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P=Ginsang Environment       PANOLAMIVE       PARER       PASIPHAE       PATRIS       PETE       PHOBOS       PHOEBE       PIP       PITCH       PLUTO       POLLION       PORTSIDE       POSOLGEE       New POWELL RIVER       PROCYON A/b       PROPULSION       PRO-TACH DRIVE       PROTECTORATE       PULSE ION DRIVE       PULSE TACH DRIVE

P = GINSANG "P" RATED ENVIRONMENT

The Ginsang scale uses the old Terran language ENGLISH and rates environments from A to Z. The "P" Environment is described as requiring maximum support (Level five space suit) due to environmental extremes. Dr GINSANG compares the P Environment to the surface of PLUTO.

PANOLAMIVE
ARTICLE 6 World. Indigenous name for the people of 812 New JOHANNESBURG.

PARER
NEUTRAL with treaty STAR COMMAND Starbase. Indigenous name for the people of 655 New MOSCOW a world not aligned with the UNITED ALLIANCE.

PASIPHAE
8th largest moon of Sol System (New LONDON) planet JUPITER.

PATRIS
With gender dominant language removed from ANGLISH, "PATRIS" is the term for the seed bearing gender of the species. (archaic English "MALE").

PETE
By some accounts the first name of the Creator of the Universe. From "For Pete's Sake!" the phrase has evolved into "For All Pete's Glory" and "Oh my PETE!"

PHOBOS
2nd largest moon of Sol System (New LONDON) planet MARS.

PHOEBE
9th largest moon of Sol System (New LONDON) planet SATURN.

PIP
Highly condensed encrypted communication packet used to transmit primarily one way communication between long distances. Originally stood for Particle Ion Packet the abbrev has not changed even though TACH energy is used rather than Ion. Recent developments of particle stream management allow for nearly REAL TIME PIP transmission through Pocket encryption methods.

PITCH
Motion along the Z axis. The up and down motion pivoting of a craft in a medium. For example if the nose of an otherwise unmoving vehicle suddenly pulls up then the vehicle is pivoting on its pitch axis. Also known as HIKE. One of three vectors which must be considered for controlled flight in open space the others being YAW and ROLL.

PLUTO
Ninth planet in the New LONDON (Sol) system except between 2228 and 2248 when it's orbit dipped closer to Sol than Neptune's. Equatorial Radius=1600 km/ mass .02xearth/ gravity .04 earth/ sidereal rotation period 6d9h17m/ 90780 day orbit/ synodic period 366.7 days

POLLION
Home of the Awhrenos people, freed from MEG Occupation by treaty in 2255.

PORTSIDE
The left side of a vessel or console. An ancient Terran nautical term that many believe dates back to 17th Century English Naval tradition. When docked a ship had two directions, one Portside where the dock was, the other Starboard where at night nothing was visible but stars.

POSOLGEE
Indigenous name for the people of 012 New MADRID.

POWELL RIVER, New
System 554 near the UA Western Exploration Zone (West Frontier or Western Annex) which has two worlds which are habitable with neither having any indigenous intelligent life forms. The 3rd PLANET is the more hospitable world and is commonly known as the MANNING PARK PLANET thanks to it's vast lush forestlands. The 4th PLANET is nearly uninhabitable and used primarily for ground forces combat training and survival training by the United Alliance's peace keeping forces of Star Command.

PROCYON A/b
Archaic name for 576 New SEPT ILES, home of the SAHAKLESH (HAABEIH).

PROPULSION
Term for the rate or act of motion through reaction. As the pressure of the reactant increases the vehicle is propelled in whatever direction opposes the reaction. Any system designed to move a vehicle through pressure utilization is a propulsion system.

PRO-TACH DRIVE
Highly efficient form of TACH DRIVE developed by Dr Aelios KLANGORF at the New EDMONTON Labs of RIJL Aerospace. With the exception of a variant of the MEL-MARK ONE Driver (MEL-MARK FOUR) the PRO-TACH Driver is almost entirely unrelated to the original SHINDAR Driver.

PROTECTORATE
Any world or system which has received any variety of Article 6 classification because of prior, perceived or predicted cultural contamination. Contact is either restricted or severely limited. Such worlds, considered OFF-LIMITS is so determined through Article 6 of the UA CHARTER either by request of the

PULSE ION DRIVE
Following experimentation with both his original SHINDAR Driver and the Meganite Ion Drive in the creation of the Meg Hy-brid Drive Dr SHINDAR developed PULSE ION DRIVE when none of his previous versions would work on the RIGEL THREE. The much cleaner PULSE ION DRIVE was quickly replaced by SHINDAR TACH Drive when the TACH Phase of space was discovered during early in the PULSE ION Drive testing cycle.

PULSE TACH DRIVE
The most efficient form of TACH Drive that Doctor SHINDAR was able to develop. It remained the most efficient until RIJL Aerospace's Dr Aelios KLANGORF was able to perfect PRO-TACH DRIVE. Maximum speed for PULSE TACH Drive ended up being 550 Quad (2,200 time light), in the EXPLORER craft PRO-TACH Drive has already surpassed 1600 Quad (6400 times light).