Saturday, September 01, 2012

Rogue Dreams Glossary

Glossary of Terms
No man means all he says, yet few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is vicious.
- Henry Adams
AI
Common term for Artificial General Intelligence; none exist any longer.
Artist
A class of people who can modify generic AutoMake outputs into novel designs.
AutoMake
Autmatic Makers, nanotech devices that create basic clothing and food at need; businesses have specialized ones.
'borg/cyborg
having cybernetic body parts.
'Bot:
Like a MedDoc, these are basic programs that can analyze simple problems and issues with a pleasing visual interface.
Calendar
Global one set as 6 months/year, with 6 day weeks and 60 days in a month. Holidays exist at the ends of each month as needed.
CenNet
The Census Network, a government body.
City-State
Term for one of the 1000 cities that exist in the world. Each boasts a population of ~10 million.
Creator
The people artists steal from. Original designers, often programmers of Makers as well.
Drone
Lowest-order of citizens, compromised of ne'er-do-wells and prisoners along with clones. They monitor the global camera system and examine specific citizens 24/7 or situations System flags as suspicion to see if they are actually suspicious.
Fissure
'Cities' that exist under the City-States in the ruins they are built on top of. Population and amounts are largely guesswork.
Governor
Any citizen elected for government office in a City-State.
Hacker
Terrorists who try to alter System.
Maintenance
The people who fix and repair things; work for WorldGov and make sure the world functions.
Maker
Slang term for AutoMake.
'Mod*
Any body-modification, from altered skin tone, different eyes or movable tattoos.
MagLev
the magnetic train system used for almost all travel in and between City-States.
-Net/Network
A government organization.
Military
WorldGov army, exists to defend the moon base, mars and earth from possible alien attacks.
Nano*/nanotech
machines inside the body. Intelligent ones are highly illegal.
Police
Police officers; they often respond to Watcher notes about crimes and investigate problems in person.
Poli/Politicians
WorldGov career politicians, often with short actual careers. Social science fits into this along with diplomacy.
Programmer
Those who program System; often City-State level workers designed to make System operate at maximum efficiency within their City.
Scientists
Catch-all term for the people who design all the tech that keeps the world working.
Servant
Civil servants, employees of WorldGov.
'Stem/stem
Short for System, aka the internet
Stemming
Prolonged use of the internet via virtual inteface.
System
The global computer network.
Vir-Edu
Virtual-Education, the education software that teaches everyone how to be human.
Watcher
low-ranking job; assigned to watch Drones and decide is incidents Drones have flagged are worthy of police attention.
Worker
Slang term for any generic citizen holding a job.
WorldGov
The global governing body. Consists of Politicians, Police, Scientists, Military and Maintenance.

* Both these terms see very wide use and consequently tend to be confused and misused.

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