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Aachen: One of the largest cities on Joyeuse, capital of the captaincy of Francia and of Joyeuse itself. (Later called "Vlrødby," GT31, map, p. 39)

Aarhus-class destroyer: a 5000-ton, tech level C escort designed for large-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (S09, p. 18)  A new class of ships just entering service, Aarhus-class destroyers will be the main capital ships of the Dominate Navy.

Admiral: the most senior, pre-Dominate noble title in the Sword Worlds, derived from an Old Earth Union naval flag officer rank used by the Founders.  In practice, only two worlds had nobles of this rank: Gram and Sacnoth (prior to the establishment of the Sacnoth Dominate).  The Hertug of Gram still uses this title, though it is not recognized by the Dominate.

Albattar (Adabicci): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon; Merx's Landgrab; GypsyComet's brief; Martyn's non-canon; Weaver's Amber Zone)

Áleifr (Ghandi): world in the Danuuz frontier (and, later, the Ginnungagap rift), surveyed by the Awair Adventure, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary figure. (Webb's Canon)

Alene (Loneseda): unsettled world in the Sköll cluster along the coreward trace of the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Strikr Expedition, named for the Crown Princess of the Sacnoth Dominate. (Webb's Canon)

Alene Hannedottir Braga: the Crown Princess (Sagamaal: Kronprinsesse) of the Sacnoth Dominate; daughter of Kejserinden Hanne and Storhertug Vilhelm.

Alkutbay-class merchant: a 400-ton, tech level B merchant ship built at shipyards on Gram. (B02, p. 19, and 2nd ed., p. 19; S07, pp. 19-23; TB, p. 59; MT3, p. 82; TNE, p. 374; GT, p. 146; MGT, pp. 119-120)  Alkutbay-class merchants often served as auxilliary support ships for private Exploring Expeditions.

Amiral (Sagamaal): most senior flag officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Anderspress: based at New Kalmar on Gram, Anderspress is the oldest and most successful news and library data service in the Sacnoth Dominate.  Established on Gram in 58 F.E., Anderspress has bureaus on every Dominate world as well as on some settled worlds in the Danuuz, Sepireld and Pilgrim frontier regions.

Anduril (Anduril): a Sword World, one of the Far Colonies, named for a fictional ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Anduril is a large size (9) world with a dense atmosphere (8) and a wet hydrosphere (5).  It has a moderate-size population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Anduril has a good quality starport (B) and average stellar technological capability (A).

Angurva (Asteltine): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

Ansehelm (Anselhome): one of the Entropic Worlds, settled from Entrope with assistance from the re-emergent Darrians. (Webb's Canon)

Arcing Sword blazon (Original image by Thomas Tamblyn)

Arcing Sword: Blazon of Caladbolg.  Derived from the mythical sword of ancient Old Terran legend after which the world is named.  The sword Caladbolg was believed to make a circle like an arc of rainbow when wielded. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GBJ1, p. 39)

Aroundight (Arkadia): world in the Danuuz frontier, surveyed by the Badawi Adventure, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (GT31, p. 74; GJ6801, "Adventures in the Arkadia System"; Webb's Canon)

Artemis-class sloop: a 100-ton, tech level B escort designed for naval reconnaissance operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (B02, p. 18, and 2nd ed., p. 19; S07, pp. 15-17; MT3, p. 80)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Artemis-class sloops sometimes participated in private Exploring Expeditions.

auxiliary: a boat or ship not intended for combat.

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Badawi Adventure (37-39 D.E.): the first private expedition to explore the Danuuz frontier, travelling from Isenfang across deep space into the Danuuz Cluster as far as Svavasorm.

Bådsmand (Sagamaal): junior non-commissioned officer rating in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Balisarda: official name of Sacnoth at the time of its original settlement from Gram. (GT31, p. 77)

Balmung (Trexalon): world along the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (M1, p. 11; HRM980630; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; Webb's Canon)

Barbarian: Rugged individuals from primitive societies accustomed to hardship, adept at wilderness survival situations and generally inexperienced in technologically-advanced circumstances." (S04, p. 5. 8-9, 30-31)  In the Cleaved Helm campaign, barbarians tend to be non-humans, such as Heodening, or the "devolved" descendants of ancient Darrians.

Barnstokker: the single, small satellite of Gram, named for a mythical tree of ancient old Terran legend. (GT31, p. 24)

Baron (Sagamaal): fifth rank noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate.  The holding of a baron is a barondømme.

barque (or "barquentine"): a corvette or frigate of at least 800 displacement-tons but less than 1000 tons (e.g. the standard Type-C cruiser which originally appeared in Traveller Book 2: Starships).

battleship (or "battle boat"): a capital ship (or boat) typically with more than 500 crew members (not including craft pilots or troops).

Beater (Beater): a Sword World, one of the Rim Colonies, named for a fictional ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Beater is a medium size (6) world with a dense atmosphere (8) and a wet hydrosphere (5).  It has a moderate-sized population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Beater has a routine quality starport (C) and pre-stellar technological capability (8).

Bergsrå (Wardn): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure. (MTJ1, pp. 4-14; Webb's Canon; Merx's Landgrab; GypsyComet's brief)

Biter (Biter): a Sword World, one of the Rim Colonies, named for a fictional ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Biter is a small size (3) world with a thin atmosphere (5) and a wet hydrosphere (4).  It has a moderate-size population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Biter has a routine quality starport (C) and pre-stellar technological capability (8).

Black Bull blazon (Original image by Ugens Horoskop)

Black Bull: Blazon of Sacnoth.  Adopted in 201 F.E. (-198 Imperial Era) in defiance of Gram, whose symbol is the Red Wyrm.  The Red Wyrm has often been described by Gram's political foes on Sacnoth as a "monster that lies on a bed of gold and can only be killed by a [special, black] bull," emphasizing the creature's monstrousness and treasure-hoarding — and its susceptibility to being overcome by Sacnoth's own symbolic creature.  Also see Red Wyrm. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Bordbjerg (Victoria): world in the Danuuz frontier (and, later, the Ginnungagap rift), surveyed by the Awair Adventure, named for the world's remarkable geographic features.  Homeworld of the Bordbjerging. (Webb's Canon)

Bordbjerging: The primitive Human civilization on Bordbjerg first encountered by the Awair Adventure.  Believed to be the descendants of Long Night era Terran settlers. (J02, p. 21)

Boudicca-class destroyer: a 1000-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (GTIW, p. 215)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Boudicca-class destroyers sometimes led private Exploring Expeditions.

Bowman (Bowman): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Bowman Expedition and named for Brigader Einar Bowman, leader of the expedition. (M2A, pp. 7, 8; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; Webb's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement in the Bowman Belt which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 11, 24; M2A, p. 7))

Brambleton: One of the largest cities on Joyeuse, capital of the captaincy of Roncevaux. (Later called "Tholasborg," 3I:SW, p. 41)

Brigader (Sagamaal): junior field officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Brigadier: a junior flag — or field — officer rank in most pre-Dominate military forces.  Still used in the Gram Home Guard and in the home guards of most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and in the home guards of some of the New Colonies.

brigantine (or "brig"): a corvette or frigate of at least 600 displacement-tons but less than 800 tons.

Brillantville: capital of Haulteclere.

Brunhild: march on Joyeuse, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure. (J06, pp. 28-29)  It's capital is Hindmount.

Burgundaven: One of the largest cities on Joyeuse, capital of the captaincy of Burgundy, site of the the world's starport. (Later called "Sveland," GT31, map, p. 39)

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Caladbolg (Caladbolg): one of the Rim Stars, settled in 79 F.E. by Terrans seeking the original Gram settlers, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword.  There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Caladbolg. (S03, p. 16-17; TD16, p. 20-21; RM1, p. 45; GT01, p. 70-71; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"; GT31, p. 6, 9, 11, 78; 3I:SW, p. 34-35; Webb's Canon)

Caliburn (Caliburn): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, surveyed by the Margadsson Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (S03, p. 16-17; RM1, p. 45; GT01, p. 71; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"; GT31, p. 78; Webb's Canon)

capital ship (or boat): a gunboat or warship with a spinal mount weapon.  See battleship and cruiser.

Captain: third rank pre-Dominate noble title in the Sword Worlds, derived from an Old Earth Union senior naval officer rank used by the Founders.  Still used on Gram and on most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and on some of the New Colonies.  The holding of a captain is a "captaincy."

Caravanserai-class trader: a 200-ton, tech level B merchant ship built at shipyards on Hofud. (B02, p. 19, and 2nd ed., p. 19; S07, pp. 19-23; MT3, p. 82)  Older Caravanserai-class traders sometimes served as support ships for private Exploring Expeditions.

carrier: a gunboat or warship which carries smaller combat boats or ships.

Chrysaor (Carse): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a fantastical sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

Cleaved Helm blazon (Original image by Thomas Tamblyn)

Cleaved Helm: Blazon of Durendal.  Derived from the ancient Old Terran legend which recounts the use of Durendal to cleave the helmed head — and body and steed — of an opponent into two parts.

Cocytus: an insidious atmosphere, high-gravity world about which Haulteclere orbits.  Sicambrisprings, a Haulteclere lieutenancy, operates water production facility in its trailing trojans; named for an ancient Old Terran mythological place.  (Renamed "Niflheim" in a later era. (GT31, pp. 37, 38))

Colada (Colada): a Sword World, one of the First Colonies, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Colada is a small size (3) world with a standard atmosphere (6) and a wet hydrosphere (4).  It has a moderate-sized population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Colada has a good quality starport (B) and early stellar technological capability (A).

Colding (Cogri): world along the coreward spur of the Sepireld frontier main, named for a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (Webb's Canon)

Colonel: a senior superior officer rank in most pre-Dominate military forces.  Still used in the Gram Home Guard and in the home guards of most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and in the home guards of some of the New Colonies.

Commandant: a senior junior officer rank in most pre-Dominate military forces.  Still used in the Gram Home Guard and in the home guards of most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and in the home guards of some of the New Colonies.

Commander: fourth rank pre-Dominate noble title in the Sword Worlds, derived from an Old Earth Union senior naval officer rank used by the Founders.  Still used on Gram and on most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and on some of the New Colonies.  The holding of a commander is a "commandancy."

Commodore: second rank pre-Dominate noble title in the Sword Worlds, derived from an Old Earth Union naval flag officer rank used by the Founders.  Still used on Gram and on most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and on some of the New Colonies.  The holding of a commodore is a "flotilla."  In most cases, a commodore was the senior noble on a world or the leader of a major subdivision on a balkanized world.

Coreward frontier: original name of the Danuuz frontier, before it was surveyed by the Dominate.

Cornet: most junior officer rank in most pre-Dominate military forces.  Still used in the Gram Home Guard and in the home guards of most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and in the home guards of some of the New Colonies.

Corrougue (Collace): world along the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

corvette (or "corvette boat"): a streamlined escort without bay weapons (e.g. the Kinunir-class colonial cruiser which originally appeared in Adventure 1: The Kinunir).  See barque, brigantine, schooner, cutter and sloop.

cruiser (or "cruise boat"): a capital ship (or boat) typically with less than 500 crew members (not including craft pilots or troops).

Curtana (Faldor): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary sword.  Homeworld of the Lungefisking. (Webb's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Curtana which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 11))

cutter: a corvette or frigate of at least 200 displacement-tons but less than 400 tons (e.g. the standard Type-CE close escort which originally appeared in Supplement 7: Traders and Gunboats).

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Dainslaf (Saurus): world in the Danuuz frontier identified as a prime candidate for settlement, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; GJ2723, "The Five States"; Webb's Canon)  There are primitive, non-human sophonts on Dainslaf, called Heodening by the Sword Worlders. (GT01))

Dakota (Ylaven): world in the Danuuz frontier (and, later, the Ginnungagap rift), surveyed by the Awair Adventure, named for the native name for the world.  Homeworld of the Dakoting. (Webb's Canon)

Dakoting: The primitive Human civilization on Dakota first encountered by the Awair Adventure.  Believed to be the descendants of Long Night era Terran settlers. (GT31, p. 86)

Dalecarlia-class destroyer: a 4000-ton, tech level B escort designed for large-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth.  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Dalecarlia-class destroyers have been the main capital ships of the Dominate Navy.

Dallia (Dallia): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a loved one of a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (Webb's Canon)

Damsgaard Expedition (29-32 D.E.): the second Sacnoth Dominate expedition to explore the Pilgrim frontier, travelling from Biter along the main rimward and along the "rimward trace" as far as Lydia.

Danegeld (Pagaton): world along the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for an ancient Old Terran form of tribute. (GJ7618, "The Outrim Frontier, Part 1"; Webb's Canon)

Danuuz (Garda Vilis): world in the Danuuz frontier, surveyed by the Badawi Adventure, named for a legendary Old Vilani sword, identified as a prime candidate for settlement.  Also see Tanoose. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate," GT31, p. 86, 103; Webb's Canon)

Danuuz frontier: uninhabited region coreward of the Sword Worlds, originally known as the Coreward frontier.  Named for Danuuz, a promising potential colony world in the region.  The trailing portions of this region will come to be known as the Ginnungagap rift (also the coreward portion of the Sepireld frontier). (GT31, p. 11)

Darrian Arsenal: Secret military facility believed to be located somewhere in the Zeŕmoń system.  Rumoured to be the site of a variety of fantastically-advanced starships and other military artifacts salvaged and preserved from the ancient Darrian civilization. (AM08, p. 24)

Darrian Cluster: cluster of worlds at the centre of Darrian space, which includes the Darrian homeworld and the capital world, Myŕ.

Darrian ruins: remnants of ancient Darrian settlements discovered on several worlds in Sword Worlds space. (AM08, p. 11)  See "An Ancient Mystery: Darrian Ruins in the Sacnoth Dominate," by Professor Erika Narankha of the University of Førstebjerg.

Darrian space: inhabited region spinward of the Sword Worlds centered around the Darrian Cluster.

Darrians: a non-Terran branch of Humans native to the world Daŕyeń, to spinward of the Sword Worlds in the Darrian Cluster.

Daŕyeń (Darrian): sparsely-populated Darrian homeworld and one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 23; RM1, p. 44; Webb's Canon; Daryen's Landgrab; Janssen's Landgrab)

Datrillian (Datrillian): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Margadsson Expedition, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure associated with the gas giant about which it orbits. (SG1; Webb's Canon)

destroyer (or "destroyer boat"): an escort with one or more bay weapons (e.g. the Midu Agashaam-class destroyer escort which originally appeared in Supplement 9: Fighting Ships).

Diadem (Glisten): world on the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for unusual combination of a belt world located in a circular cluster of star systems. (GT31, p. 11; Webb's Canon)

Diadem cluster: the trailing portion of the Pilgrim frontier.

Dominant Throne (Sagamaal: Fremherskende Trone): the throne of the monarch of the Sacnoth Dominate, also used to refer to the monarch and to the institution of the monarchy.

Dominion Era (D.E.): New calendar system established with the founding of the Sacnoth Dominate, superseding the Founding Era (F.E.) established with the original settlement of Gram.  The Dominion Era begins with year 1, corresponding to the year 214 F.E. (and the year 4335 in the Old Terran calendar).

Dommer (Judice): world along the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for one of the ship's of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world.

Dragehavne ("Dragon Ports"): starport construction and operations holding on Sacnoth.

Dragvendel (Tenalphi): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, identified as a prime candidate for settlement (settled in 61 D.E.), named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; GJ2723, "The Five States"; Webb's Canon)

Duale (Duale): world along the trailing trace of the Sepireld frontier main, named for the dual choice of further jump destinations. (Webb's Canon)

Durendal (Durendal): a Sword World, one of the New Colonies, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Durendal is a medium size (6) world with a dense atmosphere (8) and a wet hydrosphere (7).  It has a moderate-sized population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Durendal has a routine quality starport (C) and pre-stellar technological capability (8).

Dyrnwyn (Dyrnwyn): a Sword World, one of the New Colonies, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Dyrnwyn is a large size (9) world with a thin atmosphere (5) and a wet hydrosphere (8).  It has a moderate-sized population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Dyrnwyn has a routine quality starport (C) and early stellar technological capability (A).

Dyrnwyn Spur: a trace of worlds core-trailward from Tyrfing and Sacnoth, along the main from Beater (Galatine) coreward to Dyrnwyn. (GT31, p. 99)

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Elisabet (Elixabeth): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Damsgaard Expedition, named for a loved one of a member of the expedition. (Webb's Canon)

Ensign: sixth and lowest rank pre-Dominate noble title in the Sword Worlds, derived from an Old Earth Union junior naval officer rank used by the Founders.  Still used on Gram and on most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and on some of the New Colonies.  The holding of a ensign is a "ensignry."

Entrope (Entrope): the principal Entropic World, whose inhabitants are the descendants of ancient Darrian settlers. (Webb's Canon)

Entropic frontier: inhabited region core-spinward of the Sword Worlds, named for the world Entrope.  Beyond this region is Zhdantian space.

Entropic Worlds: the four worlds of Entrope, Ansehelm, Irka and Wynstan, settled originally by ancient Darrians and, in the case of Ansehelm and Wynstan, resettled more recently by the Entropians (criminals have also been exiled to Irka).^α (GJ0829, "The Sword Worlders"; GBJ1, p. 40)

Eriksen (Tarsus): world along the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (M1, p. 11; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; Webb's Canon)  (There are not ruins but biological evidence of an ancient Darrian settlement on Tarsus which was not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (M1, p. 11))

escort: a gunboat or warship without a spinal mount weapon.  See corvette, destroyer and frigate.

Evariidi: a large feudal holding on Isenfang. (GJ1508, "Psi-chiatrist")

Excalibur (Excalibur): a Sword World, one of the New Colonies, named for a mythological ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Excalibur is a small size (3) world with a very thin, tainted atmosphere (2) and a wet hydrosphere (4).  It has a moderate-sized population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Excalibur has a routine quality starport (C) and pre-stellar technological capability (8).

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Fafnir (Ficant): world in the Danuuz frontier, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological creature. (Landgrab; GJ9717, "Ficant"; Webb's Canon)

Fairharvest: Haulteclere commandancy, the largest source of native-grown foodstuffs; operates plantations in Saldanha Flats, around 250 kilometers north of Brillantville; liege-hold to Sicambrisprings.

Far Colonies: worlds at the end of the Far Leg — Orcrist, Anduril and Narsil — colonized from Sacnoth during the third-wave of settlement.

Far Leg: a trace of worlds along the main from Gram through Tyrfing and Sacnoth, then rim-spinward to Narsil. (GT31, p. 99)

Fänrik (Sagamaal): most junior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Fenrir (Meleto): unsettled world along the trailing trace of the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Werlauff Expedition, which encountered the survivors of a misjumped Vargr corsair there; named for an ancient Old Terran mythological creature. (Webb's Canon)

First Colonies: first four worlds along the Horseshoe — Joyeuse, Colada, Tizon and Hrunting — colonized from Gram in the first-wave of settlement. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Firstmountain: capital of Sacnoth (see Førstebjerg).

Firstmountain Monitor (Sagamaal: Førstebjerg Vaktmaður): based at Førstebjerg on Sacnoth, the Monitor is the most widely-read news and library data service on Sacnoth and among the most widely-read services across the Dominate.  The Monitor has bureaus on every Dominate world as well as on some settled worlds in the Danuuz, Sepireld and Pilgrim frontier regions.

Flamberge (Tavonni): world in the Danuuz frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Flamberge which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 9))

frigate (or "frigate boat"): an unstreamlined or partially streamlined escort without bay weapons (e.g. the Chrysanthemum-class destroyer escort which originally appeared in Supplement 9: Fighting Ships).  See barque, brigantine, schooner, cutter and sloop.

Forlade (Avastan): world on the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, surveyed by the Guerreiro Expedition; named because it was the farthest point reached by Dominate explorers in that region of the Pilgrim frontier. (Webb's Canon)

Fortrop-class corvette: a 1200-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (A01, pp. 10-11, 14-37; S09, p. 19)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Fortrop-class corvettes sometimes led Dominate Exploring Expeditions.

Founding Era (F.E.): New calendar system established with the original settlement of Gram.  The Founding Era begins with year 1, corresponding to the year 4122 in the Old Terran calendar.  (The Old Terran calendar was maintained for dates prior to the Founding Era, with no efforts made to connect the two dating systems.)  The Founding Era was superseded by the Dominion Era established with the founding of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Førstebjerg (Sagamaal): capital of Sacnoth (see Firstmountain). (GT31, p. 56)

Førstebjerg, University of: principal university on Sacnoth, located in the capital city; along with the University of New Kalmar on Gram, one of the two most prominent universities in the Dominate.

freighter: a ship intended for commerce with cargo displacement greater than passenger stateroom displacement.

Frejya (La'Belle): unsettled world along the coreward trace of the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Lutadottir Expedition, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure. (Webb's Canon)

Frigørelsen (Sagamaal): "The Unshackling," Sacnoth Dominate term for the brief war between Gram and Sacnoth which began in 212 F.E. and which led, after the defeat of Gram, to the establishment of the Sacnoth Dominate in 1 D.E.  See The Mutiny. (GT31, p. 9; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Fríða-class trader: a 200-ton, tech level B merchant ship built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (B02, p. 19, and 2nd ed., p. 19; S07, pp. 19-23; MT3, p. 82)  Fríða-class traders often served as auxilliary support ships for Dominate Exploring Expeditions.

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galjon: a streamlined freighter or liner of greater than 1000 tons.

Galatine: official name of Beater at the time of its original survey by Gram. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate," GT31, p. 86)

Garrincski (Garrincski): world along the coreward spur of the Sepireld frontier main, named for a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (Webb's Canon)

geléfugle (Original illustration, detail, by Michael Whelan)

geléfugle: an airborne animal native to Tizon which uses naturally-produced lifting gas for buoyancy in Tizon's dense atmosphere, though they rely primarily upon wind currents for horizontal movement.  Geléfugle are herd animals and have been domesticated by aerial ranchers.  The animals are used in the production of a variety of pharmaceuticals and industrial compounds.

Ginnungagap rift: uninhabited region coreward of the Sepireld frontier and rimward of the Danuuz frontier, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological realm. (GT31, p. 11)

Golden Crown blazon (Original image by iconsDB)

Golden Crown: Blazon of Joyeuse.  Derived from the mythical sword of ancient Old Terran legend after which the world is named.  The sword Joyeuse was believed to have been wielded by a powerful and glorious monarch.

Graban (Grote): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Damsgaard Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon; GypsyComet's brief)

Grænse (Egypt): world along the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for one of the ships of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (Webb's Canon)

Gram (Gram): a Sword World, the original world settled by the Founders, named for the primary starship of the Founders' fleet which was named for a mythological ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Gram is a large size (8) world with a dense atmosphere (8) and a wet hydrosphere (5).  It has a moderate-sized population (6) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (4).  Gram has an excellent quality starport (A) and average stellar technological capability (C).

Gram Hegemony: period from the Founding to The Mutiny / Unshackling when Gram served as the de facto leader of the Sword Worlds.  Gram's leadership position had not been established in any formal manner but was generally recognized as the result of it being the political, social, economic, cultural and technological center of Sword Worlds society.

Gram Home Guard: armed forces of Gram, established in the aftermath of defeat by Sacnoth in The Mutiny / Unshackling.  As a condition of the armistice which ended hostilities, Sacnoth demanded that Gram's expeditionary planetary and space forces be decommissioned.  (In practice, many of the Gram units deployed to other Sword Worlds — primarily the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies — became cadres, albeit at greatly-reduced strength, for the formation of local units on those worlds.)  The former Gram planetary and space forces, also greatly-reduced in strength, were restructured as the Home Guard with operations restricted to the Gram system.

Gram Station: orbital station above Gram, built around the Gram — the troop transport that originally carried the Sword Worlder ancestors to Gram.  The station is becomming a bewildering three-dimensional maze.  From the very beginning, the Gram has been used as an orbital station.  As it has grown too small, new sections have been added as needed, but the station has grown with little overall planning. (GJ4316, "Old Gram Station"; GT31, p. 94)

Greve (Sagamaal): fourth rank noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate (grevidne is the female title).  The holding of a greve is a grevedømme.

Grimes (Maitz): unsettled world along the trailing trace of the Sepireld frontier main, farthest world surveyed by the Werlauff Expedition; named for an expedition officer who became a merchant adventurer upon return to the Dominate. (Webb's Canon)

Guan Yu-class cutter: a 200-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (ACS2, book 2, pp. 10-11)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Guan Yu-class cutter sometimes participated in private Exploring Expeditions.

Gullinbursti (Talos): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a mythological artificial being. (Webb's Canon)

gunboat: a non-jump-capable ship intended for combat.

Gyllir (D'Ganzio): world in the Danuuz frontier (and, later, the Ginnungagap rift), surveyed by the Kruhl Adventure, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological creature. (Webb's Canon)

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Halef (Derchon): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

Hanne Marendottir Braga: Empress (Sagamaal: Kejserinden) of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Hansen's Landing: city on Gram and location of the world's primary starport; named for Commander Flemming Hansen, a shuttle pilot who was the first member of original Gram crew to set foot on the world.  Hansen's Landing lies on the western coast of the Sunny Strait, 1300 miles due west of New Kalmar. (GT31, pp. 48-49, 88)

Hart (Choleosti): world in the Danuuz frontier, surveyed by the Badawi Adventure, named for one of the ships of the expedition. (MA-F; GJ8701, "Adventures On Choleosti"; Webb's Canon)

Haulteclere (Mjolnir): a Sword World, one of the Horseshoe Colonies originally settled from Gram, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)  Haulteclere is a medium size (5) world with a very thin atmosphere (3) and a negligible hydrosphere (0).  It has a moderate-size population (4) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Haulteclere has a poor quality starport (D) and pre-stellar technological capability (8).

Hauptmann (Sagamaal): senior junior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Heibergvindkraft: wind-power and hydroelectric energy generating grevedømme on Anduril.

Heodening: the primitive, non-human sophonts on Dainslaf. (GT01, pp. 33, 65-66)  Most Sword Worlders treat Heodening as barbarians.  Their name is derived from the same legendary source as the name of the world.  A small number of Heodening have managed to travel off-world, visiting the Sword Worlds and joining other expeditions and ventures in the various frontiers.  See "Non-Humans in Sacnoth Dominate Space," by Professor Rorik Vestason Raaby of the University of Ny Kalmar.

Hertug (Sagamaal): second rank noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate.  In practice, because all titles of Konge are held by the Kejser, the Hertug is often the senior noble on a given world.  The holding of a hertug is a hertugdømme.

Hoding (Dawnworld): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Damsgaard Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630 "Hothing"; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GT31, pp. 11, 83; Webb's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Hoding which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 11, 24))

Hofud (Hofud): a Sword World, one of the New Colonies, named for a mythological ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Hofud is a medium size (6) world with a standard atmosphere (6) and a wet hydrosphere (6).  It has a moderate-sized population (6) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Hofud has an excellent quality starport (A) and average stellar technological capability (C).

Horseshoe: a trace of worlds along the main from Gram core-spinward through Tizon, then looping around rim-trailward to Morglay. (GT31, p. 99)

Horsehoe Colonies: worlds along the Horseshoe — Isenfang, Haulteclere and Morglay — colonized from Gram in the third-wave of settlement.

Hrefna (Heroni): world along the coreward spur of the Sepireld frontier main, named for a loved one of a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (Webb's Canon)

Hrunting (Hrunting): a Sword World, one of the First Colonies, named for a mythological ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Hrunting is a small size (4) world with a standard atmosphere (6) and a wet hydrosphere (3).  It has a moderate-sized population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Hrunting has a good quality starport (C) and early stellar technological capability (9).

Hurtigformue: search-and-rescue and air-ambulance ensignry on Tizon.

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Igliim (Steel): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, identified as a prime candidate for settlement, named by the Margadsson Expedition for a legendary Old Vilani sword.  (Also named Stål by the Damsgaard Expedition, a translation of "Steel," as it was known to the inhabitants of Caladbolg.) (S03, p. 16-17; RM1, p. 45; GT01, p. 72; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"; GT31, p. 10, 11, 12, 64, 66-69, 89; 3I:SW, p. 65-66; Webb's Canon)

Irka (Torment): one of the Entropic Worlds, it's name is a Vilani-based translation of the Entropean name; there are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Irka. (S03, p. 8-9; AM08, p. 23; RM1, p. 44; GT01, p. 49; Webb's Canon)

Irresitible Wave blazon (Original image by Thomas Tamblyn)

Irresitible Wave: Blazon of Tizon.  Derived from the mythical sword of ancient Old Terran legend after which the world is named.  The sword Tizón was believed to have been used to drive the wielder's foes into the sea.

Isenfang (Margesi): a Sword World, one of the Horseshoe Colonies originally settled from Gram, possibly named from Vilani legend.^* (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)  Isenfang is a medium size (5) world with a standard, tainted (7) and a wet hydrosphere (7).  It has a moderate-size population (4) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with high law enforcement (8).  Isenfang has a poor quality starport (D) and pre-stellar technological capability (7).

Istrakhan: starport on Sacnoth, named for a fantastical location in an ancient Old Terran work of literary fiction (written by the same ancient Old Terran author of the literary work from which the name "Sacnoth" was drawn). (GT31, p. 56)

^* In a June 30, 1998, message to the Traveller Mailing List, Sword Worlds co-author Rancke-Madsen described Isenfang as a sword "I found somewhere but threw away the reference to" after having spent "a few hours browsing . . . for sword names."  ("Isen fang" can be translated from several Scandinavian languages as "ice catch," so it's possible this world's name also has a Scandinavian origin.)

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Jarl (Sagamaal): third rank noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate.  In most cases, a jarl is the leader of a major subdivision of a world.  The holding of a jarl is a jarldømme.

Joyeuse (Joyeuse): a Sword World, one of the First Colonies originally settled from Gram, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword.  Joyeuse is a small size (4) world with a standard atmosphere (6) and a wet hydrosphere (4).  It has a moderate-sized population (5) and has balkanized governance (7) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Joyeuse has a routine quality starport (C) and early stellar technological capability (A).

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Kali-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale military operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (ACS1, p. 12)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Kali-class schooners sometimes participated in private Exploring Expeditions.

Kaptajn (Sagamaal): senior superior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Kára (Callia): world along the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for an Old Terran mythological figure. (Webb's Canon)

karavel: a streamlined freighter or liner of at least 600 tons but less than 800 tons.

Karen-class merchant: a 400-ton, tech level B merchant ship built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (B02, p. 19, and 2nd ed., p. 19; S07, pp. 19-23; TB, p. 59; MT3, p. 82; TNE, p. 374; GT, p. 146; MGT, pp. 119-120)  Karen-class merchants often served as auxilliary support ships for Dominate Exploring Expeditions.

karrak: a streamlined freighter or liner of at least 800 tons but less than 1000 tons.

Kartikeya-class cutter: a 300-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (B05, 2nd ed., p. 50; J04, pp. 14-21; S07, pp. 30-35; S09, p. 17; MT3, p. 84; MTJ2, pp. 27-31; TNE, p. 370; MGT, pp. 123-124)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Kartikeya-class cutters sometimes participated in private Exploring Expeditions.

Kejser (Sagamaal): the most senior noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate, held by the leader of the Dominate; currently Kejserinden Hanne Marendottir Braga.

Kejserlig Husstand (Sagamaal): the Imperial Household of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Kenningskirk (Sagamaal): spiritual retreat on Sacnoth with an emphasis upon domestic concerns such as farming, household management and childrearing.  Most of the retreat staff are women, many of whom came to the Kenningskirk as girls.  Students tend to be women as well, though male students are not unheard of. (see "Kenningsboken," GT31, p. 89)

Klarälvenverk (Sagamaal): industrial holding on Sacnoth, largest provider of military equipment to the Dominate government; operates shipyards at Istrakhan starport.

Kommandant (Sagamaal): junior superior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Kommandor (Sagamaal): junior superior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Kommodore (Sagamaal): junior flag officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Końdaŕya (Condaria): Darrian agricultural world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (Webb's Canon)

Konge (Sagamaal): first rank noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate, designating the holder of an entire world.  The holding of a konge is a kongerige.  In practice, all titles of Konge are held by the Kejser who is represented on the world by an appointed governor-general.

Korpral (Sagamaal): junior non-commissioned officer rating in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Kronprinsesse (Sagamaal): the Crown Princess of the Sacnoth Dominate; currently Alene Hannedottir.

Krysantemum-class frigate: a 1000-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (S09, p. 14)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Krysantemum-class frigates sometimes led Dominate Exploring Expeditions.

Kunoniḱ (Cunnonic): Darrian agricultural world, first world along the Darrian main from Tizon.  Kunoniḱ is where the Founders first encountered the Darrians, sparking the establishment of the First Colonies in an effort to forestall Darrian expansion into the Sword Worlds. (AM08, p. 22; GT31, p. 8; Webb's Canon; Farrell's Landgrab)

Kusanagi (Mertactor): world along the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

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Lævateinn (Lunion): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon; GypsyComet's brief)

Lĕmḃĕrẏ (Laberv): Darrian agricultural world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 22; Webb's Canon; BARD entry)

Lauf (Forine): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

Leddyring: The primitive, non-human sophonts on Quernbiter, first encountered by the Tygalfsson Expedition.  The Leddyring are bilaterally symmetrical omnivorous gathers/scavengers with a primitive mechanical civilization.  Due to limiations of the Leddyring physiology, efforts by members of the Tygalfsson Expedition to communicate with them were stunted and mostly limited to simple gestures and pictographs. (A10, pp. 10-13, 40-47; GT01, pp. 13, 33-34, 73; GAR4, pp. 107-115; 1248S3, pp. 53, 110)  See "Non-Humans in Sacnoth Dominate Space," by Professor Rorik Vestason Raaby of the University of Ny Kalmar.

liner: a ship intended for commerce with passenger stateroom displacement greater than cargo displacement.

Lieutenant: fifth rank pre-Dominate noble title in the Sword Worlds, derived from an Old Earth Union junior naval officer rank used by the Founders.  Still used on Gram and on most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and on some of the New Colonies.  The holding of a lieutenant is a "lieutenantcy."

Lodestone (Iron): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim cluster, named for being the first world visited by the Margadsson Expedition when exploring the Pilgrim frontier. (Webb's Canon)

Loki (Lanth): world in the Danuuz frontier (more accurately, the Ginnungagap rift), named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure. (Webb's Canon)

Løjtnant (Sagamaal): senior junior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.  Also the most junior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Lungefisking (Detail of original image served by Jazmine Jane Clark)

Lungefisking: The primitive, non-human sophonts on Curtana, first encountered by the Bowman Expedition.  While Curtana is a mostly arid world, the oddly-humanoid Lungefisking appear to be nomadic amphibians.  Due to their reticence and their nocturnal behavior, members of the Bowman Expedition found it difficult to interact with the Lungefisking and they remain rather mysterious. (CP1, pp. 7, 12, 15-16, 20-21, 26; GT, p. 28; GT01, pp. 32-33, 74)  See "Non-Humans in Sacnoth Dominate Space," by Professor Rorik Vestason Raaby of the University of Ny Kalmar.

Lydia (Lydia): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Damsgaard Expedition, named for a loved one of a member of the expedition. (Webb's Canon)

Lyusing (Asgard): world in the Danuuz frontier identified as a prime candidate for settlement, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"; Webb's Canon) 

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Maghiz: Darrian name for a mysterious interstellar electromagnetic phenomenon emanating from the central Darrian worlds approximately five hundred years prior to the Founding which damaged or destroyed ancient Darrian settlements across what is now Sword Worlds space.  See "An Ancient Mystery: Darrian Ruins in the Sacnoth Dominate," by Professor Erika Narankha of the University of Førstebjerg.

Major: a junior superior officer rank in most pre-Dominate military forces.  Still used in the Gram Home Guard and in the home guards of most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and in the home guards of some of the New Colonies.

Margadsson Expedition (25-28 D.E.): the first Sacnoth Dominate expedition to explore the Pilgrim frontier, travelling from Biter along the main rimward and along the "spinward trace" as far as Welsung.

Marshal: most senior flag — or field — officer rank in most pre-Dominate military forces.  Still used in the Gram Home Guard and in the home guards of most of the First Colonies and the Horseshoe Colonies and in the home guards of some of the New Colonies.

Marskal (Sagamaal): most senior field officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Mashdiikhe: Legendary Vilani hero, the protagonist of a set of fireside folktales.  When his village is threatened by a demon, he procures a magic sword, Danuuz, and proceeds to defeat the demon. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Matador-class barque: an 800-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale military operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (ACS1, p. 8)  An older class of ships decommissioned by the Dominate after the Sacnoth-Gram War, Matador-class barques led some private Exploring Expeditions.

Medham (Mille_Falcs): world along the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

merchant (ship): a streamlined freighter or liner of at least 400 tons but less than 600 tons (e.g. the standard Type-R subsidized merchant which originally appeared in Traveller Book 2: Starships).

Meteor-class cutter: a 200-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (ACS2, book 2, pp. 10-11)  An older class of ships decommissioned by the Dominate after the Sacnoth-Gram War, Meteor-class cutters participated in some private Exploring Expeditions.

Midjutland Yards: commercial shipbuilding holding on Sacnoth.

Milu-class cutter: a 300-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (B05, 2nd ed., p. 50; J04, pp. 14-21; S07, pp. 30-35; S09, p. 17; MT3, p. 84; MTJ2, pp. 27-31; TNE, p. 370; MGT, pp. 123-124)  An older class of ships decommissioned by the Dominate after the Sacnoth-Gram War, Milu-class cutters participated in some private Exploring Expeditions.

Mistelten (Milagro): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Damsgaard Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

Mithril (Mithril): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, surveyed by the Margadsson Expedition, named for an ancient Old Terran fantastical metal. (Webb's Canon)

Morglay (Gungnir): a Sword World, one of the Horseshoe Colonies originally settled from Gram, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)  Morglay is a small size (4) world with a thin, tainted (4) and a wet hydrosphere (4).  It has a low population (4) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Morglay has a poor quality starport (D) and pre-stellar technological capability (8).

Mutiny, The: term used on Gram and sometimes on other worlds of the Horseshoe for the brief war between Gram and Sacnoth which began in 212 F.E. and which led, after the defeat of Gram, to the establishment of the Sacnoth Dominate in 1 D.E.  See The Unshackling. (GT31, p. 9; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Myŕ (Mire): Darrian capital and one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 23; Webb's Canon; Daryen's Landgrab)

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Nagelring (Nirton): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Margadsson Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

Namsmann Expedition (25-29 D.E.): the first Sacnoth Dominate expedition to explore the Sepireld frontier, travelling from Biter along the main trailward as far as the start of the "coreward spur" at Xochitl and Skræp and discovering the non-Human Sepirelding along the way.

Narsil (Narsil): a Sword World, one of the Far Colonies, named for a fictional ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Narsil is a medium size (5) world with a standard atmosphere (6) and a wet hydrosphere (4).  It has a moderate-size population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Narsil has a good quality starport (B) and average stellar technological capability (A).

New Colonies: first three worlds along the Far Leg — Tyrfing, Sacnoth (Balisarda) and Excalibur — and the worlds of the Dyrnwyn Spur — excepting Galatine (Beater) — colonized from Gram in the second-wave of settlement. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

New Kalmar (Sagamaal: Ny Kalmar): capital of Gram; location of the University of New Kalmar.

New Kalmar, University of: principal university on Gram, located in the capital city; along with the University of Førstebjerg on Sacnoth, one of the two most prominent universities in the Dominate.

Nidhog (Smoug): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological creature. (Webb's Canon; Merx's Landgrab; GypsyComet's brief)

Nosyĕ (Nosea): poor, sparsely-populated Darrian world, third world along the Darrian main from Tizon. (AM08, p. 23; Webb's Canon; Daryen's Landgrab; BARD entry)

Nothung (Noctocol): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

Nyord (Bronze): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, named by the Damsgaard Expedition for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure.  (Originally named Zibar by the Margadsson Expedition, the name of the sword of a legendary Vilani hero, which also translates as "Bronze," the color of the system's primary star.) (Webb's Canon)

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Oberst (Sagamaal): senior superior officer rank in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Orcrist (Orcrist): a Sword World, one of the Far Colonies, named for a fictional ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Orcrist is a large size (8) world with an exotic atmosphere (A) and a fluid hydrosphere (6).  It has a low population (3) and has colonial governance (6) with moderate law enforcement (6).  Orcrist has a poor quality starport (D) and average stellar technological capability (A).

Ormen Hin Lange ("The Long Wyrm"): 10,000-ton cruise boat, flagship of the Gram Home Guard Space Self-Defence Force.  Named after an ancient Terran monarch's longship, and second of that name; the first was a 5000-ton destroyer smashed in an heroic battle against Sacnoth forces in 212 F.E. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")
     In accordance with the armistice which ended hostilities between Gram and Sacnoth, the Ormen Hin Lange does not have an active jump drive — though the seemingly over-powered ship was constructed with many essential jump drive components built into the hull.  (Some Dominate critics suspect that the Space Self-Defence Force has secretly prepared to quickly retrofit the remaining required jump drive components, though no evidence of such an effort has been produced.)

Overnålen (Overnale): world on the trailing spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a sword from ancient Old Terran Cultural Roots Revival literary fiction. (GJ7618, "The Outrim Frontier, Part 1"; Webb's Canon)

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packet (ship): a streamlined freighter or liner of at least 100 tons but less than 200 tons (e.g. the Type-J seeker which originally appeared in Supplement 7: Traders and Gunboats).

Pilgrim frontier: uninhabited region rimward of the Sword Worlds, originally known as the Rim frontier. (GT31, p. 11)  The trailing portions of this region will come to be known as the Diadem cluster. (GT31, p. 11)

Protectorate Corps (Sagamaal: Protektoratkorps): the liaison service charged with managing relations between the Dominate monarchy and the worlds of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Pilothval-class cutter: a 200-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (ACS2, book 2, pp. 10-11)  Pilothval-class cutters often served as support ships for Dominate Exploring Expeditions.

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Quernbiter (567-908): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary sword.  Homeworld of the Leddyring. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

Quernstone: large, egg-shaped crystaline gemstones found on Quernbiter; many are grey and unattractive but some are colorfully iridescent and generally highly prized. (A10, pp. 10-13, 40-47; GT01, pp. 13, 33-34, 73; GAR4, pp. 107-115; 1248S3, pp. 53, 110)

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Red Wyrm blazon (Original image by Thomas Tamblyn)

Red Wyrm: Blazon of Gram.  Derived from the crest of the 8th Scandinavian Army Corps, one of the original Old Terran military units of the Founders.  In ancient Old Terran mythology the lindwyrm was a mythical dragon or giant, winged serpent.  The Red Wyrm has often been described by Gram's political foes on Sacnoth as a "monster that lies on a bed of gold and can only be killed by a [special] bull," emphasizing the creature's monstrousness and treasure-hoarding — and its susceptibility to being overcome by Sacnoth's own symbolic creature.  Also see Black Bull. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GBJ1, p. 39)

Reservere-class freighter: a 500-ton, tech level B merchant ship built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (ACS1, p. 4)  Reservere-class freighters sometimes served as auxilliary support ships for Dominate Exploring Expeditions.

Ridder (Sagamaal): sixth and lowest rank noble title in the Sacnoth Dominate.  The holding of a ridder is a ridderdømme.

Rim cluster: The cluster of six Rim Stars worlds — Lodestone, Bergsrå, Nyord, Vanaheim, Mithril and Nidhog — between Biter and Igliim.

Rim Colonies: The nearest of the Rim Stars — Beater, Sting and Biter — colonized from Sacnoth in the third-wave of settlement.

Rim frontier: original name of the Pilgrim frontier, before it was surveyed by the Dominate.

Rim Stars: a trace of worlds along the main from Beater, Sting and Biter rimward — including those in the Trailing frontier — to the "lost colony" of Caladbolg and beyond to the worlds of the Rim frontier. (GT31, p. 99)

Rogeť (Roget): Darrian agricultural world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 23; Webb's Canon; BARD entry)

Rømer (Flammarion): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a member of the expedition which first surveyed the world. (Webb's Canon)  (The subsequent discovery of ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on the world will lead to Rømer being declared off-limits for Dominate settlement. (AM08, p. 11; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"))

Rorĕ (Rorre): Darrian agricultural world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 23; RM1, p. 44; Webb's Canon)

Rummand (Sagamaal): basic enlisted crew rating in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Rykke-class brigantine: a 600-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (ACS2, pp. 11-12)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Rykke-class brigantines often participated in Dominate Exploring Expeditions.

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Sagamaal ("Saga-tongue"): constructed language based on the old Icelandic sagas created on Old Terra during the Cultural Roots Revival of the early Old Earth Union era; spoken as a second language by almost all Scandinavian-heritage Terrans at the time the Gram left Old Earth Union space. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Sacho (Flexos): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

Sacnoth (Sacnoth): a Sword World and capital of the Sacnoth Dominate, one of the New Colonies, named for a fictional ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Sacnoth is a medium size (7) world with a standard atmosphere (6) and a wet hydrosphere (5).  It has a moderate-sized population (6) and is governed by a self-perpetuating oligarchy (3) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Sacnoth has an excellent quality starport (A) and average stellar technological capability (C).

Sansamha (Rahle): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Sansamha which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 9))

Sargon-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale military operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (ACS1, p. 12)  An older class of ships decommissioned by the Dominate after the Sacnoth-Gram War, Sargon-class schooners participated in some private Exploring Expeditions.

Sauvagine (Talchek): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Damsgaard Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Sauvagine which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 9))

schooner: a corvette or frigate of at least 400 displacement-tons but less than 600 tons (e.g. the standard Type-T patrol cruiser which originally appeared in Traveller Book 2: Starships, 2nd. ed.).

Schritt (Shirene): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon; GypsyComet's brief)

Sekvens (Squallia): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630: "Sequence"; Webb's Canon)

Sepireld (Spirelle): inhabited world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for the name given to their world by the advanced, non-human sophonts native to the world. (RM1, p. 46; GT01, p. 90; GJ2723, "The Five States"; Webb's Canon; Merx's Landgrab)

Sepireld frontier: uninhabited region trailward of the Sword Worlds, originally known as the Trailing frontier. From the native name of the world Sepireld (Spirelle). (GT31, p. 11)  The coreward portions of this region will come to be known as the Ginnungagap rift and the rimward portions as the Diadem cluster. (GT31, p. 11)

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Sepirelding: the advanced, non-human sophonts on Sepireld first encountered by the Namsmann Expedition. (RM1, p. 46; GT01, p. 90)  See "Non-Humans in Sacnoth Dominate Space," by Professor Rorik Vestason Raaby of the University of Ny Kalmar.

Sersjant (Sagamaal): senior non-commissioned officer rating in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Shibusawabrokers: trading and financial holding on Gram.

Shiva-class brigantine: a 600-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (ACS2, pp. 11-12)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Shiva-class brigantines sometimes participated in private Exploring Expeditions.

Shuinsen-class merchant: a 400-ton, tech level B merchant ship, with jump-2 and 4G maneuver acceleration, built at shipyards on Hofud. (Gr04, pp. 29-33)  Shuinsen-class merchants often served as auxilliary support ships for private and Dominate Exploring Expeditions.

Sicambrisprings: Haulteclere lieutenancy, vassal to Fairharvest, operates water production facility in trailing trojans of Cocytus.

Sichuan Shipyards: industrial holding on Gram, largest provider of passenger and transport starships in the Dominate; operates shipyards at Hansen's Landing starport.

Sigmund: The companion star of the Gram system, named by the original settlers who arrived aboard the Gram.  (Sigurd was a legendary Terran hero who freed the sword Gram from a tree.)  Also see Sigurd. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Sigurd: The primary star of the Gram system, named by the original settlers who arrived aboard the Gram.  (Sigurd was a legendary Terran hero who used the sword Gram to slay a monster.)  Also see Sigmund. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Skathi (Tivid): unsettled world along the trailing trace of the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Zisduurkhaar Expedition, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological figure. (Webb's Canon)

Skofnung (Gunn): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars claimed by Caladbolg, surveyed by the Margadsson Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"; Webb's Canon)

Sköll (Skull): unsettled world along the coreward trace of the Sepireld frontier main, and first world in the Sköll cluster, surveyed by the Ilmasson Expedition, named for a legendary creature from ancient Old Terran mythology. (Webb's Canon)

Sköll cluster: cluster of ten worlds along the coreward trace of the Sepireld frontier main.

Skræp (Sharrip): unsettled world along the trailing trace of the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

sloop: a corvette or frigate of at least 100 displacement-tons but less than 200 tons (e.g. the standard Type-S scout/courier which originally appeared in Traveller Book 2: Starships).

Småbetjent (Sagamaal): senior non-commissioned officer rating in the Sacnoth Dominate Navy.

Snyrtir (Stellatio): world in the Danuuz frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; GJ8617, "Adventures on Stellatio"; Webb's Canon)

Soldat (Sagamaal): basic enlisted crew rating in the Sacnoth Dominate Army.

Sort Prins (Sagamaal): professional services holding on Sacnoth, a provider of security services to Dominate merchant lines.

Sotobosk (Motmos): world along the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world, and the farthest extent of Dominate exploration to rimward. (M1, p. 11; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; Webb's Canon)

Sting (Sting): a Sword World, one of the Rim Colonies, named for a fictional ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Sting is a medium size (6) world with a thin, tainted atmosphere (4) and a wet hydrosphere (5).  It has a moderate-size population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Sting has a good quality starport (B) and average stellar technological capability (A).

Storhertug (Sagamaal): formal title of the Consort of the Empress of the Sacnoth Dominate; currently Vilhelm Louysson Thabane.

Surtur-class barque: an 800-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale military operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (B02, pp. 19-20, and 2nd ed., p. 20; S09, p. 21; J08, pp. 24-37; A07, pp. 16-35; TB, p. 59; MT3, p. 83; TNE, p. 377; GT, p. 139; MGT, pp. 127-128)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Surtur-class barques led several Dominate Exploring Expeditions.

Surtursild (Enos): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for its remarkable "Fire Sea" which quickly became a shrine of the Aesirist diety Surtur. (S03, p. 16-17; TD17, p. 20-21; RM1, p. 45; GT01, p. 69; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; GJ2723, "The Five States"; GT31, p. 16, 24, 43-44; 3I:SW, p. 54-56; Webb's Canon)

Svavasorm (Vilis): world in the Danuuz frontier, surveyed by the Badawi Adventure, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon) 

Sværdverdenerne (Modified from The Traveller Map)

Sværdverdenerne (Sagamaal): "The Sword Worlds," the twenty worlds of the Sacnoth Dominate (and previously of the Gram Hegemony), encompassing Gram and the four First Colonies, the six New Colonies (including Sacnoth), the three Far Colonies, the three Rim Colonies and the three Horseshoe Colonies.

Sverrir Ingridsson Kai-Fu: Hertug of Hofud.

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Tapperhed-class schooner: a 400-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (ACS1, p. 5)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Tapperhed-class schooners often participated in Dominate Exploring Expeditions.

Tĕrańḋ (Terant 340): largely uninhabited Darrian desert world, on a spur along the Darrian main at Tĭrẏugḣ. (AM08, p. 23; Webb's Canon)

Thoslinn Base: Dominate military base established on a secondary world (Roland) in the Joyeuse system in an effort to consolidate Dominate control of Gram and the First Colonies. (GT31, p. 41; 3I:SW, p. 53)

Tanoose: A corruption of Danuuz, the name of the enchanted sword of the legendary Vilani folk hero Mashdiikhe. (GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

Tĭrẏugḣ (Trifuge): Darrian agricultural world, second world along the Darrian main from Tizon.  Homeworld to primitive, non-human sophonts. (AM08, p. 23; Webb's Canon)

Tizon (Tizon): a Sword World, one of the First Colonies, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Tizon is a small size (3) world with a dense atmosphere (8) and a wet hydrosphere (6).  It has a moderate-sized population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Tizon has a good quality starport (B) and early stellar technological capability (9).

trader (ship): a streamlined freighter or liner of at least 200 tons but less than 400 tons (e.g. the standard Type-A free trader which originally appeared in Traveller Book 2: Starships).

Trailing frontier: original name of the Sepireld frontier, before it was surveyed by the Dominate.

Tranchera (Tarkine): world along the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

Treflughting (Original image served by rigelstar )

Treflughting: The primitive non-human sophonts native to the Darrian world Tĭrẏugḣ.  Treflughting are an aquatic, air-breathing, viviparous people who have rarely been encountered by Sword Worlders and, likely due to their complex artificial life-support needs, never off their homeworld. (GT01, p. 49)

Triumph-class brigantine: a 600-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (ACS2, pp. 11)  An older class of ships decommissioned by the Dominate after the Sacnoth-Gram War, Triumph-class brigantines participated in some private Exploring Expeditions.

Trojansprings: industrial lieutenancy on Haulteclere, involved primarily in resource extraction aimed at providing inputs to food production and artificial life suppport activities.  Vassal to Fairharvest.

Tyrfing (Tyrfing): a Sword World, one of the New Colonies, named for a mythological ancient Old Terran sword. (Webb's Canon)  Tyrfing is a medium size (6) world with a very thin atmosphere (3) and a wet hydrosphere (7).  It has a moderate-sized population (5) and is governed by a feudal technocracy (5) with moderate law enforcement (7).  Tyrfing has a good quality starport (C) and pre-stellar technological capability (8).

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Unshackling, The (Sagamaal: Frigørelsen): Sacnoth Dominate term for the brief war between Gram and Sacnoth which began in 212 F.E. and which led, after the defeat of Gram, to the establishment of the Sacnoth Dominate in 1 D.E.  See The Mutiny. (GT31, p. 9; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate")

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Vallmo (Pavabid): world along the spinward spur of the rimward trace of the Pilgrim frontier main, named for a member of the first Dominate expedition to survey the world. (M1, p. 11; GJ0725, "The Sacnoth Dominate"; Webb's Canon)

Vanaheim (Olympia): one of the unsettled worlds of the Rim Stars, named for an ancient Old Terran mythological place. (Webb's Canon; Merx's Landgrab)

Vardøhus-class sloop: a 100-ton, tech level B escort designed for naval reconnaissance operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (GT:IW, pp. 203-205)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Vardøhus-class sloops often participated in Dominate Exploring Expeditions.

Venetian Lines: commercial transport holding on Gram; Venetian provides jump-1 passenger and freight shipping to all worlds in the Dominate, as well as direct J-2 service between Gram, Sacnoth and Hofud.

Vethrfölnir-class cutter: a 300-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale naval operations and built at shipyards on Sacnoth. (B05, 2nd ed., p. 50; J04, pp. 14-21; S07, pp. 30-35; S09, p. 17; MT3, p. 84; MTJ2, pp. 27-31; TNE, p. 370; MGT, pp. 123-124)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Vethrfölnir-class cutters often participated in Dominate Exploring Expeditions.

Vilhelm Louysson Thabane: Grand Duke (Sagamaal: Storhertug) and Consort of Kejserinden Hanne, Empress of the Sacnoth Dominate.

Vimmel: a mid-sized feudal holding on Isenfang. (GJ1508, "Psi-chiatrist")

Vishvshaasakgårde: a major agricultural production and processing holding on Narsil.

Vismand (Sonthert): world in the Danuuz frontier (and, later, the Ginnungagap rift), named for a member of the Awair Adventure, the Dominate expedition to first survey the world.  (A Dominate settlement here is eventually abandoned but primitive descendants of the settlers survive into the Third Imperium era.) (A12, p. 6; GT31, p. 86; Webb's Canon)

Vostok-class sloop: a 100-ton, tech level B escort designed for naval reconnaissance operations and built at shipyards on Gram. (B02, p. 18, and 2nd ed., p. 19; S07, pp. 15-17; MT3, p. 80)  An older class of ships decommissioned by the Dominate after the Sacnoth-Gram War, Vostok-class sloops participated in some private Exploring Expeditions.

Voyageur-class trader: a 200-ton, tech level B merchant ship built at shipyards on Gram. (B02, p. 19, and 2nd ed., p. 19; S07, pp. 19-23; MT3, p. 82)  Older Voyageur-class traders sometimes served as support ships for private Exploring Expeditions.

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warship: a jump-capable ship intended for combat.

Welsung (Walston): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, surveyed by the Margadsson Expedition, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)

Wynstan (Winston): one of the Entropic Worlds, settled from Entrope with assistance from the re-emergent Darrians. (Webb's Canon)

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Xochitl (Capon): unsettled world along the trailing trace of the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for an ancient Old Terran legendary figure. (Webb's Canon)

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Yanick (Ianic): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a member of the Expedition. (Webb's Canon)

Yĕgḣrań (Ektron): sparsely-populated Darrian world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 22; Webb's Canon; BARD entry)

Yeliḿ (Ilium): Darrian agricultural world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 22; RM1, p. 44; Webb's Canon; Daryen's Landgrab; BARD entry)

Yĕnġranġĕ (Engrange): Darrian agricultural world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 22; Webb's Canon)

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Zḃumĕ (Spume): poor, largely-uninhabited Darrian desert world, one of the worlds of the Darrian Cluster. (AM08, p. 23; RM1, p. 44; Webb's Canon)

Zeŕmoń (494-908): inhospitable Darrian world, fifth world along the Darrian main from Tizon.  There are rumours of a secret Darrian base located somewhere in the system. (AM08, p. 24; Webb's Canon)

Zġazĕńḋ (Jacent): poor, sparsely-populated Darrian world, fourth world along the Darrian main from Tizon. (AM08, p. 22; Webb's Canon; Daryen's Landgrab)

Zhdantian space: inhabited region core-spinward of the Sword Worlds, beyond the Entropic frontier.

Zheng He-class barque: an 800-ton, tech level B escort designed for small-scale military operations and built at shipyards on Hofud. (ACS2, p. 12)  An older class of ships nearing the end of their planned service lives, Zheng He-class barques led some private Exploring Expeditions.

Zhenya (Zaibon): unsettled world along the Sepireld frontier main, surveyed by the Namsmann Expedition, named for a loved one of a member of the Expedition. (Webb's Canon; Merx's Landgrab)

Zulfikar (Debarre): world along the spinward trace of the Pilgrim frontier, named for a legendary ancient Old Terran sword. (HRM980630; Webb's Canon)  (There are ruins of an ancient Darrian settlement on Zulfikar which were not discovered in the initial Dominate survey. (AM08, p. 9))

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