While the boys are off at camp, the girls go shopping, to buy Moya a disguise. Their expedition takes them to a black-market trading outpost; unfortunately, it also happens to be where the Peacekeepers have arranged a clandestine summit with the Scarrans, whose duplicity catches more than just Grayza offguard.
| Az Ko-nach |
unknown; transmission from a Scarran vessel (in Scarran) |
| Bioloid |
a replicant, a biomechaniod copy of a living person |
| Di-fan vivock! |
unknown; spoken by Ahkna (in Scarran) |
| Genetic modification |
another name for genetic transformation |
| Genetic transformation |
artificial species blending that temporarily alters the recipient's DNA |
| Gizah! |
unknown; spoken by Ahkna (in Scarran) |
| Jung |
idiomatic equivalent of god, goodness, or heaven: "Oh, thank jung!" |
| Katratzi |
a Scarran base |
| Kellek Nebula |
a nebula located within the Uncharted Territories, beyond which Grayza was willing to cede territory |
| Ko-nach! Frez-ne Ko-nach! |
unknown; transmission from a Scarran vessel (in Scarran) |
| Lanthal System |
division point within the Uncharted Territories that Grayza and Ahkna agreed to during their treaty negotiations |
| Lee! Eel-ca dir Stir-berk! Bac-du karekko o nailn tra marden, ska brecarro, pelotin. |
roughly, 'We saw one starburst a moment ago. We were afraid it was going to board us; thank you for scaring it away.' (in Skarran) |
| Mayla spores |
a hallucinogen |
| Milla-nerve |
pressure on this Nebari nerve paralyzes from the neck down |
| Nach-ko Frey-za Kalish-ah |
unknown; spoken by Sikozu (in Scarran) |
| Nah-ka set-at koth sekan devock! |
unknown; spoken by Ahkna (in Scarran) |
| Nak-ca Leh-vi-a-than? |
possibly, 'have you seen a Leviathan?' (in Scarran) |
| Nebari nu anits |
unknown; spoken by Chiana's masseuse |
| Nee-la trunk |
the component into which a sensor modulator is plugged |
| Prang |
anatomical location: "I wouldn't know one if it bit me on the prang." (secondary definition) |
| Pranged |
equivalent to screwed up: "What's with the comms? They're pranged." |
| Sense horizon |
the limit of a Leviathan's sensor range |
| Sensor distorter |
mechanism that fools long-range scans of a vessel's type |
| Sensor modulator |
a space-faring vessel's ID device |
| Skrillum |
portion of Nebari anatomy: "You carry a lot of tension in your skrillum." |
| SSDs |
commandos accompanying Grayza and Braca |
| Stryker |
the fastest type of Scarran military ship |
| Suggestibility potion |
added to a beverage, renders the drinker susceptible to suggestion |
| Tul-lum |
idiomatic equivalent of ass or fanny: "100 percent natural, my tul-lum." |
| Wisdom creases |
Noranti's term for wrinkles |
