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	*'''[[Da Vinci]]''' - an unspecified planet orbiting the star Beta Hydri.		*'''[[Da Vinci]]''' - an unspecified planet orbiting the star Beta Hydri.
-	*'''DPC''' - Acronym for "Damage Per Cooldown Cycle"	+	*'''DPC''' - Acronym for "Damage (Repaired) Per Cooldown Cycle"
	*'''[[Floatbed]]''' - Machine used by '''TAU''' to hatch humans. '''Colonists''' use Floatbeds to restore body nutrients and chemistry to acceptable levels.		*'''[[Floatbed]]''' - Machine used by '''TAU''' to hatch humans. '''Colonists''' use Floatbeds to restore body nutrients and chemistry to acceptable levels.

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

• Admin Bit - see Bits.

• Bit - Administrators control one or more Admin Bits, which hold one or more Hard Points. Bits have a resource flow that must be managed carefully.

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

• Chimbot - Repair droids that wander the corridors of the Tower.

• Cooldown cycle - Unit of time used to measure the effectiveness of tools.

• Colonist - Human inhabitants of the terraforming Tower.

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

• DPC - Acronym for "Damage (Repaired) Per Cooldown Cycle"

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

• Hard Point - Structural bases for machines; one Hard Point can contain one machine or micro factory.

• Machine - Either a factory or sharepoint; mounted on a Hard Point.

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

• Monowrapper - Commonly used structural repair tool. Dispenses various glues and tapes.

• 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