OFFLANDER Term (usually derogatory) for people who have bought, and attempted to move onto lands in BUFFALO COMMONS. In some cases the lands they have purchased are inhabited by people who have been there for generations. GO TO BUFFALO COMMONS ENTRY RETURN TO TOP OKLAHOMA WOMYN'S COMMUNE During the Eco-Crisis various groups of radicals began to purchase large tracts of land and even cities in the Great Plains region of America creating micro-societies centered around their cultures. During much of the 21st Century their stranglehold on county and even state legislatures entrenched these regions. One of the most powerful of these groups became the HEARTLAND STATES but within their territory the Oklahoma Women's Commune appeared. A proto-Lesbian community, the O.W.C. began enlisting top, like-minded scientists to develop bio-technology which would allow same-sex impregnation, thereby creating what they described "a more pure society". Even during the rise of the Heartland Union, forces from that nation feared operating within areas controlled by the Oklahoma Womyn's Commune, who they derogatorally called "RAD FEMS". VIEW A MAP OF BUFFALO COMMONS RETURN TO TOP OLYMPUS MONS The highest mountain in the Sol system, located on Mars its base is nearly the same size as the entire nation of Spain. VIEW A MAP OF MARS RETURN TO TOP OMNI-LOCK Trademark name for a design of total compression airlocks with articulating rings allowing them to mate with various sizes and shapes. The outside of the ring has a flexible compression seal ensuring a secondary lock. Theorectically only the compression seal is required for locking and would allow any such equipped craft to come alongside the hull of another and cut through without losing seal, but if anyone has tried this they have done so without revealing their success. RETURN TO TOP OPS GROUP IDENTIFIER The part of the UNSC KeyComm Badge that uses a simple colour coded circle to indicate which Operational Group the wearer participates in. (IE: LIGHT BLUE for Fleet Ops; DARK BLUE for Space Ops (Fighters); etc. TO SEE THIS PAGE CLICK HERE. GO TO OPS IDENTIFIER PAGE RETURN TO TOP ORBIT CERN Sequence of Space Platforms built and positioned by an alliance of Aerospace giants in UNCA for the express purpose of testing various physical theories relating to speed. RETURN TO TOP ORBIT, GEOSYNCHRONOUS A stable orbit in space over a planetary body where the motion of the vehicle exactly matches that of the ground below. GO TO THE HARTWELL PAGE ON THIS TOPIC RETURN TO TOP ORBIT, GEOSYNCHRONOUS POLAR A stable orbit over the magnatic pole of a planetary body. GO TO THE HARTWELL PAGE ON THIS TOPIC RETURN TO TOP ORBIT, POLAR An orbit above one of two planetary magnetic poles. Because of the radiation and magnetic belts is not an area compatible with long term human habitat. GO TO THE HARTWELL PAGE ON THIS TOPIC RETURN TO TOP ORBITER A space vehicles which remains in orbit because it is not rated for atmospheric entry. GO TO GEMINI TRANSPORTER (ORBITER) PAGE RETURN TO TOP OUTER HATCH The door/seal of an airlock that leads to the largest volume of space. RETURN TO TOP OUTER SYSTEM The term for the space in the Sol System beyond the Asteroid Belt. The place where the UNSC Fleet is regularly engaged in various games of "chicken" with their New Soviet counterparts. For some, Finn included, considered a wasted assignment without challenge. GO TO THE HARTWELL PAGE ON THIS TOPIC RETURN TO TOP OUTPORTS The term for Space Stations and Platforms primarily used as Transfer points between shuttle zones and long range transit zones. Lagrange One is an outport. GO TO LAGRANGE SPACE PAGE RETURN TO TOP
