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.
Avon suggested, before the Liberator reached Horizon, that the planet might be used by the Federation as an experimental war zone. This implies that the Federation may indeed have used whole planets for such purposes.
There were many significant explosions throughout the series, some of them are here:
| The first explosion on the Liberator, before it completely disintegrates in Terminal. | |
| The demise of Zen from Terminal |  |
| The end of the liberator from Terminal |  |
Explosives were used or referred to on a number of occasions during the series, usually with a built-in timer delay.
The Web: Cally, under the influence of the Lost, attached an explosive device to the Liberator's primary power channel in Hold Three, Access Duct Seven. In appearance, the device was rectangular in shape, black and metalic in colour.
Mission to Destiny: Blake placed an explosive device on the entry hatch
of the
Ortega, rigged to go off when used by the crew of the ship that had come
to collect Sara and the neutrotope.
Seek-Locate-Destroy: The B7 crew placed a number of explosive charges
around the cypher room on Centero. The charges were cylindrical and black in
appearance and could, via magnetic or other means, be stuck onto a metal
surface. 
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Deliverance: Servalan told Travis that she had placed a 'small explosive
device' aboard Ensor Jr's Space Master craft.
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Redemption: When he and Jenna were imprisoned in the System cell, Avon said that he could have broken out using a heavy metal cutter and 'a couple of explosive charges'.
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Star One: Explosive charges were hidden by Blake and Cally around the
control complex on Star One; but they were removed when the alien presence
was discovered and were then detonated in safety by Cally, with one
exception, which was used by Lurena against the aliens. While similar in
size to those used in Seek-Locate-Destroy, the explosive charges were
black and white in colour, with a different timing device.
|  Lurena with explosive |
Ultraworld: Dayna produced a small but powerful explosive device that she had concealed in her mouth. The device had a ten second timer that was activated by biting.
Rescue: Servalan planted explosive charges aboard her ship and in the base on Terminal, in the hope of killing the B7 crew. The charges in the base had ultrasonic fuses keyed to activate once the charges aboard her ship were detonated.
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Traitor: Explosives are mentioned three times during this episode. First,
Igin told the Federation that Hunda's fourth column of freedom fighters on
Helotrix planned to destroy the Magnetrix terminal with explosive charges.
Second, Forbus told Tarrant and Dayna that he had the ability to detonate
700 kilos of nitroglycerine, which he planned to use to destroy Servalan.
Third, the Federation laid eighteen explosive charges in the old monorail
tunnel, which could be detonated either simultaineously or independently.
Leitz, acting as a double spy, had persuaded Hunda that the tunnel could be
used by his column to gain access to the city.
EXTRA RANGE DETECTOR(B-12: THE KEEPER)Avon commanded Liberator's extra range detector to be used whilst in orbit around Goth, at which point Cally mentioned the drain it would put on the energy banks. It was referred to in the singular rather than plural.
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