Thanks Al-Q. I think that would be a great place to put it. What about the roster, should that go there too?
I was hoping to have updates to both for you, but submissions have been down lately. It also does not help that the new modem I installed in my home PC has completely blown away all datacomm. I have reached the point where I have concluded my only recourse is wipe the hard drive and reinstall the works - Win95, all of my applications, all the system upgrades, everything. I am NOT looking forward to that.
Here is the latest version of the Dictionary. At least I kept a copy of it here at the office:
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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, Daniel, Enoch, Gail and Zachary
C-probe - the Chinese probe
- 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
EU-probes - the European probes
- Six EU-probes landed, although one was trapped in the damaged lander
- Three EU-probes made contact with you.
--- Two, Isaac and Theresa (Teddy), are still in the process of integrating into your society
--- One, Lucy, was killed by the C-probe, Destructor
J-probe - the Japanese probe
- Gen (short for GenExploration)
- It was destroyed by the Ipsos
ETs - formerly called the EBEs, these are the residents of the Martian tunnels
- they call themselves Ipsolstia, we often call them Ipsos
- there are more in our solar system on a Jovian moon
EMEs - formerly called E-probes or ET-probes, these are either mechanical probes that accompany the ETs or may be exoskeltons for the ETs
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
TMUs - Thermo-Couple Units
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That is all I have at the moment. Can you suggest anything else? Also, which of the Jovian moons was it that the other Ipsos are located? I would rather name it directly if I can find which one it is.