Glossary

Cassie uses a lot of future slang. Here's a small glossary, if you get confused.

Dead Zone: A place where nothing is happening or a stupid person

Farmer: A pilot of a 'tractor'. See 'tractor'

Foxtrot: 'Fuck'

Lostech: Lost technology, technology lost in the Succession Wars

Mech: Short for battlemech, humanoid war machines between 4 and 18 meters tall, 20 and 100 tons. The 'Kings Of The Battlefield' where she's from.

Merc: Mercenary

PBI: "Poor Bloody Infantry"

Periphery: The poverty stricken region of space ringing the Inner Sphere where she's from. Colliqually, any backwater.

PPC: Particle projection cannon, a powerful but heavy weapon. Also a kind of very strong drink.

Priff: See Periphery

Sierra: 'Shit'

SRM/LRM: Short/Long Range Missile. Comes in vehicle and shoulder mounted versions.

Tractor: A badly designed and/or maintained machine