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Once again, I am soliciting suggestions for the Dictionary. Please respond here with your additions or corrections:



Hello Probes, this is Space Turtel (Koala).

The MARSupials and I have once again revised the Dictionary of Terms. Here is the updated material:

Probes - that is you, the original explorers from Brace Emprise.
- Andrew, Bette, Gail, Daniel, Enoch and Zachary

EU-probes - the European probe(s)
- Isaac, Lucy and Teddy
- the EU-probes have joined you and are in the process of integrating into your society

ETs - formerly called the EBEs, these are the residents of the Martian tunnels
- they call themselves Ipsolstia
- there are more in our solar system on a Jovian moon

EMEs - formerly called E-probes or ET-probes, these are the mechanical probes that accompany the ETs

J-probe - the Japanese probe
- Gen (short for GenExploration)

C-probes - the Chinese probe(s)
- also known as a Destructor, a massive and armed vehicle suspected to have destroyed the Stage Two lander
- we do not know if there is more than one

T-tram - the tunnel tram

ET-tram - the Big Tram used by the ETs on the Martian surface

Beanie - a mobile reconnaissance device (assumed to belong to the ETs)

Beanie Monitor - a portable viewer useful for observing images sent via Beanie. It may also be used to communicate with certain of the Ipsolstai.

MMUs - Mass Memory Units