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jackbeetle: jackbeetle, jackbeetles

the largest of the insects in the City, usually inhabiting the great airshafts where the fungi and other growths they prefer as food are also found. They are not averse to eating rotting flesh.

Jackie B

a large friend of Tomas.

Jaco

a clandestine agent for the Movement.

jadronarr: jadronarr, jadronarri

a sequence of pictures, much like a comic strip, done in relief in metal or other permanent media, narrating a historical or mythical story. Ordinarily of very high quality of art. A jadronarr‘s frames weave from one into the next, according to convention; at least one figure or character from an earlier frame must lead the viewer into the next. Often the frames would carry narrative threads in two dimensions, with one character pointing into the next frame in reading order and another pointing into a frame far distant in time or space. The most striking of these works were done near the end of the Third Dynasty ; the door in Engrammatic Inn is a copy of one of these works.

Jaeg

Frei‘s protector, teacher and lover, from Frei‘s early teens on Teshill Slope, in Sobi Zone. Later became Lejina‘s lover.

Jagan

a City official from the Investigations Procedural Adherence Division, present at Arlen‘s to insure that no breaches of warrant took place during official searches and questions.

Jagged Ring

home of the Originals Coll, the Jagged Ring is a large archipelago in the Great Eastern Sea. This gigantic annulus of towering, bitter-hard rocky islands offers little agriculture but much sea-farming to its inhabitants, who hold themselves apart from the other humans of Tarnus.

jagger: jagger, jagger beetle

a pseudoinsect slightly larger than the jackbeetle, with a genemix of indigenous insectoids and the beetles of Earth lineage. Distinguished by its four mandibles and a hollow, steel-hard proboscis.

jagger shak

a MuTou playing shak that lets the anj follow edges of tessels.

Jamie Raeburn: Jamie Raeburn, Raeburn

the subject of an old Scottish song of the 18th century CE. His fate was that of many prisoners in Scotland put aboard ship and exiled permanently to Australia, usually for nothing more than petty crimes.

Jane

Jane Su, starship officer

Jane Su

an officer aboard the starship Tompuso.

Janet

former partner and lover of Doug Macnee.

Jannalisa

a police officer.

Janny

one of the younger street children of Babiar.

Jared

either of two rebel fighters in the City, one of them named Jared Sixfoot.

Jarmann

a street just by the crevice walk leading to one of the dwelling places of Tomas.

jaSRann

an andro name for a color in the five-octave andro color spectrum. jaSRann is in the near infrared range 1500-750 nm), and its name refers to a multiple of the human color green. In relation to neighboring colors in a musical scale with red at A, this would be D sharp or E flat. Pronunciation of sounds written as SR (*) or ZK (+) as spoken in anjive is described briefly in Andro Notes. From tabular data: jaSRann is the name of a color in the spectrum visible to andros. jaSRann is in the Near Infrared (1500-750 nm). In the five ‘octaves’ of the andro color spectrum, jaSRann equates to a musical D#, and is in the same place in the octave as Green. More information is available in the reference table titled ANDRO COLOR NAMES. From tabular data for “jaSRann": jaSRann is the name of a color in the spectrum visible to andros. jaSRann is in the Near Infrared (1500-750 nm). In the five ‘octaves’ of the andro color spectrum, jaSRann equates to a musical D#, and is in the same place in the octave as Green. More information is available in the reference table titled ANDRO COLOR NAMES.

Jaybee

a boy of the Babiar street children.

jected: ject, jected

use a jector.

jector: jector, jectors

a highly– and generally-favored street weapon. The smaller and less potent type was carried in hand, the larger strapped along the forearm. Powered by small quantities of explosive, it sent a long, awl-like stabber through layers of body armor to deposit drugs or damaging substances (such as pure sodium or burning phosphorus) inside the body of a victim. Also used medically.

Jeddiar

the first male andro created by Hyonarsa. See also Meduin.

Jeddin

a renegade andro, once a City servant. Very curious, always finding ways to get information about andros and humans and put it to work. Joined the insurrection early in its planning, and supplied much City information to the insurgents.

Jeff

Jeff Harkness, a Colonist left in cold sleep on the migration starship.

jegory

a spice derived from chisernari cuttings grown in vinegar. Favored by Sobi Zone’s human residents. Andros find it too weak.

Jessa

a woman’s name.

Jestice: Jestice, JXX, Snarks, Wockadoo

a satirical sensi supplier, masked behind other feeds and shifting from one source to another to avoid censorship. From tabular data: Jestice is one of the satirist suppliers, heavily masked and nomadic on the fiber. Most of the sensi sources are described briefly in the reference table titled SENSI SUPPLIERS. Ordinary people refer to Jestice in private conversation as the Wockadoo, Snarks. From tabular data for “Jestice": Jestice is one of the satirist suppliers, heavily masked and nomadic on the fiber. Most of the sensi sources are described briefly in the reference table titled SENSI SUPPLIERS. Ordinary people refer to Jestice in private conversation as the Wockadoo, Snarks.

Jing

a friend and fellow student of Miriam, on Earth.

jinky

having many sudden turns and short straight passages.

jio

a term of respect and care in addressing a young girl.

Jirinai

an officer in the insurrection force, working for Torre; a member of Gellin Sintherou, once imprisoned and tortured by Arlen.

jitar: jitar, jitars

a sixteen-string instrument played by Drasstar and many others.

Jobim: Jefferson Jobim, JJ, Jobim

Jefferson Jobim (JJ), Science Abolition Movement assassin and espionage agent.

John

taxi driver in Cape Town area

Joimia

an andro woman of Purusil.

Jojo

a street name for a hapless nitwit, or a close friend, depending on the situation and the delivery of the word.

joker: joker, jokered, jokering

to ‘joker' a piece of equipment is to hack its workings to do something it was either not designed to do, or designed not to do.

JoMai

see KaiSarDen Jomai.

jomay

streetchild word for ‘never’.

jonkanoo

an old term dredged from the Archives and used to describe a small festival band playing percussion instruments of all types.

Jono

a man of the pre-Colonist era, imprisoned in the wall of the City much like Unagrist, but insane.

Joovlies

a cloax or barhole on Rockswell Track off Teshill Slope.

Jorrel

Jaeg‘s older sister.

Joutan

the name, in CLang, of the eleventh month of the Lulith Calendar. From tabular data: Joutan is month number 11 in the 14-month Moon Calendar. You can find all the month names in the reference table titled MOON CALENDAR MONTH NAMES. From tabular data for “Joutan": Joutan is month number 11 in the 14-month Moon Calendar. You can find all the month names in the reference table titled MOON CALENDAR MONTH NAMES.

Joyann

the manager or leader of the farm workers hired by Marra and Deen to work their land.

Juadi

the name, in CLang, of the second day of the eight-day week of the City Calendar. From tabular data: Juadi is day number 2 in the City Calendar‘s eight-day week. The days of the week are listed in the reference table titled WEEKDAY NAMES. From tabular data for “Juadi": Juadi is day number 2 in the City Calendar‘s eight-day week. The days of the week are listed in the reference table titled WEEKDAY NAMES.

Juliet

one of the small inner moons of Uranus, sixth nearest to the planet.

JumpInto Inn

one of the surface country inns used frequently by andros.

jungled

the “jungled axes” are some of the life-forms of H-space.

junk bomb: junk bomb, junk bombs

an anti-personnel weapon using explosives surrounded by closely-packed scythewire.

Junusium

one of the major clans of Arcus Coll; Ezzar‘s father Derizan belongs to it.

Juo

Xiang Juo, one of Deng Yi‘s assistants in the starship lander training program.

Jurg

a guard at one of Arcorp’s private entrances in its part of the City.