A loss of sensation, especially of pain, induced by an electronic method, developed by Ensor as an alternative to using drugs, towards which he had a particular aversion. Apart from its administration, by fitting a connector on the end of a cable to a plate on his chest, then pressing a green button, Ensor revealed no further details about it.
Dr Wiler on Fosforon checked that Wardin was dead with an EEG.
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One of the less hospitable aspects of Space World. Blake was sent to
elimination chamber two, the rest of the crew to chamber four.
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French for "grey eminence", first used to describe Father Joseph (1577-1638 AD), the confidential agent of Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642), chief minister of France (1624-1642). It was later used to describe a person who exercises real as distinct from nominal power.
It was in this latter context that the false Shivan, in Voice from the Past, described Ven Glynd, accusing him of wanting to be the real master of the planned new regime, making Blake a puppet while he would "enjoy the real fruits of power".
See FRENCH.
References to a galactic empire were few, and almost invariably referred to the Terran Federation. "The Helots are back in the Empire!" noted Avon, after hearing that Helotrix had been re-annexed by the Federation, and Tarrant earlier noted in Rescue that Xenon was well outside Federation territory "now that their empire's contracted".
A more intriguing reference was made in Traitor, when Avon noted that Helotrix was one of the first planets to gain independence from the Empire. This may simply refer to the planet's secession from the Federation after the Intergalactic War, but may be a possible reference to a pre-Federation power.
Servalan was referred to by Practor as 'the supreme Empress' in Traitor.
Young Ensor's pistol was fitted with an energiser, which could be set to automatic, discharging the weapon if he relaxed his trigger finger. Energisers might have been a feature of most or all energy weapons, although the automatic fire feature may not have been.
Liberator had at least seven energy banks, since Dayna mentioned bank seven in Terminal.
Some information was given in The Web. Once caught in the Web, Liberator had enough power for 100 hours of thrust (presumably sublight flight at full power?). Each shot fired by the neutron blasters reduced this time by three hours. Power banks 1 and 2 were drained after two shots, but the prior state of the ship's energy reserves was not stated and they may have been almost drained or full before these shots were fired.
Further information on the energy banks (or power banks, as they were sometimes called) was given in Duel. At the start of the episode, four banks were exhausted and required 48 hours to recharge (implicitly, 12 hours per bank, but this could be a gross oversimplification). Low power reserves restricted ship speed, since Standard by 2 was stated to be the best manageable speed, and even then not for long with reserves so low. When the ship came under attack, banks 5, 6 and 7 were on full power, the rest on zero (confirming the presence of no more than seven banks on Liberator). The ship was then subjected to a number of hits by plasma bolts, the force wall activated only for the period of impact. Bank 5 was reduced to 70% power after one hit, to 40% after 3 hits and to 0% after 6 hits. If nothing else, this implies that a hit is never simply a hit.
In Hostage the Liberator was hit by at least 12 plasma bolts, after which the energy banks were reduced to 45% capacity.
Also in Duel, it was noted that a pursuit ship had insufficient power to keep firing after loosing seven plasma bolts. This was the only reference to power reserves and consumption in such a vessel.
A feature of the planet Sardos, whose stratosphere comprised two energy fields. The inner one was impervious; the outer one was refractive to all medium-pulse emissions. In short, no medium-pulse energy, including light, could get in or get out. This measure was the result of the Sardoans deciding to avoid any form of social contact which might lead to genetic change.
A feature of Crandor, to which only the Thaarn and the Caliph had access. They were apparently selective in what they affected, since electronic equipment was seen operating on Crandor (doors, for example) but Avon and the others found their weapons useless. When talking to the Thaarn, Cally complained that the energy isolaters made it difficult for her to trust her own sense of judgement, since she could detect their activity telepathically. She persuaded him to turn them off, allowing the crew and Liberator to escape.