On reboarding the Liberator after the Intergalactic War, Avon was informed by Zen that Blake was on his way to Epheron in the Loritol system. No further information was given, save that it was home to several primitive life forms.
| One of the possible sources of treatment for Gan's malfunctioning limiter. Although it had the appropriate level of technology, the inhabitants were stated by Jenna to be hostile to humanoid life "and Homo sapiens in particular". It was 200 hours away from the Liberator's position at the time. | |
| Base Commander on Centero, who informed Travis of the molecular shift detector monitoring the communications centre for arrivals by teleport. |  |
The Federation space fleet unit with which Servalan visited the battle zone in the closing stages of the Intergalactic War. The escort group was destroyed in the alien counterattack, leaving Servalan stranded on Sarran.
Once the Liberator was parked in a trial of crew performance, Blake asked Zen to check for any space traffic in the vicinity, requesting "etheric detector beams on maximum".
| A planet, probably in Sector 4, with a thin breathable atmosphere that ran short of oxygen at relatively low altitudes. Vegetation was minimal. Zen specifically mentioned escarpments made of chalk. The Federation had used Exbar as a penal colony for Grade-4 offenders, who were allowed visitors and special privileges: the planet might be regarded as an open prison. Ushton had been sent there for an unspecified crime at some time. As a boy, Blake visited Exbar, presumably to see Ushton, suggesting that Ushton had been there for twenty years or more at the time of Blake's second visit. |  |
 The communications Tower | Inga may have gone to Exbar with Ushton, joined him later, or been born there. The Federation later abandoned Exbar, leaving the prisoners behind, and those that were left looked after themselves, competing for what little food and other resources there were. Travis, when he arrived, took possession of a previously unopenable communications tower which also functioned as an oxygen and power plant. It was also revealed to contain large stocks of food concentrate. Inga said there was enough to feed everyone on the planet, suggesting that total population was relatively low and probably restricted to a fairly small area. |
One of the stars, along with Cynra and Aristo, shown on the star chart on the flight deck as Blake journeyed to meet Ensor.
An adverbal phrase, meaning 'in virtue of one's office', derived from the Latin words ex 'out of' and officio, the ablative of officium 'duty, office'. Used either as a noun or as an adjective, it was used as the latter by Bercol in Trial, when he identified himself as 'Head of the Information Bureau. Ex officio member of the High Council'.
A drug, exact details of which are hard to infer. Keiller noted that it was used in "psychological tests for security", but also apparently taken, probably illegally, by others. Exobriddian was addictive, and withdrawal could be fatal. Dayna was supposed to fake withdrawal symptoms as part of the plan to steal the Earth-bound gold from the Space Princess, but a change of ship's doctor forced her to take the drug for real. Dr Slaten noted that Dayna would not be given drugs on Earth, suggesting that exobriddian was illegal on Earth if not elsewhere. Reference was also made to "exobriddian poisoning", suggesting that exobriddian might have been a withdrawal-related by-product rather than the name of the drug itself.
Term used by Dr Bellfriar in reference to aliens. This might be a blanket term for any form of alien life, or a specific reference to non-humanoid alien species.