Dadr'Ba (41 page)

Gender-neutral pronoun

Ne

Ne laughed

I called nem

Nir eyes gleam

That is nirs

Ne likes nemself

Ghost
– online CASS monitor

GLC
– Gene-Locked Clone

GP
– Give Power, miner slogan

Graduation
ceremony
– is followed by a coming-of-age ceremony, which is a Touch of God reenactment followed by a social welcoming parade.

GRB
– Gamma Ray Burst

HB
– home brew, a drink that Mi’Nr’s, usually mechanics make from a contraption of broken and spare parts, and some non-fuel grade substances found in the scree during the mining operation that is cooked and distilled then filtered through a barrel of the latest ore, it’s then bottled and allowed to age. Each sector’s HB is different, and each batch is different, and there is an annual contest between the sectors to determine which sectors HB is best

Hn’Gri Bo’R
– “slang for hungry boar or borer” restaurant in Ol’Tn’Ka, a hangout for Mi’Nr’s 

Holidays and Ceremonies:

Graduation Day
– a ceremony held at the same time about the sector.  Group ceremony in each sector, video distributed across all of Dadr’Ba. Academic recognition and job selection announcement. ToG ceremony, coming of age ceremony in church annex, followed by body mods, sex education, and social welcoming.

ToG ceremony –
Touch of God ceremony is a rite of passage marking the point that juveniles become legal adults. The ceremony is the first step followed by bio-mods, including sexual organs. Until then there is no physical difference between boys and girls. As they are raised and mature most, tend to gravitate to one or the other gender. It’s rare to have a nonsexual individual; it is frowned upon socially, morally, and religiously, and may interfere with the grandparent’s chance at passing on.

Memorial
Day
– a one hour Dadr’Ba wide ceremony, key people cannot attend, but get extra credits for working during the ceremony.

Retirement
- A reverse birth ceremony occurs, a person becomes a full adult (religious) and is expected to birth children themselves.

IL
– Intelligent life

Jobs-

Shift work
– For every ten shifts worked crew members get one shift vacation, no weekends. One holiday off and can bank a hundred shift’s that are tradable (unsellable) and two hundred shifts parenting, not tradable, use or lose.

Jm’Pr –
sounds like “jumper” All-terrain vehicles used by Mi’Nr’s to get to places quickly.

Ko’Ka
– Child, pre-teen

Kr’/Kr’s
– sounds like “kur” shortened form of worker/workers, D’En name for Mi’Nr’s and U’Te’s

Laws
– Penalties for lawbreakers are: fines, restriction of movement, confiscation of property, hard labor, isolation confinement, or finally death, commonly referred to as forcible retirement

Leftover
– “leftover” the label used to name a person incapable of finding a mate and therefore fated not to have children

Lele’Kolo
– sounds like “lay lay ko low” P’Ko’s Mi’Nr name

LIDAR
– Light Detection and Ranging

Lr’Lng
– sounds like “ler ling” rhymes with yearling, or learning, coming of age apprentice to a Mentor

Magneto Hydro Dynamic (MHD) generator
– an electrical power generation system that uses the fast-moving ionized gasses in the fusion engine to generate power.

Marriage
– is a legally binding partnership contract is for the control of property and credits and birthing of children.

Martial arts
– are against the law practitioners swear an oath of secrecy

Me’K’s
. – Mechanic

Mentors
– ostensibly provide sexual education and training, but often provide social, economic and other mentoring that often lasts a lifetime.

Mi’Nr
–
Miners
are short, stocky individuals specially adapted to live and work in the most hostile environments on the ship. They can echo click see better in the dark and have thick dark skin and eyelids so they can better survive in the mines. 

Mines
– are very cold, dark places; especially old abandoned mines nothing is wasted on a starship. Any lighting and ventilation equipment and utilities are moved to the new mining areas. The old mining areas are abandoned.

MOC
– Mission Operations Commander

Mp’Isr
– Mining Personnel, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance

Old mines
– have no light and very thin air. The lighting systems had been removed and moved to new mining areas

M’Vr
– sounds like “em ver” the Run with the Se’Ro’Bs’ Most Valuable Racer 

NASA
– National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nightclubs
– dancing is popular, but not advertised or talked about openly they operate only in restricted areas

Nor
– him, not her pre-grad, non-declared sexual orientation

NSTR
– Nothing Significant to Report.

Nu’Tn
– Sounds like “new ton” New Town. It is where the gravity and temperature are comfortable for, and where the majority of U’Te’s and D’En’s reside. It encompasses most of Zone two and was constructed after the ToG event. Each of the ships sectors has one and are designated by their sector, Nu’Tn’Ah (sector one), Nu’Tn’Ba (sector two), Nu’Tn’Ka (sector three), Nu’Tn’She (sector four) and Nu’Tn’Go (sector five).

Ol’Dr/Ol’Dr’s
– sounds like “Older” -- first born child, most closely tied to the grandparents

Ol’Tn
– sounds like “Old Tin” where a large portion of Mi’Nr society resides, and less fortunate Up’Lndrs are forced to live, due to bad luck or bad decisions. Each of the ships sectors has one and are designated by their sector, Ol’Tn’Ah (sector one), Ol’Tn’Ba (sector two), Ol’Tn’Ka (sector three), Ol’Tn’She (sector four) and Ol’Tn’Go (sector five).

O’M
– sounds like and means “Home.”

O’Mi
– sounds like “homie” Chn’Gi’s nickname for the aliens that reside on O’M

Op’Cm
– sounds like “op com” Operation Commander

Oort cloud
– Oort clouds are speculated to exist in the titanic region of space beyond the outermost planets, only loosely bound to the sun’s gravity and contains many millions of comet asteroid or protoplanetary objects.

Or’Gn
– sounds like and means “Origin” world, the planet where Dadr’Ba came from, not its real name, its real name is banned from use by the Central Authority.

PCF
-- Prompt Cold Fusion, powerful shots of liquor known for their instant effects

Penitentes
– spiked hardened snow or ice caused by the snow or ice sublimating under the interaction of overhead light or radiation.

PRC
– People’s Republic of China

Per
– Pre bio-mod, or not male, not female, non-gender specific version of him and her.

Pets
– are androids like robotic body creatures resembling dogs, cats, and birds.

Philosophy
– is outlawed, it’s feared that introspection and self-understanding may lead to the discovery of their true nature (androids). -- Created by bios who dominated them. The idea behind being created or manufactured is repulsive to the Dadr’Ba; they believe that they are “born” to their parents and grandparents and alive in every sense of the word.

Pre-Born
– people (clones) freshly printed or clones pulled from suspended animation that has never been brought to life.

Prostitution
– is legal.

Prz’Nr’s
– sounds similar to and means Prisoners

PST
– phase synched transmission

QECS
– Quantum Entanglement Communication System

Races
– There are three races aboard Dadr’Ba Mi’Nr’s Ute’s D’En’s. They are genetically designed for a particular purpose and were mandated for certain jobs until the equal job rights rebellion demanding and winning allowance for the medical modification to Bios

Resistance sign
– is to rub against the cheek as if to wipe away a tear 

Religion
– From the CA’s point of view religion is formed to keep the masses quiescent and to think correctly; focused on faith and belief in Dadr’Ba’s mission to reach O’M, and superficial spiritual and bodily gains. Religious items are in every home. Religious services are “highly encouraged.”

Resistance
– The resistance movement originated shortly after the Touch of God. Nearly all miners are members of the resistance.  Few U’Te’s are members, and very few D’En’s are members of the resistance.

Robots
– are plentiful, but none is humanoid. They resemble automated machines except soldiers.

Reset
– orgasm, climax

Retirement
– Although not in Dadr’Ba tradition a terribly sad event, there had been a lot of stress; although everyone goes through it eventually it’s still a very personal, profound event. Knowing your parents as not only as loving parents, but also as adult friends for over 100 years makes for a very close and mature relationship. 

Society and the community have evolved to make the passing of one’s parents as smooth as possible. Retirees can settle their affairs during their five-week “retirement” and don’t need an executor to settle their affairs.

Retirement Ceremony
– Death ceremony - Funerals are mostly private affairs. With such long lives people of a community of tens of thousands, people know people.

During retirement family and friends say goodbye to the people leaving. Never is there any attempt to get the deceased to change their minds. Once the decision is made and retirement has been applied for and approved there is no turning back. There is some apprehension, but the attitude is overall positive because it is believed that they will be returning. Because what has made them special in many ways has as already been passed on to their children and during the ceremony, as they pass they will pass their psychic imprint on to their children who is then expected to pass it on to their children, their grandchildren. In this way, their seed is passed to the grandchildren. 

The ceremony date and time and place is a prearranged and is a private affair. There are two areas, one for the parents that are passing and their children and a second area for the witnesses, usually some distance away or in an adjoining room.

Sensitive
words
– censored by CA, philosophy, alien, O’Mi

Se’Ro’Bs
– sounds like “say-row-bus” -- ‘security robots’ a very old early model of Soldier Bot, that went feral during the ToG event.

Sex
– everyone on Dadr’Ba is infertile, at least physiologically. This is as is a result of the need to create the clone’s resistant to radiation. Dadr’Ba is also a sterile environment. There is no risk of unwanted pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. Dadr’Ba is a sexually open society. As a result, with long-term relationships lasting hundred to two-hundred or more years, the social mores allow for sexual relationships outside of marriage. Three way joining amongst adults is certainly possible, but to do a three-way parenting hasn’t succeeded.

Sex education
– is conducted by mentors selected by the graduate. To be asked to be a mentor is a great honor and is rarely refused.

SIL
– Search for Intelligent Life

SMT
– Special Mining Team

Soldier
– robots that are artificially intelligent, but clearly robots. They are bipedal with an extra set of arms that enable them to go down on all fours and still have arms for action and weapons use. They have eyes in the back of their heads, allowingfo
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Spirit
– online, monitor friend

Superstitions
– are common, but mostly among the lower classes and lower educated. Mi’Nrs have many superstitions; U’Te’s have few in comparison.

Supply Shuttles
– rarely operate in a pure remote control operation mode, there are spots scattered around Dadr’Ba that wireless remote control is unreliable and the autonomous systems, though good could be subject to interference, especially something as large as the shuttle carrying several tons of equipment and supplies. The autonomous system plugged into the shuttle sensors, controls and limiters have proven to be far more capable rather than a remotely operated or even on board person at the controls.