Sevencyclopaedia - D

DEL 10

Planet to which Liberator was destined before Blake changed course to Asteroid P-K118. Vila described it as an "ultra-planet", with mountain scenery, gravity so low one could almost float, and added that it was the galaxy's richest known source of "atmospheric vita particles". This last appears to contradict the comment about gravity, since a planet with gravity that low would have little in the way of an atmosphere.

DELPHIC ORACLE

Oracle of the god Apollo in Delphi, Greece, on the planet Earth. An oracle was a form of Greek divination given by a god or hero when consulted at a fixed oracular site. The Delphic oracle's origins are dated to the very end of the 9th century BC, it eventually becoming the most important Greek oracle. The god's responses were made via religious personnel and were ambiguous in nature. This ambiguity often led to the responses being misinterpreted by those who had consulted the oracle.

Orac used this oracle to explain his difficulty in obtaining data from Belkov's computer, Gambit, on the programming of the booby traps on Orbiter. While he could extract the information, he had problems in interpreting it, due to the logic of the computer's creator.

DELTA 706

Delta 706 classification subset 205 was Zen's identification of the pathogen brought on board Liberator by the android Avalon. It was also known, incorrectly, as the Phobon Plague. The artificially mutated variant used in Project Avalon killed in little more than twenty seconds and was self-neutralising almost as quickly. As well as being lethal it was, according to Servalan, very expensive to develop.

DELTA 714

A blind sun on the edge of Sector Six, and the location of the planet Terminal.

DELTA GRADE

Vila claimed in that he grew up in the Delta service grades.

Grade-4 is another term for Delta

See GRADE

DEPUTY COMMANDER

Possible rank within the Federation. The only Deputy Commander to be named was Galt, in charge of security at the Governors conference on Atlay.

DEPUTY LEADER

Title temporarily (and none too seriously) bestowed on Vila when Blake appointed him to escort Governor LeGrand from her transporter to Liberator.

DERAL

Officer under Servalan with the rank of Captain. Deral was accepted for command whereas Ginka was not, fostering resentment in the latter. Deral was chosen by Servalan to take the Liberator from Vila, but was captured and held as hostage by Vila, Dayna and Patar. Avon returned him to Servalan, who killed him.

DESTINY

Planet on the edge of the galaxy, with two continents. It was colonised 100 years before Blake encountered the circling Ortega. The economy was primarily agricultural with some trade with nearby planets. A fungal disease appeared during the growing season prior to Blake's encounter, and buried half the planet in slime within three months. Dr Kendall discovered that Destiny's sun was deficient in certain wavelengths, a shortcoming the neutrotope was intended to rectify. The Ortega was on its way to Destiny before Sara sabotaged the ship. The remainder of the crew were taken there with the neutrotope by Blake on the Liberator.

DESTRUCTORS

Mentioned by Escon to Travis, presumably heavy weapons of some sort with a "wide firing spread".

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