Glossary

From Seed

• Administrator - a colonist who has been voted for and won the right to control bits and machines.

• Canyon, The - the canyon where the Tower has been built by TAU

• Chimpbot - Repair droids that wander the corridors of the Tower

• Colonist

• Da Vinci - an unspecified planet orbiting the star Beta Hydri

• Floatbed - Machine used by TAU to hatch humans. Colonists use Floatbeds to restore body nutrients and chemistry to acceptable levels.

• Mega-Manipulator - servo-mech suit with large arm for lifting heavy objects

• Monowrapper tape - All-purpose repair tape described as the "Gaffer tape of the future"

• Outside - Slang for any area outside the Tower

• Ring - cooperative group of colonists

• Ring member - a colonist with full access to a ring's stash. A colonist can only be a member of one ring at a time.

• Ring supporter - a colonist with limited access to a ring's stash. A colonist may be a supporter of more than one ring.

• Seed - Slang term for colonist

• Seedling - Slang term for colonist

• Steambath - Recreational area where calming, recreational drugs are suspended in steam to relax stressed colonists.

• TAU - Terraforming Administration Utility - artificial swarm intelligence that controls the Tower

• Tower - terraforming structure that houses the colonists