| Mobile Suit - The name given to any mechanoid shaped in humanoid form. |
| MS - Acronym for mobile suit |
| Mechanoid - Any machine or robotics |
| Mech - An exoskeleton designed for combat. Applies to any robotic or human-controlled unit. |
| Override boost - The technique in charging a suits boosters and releasing it to attian aerial travel and perfrom advanced techniques by increasing agility and speed by an integer factor. (I.e x2, x3, etc etc). |
| Unit - One or more MS's or MD's. |
| Mobile Dolls - Computer controlled mobile suits with advanced programming that can actually allow the suit to learn battle techniques from accumalated battle experiance. |
| MD - acronym for mobile doll. |
| Elite - The name given to mercanary soldiers of I.M.S.R.D |
| M.U.N - acronym for Mars Unified Nation |
| E.S.A - acronym for Earth Sphere Alliance. many refer to the alliance as simply earth government. |
| SOG - Special Operatins Group. A military SOG is quite different from a non-military SOG, since it's related to the military and often supercedes the law, and is of utmost secrecy. For example, in a terrorist situations in the military SOG prioritiezes the destruction of the terrorists over saving the lives of the hostages. A nonmilitary SOG, on the other hand, is usually a part of the police or imilar agency and under all circumstances must obey the law. Their priority is to save the lives of the innocent. |
| Fuel And Sensor Tactical (FAST) Packs: are external fuel, weapons, and sensor modules designed to increase the performance capabilities of variable fighters in missions with unusal requirements. Often they become permement as pilots find fancy to them. |
| Archipelago - group of islands |
| Aristocracy - Noble class |
| Autcratic - having unlimited power. |
| Bureaucrat - any official who serves in a government's administrative structure. |
| Capitalism - economic system characterized by private ownership of business. |
| Civil Disobedience - Refusal to obey governmental demands or commands seen as unfair. |
| Civilian - person who does not belong to the police or armed forces. |
| Civil Service - government system, created in early China, under which officials are hired on the basis of exams. |
| Communism - economic and political system characterized by the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes. |
| Covenant - solemn, binding agreement. |
| Détente - The easing of conflicts. |
| Dictatorship - form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in one person. |
| Dissident - person who disagrees with government regulations or policies. |
| Entrepreneur - any person who assumes financial risk for a business venture. |
| Exodus - Mass departure. |
| Imperialism - The policy of establishing a politically and economically strong empire. |
| Liberal - Person who believes strongly in individual freedoms and favors political reforms. |
| Maritime - relating to navigation or commerce on the sea |
| Militarism - policy of aggressive military preparation. |
| Nationalism - loyalty to a national group or nation and belief in its right to self-determination. |
| Nationalist - person devoted to a national group or nation. |
| Patriarch - male religious leader or founder; also, male head of families. |
| Permafrost - permanently frozen upper layer of earth. |
| Republic - form of government in which citizens elect their leaders. |
| Savanna - tropical or subtropical grassland containing scattered trees. |
| Socialism - doctrine that calls for the collective ownership of all means of production. |
*more terms will be added with time* |