RSF

Glossary

Acraft
- Abbreviated name for an aircraft. A craft not capable of space flight.
Anchorage
- An Anchorage is a large station orbiting a planet that is used to transfer freight, passengers, and crew. Usually a wheel type station that can be easily expanded.
A/Scraft
- Abbreviated name for a craft capable of operating in air an atmosphere and space.
Army Integrated Teamwear
- British Army's personal communications system. It provides for squad based communication up to command HQ. It is used by all members of the UK's military forces and is an adaption to the ICE wetwear.

Battlebox
- A modular, transportable base in use by the British Army and the Phoenix Legion. Based on a standard ISO ontainer. Available in either a 6m or 12m length.
Broadsword
- The British Army's heavy dropship.
Buzzard
- British army dropship flying saucer.

Citizenship Voting
- A way to bring the people more into control of their country. It disbanded parliament and put the citizen in-charge of the country.
CNS
- A craft's Central Nervous System. The crafts Artificial Intelligence. Used whenever an AI is required. Smaller CNS systems are now fitted to armoured hard suits.
Crossover Drive
- FTL Drive system
Crow Series
- The worlds first flying saucers. They range in size from the small autonomous Jackdaw drone up to the mighty Raven Heavy Lift transport.

Defence Research Agency
- DRA were set up to develop weapons systems for the British Military.
  - DRA 30 - Railgun used on the Spitfire.

ElectroGravitic Drive
- Flying Saucer main drive system. EGdrive
ElectroMagnetic Drive
- Reactionless drive system. Used for high speed flight. EMdrive

The 2nd Falklands War
- 2038 A war over oil involving Argentinian and US forces against UK forces. It marked the beginning of conflicts between the United Kingdom and America.
Freki
- A remote EGdrive attack saucer. Fitted with a missile rack. Updated throughout the years enabling the Freki drone to launch a variety of weapons systems. See Geri for the fixed weapons systems.

RSF Gatekeeper
- The Royal Star Force's main space station. based between Mars and the asteroid field.
Geri
- A remote EGdrive attack saucer. Fitted with twin casemate mounted weapons. These have been updated throughout the years with the most modern of weapons. See Freki for the missile version.

Havoc Warhead
- A non-lethal warhead that fires a net of graphene over a target area. This conductive mesh is conductive and shorts all electronics, power, and communications systems etc.
Hermes Communication System
- An interstellar communications system using drones to transfer mail and information.
Huginn
- A reconnaissance drone used by the RSF and exploration craft. A EGdrive saucer.
Human Storage Facility
- The UK's hibernation storage prison.

Integrated Team Wear
- A system used to link soldiers, pilots, squads, and flights etc together in to a more coherent unit.
Internal Cranial Electronics
- In-head computer system first developed by the UK but now commonly used by every nation. ICE.
Isin Station
- Isin is an O'Neil station that has been fitted with an EG drive. Currently on route across the Milky Way through the centre and aiming for the other side.

RSF Kish Station
- The UN Space Fleet's main base of operations. Based in Jupiter sector.

Lancer Hardsuit
- British Army's new lightweight protective combat suit. Developed by Lancer Star-Tech, Dublin.
London Class
- Super cavitating submarine

Manta
- The UK's Submarine fighter
HMNB Manx
- The Royal Navy's underwater base in the Irish Sea.
Millipede Manoeuvring System
- Rolls Royce designed ElectroMagnetic drive low power manoeuvring system. used for station keeping and low speed control.
Muninn
- A large EGdrive saucer used by large craft of the RSF. Commonly used to orbit a craft increasing their sensor range and discrimination.

Nano-Manufacturing
- A construction method used to build items one molecule at a time.
Nu-Life
- The biological modifications carried out upon a new legionnaire of Phoenix Legion

RAF Olympus
- The Royal Air Force base on Mars. Predominantly used as a training base by all arms of the UK's armed forces.
The One Day War
- Invasion of Gibraltar by Spanish forces. So called is it lasted less than a day.

Raven
- Heavy lift flying saucer in use by the United Kingdom.
RCC, Regimental Core Combative
- The RSF's infantry combat system for use in low and zero gravity. It incorporates CQ, hand-to-hand, personal weapons, concealment, and movement.

Sammi's
- Small, rifle fired surface-to-air missile. Fired by many small arms with adaptive barrels.
Scraft
- Abbreviated name for a space only capable craft. Spacecraft.
Segomo
- The UK's Military Hard Suit
Sentinel Station
- The Commonwealth's standard modular wheel space station design.
Simplified Taxation
- A easier and more cost effective way of taxation. Introduced in 2031.
Skin Suit
- The standard issue under suit issued to all space based military personnel and used as an under armour on hard suits
Sol Class
- A massive flying saucer fielded by the UK's Royal Space Force. The first in her class.
Spectre
- Main Grav Battle Tank in use by the United Kingdom
Spitfire - 2
- The UK's premier Air/Space fighter

Tanto
- British army's light dropship/battlebox carrier
Think, Adapt, Accomplish
- The Commonwealth's All Arms Ethos. All personnel should be able to complete the task without external influence. This was introduced due to the long delays in interstellar communications.