| TERM |
DEFINITION OR EXPLANATION
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| Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer |
An instrument which scans items at long range. It can detect and identify
lifeforms and recreate images or forms on a screen.
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| HBDL |
Hanger Bay Door Lock, subverted by Raymond T. Butts in "Ray Butts."
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| K-Bar (K-9) |
Combat knife
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| Laser Pulse Cannons |
The main defense of the deep space merchant vessel.
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| LRKT |
Long Range Keck Telescope
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| M-590 |
Large photon combat rifles used by the 58th.
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| Mass Driver |
Sends materials to Earth from the moon.
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| MR Scope |
The "MR Scope" is a "Magnetic Resonance Scope." It operates on the same
principle as the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) equipment used in today's
hospitals to see inside the human body. It is not radar, but detects the
effect of a magnetic field on the different molecules within the object
being scanned.
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| Radio Frequency Metered Detonator |
Bomb detonator activated by a particular radio frequency.
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| Smart Grenades |
Grenades that are "launched" by tossing them into the air. Their tiny
gyros and fins propel these high-tech devices through the air using their
"intelligence" to seek out their prey. If a target manages to temporarily
conceal itself, these devices are able to stop "on a dime" in mid-air,
waiting for the right moment to strike.
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| SSM |
Surface-to-Surface Missile
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| Stun Stick |
Grenade
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| T-1450 LOS Satellite Uplink |
A Line-of-Sight (LOS) mini-dish, mobile satellite communications package.
(Think of a mini-RCA dish slapped onto a backpack.)
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| VID-PAD |
Info screen (fits on wrist)
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| Xenon Flashlights (XT Unit) | A flashlight which uses Xenon gas to
create a bright green light. Xenon gas fills the bulb in which the filament (of
whatever substance) is glowing. A current example would be a light bulb filled
with a non-reactive "noble" gas, such as a krypton flashlight bulb.
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