Proldier, Hero of the Revolution, and Bartender/Owner of the Sailor’s Grave, Vale of Tiers, Recreation Station 97. Credited by some for shattering the planet Vaikuntha into what would become the Phoebus System Krystal belt, thereby ending the war that would oust dictator PAHM Bajar. Palmer would go on to serve in the droid wars, fighting on the side of Cyberforms. Harry Palmer is said to have been one of the architects of the Tri-Clone invasion.

A slightly less harsh version of the very old saying, “Familiarity breeds contempt.” Palmer’s Dictum, usually attributed to Harry Palmer, PCP (Priest Consort of Phoebus), reads: “Love requires longing and longing requires ignorance.” Palmer seems to be speaking here of romantic love, not love of the filial or divine varieties.

A relatively famous triad of Troikani actors (see: Troikani), or actor, as it takes the hearts, minds and souls of at least three Troikani to make even one respectable psyche. The ritual suicides of Personus/Ex/Mahkina (circa AE 132) and the ensuing public outcry, caused the well-known director Sambo Thrace-Smythe to disappear from the galactic scene for nearly nine cycles. The suicide itself, a protest born  of  creative differences between the triad and Thrace-Smythe during the rehearsal and run of the multiversally-panned play ArcheOrganaApocolypsia, received mixed reviews.

A star system at the edge of the New Frontier, whose six planets now include the inhabited worlds of Mitochondria and New Wyoming, though at one time (pre-AnarchEra) the system also included the Krystal planet Vaikuntha, base of IER-CO’s fueling operations, destroyed during the later units of the Rebellion. (See: Incorporated Elysian Republic, The) The many remnants, or chunks of Vaikuntha now circle the system’s star in an orbit between New Wyoming and Mitochondria, just a tad closer to Mitochondria, hence its name, the Mitochondrian Krystal Belt. Post-rebellion mining operations in the Belt, founded and financed by the Medea family of New Wyoming, itself founded by Hera of the Revolution Molly Medea, later passed to the ownership of the belt’s miners, through the last will and testament of Mary Medea. It has often been said of Prime Minister Glorianna of Phoebus, elected Priestess-Queen of the Belters, “She who controls the miners, controls the Krystals.” (See: High Muckety-Muck)

Nick “The Geezer” Pico

Nicholas Pico, known galaxy-wide as Nick the Geezer, made a killing keeping people alive and perpetually youthful (at least, appearance-wise) with his patented Running In Place® process, the most popular means of life extension ever. Even the Great RIP Scandal of 141—the story of which was famously broken by Rootersnoos ferret (and infamous RIP addict) Jimmy the Snout for Rec Station Noos—could dampen the public’s demand for pay-per-jolt youth. But Running In Place® was not to be Nick’s only moolah-making brainchild. Though they generate pocket change, when compared to his first venture, Nick’s Land-o-Nod® Dream Enhancement Parlors are ubiquitous on the 557 Rec Stations and, indeed, throughout the settled Omniverse. The Land-o-Nod® gaming system allows players to enter, armed and conscious, into their own dreams, in order to battle their psychic demons.

A mythical planet where the naughty offspring of various humanoid species are said to be exiled by vicious life dealers, after being kidnapped and having their youth and life force sucked out of them in disreputable Running In Place franchises, or in one of the many RIP-style, knock-off, life-extension parlors throughout the civilized multiverse. Past a certain age, perhaps eight Galactic Cycles, the threat of being sent to the Planet of Li’l Old Kids loses its teeth, as the kids wise up. That said, there is a sizable group of conspiracy theorists, many former Galactic Girl Guides, who believe that the Planet of Li’l Old Kids is a very real planet and that even youngish adults should be wary of selling life in iffy life-extension establishments. “Always go in groups of three or more” is the rule.

A professional warrior, as in one who makes soldiering a career, apart from his or her connection to any particular local, planetary, or systemwide government. Prodiers may be mercenaries, or may be ethicaly motivated, attaching themselves to a whole string of ideologically similar groups or causes. Many proldiers begin their careers as soldiers during a time of war, then find themselves unable to adjust to life in peacetime.

1) A small (relatively speaking),  immature, domesticated canid; Canis familiaris. 2) The childhood diary of Indira Lucrezia Ronnie Lee Ellis Bajar, better known to the civilized Multiverse as SF writer Ronnie Lee Ellis, published posthumously as “Dear Puppy,” with the subtitle, “The Secret Diary of Ronnie Lee Ellis.”

A slang term for purveyors of Pleasure Putty®, or any other living, but non-sentient sexual aid. Pleasure Putty is a product of BARGAIN BLISS® (a division of LIVING DOLL CYBERNETICS®, the branch of that company spe­cializing in the development and mar­keting of non‑sentient “love toys”), though there are knock-off products available from other companies, notably Handy Andi’s lower priced Phlubber®.

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