Smart Mine

A smart mine is a machine built to sense objects and shoot missiles at them. Generally, the smart mine attaches it felt to the seabed as a form of camouflage. When Wardani, Schneider, and Kovacs first land on the planet, these smart mines try to shoot them out of the sky.

Saft or Standard Archaeological Find Token

Saft or Standard Archaeological Find Token is an unpopular global currency. The currency exchange rate for the Saft is low compared to the Latimer franc. The Protectorate uses the U.N dollar as its currency.

Landfall

Lanfall is a city on one of the planets that has a spaceport where shuttles can land. The city is in a semidesert plain in the southern hemisphere. Landfall is the city where the original colonies landed a century ago. Landfall covers two-thirds of the plain, is home to 12 million residents and 30 percent...