Pre-Imperial

One of seven major Stations in low orbit around Terra. These Stations declined in utility and population after fusion drive propulsion became commonplace in the 2050s CE, and were dealt a death blow by antigrav propulsion in the 2080s CE.

Sumeru and Viracocha, plainly technological siblings, are multi-spoked variations on the wheel.

Commercial brand of isolation suits of transparent film, only a few score molecules thick, with pores that pass gases and water but nothing larger.

A medium-size sea in El Juego.

From Kiswahili for "ghost," a pacha is a virtual body in cyberspace.

Cyberspace meeting place for hackers, located in Cyberbia in downtown Greater Helium, on Alpha Ralpha Boulevard between the Grassy Knoll and Carter's Liver Pills.

Our Lady of the Nets is protected by various wards and firewalls; no one without a minimum level of hacker skills could make it past the First Veil.

A high-end portion of Cyberbia

Streets include Moebius Strip and Curdsan Way.

One of seven major Stations in low orbit around Terra. These Stations declined in utility and population after fusion drive propulsion became commonplace in the 2050s CE, and were dealt a death blow by antigrav propulsion in the 2080s CE.

Novy Mir has the perpetually-unfinished, girders-and-solar-panels look of the late 20th century, fuel tanks and spinnign habitat modules sticking out in every direction, plainly of a piece with Soyuz and the Apollo lander.

Located on Lake Victoria, Mwanza was the primary landing point for WaveRiders returning from Earth orbit. Mwanza was the transportation hub of Africa.

Backwater burg on the shores of the Sea of Dreams in El Juego.

High-class brothel in the town Morsville in El Juego. Madame Finstra's is located on High Street.