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
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