Distant Fires

by Schweinsteiger

nBSG AU goes Hard AU after "Exodus", but before "The Passage" . Involves Colonial/Earth storylines. OC and Canon POV characters. First Person POV throughout. A Raptor pilot is seperated from the Rag Tag Fleet.

10. Glossary

AEC: Astronautical Engineering Corporation. Chartered Joint-Stock Company (50% of shares held by the STO itself). Provides manufacturing, construction, maintenance and research services.

AAR: After Action Report.

Asimov Arrays: [redacted]

Bayerische Offizierschule: First-tier Military School. Munich, Germany.

BLACK FOLDER: [redacted]

BLACK SIGMA: [redacted]

Cermet: Ceramic-Metallic composite.

CNT: Carbon Nanotubes.

CODE PENELOPE: [redacted]

"Eagle": AE-2 Recon Spacecraft. FTL-capable. 2 crew, 10-12 pax. Manufactured by AEC.

"Egret": C-912 personnel transport. Militarized variant of Tupolev 511 Transatmospheric/Interorbital Vehicle. 2 crew, 15-20 pax.

EDG: Earth Defense Grid. Megaproject.

"Hawk": Mikoyan 115 space superiority fighter. 20m x 18m x 6m. First domestically-designed Earth combat spacecraft. Rocket engines are in pods at the end of the wings.

HPC: High Performance Concrete. Addition of CNT strands and polymer to aggregate and reinforcement with CNT structural rods produces extremely high (80 MPa) compressive strength and high Elastic Modulus.

Mark, Solar: STO Currency. Backed by a basket of national currencies and commodities. 1 Mark = US$1.6 1 Cent is 0.01 of 1 Mark. Banknotes (5/10/20/50/100), coins (.01/.05/.20/.50/1/2/5) and Secured Credit Pods (portable electronic P2P fund transfer devices).

Pads, The: Lunar construction facilities for fabrication and assembly of Starcruisers. Archimedes SFB.

Megaproject.

Panopticon: [redacted]

RCT: Regimental Combat Team. Primary independant unit. 3x Battalions, plus supporting Arms slices.

~4,000-5,000 personnel.

Rikugun Toyama Gakkom: First-tier Military School. Kyoto, Japan.

SFB: Space Force Base.

SCV: Space Control Vehicle. ~600m long. 2x flight pods. 5 Fighter Squadrons. 2000 personnel. Armament is mostly point defense, with only light primary batteries.

SDV: Space Dominance Vehicle. ~600m long. No flight pods. 12x dual-mount 60cm CLGG turrets (6 turrets each, dorsal and ventral surfaces). 2 Heavy Missile batteries. 24x double batteries of 28cm Electrothermal-chemical autocannons. 48x 7.5cm autocannon emplacements. 1500 personnel.

SIMS: Solar Institute of Military Sciences. Middle-rank Military Military School. Heliopolis.

"Snake Eaters": unofficial term for Solar Army light infantry troops.

SAS: Solar Astrographic Survey.

SIXS: Solar Institute of Xenoarcheological Studies.

SoA: Solar Army (Formally: Army of the Solar Treat Organization).

SoC: Solar Carabinieri (Formally: Solar Treaty Organization Carabinieri).

SolNet: System-wide network of interconnected local computer networks. Light lag results in communications beyond 1 Lunar Unit being limited to recorded video, semi-instant Text or email.

SoSF: Solar Space Force (Formally: Solar Treaty Organization Space Force).

Starcruiser: Primary SoSF combatant. Designed for sustained remote operations. 20,000 personnel (with Army RCT embarked). Megaprojects.

Starside: Assignment off-Earth.

Stgw 7: Sturmgewehr 7 / Raumsoldatgewehr 7. 8mm (7.92x50mm) battle rifle. Cased Telescoped ammunition. 45 round magazine.

STO: Solar Treaty Organization.

USV: Utility Space Vehicles. Light/Medium cargo and personnel transports. 50-200m length.

Vault, The: Headquarters of the Solar Treaty Organization Armed Forces. Archimedes SFB, Luna.

Ziggurat, The: First-tier Military School. [redacted]. Vancouver, Canada.