The Mehmet Dictionary is a dictionary that gets published across the solar system. It deals with local planet-specific terms, attempting to aid people in understanding local dialects, of which there are many, better. Below are given some of the more important terms anyone will need to understand A Dove Takes Flight Better.
Anti-Rocketry
Acts of aggression against orbital installations (space stations/spacecraft) through physical or cyber attacks.
Bioforming
Bioforming (colloquially called micro-terraforming) is the act of increasing biohabitability of a region, often on the ecosystem to biome level, but it can also focus on a small part of the overall ecosystem to increase habitability.
Esperantofication
The process in which someone or something adopts more and more of the Esperanto language. E.g. schools being taught in Esperanto.
Lunarism
Lunarism is almost identical to Solarism with the main distinction being that they limit their reach to individual planets rather than all mankind. They have often been labelled as selfish by those who follow Solarism. However, many Lunarists dispute this by noting that "any system of interplanetary subjugation or connection is needlessly complex and burdensome".
Moon Speak
Moon Speak is a term used to refer to a specific Esperanto derivative, but also to all other newly developed languages on the moon.
Moon Speak languages include Moon Speak, Moon Speak Prime, Lunaric, Majani, Luno-Irish, and Sunou Esperanto.
O'neill Cylinder
An O'Neill cylinder consists of two counter-rotating cylinders. The cylinders rotate in opposite directions in order to cancel out any gyroscopic effects that would otherwise make it difficult to keep them aimed toward the Sun.
The Orro
The Orro are a mixture of people that usually speak some form of Esperanto or Esperanto derivative. The Orro are a leftover of the more chaotic early colonisation teras of both the Moon and Mars. while certainly more prevalent on the Moon, the presence of the Orro on Mars should not be understated. They are part of many nations, even in Finnish and Chinese states, opposite of each other on Mars can the Orro be found. They even have their own, often overlooked Martian States, Hadleno, Pasteurio, and Esperantio.
The Orro on the moon are a powerful people. Major states likeZema, Caloris, Kepler, Luno, Fengari, Yoralia, and many more. They make up around 7% of the total Lunar population. In recent years, efforts have been made to make the Orro definition more strict or split it in two, though none of these efforts have thus far seen widescale adoption.
Oxalic-Blend Poisoning
A phenomenon caused by repeated ingestion of small amounts of Oxalic - blend solution. Symptoms include the long-term degradation of the kidneys and liver, alongside cyst formation within the intestines. In more extreme cases, a set of symptoms commonly referred to as “Ox-Sickness” occurs. This includes rabid aggressive behaviour.
Ox-Sickness
A phenomenon often seen on the moon where adults become rabid, not to be confused with Pellisophobia, Ox-Sickness is caused by the direct consumption of certain Bulbomorph species. It is caused by a specific blend of oxalic acid - other acid solution that impedes normal brain function. At the same time, yourKidneys will start to die off, and the insides of the intestines will start to blister at alarming rates. Ox-Sickness is primarily identified as the late-stage symptoms of regular Oxalic-blend poisoning.
Pellisophobia
An illness caused by some native Lunar plants that causes hysteria and a fear of one's own skin in anybody who contracted it. This fear may lead to extreme self-mutilation. It's not per se a death sentence once minor symptoms appear, however immediate removal from any influences that may have resulted in the illness must occur.
Solarism
Solarism is a lunar-based ideology, its proponents support a complete or nearly complete dissoultion of international borders. Many associate them with Libertarians, but this is far from the truth. The Solarist ideology only refers to the breakdown of international barriers to increase efficiency, the Solarist belief being that man can only achieve his goals by being one united species. The noble intentions of this ideology mean that it has been adapted by many non-solarist and authoritarian groups, including those that believe for man to be united, he must first become of a single race. More commonly, it has been connected to libertarian ideologies on both the left and right. Fierce infighting has taken place among most Solarists on how to achieve their ideology and what systems must be used to do so. The majority fall within one of two camps: Democratic Socialism or “Ethical Capitalism”.
Terraforming
The act of modifying the environment of an astronomical body to make it more earth-like.
Trojan Incident
An act of piracy (or by a military) where one hijacks a rocket or mimics a rocket to appear to be a different rocket for the purpose of infiltration (be it a military base, space station, or any given area/important position).
Wild State (GB: Rogue State)
A wild state is a non recognised political entity that developed on the frontiers of colonisation. Wild states are characterised by mafia-esque and criminal behaviour, though they certainly can be regular or even progressive states. Examples of wild states are the Honey Commune, Nieuw Gent, and Lossbergen.
Wolfpack
Wolfpack (Terran)
a group of people or things that operate as a hunting and attacking pack, in particular a group of attacking submarines or aircraft.
Wolfpack (Lunar)
A group of rovers, and other specialised light weight mechanised AT-vehicles, that operate as a hunting and attacking pack. It is sometimes referred to as a Jindao pack when mixed with cavalry.