SOMBRERO GLOSSARY


AIs: MORE HERE SOON

Alltongue: a near-universal language that more than 70% of the sentients in the Sombrero Galaxy speak. Only the Ssli and the Sissk refuse to use this simple but effective language.

Battle of Goro Prime: the very first large battle of the current war, the Mechanoids brought more than 50 billion ships, fighters, and individual robots to the fight. Once the shooting started, the Mechanoids never stopped firing, decimating the 400 million warships of the Allied Races. After this disasterous battle, tens of millions of Allied warships began being redeployed from the Goog Frontier to the main battle-line against the Mechanoids.

Battle of Hrush: MORE HERE SOON

Battle of Zydrene: MORE HERE SOON

Bionanoelectronics: MORE HERE SOON

Borealians: this alien race are close allies of the Nigelian Confederacy, often offering their services as mercenaries and assault troops. They are humanoid mammals and come from a small polluted planet that has depleted its natural resources. The Borealians therefor must import vast amounts of materials, foodstuffs, and other products from other worlds. This has made them critically dependent on trade and foreign aid, both of which are being amply supplied by the Nigelian Confederacy. In return the Borealians provide the Confederacy with much need cannon fodder troops.

Brotherhood, the: with several million members, this is the largest illegal organization in the Sombrero Galaxy which deals in black-market goods and services. While there are other small groups of pirates and criminals, none are as large (and effective) as the Brotherhood. With the total population of the Sombrero Galaxy in the trillions of sentients, millions of members are a very small number but their influence is surprisingly widespread. If anything is illegal, highly-taxed or government-controlled, the Brotherhood has it hands involved in it, especially in the shipment of such goods. 

Burngali: a alien race that was biologically uplifted by the Glevv. They are a client race of the Pinter and due to their huge size they make excellent shock troops. The Burngali Homeworld is located in the Torsee Provinces; its population is 5 billion.

Burngali Battlesuit: as expensive as a frontline battleship, these super-technology warsuits are built only by the Burngali. Only a few thousand have been constructed due to their outrageous cost. They have, however, turned the tide in a few critical battles against the Mechanoids, most recently at the Duplato Homeworld. 

Calypso: The only habitable world colonized by humans in the Sombrero Galaxy. It is a ocean-world and has only been recently colonized from Merlin's Asteroid. 

Cataal: a major financial hub in the NoCoZo region. It is the fallback position for the Galactic Bank (which is located on Gantaeus) if the capital falls to the Mechanoids.

Chaalt Homeworld: MORE HERE SOON

Champra II: a small desert world with the largest deposit of military-grade diamond crystal located in the Sombrero Galaxy. This mineral is the key component in construction of hetlasers, a weapons system favored heavily by the Seven Great Races.

Chert: a alien race that was biologically uplifted by the Glevv. They are a client race of the Delphen and are known as excellent merchants. The Chert Homeworld is located in the Murra'bat Sector; its population is 3 billion.

Ch'nar: one of the most important military worlds in the Yanu Warzone.....MORE HERE SOON

Claxia: homeworld of the Claxian race, one of the more important humanoid races that are fighting the Mechanoids. The planet is located in the Black Forest Zone of the Sombrero Galaxy; population 50 billion sentients.

Claxian: ALIEN RACE

Compressed Matter Armor: MORE HERE SOON

Contoon: MORE HERE SOON

Cosmic Engineering: dyson spheres, dyson bubbles, and dyson swarms, ringworlds, topopolis (spaghetti world), artificial worlds, star lifting techniques, planet moving, matrioshka brains (m-brains), jupiter brains (j-brains) MORE HERE SOON

Cretos: a high-population city-planet located in the _____ MORE HERE SOON

Cybormen: once an intelligent race of mammals, the Cybormen were subject to genetic manipulation and robot integration, grafting their living tissues to metal, by the Mechanoids. The Cybormen are nothing more than experimental guinea pigs, laborers, menial servants, playthings, and pets. Many have fled their insane masters and have colonized a remote planet in the backwaters of the Sombrero Galaxy. 

Cyclax: the new homeworld of the Cybormen in the Sombrero Galaxy. It is located near the core of the galaxy.

Delphen: one of the "Seven Great Races". MORE HERE SOON

Demfley: a alien race made up of microscopic viruses that passes generational knowledge through genetic memory. They are benign and can cohabitate with many species in the Sombrero Galaxy but they prefer bipedal humanoids.

Derandar: the Drendosian Homeworld, its population is nearly 8 billion. Unfortunately it is located in the Tangent Warzone and is currently under attack by the Mechanoids and their Dionii allies.

Dionii: a cruel man-sized bug-race that are closely allied with the Mechanoids. Like their cybernetic allies, they hate humans and all humanoids. The Dionii are composed of four species of insects, combining to create a powerful warlike society bent on expansion and intergalactic dominance of all other life. They are currently helping the Mechanoids invade the Sombrero Galaxy: total numbers are several hundred billion troops. The cruelty of the Dionii is nearly as legendary as the Mechanoids; these are devastatingly ruthless, methodical creatures that engage in the conflicts of war as a way of life.

Dorta: MORE HERE SOON

Drendosian: ALIEN RACE

D'sarri: ALIEN RACE

Duplato: ALIEN RACE

Electronic Telepathy: MORE HERE SOON

Episimis Trion: MORE HERE SOON

Felida: homeworld of the Felidans, a aggressive lion-like race that has been "uplifted" by the Pinter. They are some of the Allied Races best hand-to-hand fighters.

Galvanium: a important mineral ore found on dozens of worlds in the Sombrero Galaxy. It is vital for the production of compressed matter armor for warships.

Gantaeus: the capital of the Glevv Federation. Population 20 billion sentients. It is also the headquarters of the Allied Races military and the Galactic Bank.

Gendo: The Gendo are a brilliant reptilian race and (along with the Nigelians) are the true power behind the Nigelian Confederacy. The Gendo are fascinated by new concepts and technologies, making them incredible field scientists and engineers. The Gendo complete the Nigelian-Ostrac-Gendo triumvirate.

Glevv: one of the "Seven".... MORE HERE SOON

Goog Abhorrence: MORE HERE SOON

Goruffian: this alien race is native to the....ALIEN RACE

Grum: a alien race that was biologically uplifted by the Glevv. They are a client race of the Pinter and provide nearly 20% of the Glevv frontline troops.

Ha-acka Ro: a dispersed dyson swarm located in the ______ MORE HERE SOON

Hexios Shield Generators: this defensive energy shield is unique in that it can encompass an entire squadron of ships (area effect)  MORE HERE SOON

Hyce: the smallest intelligent mammalian alien race in the Sombrero Galaxy... ALIEN RACE

Hydrena: a jumbo-sized waterworld located on the front lines of the conflict. This planet is populated mostly by Kraed and... MORE HERE SOON

Hypercorporations: MORE HERE SOON

Hypermasssive Black Hole: the "Core Hole"...into white hole, Mechanoid entry point MORE HERE SOON

Inax: a alien race that was biologically uplifted by the Glevv. They are a client race of the Delphen and _____

Invid: a aggressive alien race that hordes the powerful "Flower of Life". A bitter enemy of all alien races, especially the Mechanoids. Their homeworld is located near the Core of the Sombrero Galaxy. More than a trillion Invid are currently defending their world against continual Mechanoid attacks. Several new types of combat mechs have been created, including three heavy types: here, here, and here. The Invid have also built specialized warships designed to deal with the vast Mechanoid hordes: MORE HERE SOON

Invid Flower of Life: To understand protoculture you must understand The Invid Flower of Life. The so-called "Flower of Life" is a mysterious plant that was once indigenous exclusively to the Invid's homeworld: Optera, a swampy, wet world with a thick atmosphere that orbits a G2V star. The Flower of Life possesses several properties truly unique to any plant in the universe. One of those properties is the generation of incredible amounts of bio-energy. A properly germinated seed placed under constant pressure generates more energy than a nuclear power plant: clean, natural, non-polluting energy. This process inhibits the plant's growth, which in turn causes it to generate even more energy. Locked in stasis, the seed can power a modern city of millions, for generations. MORE HERE SOON

Justria: a heavily-populated dyson bubble located in the MORE HERE SOON

Khurda: a joint military world located near the core of the Sombrero Galaxy ..... MORE HERE SOON

Kraed: one of the "Seven Great Races"., this alien race..... MORE HERE SOON

Ku, the Pu, and the Pinter: MORE HERE SOON

Kurs: the homeworld of the...... MORE HERE SOON

Kyprios: a high-population city planet located in the _____ MORE HERE SOON

Magdium: MORE HERE SOON

Malkorite: ALIEN RACE

Maxians: ALIEN RACE

Mechanoids: The Mechanoids are an ancient race renowned for their unrivaled technology, destructive power, and evil. Their cruelty and domination has become a thing of legend as they swept through one galaxy after another in our Universe. In each case, the horrible cyborgs would slaughter trillions upon trillions and devour entire planets and/or suns to power their interstellar war machines and planet-sized motherships. They are beings driven by three goals: expansion and conquest, the accumulation of technological knowledge, and the termination of all human life, including most humanoid bipeds and those non-humanoid races who would dare to support/protect them. They are currently invading the Sombrero Galaxy through the galaxys' central black hole, which they have somehow reversed into a "white hole".

Merlin's Asteroid: nearly a thousand years ago the human luxury liner Merlins Pride mis-jumped into the Sombrero Galaxy. Stranded impossibly far from the Milky Way Galaxy, the 5,000 passengers and crew wisely decided to settle down and colonize a small, out-of-the-way star system. Named Merlins' Asteroid.....MORE HERE SOON

Mynas: MORE HERE SOON

Mynasians: a highly advanced non-humanoid species that has evolved on a massive, cold world within the Sombrero Galaxy, the Mynasians are... MORE HERE SOON

Nano-scrubbers: MORE HERE SOON

Negallia: MORE HERE SOON

Nigelian Confederacy: this small interstellar polity has the unique circumstance of being the location of three sentient alien races that evolved in the same solar system. Technologically uplifted by the Glevv, they now engage in black marketeering across the Sombrero Galaxy. They have also been victimized by the Mechanoids and now consider themselves at war with the cyborg invaders.

Nigelians: these aliens are a clever, adaptive race of bipedal humanoids that are the heart and soul of the Nigelian Confederacy. They are particularly adept in the political arena and they have established the political structure, laws, alliances, and goals of the Confederacy and they are its prime movers. With the Gendo at their right hand and the Ostrac at their left, they have molded their triumvirate into a power to be reckoned with.

No Colonization Zone (NoCoZo): a region of space on the Outer Ring of the Sombrero Galaxy that is badly overpopulated. Every single habitable world in the No Colonization Zone is colonized, with a dozen worlds in the region having hundreds of billions of inhabitants, including several that have over one trillion in population. Because of the extreme overpopulation in the NoCoZo, no additional worlds are allowed to be colonized in this region.

Neutronium Armor: MORE HERE SOON

Olop: ALIEN RACE

Olympos: a high-population world currently being threatened by the invading Mechanoids. Population is 25 billion sentients.

Ostrac: this alien race of amphibians evolved in the Nigelian Star System and they are the most primitive of the Nigelian Confederacy. They are extremely tall and they love adventure and war. They are the strongmen of the Confederacy and are fiercely loyal to their Gendo and Nigelian friends. 

Palorian: ALIEN RACE

Panterra System: a unique quaternary star system with 8 habitable worlds and over 80 billion inhabitants (mainly Delphen).This massively productive star system is vital to the war effort against the Mechanoids and their Dionii allies. It is located near the NoCoZo.

Pashtali: ALIEN RACE

Pen-Gyl, Argur: this alien is estimated to be over a million years old, which makes him oldest sentient being in the Sombrero Galaxy. He is also the galaxies' most powerful being and he is also most likely the last of his race. Pen-Gyl has spent previous millennia terraforming thousands of uninhabitable worlds, apparently as a hobby. However, the Mechanoid attacks have destroyed many of his pet projects, totally enraging him! As a result, Pen-Gyl has gone on an absolutely devastating rampage that the galaxy has never seen before! Using ultra-deadly black hole weaponry and other star system destroying ordinance, he has caused incalculable destruction among the Mechanoids and their allies, but he is currently badly outnumbered and is fighting alone near the Black Forest Zone.

Phi-Warper: a psionic alien race being brutally used by the Mechanoids in their teleport/warp drive systems. See here for more. They are known for their psionic teleportation ability.

Pinter: one of the "Seven Great Races", this alien race..... MORE HERE SOON

Plegarians: a ancient "retiring" alien race that possesses super-science far in advance of any of the Sombrero Galaxy races. A dozen Plegarians have pledged to stop the Mechanoid invasion using their personal warships and their ultra-deadly vessels have recently wracked up an impressive kill list against the Mechanoids.

Porasto System: the primary evacuation zone for all non-military vessels in the Tangent Warzone. More than 100,000 space-going vessels (mostly passenger liners, cargo transports, and luxury space yachts) are currently in the star system, causing a humanitarian crisis that no one saw coming.

Preemar: a alien race that was biologically uplifted by the Glevv. They are a client race of the Pinter and are excellent administrators.

Presgar: one of the "Seven Great Races"., this alien race..... MORE HERE SOON

Prodium: MORE HERE SOON

Prule: Around a million years ago a single alien race utterly dominated the Sombrero Galaxy, the Prule. Their ruthlessness as slavers eventually united all the other races of the galaxy against them, resulting in the release of a biological weapon that slowly sterilized them all. The eventual demise of the ancient Prule Empire brought about chaos and disorder for millennia, until the rise of the Seven Great Races.

Quilla: MORE HERE SOON

Ra'Nai Tan: MORE HERE SOON (the Preemar homeworld)

Ro Worldbuilders: an ancient alien race that now travels the Sombrero Galaxy in immense world-sized vessels, which have incredibly effective offensive and defensive weaponry. One of their precious worldships was recently destroyed in the Poorgl Warzone during a Mechanoid offensive. Primarily pacifists, they have to date refused to get involved in any conflicts in the Sombrero Galaxy but the war with the Mechanoids is forcing them to re-evaluate this policy. 

Ro: the original homeworld of the Ro Worldbuilders, it was destroyed millennia ago during the war with the Prule. Its location is unknown to the inhabitants of the Sombrero Galaxy, and the Ro aren't talking.

Ruquint: one of the "Seven Great Races"., this alien race..... MORE HERE SOON

Seven Great Races: MORE HERE SOON

Shelkat: ALIEN RACE

Sil, the: ALIEN RACE

Sisenna: a heavily populated city-planet located in the NoCoZo. It has a population of over 1 trillion sentients and is a major economic and military powerhouse, producing dozens of capital warships every month for the Allied Races armed forces.

Sissk: the homeworld of the highly alien Sissk race. The planet is currently being fought over between the Mechanoids and the Allied Races. They are a rare gas giant race, one of only three known in the Sombrero Galaxy.

Snapper Missiles: one of the more effective missiles used by the Allied Races, these types of weapons are especially effective against the Mechanoids. Snappers are sprint-mode missiles that cannot be stopped by starship point defenses and the Mechanoids have been helpless in thwarting them.

Sombrero Galaxy: This is a large galaxy that is located about 30 million light-years from Earth and it has a diameter of approximately 50,000 light-years. It is just 30% the size of the Milky Way and has a bright nucleus and an unusually large central bulge. It has a supermassive black hole at its core and the dark dust lane and prominent bulge gives this galaxy the appearance of a sombrero hat. The "Seven Great Races" dominate this galaxy, although it is currently being invaded by the genocidal Mechanoid race. The total population of the Sombrero Galaxy is estimated to be several hundred trillion sentient beings, with the vast majority of those living in dyson constructs (spheres, swarms, and bubbles) as well as extensive computer virtual civilizations.

Spakxsian: ALIEN RACE

Sparn, the: ALIEN RACE

Ssli: One of the "Seven Great Races", this alien race is incredibly ancient, their bodies being half technological and half biological. The Ssli have three different mindsets: social, military, and science. Whichever is currently dominant is how they interact with others, including their own kind. This make the Ssli very unpredictable allies.....truly alien (strange). MORE HERE SOON

Star Swallower: MORE HERE SOON

Swosian: a incredibly telepathic alien race in the Sombrero Galaxy. (telepathic, even across light years). MORE HERE SOON

Tarsi: ALIEN RACE

Tenebris: one of the first worlds depopulated by the Mechanoids. Nearly 10 billion sentients were killed by the attackers. This disaster spurred the Allied Races to take the new war with the Mechanoids much more seriously.

Tesca Prime: MORE HERE SOON

Tescans: ALIEN RACE

Thertson: a planet, MORE HERE SOON

Tleb: the homeworld of the Tandori race, non-humanoid aliens that are trying to stay out of the fighting that has exploded across the Sombrero Galaxy.

Torghram War: MORE HERE SOON

Torodon: a dinosaur-like race that is very similar to a Earth-based triceratops. They evolved naturally and have become one of the Allied Races best ground troops in fighting the Mechanoids, due to being heavily armored.

Turidas: MORE HERE SOON

Tyrea: homeworld of the Tyrean Dreamers, a non-space race MORE HERE SOON

Valdera: covered from pole-to-pole with one immense never-ending city, this planet has a overall population of over one trillion sentient beings. It is located on the front lines of the conflict, deep in the Core of the Sombrero Galaxy. It is the homeworld of the Shreen race.

Velterrum Armor: high-density starship armor, built only by the ______.

Vennat: MORE HERE SOON

Vortanis: the site of a Retiring Order small dyson sphere, it has a low population. MORE HERE SOON

Vultek: ALIEN RACE

Woakx Prime: MORE HERE SOON

Xenotech: MORE HERE SOON

Yax: PLANET

Yezerian: ALIEN RACE

Yoler: MORE HERE SOON