens of Borg nanoprobes to the Black Eye Galaxy during the year of 2419, using the Iconian Gateway discovered in the Leahval System to conduct raids on "The Vault" facility in the Milky Way Galaxy.

### Black Eye Consortium

The Black Eye Consortium is a collection of races, mercenaries, and black marketeers that believe that it is in their best interests to increase the overall worth of the galaxy via improving the standards of life across the galaxy. Notably, antagonistic factions will reduce this overall worth of the galaxy, which bounties are frequently put up to inflict strikes upon detrimental elements to the cause. This gives them an unusual habit of bad practices turned (mostly) good, as their influence to stabilize the galaxy for net profit will sometimes compel the Consortium's main government to enlist Economic and Humanitarian bounties to failing governments that they can achieve a shared profit with. Lurai Kir and Kirv Goldblade are both members of this faction, including the C.S.V. Redwake.

### Black Eye Dominion

The Black Eye Dominion was formed shortly after the conclusion to The Worthless War and subsequent collapse of the United Commonwealth of Planets. Led by General Sylveris Lunamonde, the Black Eye Dominion allied with the Chimera, taking a far more militaristic role in the events of the Black Eye Galaxy.

### Black Eye Galaxy (M64)

The Black Eye Galaxy (Evil Eye Galaxy, Sleeping Beauty Galaxy, M64, Messier 64 or NGC 4826) is relatively isolated Spiral Galaxy located 17 Million light years from the Milky Way, in the constellation of Coma Berenices. First discovered in March of the Earth Year 1779 by Edward Pigott, as well as Charles Messier in 1780, the Black Eye Galaxy is one of the most unique galaxies ever discovered in the night sky due to its unique dark band of interstellar dust around a bright nucleus which resembles that of a human iris.

### Black Eye Treaty Organisation

The Black Eye Treaty Organisation, also known as *"BETO"*, is an intergovernmental military alliance between the Galactic Commonwealth, Black Eye Dominion and Black Eye Consortium. First proposed in 2453, the objective of BETO was to create peaceful stability within the Black Eye Galaxy following The Abyss War of 2452.

### Bunuaa

Home to the leporine Robun species, Bunuaa vanished in early 2421. Originally residing near the Rothian Union in the Zeta Quadrant, the Bunuaa were instrumental in creating the Upper Galactic Alliance which temporarily brought peace to the region. Inky is a member of this species and the R.S.S. Yggdrasil serves as a typical model of Robun starship design, once allied to the United Commonwealth of Planets.

## "C"

### Calibur

*Calibur* or *Cali'bur*, in *Ancient Aventis* is the legendary sword of the *Nameless King* of the Aventis Empire, predating the reign of *Excalis I* by thousands of years, from long before the Aventis Empire became a spacefaring society. Despite being a scared relic to the Aventis Empire, the legend of *Calibur* is barely recognised in modern Aventis society and has been likened by Galactic Commonwealth scholars as similar to that of *Excalibur,* the legendary sword of *King Arthur*, a mythological figure from Earth in the Milky Way Galaxy.

### Callisto

Refers to the U.S.S. Callisto, a Luna Class Starship representing the United Commonwealth of Planets, the ship was decommissioned in 2421.

### Callisto Class Black Hole

The Callisto-Class Black Hole (named for the vessel that discovered it, the U.S.S. Callisto), is a highly unusual Quantum Singularity originally observed in the Sandranj Star System.

### Cal'tardona

Cal'tardona, also known as Cal'tardona III is a planet in the Cal'tardona Star System in the Zeta Quadrant. Loosely translated as "Planet of Starlight" in Rothian language, Cal'tardona was first visiting by the U.S.S. Hiryu in 2419, following the capture of Admiral Orion Windwalker by the Rothian Corporation for analysis of the metaphasic radiation present in his cells, following a shore leave visit on Ba'ku, many years beforehand.

### Chechenia

Chechenia, also known as Omega Reticuli XIII, is the last planet of the Omega Reticuli Star System. Located on the edge of the Omega Quadrant, Chechenia is a frozen world which somewhat resembles the planet Pluto of the Sol Star System in the Milky Way Galaxy. Chechenia is known for its city of Freeport, one of the largest criminal cities in the Omega Quadrant.

### Chechenia (Battle of)

In June 2421, the Umojan Empire, largely controlled by *Baron Telphos* following the disgrace and dissappearance of *Baron Yaj'reth Morphos* during the loss of Chion Prime, launched an attack on the planet of Chechenia (Omega Reticuli XIII) in order to cut off the Black Eye Consortium trade contracts in that reason as *Telphos* believed that removing the *Black Market* contracts would directly weaken the Consortium and by extension, the United Commonwealth of Planets.

### Chimera

Created on the Earth mirror, Terra Secunda, the Chimera are the result of a human super soldier program known as *Project Hyena*. When the humans on the alternate Earth were wiped out by what is known as the *Helix Virus*, it left the Chimera to inherit the planet.

### Chion Forever

Chion Forever was a extremist xenophobic terrorist organisation dedicated to the expulsion of all non-Chioni from Chion Prime (Taon V), as well as the withdrawal of the Chioni Collective from the United Commonwealth of Planets.

### Chioni Collective

Former founding members of the United Commonwealth of Planets, the Chioni are small, social furred creatures which have a peaceful society based around the notion of cosmic balance. Their home planet, Chion Prime (Taon V) in the Omega Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy suffered terribly during The Worthless War, seeing an Umojan occupation the oversaw the deaths of over 5 million Chioni. This action caused the Chioni to become isolationist and distrustful of outsiders. It was revealed with the discovery of Eternity Station in 2421 that the Chioni were actually a servitor race of the Iconian Empire. Akko Kratz and Rannis Kratz are both members of this species.

### Chion Prime (Taon V)

Chion Prime is the home planet of the Chioni Collective and orbits the star known as *"Taon's Eye".* As Chioni mythology involved a great deistic leviathan that in his despair of not having anything he could relate to, eventually began to break as a god, his body crumbling into thousands of shards to form the Chioni. Satisfied that he was not alone anymore, all he could do was rest, since all that remained was his head, which was to be the sun.

### Chion Prime (Battle of)

On the 14th February 2421, the *Umojan Empire's 8th Expeditionary Fleet* launched a suprise attack on Chion Prime, after psionically manipulating newly elected *President of the United Commonwealth of Planets*, Bol Nevin to sabotage the Chioni Shield Matrix, disabling the shield. Facing a large amount of Umojan vessels exiting from an unknown form of instellar propulsion, *Commonwealth Sky Marshal,* Leogryn Romeli ordered the Commonwealth High Guard Fleet to engage the Umojan Fleet, leading to the loss of the almost the entire High Guard Fleet as they were easily ripped apart by the Umojan's *Pure Antiproton Weaponry*.

### Cigar Galaxy (M82)

Virtually nothing is known about the Cigar Galaxy, other then it being the origin of the Umojan Empire. The galaxy was first entered by the U.S.S. Normandy (NCC-61944-A) in 2421 by using a modified *Commonwealth/Umojan Advanced Frameshift Drive* provided to them from a future Commonwealth vessel that crashed on Commonwealth (Commonwealth I) earlier that year.

### Claidheamh Mòr

Refers to the U.S.S. Claidheamh Mòr, an Excalibur Class Starship and former United Commonwealth of Planets vessel, now serving the Black Eye Dominion

### Cold Plasma Armor

One of the last major technological projects developed by the United Commonwealth of Planets before its collapse in December 2421, Cold Plasma Armor is an unprecedented leap forward in hull reinforcement technology.

### Condemned

Former members of the Ek'kon Empire of the Tau Quadrant. The Condemned are the collective name for the surviving clans of the Maw Prison Installations after the fall of the Ek'kon Empire. They are technologically inferior to the United Commonwealth of Planets.

### Commonwealth Cloak

An expansion on the more traditional cloaking device, it was designed to phase sequence the structure of matter and energy to such a rate that it was possible to allow any vessel utilizing the device to pass through normal matter in the phased state. The prototype has been installed on the U.S.S. Wadjet.

### Commonwealth Star System

The *Commonwealth Star System*, is a star system containing one planet in the Omega Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy. The system was discovered in Feburary 2419 and was chosen as the sight of the first United Commonwealth of Planets colony due to the system containing one uninhabited *Class M* planet.

### Colonial Defence Force

The Colonial Defence Force was founded in December 2421 after the collapse of the United Commonwealth of Planets. Led by former Commonwealth Sky Marshal Leogryn Romeli, the Colonial Defence Force was formed to protect planets in the wake of the Commonwealth's collapse, responding to potential threat to the independence of many different worlds.

### Corneria

Corneria is the fourth planet of the Lylat System in the Zeta Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy. Known as the "Mother" planet of the local Lylatians and the natives of Corneria (called Cornerians), Corneria is current home to 85% of the total life within the Lylat Star System.

### Corneria (Battle of)

The Battle of Corneria was fought over the planet of Corneria in the Zeta Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy, on the 1st September 2419.

### Cronus

The Cronus were an extremely advanced race of "living machines" which existed in the Tau Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy (M64) approximately 500,000 years ago. They are believed to be the species that built the probe V'Ger.

### Ctarl-Ctarl Empire

The Ctarl-Ctarl are a humanoid-feline hybrid race based in the Beta Quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy. However with the establishment of the United Commonwealth of Planets, the Ctarl-Ctarl have established the major Commonwealth world of New Ctarl-Ctarl within the heart of Commonwealth space. New Ctarl-Ctarl once served as the capital of the Commonwealth before moving to Chion Prime, with the election of President Akko Kratz of the Chioni Collective in April 2420.

### Ctarl-Ctarl Phase Drive

Experimental propulsion technology used by the Ctarl-Ctarl Empire. It has also been equipped and is on loan to the U.S.S. Arizona.

## "D"

### Da'toh

Planet of the ancient Verakian Empire, Da'toh was one of the main sources of the Empire's Nuridium supply.

### Dade

Planet of the Kingdom of the Siqahi in the *Adversus Galaxy*, the satellite dwarf galaxy of the Black Eye Galaxy. Dade is a major tourist destination in the kingdom due to its unique purple haze skies.

### Daybreaker

Developed during The Worthless War, *Project: Daybreaker* was a large-scale sector-wide weapon developed by *Commonwealth Intelligence* in order to combat the Umojan Empire.

### Defilers

The Defilers (designated as much by the Umojan Empire) are a race of cybernetic creatures originating from the Cigar Galaxy. Created centuries ago by a species known as the *Ril'ness*, the Defilers were designed to combat the growing influence of the Umojan Empire throughout the Cigar Galaxy. The *Ril'ness* were a passive, peaceful species who sought to protect various worlds that had fallen to Umojan rule and objected to the Umojan philosophy of *"forced peace"* through conquest.

### Deep Space Three (Battle of)

Also known as the *Battle of DSIII*. Taking place in October 2418 in the *Tyrannus System* of the *Alpha Quadrant* of the Milky Way Galaxy. In 2418, a newly encountered species emerged to attack *Federation Starbase, Deep Space Three* and captured the aging starbase for themselves. Known as the Verakian Empire, they were actually refugees from the Black Eye Galaxy (M64), who had used an ancient *Iconian Gateway*, buried in a subspace layer within the *Tyrannus System* to travel to the Milky Way some few hundred years ago. The Verakian Empire annexed the region of space around Deep Space Three on the northern-most border of Federation space, which had long since become unimportant to the rest of the Federation, sending their disgraced ships to the rather uneventful assignment, the U.S.S. Warrior had previous been assigned to this starbase due to his actions following the massacre of an Argussian Republic colony on Veridian III by the *Fen Domar* a few years earlier.

### Dromtlatico

The Dromtl are a species of dromaeosaurid, theropod, dinosaur like species, originating form the *Adversus Galaxy*, that are known for high intelligence but limited ambition.

### Durendal Radiant Sword

The *Durendal Radiant Sword* was a project developed by the Aventis Empire, during the reign of Empress Celia MacLowan in 2430. Developed with traditional Aventis Steel, the aim of the project was to create a new series of weapons technology for the Aventis Army which would prove more effective against standard energy based weapons of many other species in the Black Eye Galaxy, enhancing the energy collection abilities of Aventis Steel.

## "E"

### Ek'kon (Ek'kon V)

Ek'kon also known as *Ek'kon V*, is the fifth planet of the *Ek'kon Star System* of the Tau Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy. It is a Class M world consisting of large ranges of mountains and gigantic sprawling wastelands. Originally the home of the *Ek'kon Empire*, a minor power within the Tau Quadrant, Ek'kon was once a planet renowed for its beauty and stunning waterfalls as well as its art and culture. The *Ek'kon Empire* had one of the most peaceful societies in the known galaxy, due to the fact that all criminals were exiled to the *Maw* facilities, large asteroid prison complexes built on *Ek'kon's* asteroidal moons, which gave rise to the Condemned.

### Endothia

The Endothia are a parasitic plant organism which is believed to originate somewhere within the Black Eye Galaxy. These are extremely aggressive beings and are believed to be sentient, operating through a unique collective intelligence.

### Energy Dampening Ablative Plating

Developed for the U.C.S. Nightshade (NX-91996-A), the experimental "EDAB" or "Energy Dampened Ablative Armor" which proved to be extremely effective at limiting energy emissions from smaller vessels and making them more difficult to detect. However, for the Energy Dampened matrix to work, the entire hull of the ship would have to be polarized, meaning that the power requirements for this would be unsuitable for a Science Vessel, who had to have its main power systems diverted to power its science facilities and additional sensor pallets. Such technology gives a distinctive *Chromium* look to all vessels deploying it with distinctive blue markings from *Chioni* energy reinforcement.

### Energy Ribbon (The Nexus)

The U.S.S. Republic encountered the Nexus again in December 2421, in the Omega Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy (M64), leading to the hypothesis that the ribbon travels through more galaxies then just the Milky Way Galaxy.

### Enteris (Shattershield)

Located on Aventis Prime (Aventis II), *Enteris*, also known as *"Shattershield"* to non-aventis is the capital city of the Aventis Empire and one of the oldest.

### Eternal Prison

The Eternal Prison is the name of the immense Raysillian Energy Field around the centre of the Black Eye Galaxy.

### Eternium

Eternium, is the keratin-like substance produced by The Pryde of Ma'lkon. It has the ability to consume both organic and inorganic components in order to develop itself further. If enough substances are converted and the Eternium can reach a certain size or mass, it can produce sentience on its own as it forms more complex nucleotide sequences.

### Eternium Kleptocracy

A small Empire formed from Eternium that has achieved sentience. It was eliminated in early 2420 by the *Raysillian Empire.*

### Eternium Plague (Foxune Eternium Plague)

Developed by the Rothian 13th Legion in early 2421, Foxune Eternium Plague was designed using the same *Triple-Helix Sequence* that Eternium and The Pryde of Ma'lkon bio-technology uses. Originally developed by the 13th Legion and commissioned as a research project by Primus Picus O'Kann, this version of the plague was originally intended for use on the Black Eye Borg Collective (Formally Sobekka Hegemony), to free the Sobekka Hegemony from their implants, removing a threat to the dominance of a reborn Rothian Corporation in the Zeta Quadrant. Foxune Prime was chosen as the planet to test this virus (known as RN-564-Omega) due to its isolated position, with the 13th Legion unaware that the Foxune Federation had officially joined the United Commonwealth of Planets. The Foxune were also chosen due to their incredible ability to mutate their own DNA, giving them access to extraordinary abilities.

### Eternity Station

Discorved by Admiral Shon Tempest and the crew of the U.S.S. Republic following the fall of the United Commonwealth of Planets in December 2421. *Eternity Station*, translated from Iconian, is a massive Iconian megastructure capable of hiding itself by phasing into subspace like *Iconian Space Gateways* are capable of doing.

### Exorna Regalis

Originally settled in the early 15th Century, Exorna Regalis was the first world to be settled by the *Rothian Federation.* During this time, the Rothian civilisation was a representative capitalist democracy and the bountiful resources of Exorna Regalis made the colony an attractive opportunity for investors.

### Exorna Regalis (Battle of)

In 2425, during an invasion of Roth Prime (Roth I), the Aventis Empire successfully forced an unconditional surrender of their long time enemy, the Rothian Union. This event essentially sent political shockwaves through the Black Eye Galaxy, with both the Foxune Federation and Black Eye Consortium condemning Celia MacLowan, *High-Empress* of the Aventis Empire as a tyrant bent on galactic domination.

### Extra-Galactic Species

A list of species that exist outside the Black Eye Galaxy (M64).

### Eye

Developed by the original *Stratis* civilisation of Insidea using Cronus technology, *The Eye* is a powerful weapon that was believed to be never completed or deployed before the Stratis civilisation were destroyed by *"Eshu"*, an Old Ones and has been left abandoned on the surface of the planet for thousands of years, concealed within a rock formation, which was originally one of the highest points on Insidea before Eshu crashed into the planet. The weapon itself is a powerful field generator that dramatically increase or decrease the mass of an object either on the planet or in orbit, causing the atomic disruption within a targeted area which would render a target heavily susceptible to gravitational fields. This weapon is believed to have caused the death of Eshu after the Stratis had incapacitated the huge creature with a *Compressed Tempestrium Beam,* causing Eshu to be dragged down by the planets gravity and killing the Old One before the Stratis downloaded themselves into computers, becoming the modern Strategos Collective.

## "F"

### Foxune (Foxune III)

Foxune was discovered by S.S. Wynter Life in May 2420. It is the home planet of the Foxune species.

### Foxune Eternium Plague

Developed by the Rothian 13th Legion in early 2421, Foxune Eternium Plague was designed using the same *Triple-Helix Sequence* that Eternium and The Pryde of Ma'lkon bio-technology uses.

### Foxune Federation

Foxune Federation, or Foxune for short is a vulpine (Fox) like species that functions similarly to humanity in societal terms. They elect leaders based on who the people think would fit the role the best. The only difference is the people vote for the "king" and "queen" of Foxune instead of a president like modern humans. They also prefer to worship some human religions such as Satanism and Christianity. Humans have believed that god sent two foxes a male and female from heaven to an earth like planet leaving them to evolve and repopulate as intelligent life forms. Life has always been survival of the fittest for both mutants and normal Foxune. They run like a federal republic in society.

### Foxune Wormhole

Discovered by S.S. Wynter Life in 2419 leading to the *Foxune System*, the Zeta Quadrant wormhole is a highly unusual and stable wormhole discovered in orbit around the Class M world of Commonwealth.

## "G"

### Galactic Commonwealth

The *Galactic Commonwealth*, known just simply as the *"Commonwealth"* is a reformed version of the United Commonwealth of Planets created in February 2452, over 30 years since the fall of the original United Commonwealth of Planets.

### Galra Empire

The Galra are a militaristic race from the Lambda Quadrant who place a high value on physical strength and believe themselves better than most, if not all, other races they have come into contact with. They might not immediately jump into combat, but it does not take much to goad them into doing so.

### Gemini Effect

The *Gemini Effect* was the name give to the project of temporal research conducted by *Doctor Paul Manheim* in 2364. The effect itself creates a temporal disturbance in the space-time continuum that allows two same ships to exist simultaneously in different locations. The effect was temporary and the duplicate ship would eventually disappear, but this did allow Starfleet to bolster in numbers in short engagements against the enemy. The U.S.S. Callisto was equipped with a refinded version of the *Gemini Effect* during her refit in late 2420, that allowed the two ships to occupy the same space time for much longer, due to the temporal expertise of Shon Tempest.

### Ghast Dominion

Tales of the Ghast Dominion appear in the mythological works of countless cultures, specifically in the folklore of *North America*, *Europe* and *Asia* on *Earth*. Known more floridly as the *Crossroads Demon*, the *Ghast* seem to have the power to warp reality to their choosing, almost on the same level as The Q Continuum. In actuality, a lot is not known about the species calling themselves the *Ghast Dominion* however it has been confirmed they originate from another *subspace domain* known as *the "Innerworld"*, in which they seem to be able to cross over into normal space, with no indications that they either age, nor die from natural causes.

### Gloreen (Gloreen VI)

Gloreen is a Class O planet in the Gloreen Sector of the Omega Quadrant. Gloreen is the home planet to the Gloreen Commune, a non-humanoid species composed of mostly gelatinous fluid. Based on information given by the *"Prime Designate"* of the Gloreen species, the Gloreen involved in the oceans of this world, starting out as a single cell organism which reproduced by cellular mitosis until the entire ocean of Gloreen became the entity itself. During the 2100's through to the 2300's, the Gloreen engineered great living vessels in order to explore the universe.

### Gloreen Commune

Tales of the Ghast Dominion appear in the mythological works of countless cultures, specifically in the folklore of *North America*, *Europe* and *Asia* on *Earth*. Known more floridly as the *Crossroads Demon*, the *Ghast* seem to have the power to warp reality to their choosing, almost on the same level as The Q Continuum. In actuality, a lot is not known about the species calling themselves the *Ghast Dominion* however it has been confirmed they originate from another *subspace domain* known as *the "Innerworld"*, in which they seem to be able to cross over into normal space, with no indications that they either age, nor die from natural causes.

### Gol Anocracy

The Gol Anocracy is a small collection of clans that evolved on the world of Gol in the Lambda Quadrant. This loosely governed empire was founded over one thousand years ago, 1420's by the Warlord "Gol the Unblemished".

### Gradis Collective

The *Gradis Collective* is long forgotten section of *Borg Collective* from the original Borg homeworld of Immutis before it was shattered across the space-time continuum. As a result of this incident various *"copies"* of Immutis was created across the universe, resulting in various different versions of the same planet, creating the version of Immutis discovered by the U.S.S. Normandy (NCC-61944-A), the Immutis belonging to the *Gradis Collective* and the original homeworld of the *Borg Collective*.

## "H"

### Halouvan

Home planet of the Holy Halouvan Theocracy, located in the Lambda Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy (M64).

### Halouvan Theocracy

The Holy Halouvan Theocracy is a government based on the planet Halouvan in the Lambda Quadrant. Its history can be summarised to having relative isolation to the rest of the galaxy due to the sparsely populated quadrant, but the core tenets behind the faith that the overwhelming majority of inhabitants of the planet follow is a mixture of egalitarianism and tolerance.

### Harlot (Harlot III)

Harlot III, or simply *"Harlot"* is an H Class planet in close proximity to the Hexadecimal Nebula on the border of Strategos space in the Tau Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy. Despite not possessing warp technology, the current people of Harlot came to live there from the Class M world of Harlot IV. The native Harlot people were on the cusp of developing their first extraterrestrial colony in 2365 when Harlot IV exploded, causing the destruction of the Harlot civilisation except for the colonists on Harlot III.

### Hataxium

*Hextaxium,* also known as *"Dragon's Eye"* is an element discovered by U.S.S. Normandy (NCC-61944-A) Chief Science Officer, *Hextaxi* when the Normandy crashed on the planet of Immutis.

### Hexadecimal Nebula

The Hexadecimal Nebula is a large Nebula on the border of Strategos Collective space within the Tau Quadrant of the Black Eye Galaxy.

### Highborn Republic

The Highborn Republic is democratic union of the planet Maladroon in the Tau Quadrant. The entire of the planets population is entirely synthetic but unlike other cybernetic civilisations like the Strategos Collective or Black Eye Borg Collective, the Highborn are entirely individual, with each unit being able to act with full autonomy in accordance with their wishes and desires.

### Hiryu

Refers to the U.S.S. Hiryu, a *Sao Paulo-Class (Defiant Class Starship Variant)* serving the United Commonwealth of Planets in 2420.

### His Eternal Love

*"His Eternal Love"*, also known as *"Its Eternal Love"* to the *"Neo Dominion"* denomination of the Jaqc Monocracy is a *Red Matter Capacitor Weapon* provided to the Jaqc by unknown means.

### Honourless Syndrome

*Ribose 5-Phosphate Isomerase,* otherwise known as *"Honourless Syndrome"* is a rare genetic disorder common to most humanoid species, including Humans, Vulcans and Aventis. Known as *"Honourless Syndrome"* in the Aventis Empire due to the pre-Empire belief that Honourless Syndrome only afflicted those *"without honour"* before the advancement of medical science, the disease is considered one of the rarest genetic diseases in the known universe, affecting only a handful of different families, including *House Fullex*. Honourless Syndrome is characterised as an enzymopathy of the pentose phosphate pathway. It manifests with progressive *leukoencephalopathy* and peripheral neuropathy.

### House of Gik'tal

*Gik'tal* (meaning *"To The Death"* in Klingonese) was the name adopted of one of the serving houses of the *House of Duras* within the *Klingon Empire.* As one of the largest *Great Houses* of the Klingon Empire and with seats on the *Klingon High Council*, *House Gik'tal* was composed of the remnants of dishonoured and discommended families within the Empire who had been been given service by the *House of Duras* as servants and additional military forces.

### House Telkana

House Telkana are one of the three largest *Great Houses* of the Aventis Empire. Although House Telkana originated from Aventis Prime, along with all the other current *Great Houses*, Telkana left the planet in order to colonise their new home planet of Wightnare in 2183.

## "I"

### Io (Arkhosia II-D)

Also known as "*New Arkhosia"*, Io is the name of a habitable moon of the gas giant *Arkhosia Prime* which is the second planet within the *Arkhosia Star System*. The planet has served as both the administrative capital of the United Commonwealth of Planets and later, the Galactic Commonwealth.

### Io (Battle of)

The entire Fleet is called back to Io from an emergency distress call from the Wadjet detecting a huge subspace rupture approaching the Arkhosia system. Unable to believe what he is seeing, Avalid vessels have managed to alter the mass of a rogue sun, which they plan to send hurtling on a near miss with the Arkhosian Star System.

### Ionus

Ionus is the capital of the Galactic Commonwealth, established in the year 2041 after the destruction of Commonwealth I during the Worthless War. Ionus is also the capital city of the Arkhosian Legion, and the seat of it's leader Thaddeus Flamestone as well as the Commonwealth's president Aaru Dedef’ti. The city is renown for its rich Arkhosian history, and after becoming the capital of the Commowealth it's population exploded into one of the galaxies most popular and most cosmopolitan cities. Now the city is known as one where you can do anything and see anything, and in a way has become the black eye galaxy in miniature form. This popularity has made the city, and the Arkhosians, enormous wealth, on the other hand balancing all of these cultures has proven challenging, and many Arkhosians worry about the city drowning out their own culture.

### Immutis

Immutis is a planet that exists in a *Pocket Dimension* outside of the known universe.

### Immortal Prison

The Immortal Prison is the name of the naturally occurring anomaly located between the *Andromeda*, *Triangulum* and *Milky Way* galaxies.

### Imperial Commonwealth

A twisted reflection of the United Commonwealth of Planets and later Galactic Commonwealth, the *Imperial Commonwealth of Planets* is an authoritarian dictatorship from an alternate reality known as *"The Mirror Universe"* , established by former officers of the *Terran Empire* in the Milky Way Galaxy. After a succession of Emperors, Emperor Leogryn Romeli (Mirror) slaughtered his way to the top of the Imperial Throne in collusion with his devious concubine Ahnoh Echegaray (Mirror).

### Insidea (Formally "Stratis")

Stratis is the original home planet of the Stratis (and later Strategos) civilisation, located in the *Strategos Sector* of the Tau Quadrant.

### Interstellar Alliance

Based on the planet of *Curnaris* in the unexplored regions of the Omega Quadrant, the *Interstellar Alliance* is a powerful alliance of multiple planets spreading across 2,000 Light Years. The Interstellar Alliance is a member of the Galactic Commonwealth.

### Irasca (Omega Orenns V)

First encountered by the U.S.S. Normandy (NCC-61944-A) in July 2421, the fifth planet of the *Irasca Star System*, is located in the *Orenns Sector* of the Omega Quadrant, intersecting the furthest edge of Symphony of Lor'ia'tu space.