Glossary

47 terms

Airlink

The city's local radio network with a roughly thirty-mile reach. Terrain and the condition of relay equipment affect actual coverage.

Blockchain Archives

Disconnected ledger copies and associated identity, transaction and property records recovered from the Old World. They do not provide a working global payment network today.

Bracken A1

A compact farm utility tractor with interchangeable working implements.

Cold Store

A business preserving customers' perishable goods under storage and power-service agreements.

Control Assembly

The upper-back box and transmitter peg on an old servo. It carried network control and provides the physical contact used by a disabling lance.

Corpo

A professional who works through a corporation to manage its assigned portfolio and labor.

Dimers

A name for survivors based on the belief that roughly one tenth of humanity remains. No reliable global count exists.

Divinity

The group that created the Servo Virus to destroy one military communications base and challenge government control. Its destructive order escaped the intended location.

Foundry Hall

A reused industrial building housing specialist machinery repair workshops.

Gold and Silver

Physical money used for current trade. Coins, bars and smaller pieces circulate alongside barter, with value determined by the exchange people agree to make.

Hash Vault

The city's gold-and-silver exchange and holding service, with a separate operation recovering and interpreting digital archives.

Heat Yard

A local heat service supporting washing, laundry and other nearby uses.

Keelmark K1

A broad working boat used for fishing, deliveries and suitable river recovery loads.

Lancer

A self-employed person who takes contracts, recovers material and decides which opportunities to pursue independently.

Latch L1

A salvaged safety lance that can latch an old servo into shutdown through physical contact with its control assembly.

Latchkey V2

An enclosed service van used for tools, protected stock and traveling repair work.

Local Service Socket

The physical connection retained on a converted synth after the broadcast assembly is removed. It does not receive over-the-air commands.

Longview R4

A Lancer rifle with an olive body, ivory inserts and a compact optic.

Mill Reach

A repaired hydroelectric site at an inherited weir, with output that depends on river conditions and working equipment.

Muleback U1

A utility pickup used for mixed recovery and delivery loads.

New Order

The society survivors are building after the Turning. Individuals, corporations, Lancers and independent synths cooperate without a government running the city as a whole.

Old World

Society before the Turning, with global communication, digital finance and connected servos doing much of the everyday work.

Orbinet

The Old World's orbital data and computing network. Much of the hardware remains in orbit, but global service has not been restored.

Outerlands

Places beyond the city's reclaimed areas, containing abandoned buildings, recoverable material and surviving servos.

Proxy C2

A compact Corpo SMG with an ivory side panel, straight magazine and open triangular stock. Its city configuration fires individual shots.

Reclaim Yard

A business that assesses and prepares recovered building components for buyers.

Redress S3

A Corpo shotgun with three copper bands and an ivory buttplate.

Route House

Lodging and dated route reports for travelers, including Lancers arranging work beyond local radio coverage.

Seed House

A facility preserving and assessing planting stock for the farm belt.

Servo

An Old World robot that retains its broadcast assembly. Infected survivors follow the order to destroy powered equipment and other robots. Humans are not part of that target instruction.

SERVO™

The Old World company that made the common connected robot platform used in homes, commerce, public services and security.

South Stair

An occupied housing block repaired in phases, with unfinished wings kept separate from usable rooms.

Stillpoint T1

A recovery kit combining a padded sled and physical restraints with a separate temporary control-disruption unit.

Strike Team

A temporary group working on a contract too demanding for one Lancer. Corporations commonly organize the equipment, objective and payment.

Summit House

A place for project planning, advice and negotiated agreements.

Surety P1

A compact Corpo pistol identified by its charcoal slide and copper grip.

Switchyard

The business coordinating local power supply, reserve capacity and customer service commitments.

Synth

A converted independent robot with its broadcast hardware completely removed. It operates from local intelligence and takes part in decisions about its work and service.

SynthWorks

The facility that assesses recovered servos, converts suitable units into independent synths and supports repairs with recovered parts.

The Armory

A business that buys, sells and repairs weapons, armor, tools and heavy equipment.

The city

A city of more than ten thousand people, expanding through reclamation, trade and continuing construction.

The city Emblem

The tower's three-part symbol: the individual at the center, cooperation on the left and control on the right.

The Tower

The unfinished signal installation with one copper center and two ivory supports. Corpos and Lancers disagree about whether it should reconnect the city or block outside transmissions.

Trace S1

A dedicated handheld scanner using local sensor observations and stored equipment information.

Trestle H3

A recovery flatbed used for heavier supported loads and larger deliveries.

Turning

The catastrophe caused by Divinity's Servo Virus. An order to destroy powered equipment and other servos spread through Orbinet in thirty minutes. The resulting collapse of essential services caused immense loss of life afterward.

Type R Ranger

A heavy military servo built for difficult terrain and extended operation without regular support. Converted Rangers become independent synths.