WILD CARDS Background ORGANISATIONS and MISCELLANEOUS Aevre Alien race of Network pilots. Avian types. Agma Takisian predator. Ajayiz Takisian ruling council of a House. Ajayiz'et Member of a House ruling council. Alaa A Takisian House AJNC African/Joker National Congress. Anti-apartheid organisation headed by Nelson Mandela. Amlas Takisian diplomatic language. Ankatai'li Shape-changing Takisian crystalline-looking insect. Annamese separatists Vietnamese faction. Bitshuf'di Neutered psi lord. Black Queen Night The night after Wild Card Day. Remembrance of those who drew the Black Queen and died. Brooklyn Dodgers Professional baseball team. Calnite Takisian stuff to make bones heal fastr. Cannibal Headhunters A Jokertown gang. CARE Health organisation viewed with distrust as American and a possible wild card carrier. CBS US mainstream national media outlet for tv and radio. Church of Jesus Christ Joker Symbol is a figure of a deformed Christ crucified on a DNA helix. CIA US spook organisation for out of country stuff, mostly. Cinara wood Something like sandalwood and honey, smellwise. Combine K.C. Strange's jumper theory about the rest of the world out to get them. Basically, she got it right. Continuing Crimes Act - RICO Legislation used to nail wild cards, aces, drugs, etc. CNN Cable News Network, popular for finding out stuff. Crossing Festival Takisian equivalent of xmas or the Super Bowl. Celebrating their arrival there, is a neutral truce period where psi-lords gather and actually cook their own food and serve it. DEA Drug Enforcement Agency. Mistral was working for them. Democratic Party Part that Jesse Jackson, Gregg Hartmann, Leo Barnett etc. belong, too. And Frank Zappa jr. Demon Princes A Jokertown gang. Destiny Band that was headed by Thomas Marion Douglas, the Lizard King. Dirjis Small Takisian House. DRA Afghan army. EEC European Economic Community. Egyptian Masons The Astronomer's defunct organisation. European Council What it says. European Parliament What it says. Exotic Powers Control Act Government legislation still on the books allowing seizure of aces. Fannija Takisian House. FBI Card Shark controlled organisation. Fel'k Takis' larger moon. Fulro Unified Fighting Front. Giai Phong A type of Vietnamese beer. Glabberan Alien race, part of the Network. Jubal is one. Great Jokertown Riot of 1976 Just what it says. Greens A political party that is anti-wild card, strangely enough. Ghost Drive Mechanism that gives the Takisian ship-race their superluminal flight capabilities. Girls with Guns Female rock band. Global Fun and Games GF&G An entertainment company run by Gambione mafia money. Haiphong Lily A restaurant hangout for dodgy types. Haryana Times Indian newspaper. Haupi Hastet's pet, disappeared in their escape with Illyana. HUAC House Un-American Affairs Committe. Joseph McCarthy's pet, which took down the Four Aces. Ideal Takisian psyche in an idealised form. Ikadah Cocoa-like Takisian drink. Ilkazal Public language of House Ilkazam. Ilkazam The Takisian House Tachyon is from. Ilkazam Enhancer Experiment The release of the Wild Card virus on earth. Immaculate Egrets Jokertown gang. Industrial Light and Magic Special effects group. Intaye Most Bred female. International Herald-Tribune International newspaper available in several languages. JADL Joker Anti-Defamation League. Jebali Takisian grazing animal. Jeban Takisian House. JJS Jokers for a Just Society. Militant Joker's Rights organisation. Joker Brigade Fighting force made up of conscripted jokers. Jokertown Cry Newspaper of Jokertown. Ka'et Takisian instrument with strings and two keyboards. Kabouter Weird organisation of ex-Dutch hippies. KGAD Afghan secret police KGB Russian equivalent of CIA. Notice how these guys like acronyms? Khmer Rouge Incredibly effective mass-murdering military force, its aging remnants now warriors without a cause. Kib'r A rello seven times removed, Takisian term. Killer Geeks A Jokertown gang. KLM Dutch commercial airline. Kondikki Alien race of worker-drone types. Kou'nar A branch of House Ilkazam. Kuket Takisian affectionate term for mainly kids. La'b Takisian sex toy. Lawmerates Takisian term for those surgically altered to the opposite sex. Lilistizkhar Visiting day in the Takisian women's quarters. Lirat Small Takisian House. L'lai Takisian riding animal. Ly'bahr Alien warrior race of really tough cyborgs that can survive in space. Nasty. Mafia Italian organised crime families. In a running war with the Shadow Fist Society. Headed by Rosa Gambione, ex-DA. Manhattan AIDS Project As it says. Master Traders Head honchos of the Network, shapechangers. Picture a lawyer, cube them. Take an evil capitalist pig-dog and cube them. Multiply the squared product and raise that to the tenth power. You should about get the picture then. Maztariq Small Takisian House. Medellin Cartel Global drug cartel. Merrida Affectionate Takisian term used between lovers. MIS Mentatic Intelligence Service. Takisian spooks. Montagnards Vietnamese faction. Most Bred Name for Takisian psi-lords. Mujahidin Tough bunch of Middle-Eastern fighters. The Network A rapacious interstellar trading combine. Dealing with them is like selling your soul to the devil. Network Vacu Network peon servant types. New Joker Brigade Military force of jokers in Vietnam, duped into believing they were fighting for wild card equality. New World Order Belew's pet conspiracy theory. Sound familiar? NLF National Liberation Front. NPR National Public Radio. NSA National Security Agency. PAVN People's army of Vietnam. People's Security Force Vietnamese military body. Pful Takisian veggie. Raiyis Head of a Takisian House. Raiyis'tet Head honcho bunch in a Takisian House. Ral Takisian co-like animal. Rapture An addictive drug. Makes everything seem wonderful. Rarrana Takisian women's quarters Re'ba'ba Bow-played stringed Takisian instrument. Red Army Fraction German terrorist group, was fighting for joker rights. Republican Party Ronnie Reagan, Quayle, Bush, and company. Anti wild-card party. Revolutionary Guard Iranian military body. Rindarians Alien race, part of the Network. Rodaleh Takisian House. San Francisco Seals Professional baseball team. SCARE Senate Committee on Ace Resources and Endeavours. Sennari Branch of House Ilkazam. Shadow Fist Society Powerful organised crime society, headed by Kien. Shamal Common language of Takis. Shell Games The Turtle's autobiography. Shi'ites Iranian religious sect. Shujuki Flying mountain predator trained to carry people on Takis. Silamum Takisian fruit drink. Sinau soup Citrus flavored Takisian bean soup. Sinde Meat animal on Takis. Sithi beans Flavored Takisian spice. SLA Simbanese Liberation Army. Sunflower was a member. Special Conscription Wild cards being put in the military for no reason other than to get rid of them, whether they were in fighting shape or not. Special Executive Task Force Nasty covert agency run by Battle. Spetza Takisian sweet sparkling wine. Ss'ang Takisian House. Starline Cab A taxi company. Stirpes A commoner adopted by a Takisian psi lord, like a cousin, but with no breeding rights. The Swarm Alien mass-intelligence that invaded Earth and was repelled by aces, with help from others including Daniel Brennan. The Astronomer mistook this for Tiamat, but close enough isn't good enough Sword Takisian head of a cadet line in a house. Takisian Houses Feudal institutions composed of psi-lords, there are about 15 main Houses, and a few smaller and cadet houses for a total of approximately 30. Takisians Alien race genetically identical to humans, have a feudal political system and a horror of deformity. Tandeh Takisian House. Tarhiji Majority of Takisians with no mind powers. Theanis Takisian housepets. Hastet has one. Tiamat Very big bad nasty Astronomer and cronies were trying to summon. Tiana Takis' smaller moon. Time News magazine. Tomlin Air Force Base Site of jet testing by the Air Force. Aces were test pilots, and Card Sharks sabotaged it. Twisted Fists Powerful Jokertown pro wild-card gang. United Nations Global affairs forum. Vayet Public language of the Vayawand House. Village Voice New York weekly alternative newspaper. Vindi Polite form for cousin, not literal. USSA Altered version of USA Chalktalk took Black Shadow too. Also aggressively shagged him. Vayawand Takisian house, arch-enemies ot Tachyon's house, the Ilkazam. Rabdan's house. Virtu Pursuing the Ideal. Takisian-style. Wanei Small Takisian pet. Werewolves A Jokertown gang. Wild Card Acts Legislation concerning control of wild cards. Wild Card Day Anniversary of the failure of Jetboy to stop Doctor Tod releasing the virus. September 15th. Wild Cards Affairs Office Vietnamese bureaucracy to deal with housing wild cards and testing them to prove their claims. Badly underfunded. Women's Quarters Takisian women are sequestered here, as are male children until they reach age 13. WOR Media outlet. World Health Organisation Headed by Pan Rudo, a top Card Shark, who uses its power to help the Card Shark cause with the Kenyan Faneuil incident, as an example. WORSE Feminist Organisation. Women's Organisation to Reach Sexual Equality. Militant. WPIX Media Outlet. X-11A Project Jet testing project using aces as test pilots sabotaged by Card Sharks. Ysan Hot, bitter, Takisian drink. Zaghloul A minor Takisian Houe. Zal'hma at'Irg The psi lords, the Most Bred. Takisian muckety mucks with mental powers. Zanjabil A Takisian badgerlike creature.