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Arcology
Noun. Any large, mostly or totally self-contained life-supporting structure is regarded as an Arcology. The term applies equally to huge structures on planets like Arco Heissan and orbital stations like Mobile Arco Atsuvan. Often shortened to Arco.
Azulette
Adjective. Having blue hair.

C

Courier Ship
Noun. A starship that purposefully relays, records, and transmits arbitrary information at its stops. Vimana are known to act as courier ships at times, barely emerging into Realspace long enough to exchange information before moving on.

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Engram
Noun. In the context of the practice of Enveneration, engrams are raw components of personhood. They include representations of memories as well as the bodily experiences of a person. They can be stored or expressed. A stored engram is held as data. An expressed engram is present in a body, and constantly changes as part of that body.
Envenerate
Noun. A person, especially a Veilene human, composed of engrams rather than growing from a zygote stage.
Verb. To combine engrams to form a new, independent person.
Exo
Noun. Short for Exoarmor. Catch-all term for multi-limbed or highly-articulated vehicles. Also used for teleic organisms with a native Hyladrome since these entities host their Dyads in a similar way.

H

Haecceity
Noun. Jargon in Object-Translational Travel and Hylaesis referring to the full is-ness of an organism, their entire spectrum of possible experience given their body or other self-identifying expression.

K

Ketmillenium
Noun. A period of 100,000 years.

R

Rosette
Adjective. Having pink hair.
Noun. A person with pink hair.

S

Signatory
Noun. A person or community that follows the Treaty of Tetyon, becoming part of TTMA.

T

Teleian
Noun. Organisms and/or species resulting from Simulated Evolution. Includes Ikoska, Vimana, Pulsids, Weavers, and more.

V

Vertette
Noun. Having green hair.

W

Worldlike
Noun. A planet, large space station, or other celestial object able to support its inhabitants on its own.

Y

Years Arcaelit Advent (AA)
Noun. The most common calendrical system among TTMA signatories. 0 AA is measured from the initial announcement of the Treaty of Tetyon.