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New Park District
– Located on the Dome level (see above), the New Park District is as the name suggests, an area within U.S.S.B. Sanctuary that is filled with various picturesque parks and forests; it also contains within its borders the subterranean base’s museum complex

GMRC Command Complex
– A large office complex with a central skyscraper (or domescraper) located on the Dome level of U.S.S.B. Sanctuary

Brecon Beacons National park
– An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) located in the country of Wales, which itself is a part of the United Kingdom. There are three other countries in the union: England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Supreme Court of California
– The highest court in the state of California, USA.

Pelican Bay State Prison
– A supermax correctional facility located in Crescent City, California, USA.

Mission Control Center (NASA)
– Located in the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, USA, the Control Center acts as the hub of operations conducted by NASA.

The Auditorium
– The largest space module ever built, prefabricated on the surface in the year 2032, and assembled in space a year later, it acts as the central node of the International Space Station (ISS). It has multiple uses including: a mission centre, conference room and viewing gallery.

ALMA
– The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile, South America. The array consists of sixty-six radio telescopes which have two sizes of dish, twelve and seven metres in diameter. ALMA has many uses, once of which is the study of comets.

TSKA –
The
Two Square Kilometre Array. Built in the year 2025 in Peru. An array of radio telescopes spread out over two square kilometres.

Redwood Highway
– Is a road that straddles two U.S. states, California and Oregon. The northern part of the highway consists of Route 199, while the southern portion connects with Route 101.

Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
– A preservation area for old-growth redwood trees. Designated as a Californian state park, it surrounds part of the Redwood Highway (see above /overleaf).

Anakim Sphinx
– An ancient monument located beneath the surface of a deep lake inside Sanctuary Proper. Date of construction: unknown.

Anakim Arch
– A massive crystalline structure located in Sanctuary Proper.

Arc de Triomphe
– An iconic French monument located in Paris, France. It is the largest triumphal arch in the world (excluding Anakim structures as above).

The Parthenon
– A spectacular building located in Athens, Greece. Constructed in the fifth century B.C., the Parthenon was used as a temple in an ancient citadel called the Acropolis of Athens.

Elgin Marbles
– A wonderful collection of marble relief sculptures that once adorned the Parthenon in Greece (see above). Also called the Parthenon Marbles, and displayed in the British Museum in London since 1817, there is still dispute as to which country should have ownership of these precious works.

APPENDIX M

TECHNOLOGY, ARTEFACTS & OBJECTS

Thermal Density Reduction (T.D.R.)
– Excavation technology utilised in the creation of large scale subterranean chambers.

Netcube
– A storage device for computers using a state-of-the-art fluid drive instead of the cumbersome hard disc drives which preceded them. Used to store massive amounts of data, a Netcube is capable of storing the majority of mainstream data held on the World Wide Web. (Also known as a ‘webinabox’.)

RV
– Acronym used by the military for a rendezvous point. Also used as an acronym for a ‘remote vehicle’.

Thermal sword
– Darklight personal weapon.

SABRE
– Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine, an engine that operates in both air-breathing and rocket modes. Developed by Reaction Engines / www.reactionengines.co.uk.

DPD
– Digital Parchment Paper.

Stelae
– Carved stone monuments, singular
stela
.

T.I.I.
– Thermal Image Intensifier.

Air-shuttle
– A specially designed vehicle which travels on rails and through a large transparent tunnel / tube. An air-shuttle is the fastest way out of the USSB and into Sanctuary Proper (and vice versa). Propulsion is in the form of gravitational pull, staged rocket burns and strategically placed air-jets (assisted by a low-resistance cushion of air).

Computer phone
– Advanced mobile phone with the processing power to run advanced software packages. Acts as a personal computer as well as a smart phone. Computer phones are able to connect to wallscreens and monitors via induction ports.

United States Credits (USC)
– Currency used in United States subterranean bases. One USC is equivalent to one U.S. dollar.

The Centipede
– Remote operated all-terrain supply vehicle. Multiple wheels, low ground clearance and an articulated chassis enable the machine to scale near vertical climbs and all manner of obstacles.

Quantum processor
– Super powerful computer processor based on a qubits (quantum bits) rather than bits. These processors can carry out a far greater number of computations than computer architecture utilised in the first two decades of the twenty-first century.

UAV
– Unmanned aerial vehicle, also known as a drone.

Wallscreen
– Large, interactive monitor attached to a wall, usually taking up the entire surface.

HUD
– Head-up display, or heads-up display. Data projection onto a transparent screen / visor / window allowing a user to continue looking in the desired direction while being kept apprised of real-time information.

Deep Space Detection Array (D.S.D.A.)
– NASA and U.S. military satellite in high Earth orbit. Categorised as an unacknowledged Special Access Programme / black project. Capabilities: satellite disruption technology and deep space surveillance imager.

OLED
– Organic light-emitting diode. Utilised in monitors, televisions and other visual displays.

Monotube
– Public metro transportation system in USSB Sanctuary. Utilising a high-speed mono-rail configuration, the train navigates the subterranean base via a network of transport channels and tunnels.

MX4 assault rifle
– Advanced projectile weapon used by the U.S. military and Darklight security firm.

Beam rifle
– Sophisticated non-projectile weapon capable of unleashing high-powered energy in the form of a beam.

Vacuum Lift
– Super fast mechanism used to transport people up or down within a structure / facility.

Deep Reach helmet
– High-tech headwear worn by S.E.D. Deep Reach personnel.

Multifunction card (M.F. card)
– Given to permanent USSB residents, the MF card acts as a door key, sector pass, credit / debit card, data storage device and identity badge.

Mayan map
– Dated at over a thousand years old, the dense metallic tablet was unearthed by Sarah Morgan in 2040 at the Ruins of Copán in Honduras.
Consisting of Mayan hieroglyphs around a single line, the simple inscriptions portray a map linking together the ancient Mayan cities.

Anakim parchments
– Collected by Sarah, Trish and Jason from a number of sources, these ancient scrolls are made from an unknown material which fails to degrade over time. They also have the capability to store large amounts of data and act like a digital display when activated using Sarah’s pentagonal pendant.

Anakim orbs
– Ancient relics unearthed in Sanctuary Proper by an S.E.D. archaeology team.

Anakim pendants
– two metallic pentagonal pendants found by Sarah Morgan during previous archaeological digs. The larger of the two, measuring two and a half inches in diameter, enables the wearer to activate Anakim technology, although its use is limited by the operator’s physical size.

Pentagon
– Five-sided polygon.

Pentagram
– A five-pointed star contained within a circle.

Anakim monolith / prism
– Massive fifty foot high artefact removed from a 900,000 year old building. Unearthed and recovered by SFSD soldiers under the command of General Stevens. The monolith contains a single chamber full of a viscous liquid which is protected by a transparent material.

Anakim shield
– Another ancient relic unearthed in Sanctuary Proper by S.E.D. personnel. Found in the same hoard as the orb (see above) and stored in the military vaults beneath the Museum of Sanctuary.

APPENDIX N

EMBLEMS, BADGES & LOGOS

Emblems & logos can be found at the website
www.sancturian.com
or in the
2041: Sanctuary (Let There Be Light)
paperback book. To go directly to the appropriate webpage please click this
link
.

APPENDIX O

MAPS, DIAGRAMS & REFERENCE

Maps and diagrams can be found at the website
www.sancturian.com
or in the
2041: Sanctuary (Let There Be Light)
paperback book. To go directly to the appropriate webpage please click this
link
.

TERMINOLOGY / MAP

USSB – United States Subterranean Base

GMRC – Global Meteor Response Council

Darklight – World’s largest private security contractor

SFSD – Special Forces Subterranean Detachment (
Terra Force
)

SED – Sanctuary Exploration Division

Deep Reach – Special survey team working within the SED

S.I.L.V.E.R. – An elite military unit available to the highest bidder

Sanctuary Proper – Ancient underground structure built by an extinct species of Hominid, Homo giganthropsis (the Anakim)