Glossary
Chistorlans
Gramab doma Farla-Hesta – Female monarch
Crocians
Bortoth of the Logar – Dome engineer
Daktora of the Logar – Dome engineer
Dischnya – Omnian race
Hessan – Squad leader with Homsaff
Homsaff – Queen, Resistance Commander
Neffess – Heiress, pup mate of Nata
Nyslara – Queen, conclave envoy, matriarch to Neffess
Pussiro – Wasat, mate of Nyslara, patriarch to Neffess
Simlan – Squad leader with Homsaff
Dontots – Emerging alliance race uplifted from tree dwellers
Earthers – Sol citizens
Bariya Pethoral – Representative from Mars Underground, District Three
Charles McKenzie – Representative from Earth’s District One Hundred Thirty-Five
Derek – Console operator at Triton
Eric Drummond – Representative from Jupiter’s Ganymede Domes One and Two
Esther Holmes – Carrier captain for the mining crews
Layla – Console operator at Triton, love interest of Lenson
Lem Ulam – Captain of the colony ship New Terra
Lenson – Console operator at Triton, promoted to supervisor
Nikki Fowler – President
Patrice Morris – Sol Enclave envoy
Petula – Drone/vid captured at Monterey Bay
Portia – Nikki Fowler’s executive assistant
Elvians – Interlopers in the Ollassa system
Harakens – Human colony
Asu Azasdau – Captain of the Sojourn, mission co-commander
Christie Racine – Sister of Alex Racine
Elizabeth – SADE, advisor to the Assembly
Ginny – Swei Swee hive singer, Sojourn science crew co-commander
Mutter – Original Swei Swee hive singer, SADE
Sheila Reynard – Haraken defense minister
Teague Racine – Alex and Renée’s son, Sojourn science crew co-commander
Terese Lechaux – Red-haired close friend of Alex and Renée, conclave rep
Tomas Monti – Partner of Terese Lechaux
Willem – SADE, mission co-leader
Hyronzy (her-on-zee) – Burly alien race hosting the Tsargit
Hardomia – Conclave envoy
Jatouche – Pyreans’ closest allies
Jastitock – Emissary, mate of Tockitak
Jorjatok – Jatouche rep to the Tsargit, Krokticka’s patriarch, elevated to the council
Krokticka – Senior staffer to Alain de Long
Tacnock – Commander of Resistance forces, and Jess Cinder’s close friend
Tanistok – Second offspring of Tockitak and Jastitock
Tockitak – Female ruler, mate of Jastitock
Lemgarts – Checkered past with the alliance
Fystal jer Hathwa – Transport company owner
Myseth mya Jaknas – Lemgart tailor
Loopah – Simian race, inventors of the gas-projectile launcher of the same name
Barbess – Relief console operator
Eggess – Long dead senior scientist
Homgoss – Primary councilor of the High Council
Nogess – Console operator
Semgess – Long dead security team leader
Méridiens – Humans of the Confederation
Bartosz Rolek – Leader, close associate of Gino Diamanté, conclave rep
Daphne Lemoyne – Daughter of Darse Lemoyne
Darse Lemoyne – Leader, antagonists of Gino Diamanté
Dieter Gerhardt – House Leader, freighters, conclave rep
Emilio Torres – Leader, close associate of Gino Diamanté, conclave rep
Gerder – Personal escort of Daphne Lemoyne
Gino Diamanté – Council Leader, infrastructure and environmental services, partner of Katrina Pasko, conclave rep
Katrina Pasko – House Leader, implants manufacturer, partner of Gino Diamanté
Lawrence Teressi – Leader, antagonists of Gino Diamanté, conclave rep
Mahima Ganesh – Ex-Council Leader
Shannon Brixton – House Leader, develops SADEs, conclave rep
Sher-li – Accomplice with Gerder
Talise – House SADE
Theo – Méridien SADE
Winston – SADE, ex-Council
New Terrans – Home world of heavy-worlders
Bryce – New Terran assassin
Charlotte Sanderson – Media empire owner
Gerhardt Thurman – President
Harold Grumley – Ex-president
Henry Strider – Trident captain
Maria Gonzalez – Conclave envoy
Oliver – SADE, companion to Maria
Rafe – New Terran assassin
Norsitchians – Alien race who has a dome overtaken by the Colony
Jarmonin (jar-mon-in) – Tsargit lead councilor
Nemanous (nē-man-ous) – Minister of Planetary Defense, conclave envoy
Ollassa (Vinians) – Symbiotically assembled sentients from multiple flora parts
Omnians – Humans/SADEs
Alex Racine – Omnian co-leader, partner of Renée de Guirnon
Alphons Jagielski – Admiral
Barden Jacinto – Omnian and conclave delegate
Cordelia – SADE, rear admiral, captain of the Freedom, partner of Julien
Cremsylon – Controller SADE of the Freedom, eldest existing SADE
Descartes – SADE, commodore
Ellie Thompson – Admiral, partner of Étienne de Long
Emile Billings – New Terran biochemist
Esteban – SADE, business partner of Edmas and Jodlyne
Étienne de Long – Senior captain, twin of Alain, partner of Ellie Thompson
Franz Cohen – Fighter command rear admiral, partner of Reiko Shimada
Hector – SADE, fleet admiral, captain of the Our People, partner of Trixie
Julien – SADE leader, Alex’s close friend, partner of Cordelia
Juliette – SADE with Oforum and Phette
Kelley – New SADE, son of Mickey Brandon
Lydia – SADE, advisor to Hector, minder of Tanistok
Miranda – SADE, partner of Z
Miriam – SADE, Mickey Brandon’s assistant
Nata – Lieutenant, pilot, eldest of the wild ones on Omnia
Olawale Wombo – Ex-Earther
Reiko Shimada – Vice admiral, partner of Franz Cohen
Renée de Guirnon – Omnian co-leader, partner of Alex Racine
Tatia Tachenko – Fleet admiral, partner of Alain de Long
Trixie – SADE, partner of Hector, Omnian and conclave delegate
Z – SADE, partner of Miranda
Ot-Totlanyans – Tribal race, agrarian and hunters
Outpost One: Resistance Personnel
Alain de Long – Envoy to the Tsargit, twin of Étienne, partner of Tatia Tachenko
Candace Weller – Lieutenant, outpost security
Edmas – Partner of Jodlyne, senior engineer
Hermione – SADE accompanying Ude
Jess Cinders – Commander of Outpost One: Resistance, fraternal twin of Kasie Cinders
Jodlyne – Partner of Edmas, senior engineer
Kasie Cinders – Empath, fraternal twin of Jess Cinders
Lucia Bellardo – Outpost admiral, partner of Jess Cinders
Luther – SADE, Mickey Brandon’s assistant
Mickey Brandon – Senior engineer, partner of Pia Sabine
Minimalist – SADE
Nalia – SADE in the medical suite
Petra Havard – Lieutenant, Ude’s friend and potential lover
Pia Sabine – Head of Medical, partner of Mickey Brandon
Sam Fleetfoot – Major, outpost head of security
Ude – Norsitchian brassard commander, ex-leader of the wild ones
Packeoes (pack-ē-ōs) – Federacy aliens stranded
on Quall
Gregich (greg-ich) – Captain, conclave delegate
Stasnich (stas-nich) – Ex-leader
Pims (Pimborians) – Small burrowing aliens
Oforum (ō-for-um) – President, conclave envoy, mate of Phette
Phette (fête) – Mate of Oforum
Pyreans – Humans in alliance territory
Aurelia Garmenti – Early dome explorer, powerful empath, partner of Devon Higgins
Derry – Spacer mining captain
Devon Higgins – Early dome explorer, partner of Aurelia Garmenti
Gurtride – Spacer mining captain
Harbour – First dome explorer, partner of Jessie Cinders, leader of Resistance
Horner – Spacer mining captain
Jessie Cinders – First explorer, partner of Harbour, empath leader
Leslie Finian – President
Ophelia Tuttle – Security commandant, temporary president
Postilano – Spacer mining captain
Yolandra – Spacer mining captain
Qualls – Intellectual race destroyed by the Colony
Swei Swee – Sentient alien lifeform inhabiting the oceans of several worlds
Deep Diver – Wave Skimmer companion for Earth visit
Swift Eyes – Wave Skimmer companion for Earth visit
Wave Skimmer – First (leader) of the hive
Sylians – Cat-like sentient race
Talsoma (tall-sō-ma) – Monarch
Tamtoma (tam-tō-ma) – Envoy, daughter of monarch
Talusians – Federacy race comprised of Toralians and the Sisterhood
Desdemona – Sister, Trident commodore
Miriamette – Sister, advisor to Sargut and Suntred
Sargut – President, Toralian
Sastisona – Commander
Suntred – Advisor, then vice president, conclave envoy, Toralian
Taralum – Battleship wedge admiral, Toralian
Usaanans – Sentient race known as sand serpents
Ufloss – Rep of four remaining serpents with Queen Homsaff
Veklocks – Elder alliance race, triumvirate of bird-like aliens
Other Items
Aigre – Preferred Méridien fruit drink
Artifice – AI resident on Toral, previously ruled the federacy
Christie Media Center – Christie Racine’s building on Haraken
Coin-kitties/coin-kats – Pyrean service providers
Colony – Insectoid race that threatened to overtake alliance space
Dassata – Alex Racine’s Dischnya title
Espero – Haraken’s capital city
House Brixton – Méridien organization that creates SADEs
Messinants – Ancient race, dome creators
Mistrallians – Directors of Jatouche medical station, analyzing repairs
Militarists – Sect of sisters expelled from Talusian system
Miner’s Pit – New Terran diner and bar catering to spacers
NNEMP – Non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse
Norloth – Crocian Supreme Council
Omnia Ships – OS, business owned by Alex Racine and others
Prima – New Terra’s capital
SADE – Self-aware digital entity, artificial intelligence being
Seclusion – Exclusive dining club on New Terra
Sol Enclave – New government body ruling the Sol system
Tsargit – Alliance ruling body
TSF – Terran Security Forces, New Terra’s systemwide police
United Earth – UE, previous government body ruling the Sol system
Planets, Colonies, Moons, and Stars
Celus – Star of Omnia
Confederation – Collection of Méridien worlds
Deimos – Smaller moon of Mars
Delacroix – Méridien’s next-to-last planet outward, a gas giant
Federacy – Races previously ruled by Artifice
Haraken – First planet to be settled by Alex and company
Hellébore – Original name of Haraken
Libre – Penal colony for Independents set up by the Confederation
Méridien – Primary world of the Confederation
Na-Tikkook – Jatouche home world
New Terra – New Terrans’ home world
Norsitchia – Norsitchians’ home world
Oikos – Méridiens star
Omnia – World settled by the Dischnya, Swei Swee, SADEs, and humans
Packeo – Packeoes’ home world
Phobos – Larger moon of Mars
Pim – Pimborian home world
Pyre – Pyreans’ home world
Rissness – Na-Tikkook moon
Sawa Messa – Original Dischnya name for Omnia
Sol – Earth’s star and system
Sylia – Sylians’ home world
Talus – Talusian system
Toral – Talusian home world
Triton – Pyre’s third moon
Usaana – Sand serpents home world
World(s) of Light – System and home world of the Ollassa
Ships and Stations
Freedom – Omnian city-ship
Honora Belle – Colony ship that left Earth, transport of the Pyreans
Hyronzy Station – Tsargit convenes here
Idona Station – Rim station in Sol system
Jenkels Orbital Station – JOS, previously anchored via an El car to ride downside
New Terra – Earth colony ship
Our People – Omnian city-ship
Outpost One: Resistance – Station in alliance space to fight the Colony
Outpost Two: Resurrection – Station in federacy space in the Chistorlan system
Rêveur – Alex Racine’s passenger liner
Sardi-Tallen Orbital Platform – Omnia orbital station
Sojourn – Haraken survey ship
Travelers – Beam-armed shuttles and fighters
Tridents – Omnian tri-hulled, beam-armed warships
Tripper – Aging Omnian freighter carrying the Elvian drone
My Books
Conclave is the twenty-fourth novel and the final installment in the interwoven series of The Silver Ships and Pyreans, which tell the stories of Earth colonists and the spread of humankind throughout a galaxy filled with alien races.
The novel is available in e-book, softcover, and audiobook versions. Please visit my website, http://scottjucha.com, for publication dates and purchase locations. You may register at my website to receive email updates on the progress of my upcoming novels.
The Silver Ships Series
The Silver Ships
Libre
Méridien
Haraken
Sol
Espero
Allora
Celus-5
Omnia
Vinium
Nua’ll
Artifice
Sojourn
Alliance
SADEs
Earthers
Talus
Elvians
Q-Gates
Conclave
Pyreans Series
Empaths
Messinants
Jatouche
Veklocks
Gate Ghosts Series
Axis Crossing (forthcoming)
The Author
From my early years to the present, books have been a refuge. They’ve fueled my imagination. I’ve traveled to faraway places and met aliens with Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, Herbert, and Le Guin. I’ve explored historical events with Michener and Clavell, and I played spy with Ludlum and Fleming.
There’s no doubt that the early sci-fi masters influenced the writing of my first two series, The Silver Ships and Pyreans. I crafted my stories to give readers intimate views of my characters, who wrestle with the challenges of living in space and inhabiting alien worlds.
Life is rarely easy for these characters, who encounter aliens and calamit
ies, but they persist and flourish. I revel in examining humankind’s will to survive. Not everyone plays fair or exhibits concern for other beings, but that’s another aspect of humans and aliens that I investigate.
My stories offer hope for humans today about what they might accomplish tomorrow far from our home world. Throughout my books, humans exhibit a will to persevere, without detriment to the vast majority of others.
Readers have been generous with their comments, which they’ve left on Amazon and Goodreads for others to review. I truly enjoy what I do, and I’m pleased to read how my stories have positively affected many readers’ lives.
If you’ve read my books, please consider posting a review on Amazon and Goodreads for every book, even a short one. Reviews attract other readers and are a great help to indie authors, such as me.
The Silver Ships novels have reached Amazon’s coveted #1 and #2 Best-Selling Sci-Fi book, multiple times, in the science fiction categories of first contact, alien invasion, and space flight.