A mutation of Legionnaire's Disease, Space Sickness, or Space Lung, is a not uncommon malady of the Cosmic Era

A remarkable pilot in the Atlantic Federation Aerospace Force, the Cosmic Era incarnation of Audie Murphy

Dr. Carter is a well known (at least in academic circles) as an Indiana Jones-esque scholar of the occult and professor of pre-human culture, a Mars born swashbuckler in her youth, now a tenured and crafty acquisitionist.

The virtual police/help function of the CogNet

Formerly known as Annika Monroe of New Newark Arco #6

Also known as PPI or Brain Pumping.

The identification/passport/credit card of the Atlantic Federation/Cosmic Era

Tilde is a charismatic hume who works as a fixer for the hume commune on the dark side of the moon, setting up contracts between the commune and freelancers or mercenary agencies.

Biogenics, arcanotechnology, and post-genderism in the Cosmic Era

This is definitely going to void yer warranty, mate.

The Cohaagen Apparatus is an illegal piece of technology used for memory manipulation.

There will come a day when mankind discovers the means to leave his solar system, to strike out into the galaxy and the myriad of stars and worlds beyond his own. There will come a great and terrible shock, because beyond that safe border, the galaxy is bright, and full of monsters

Both a sophisticated and ultimately disposable piece of spycraft, and the name of the profession of the people who use them.

Also known as ambrosia, nectar, bio-gel, and a dozen other copyrighted and patented trade names.

Borrowed from Battlestar Galactica

Once the purview of sci-fi and dystopian literature, rule be machines is increasingly becoming a goal of the Cosmic Era

Strange things can be found in deep space, well away from the gravity and nuclear fury of a living star

A variation of Man/Moment/Machine (NPC/Plot/Item)

A semi mobile fortress placed in the mouths of rivers, bays, and other bodies of water up to several miles off shore

A peculiar sort of horror, a mockery of terrestrial biology