Any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine or motor, the latter being a reaction engine in which a fuel and oxidizer are burnt in a combustion chamber, the product expending through a nozzle, producing thrust. There were five rockets mentioned or shown in the series. In Space Fall, Avon mentioned to Blake that the Liberator's 'Life rocket launch control' had been operated, explaining what had happened to the crew.
In Mission to Destiny, Sara launched Life Rocket Two from the Ortega to make people believe that Dortmunn had left the ship, therefore had killed Raffort and had damaged the main controls on the flight deck. Mandrian said that the life rockets had a 'limited range'; the one launched couldn't carry Dortmunn to a habitable planet.
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In Deliverance, a 'chemical rocket in launch position' was seen,
later launched by Avon on a journey that would take it 500 years. In
'Countdown', a rocket was shown on Albian, in what was variously described
as a 'rocket silo' or 'rocket launch pad'. The rocket was described by Avon
as 'fast but short-range', with a life-support capacity of about 100 space
hours. It was intended that Provine, Selson, and Tronos would get into
orbit in the rocket, staying there until the decay of the radiation from
the detonated solium radiation device.
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The life rockets referred to appear, from their function as emergency escape devices from a ship, to be life capsules under another name. Apart from the chemical rocket in Deliverance and the one shown in Killer, no indication was given if the vehicles mentioned or shown were powered by rocket engines or motors equivalent to those of twentieth century Earth.
See also LIFE CAPSULES.
A rocket silo on Albian, at the junction of corridors 11A and 51B, contained a short-range space craft with life support capability for 100 space hours.
Gola's brother, who conspired with him to imprison their father and take the throne. Gola made himself Charl and exiled Rod. Captured by Gola's men, Rod was rescued by Blake and they worked together. Rod was later defeated by Gola in single combat.
Quoted by Egrorian: "O liberty, liberty, what crimes are committed in your name!" She allegedly said this on passing the statue of Liberty in 1793, on her way to be executed as another victim of the French Revolution.
| Described in Seek-Locate-Destroy as Secretary Rontane and personal representative of the President. Rontane, together with Bercol, visited Servalan in her space station to express the President's disapproval of Blake's continued freedom and his growing popularity with dissidents. Rontane later appeared, again with Bercol, as an observer at Travis" court-martial. He probably died as a result of Blake's surprise attack on the HQ station as sentence was being passed on Travis. |  In Trial |
| Component of the sub-etheric transmitter on Albian which could activate the solium radiation device. Vetnor attempted to isolate the rotornoid link, but merely delayed the countdown for a few seconds. |  |
Fundamental principle of the Clonemasters" philosophy, described to Servalan by Clonemaster Fen. Based on the principle that "All life is linked", it forbade the Clonemasters to create new forms of life, only to copy those that already existed. The Clonemasters" city was made of a vegetable material, alive and responsive to mood: this was presumably a pre-existing species so as not to violate the Rule of Life.