Mentioned by Cally when held prisoner on Crandor, saying that the legend of the Thaarn was the oldest story in it. Possibly a religious text, but unlikely since Cally refers to the Thaarn legend as no more than a story for children, and thus more likely a collection of myths and legends comparable to the Epic of Gilgamesh or the Mabinogion.
See also THAARN.
In Cygnus Alpha, Vargas consulted a book, presumably a religious text, to discover the meaning of Blake's coming. The book was hardback, shabbily bound (or frayed through age) and appeared to have been printed.
In Power, Gunn-Sar made a fleeting reference to books, suggesting that some Hommiks at least may have been literate.
| A cumbersome piece of equipment, exact use unspecified. Cally referred to having finished using it on Liberator and offered it to Dayna. Cally was seen using it again in Death-Watch, holding a large crystalline object under the screen. The object might have been a data storage device. | |
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One of the planetary leaders conscripted by Avon for his alliance against the
Federation. Boorva represented Tarl, against which Zukan lodged territorial
claims.
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Fitted to space craft for additional short-term thrust. References include: Hostage: Blake gave the command "Full boost" to Jenna, suggesting that boosters may have been fitted to the Liberator. Star One: a ship as large as the Nova Queen was fitted with emergency boosters, but they could not be engaged fast enough to avoid a collision with an unmanned ore carrier above Keldon City. Rescue: Scorpio was fitted with an orbital booster, used on the surface to help lift the ship off the ground. Traitor: Avon told Soolin that ships like Scorpio were fitted with short-burn boosters to help lift their payloads into orbit. This was probably a reference to the orbital booster mentioned above. Avon had assigned Orac to redesigning the boosters to give Scorpio greater in-flight speed.
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The Amagons led by Tarvin were described by Gan as bounty hunters. Blake made a mention of "every kill-happy bounty hunter" in Trial.
Bounty hunters were common on Gauda Prime as the authorities sought to clean up the planet before joining the Federation. Five were seen to be killed on the planet - two by Arlen, one (Tando) by Blake, and two more by Avon after they had knocked out Vila and were preparing to attack Dayna and Soolin.
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The teleport systems on Scorpio and Liberator both depended on
bracelets for transmission and recall. The bracelets in both cases also
functioned as communicators.
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Blake recognised the bracelets on the Liberator as containing aquitar,
and was the first person seen to use one when he teleported down to Cygnus
Alpha for a test and four minute reconnaissance. The rack beside the
teleport bay could hold 32 bracelets, as shown in The Keeper: it was
half empty in Cygnus Alpha, but seen to be full in Redemption,
so a store of them must have been kept somewhere. In Deliverance
Jenna lost her bracelet, and attempts to bring her up failed to produce
anything: this either means that unworn bracelets could not be teleported, or
that Jenna's was damaged in the struggle with the scavengers.
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A number of bracelets were last seen on people leaving the Liberator. If Jenna's bracelet on Cephlon was damaged (see above) they might have been recalled to the ship, otherwise they remained with those last seen wearing them. Such bracelets include: Cally's, which she lost on Centero in Seek-Locate-Destroy; Kayn's and Renor's (which might have been recovered - Kayn was not wearing one when he strangled Farren); and Sarkoff and Tyce needed bracelets to leave Liberator in Bounty. Avon, Vila, Gan and Blake had their bracelets stolen by Veron in Pressure Point: Travis tossed them into a corner, Jenna may later have recovered them. Jenna brought down three bracelets in Hostage, although only one was needed (to replace that lost with Molok) since Ushton and Inga elected to remain on Exbar. Del Grant left wearing a bracelet in Countdown. Voice from the Past presents some difficulties: Blake met Ven Glynd, "Shivan", Nagu and six aides on Asteroid P-K118, but only the first three were later seen on Liberator. Later Ven Glynd and LeGrand teleported to the Atlay shuttle, and were seen in the conference centre with four (different) aides. Shivan (actually Travis) later teleported down to Atlay. This leaves a possible 14 bracelets unaccounted for. In Volcano one was apparently left behind on Mori's dead trooper. Servalan, Shad and a guard teleported off Liberator to the shuttle: their bracelets were not seen to be reclaimed. Ginka took Avon's, Cally's and Tarrant's bracelets in Children of Auron: Dayna brought replacements down to the replication plant on Auron. Cally's bracelet was never recovered in Ultraworld. It was used to transmit a bogus distress call, ostensibly from her. Vila's bracelet was stolen by Servalan, Dayna's / Avon's by Grose and Tarrant's by Moloch in Moloch. All five of the crew needed bracelets to teleport down to Terminal: four people teleported back up (Servalan, Kostos and two aides). Servalan still wore a bracelet as she fled the disintegrating Liberator. Moloch is unique in that bracelets were actually created, using the energy/mass converter. Four were apparently produced in this way.
In all, at least 11 bracelets were definitely destroyed, and the Federation had the chance to acquire anything up to 20 bracelets for study. One was found by Avon on Terminal. Despite this ample raw material, the Federation never appeared to develop their own teleport system.
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The teleport was first used in Power and no bracelet was needed. It
could be that bracelets were unnecessary when teleporting from one terminal
to another, but they were seen to be worn for this purpose in
Headhunter. The bracelets were built, presumably by Dorian, before
the teleport was completed, since Avon was wearing one when captured by the
Hommiks, and the bracelet rack aboard Scorpio was already fitted when
Dorian came to Terminal. This rack could hold seven to eight bracelets, as
seen in Headhunter.
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One of the people admitted to the Central Clinic on the same day as the three children allegedly assaulted by Blake.