From OtherSpace: Encyclopedia Galactica
Contents
Companies
Entertainment
Holo
- All My Broodlings
- Hiverspace Guardians
Sports
- Roq - An extremely popular Hekayti team sport involving hovertech flight and a torc.
- Satailarr - A Pyracani mix of polo, jai-alai and frisbee golf.
- Tuinne - Pyracani yacht racing.
Consumables
Food
Prepared
- Karibianytkahteleva - A tough, marinated jerky made from the Karibia, on Hekayt Prime. Known among the Hekayti as excellent spacer food.
Produce
- Alpasi Fruit - An oblong orange fruit with olive green speckles, native to Alydon 2. Flavor reminiscient of kiwi, strawberry, and banana in one.
- Bushana - A very starchy, bright white potato-like tuber. Intensely spicy flavor.
- Gulu Beans - 6-8 round, deep purple beans in a tough, thick pod, native to Muscipula. A favorite of Lotorians.
- Hashina - Legume sprouts. Slightly bitter, with a touch of flavor reminiscient of lettuce.
- Ishnix - Royal blue tuber with an extremely sweet flavor.
- Kemenyanya - Pinkish brown, apricot-sized nut, native to the desert climes of Aukam. Extremely hard, tasting slightly like dates and walnuts.
- Keserunaran - Greenish brown shriveled citrus-like fruit, native to the desert climes of Aukam. Very bitter but nutritious and antibiotic.
- Loma Nuts - Deep forest green, peanut-like nuts. Intensely spicy.
- Niponwi - Oval, firm, bright pink fruit, in clusters of 10 to 15 berries. The flavor can be described as a mixture of cherry and oranges.
- Szarazvirag - Thick, succulent hand-sized red flower petals, native to the desert climes of Aukam. Very sweet and refreshing, but expensive.
- Tarple - Bright orange, lettuce-like leaf, found in large heads. Tastes similar to lettuce and cabbage.
- Thasna - A nearly round, deep navy blue fruit with a light blue interior, native to Muscipula. The taste is somewhat similar to passion fruit, with a hint of blueberry.
Meats
Drink
Natural
Prepared
- Goraf - A non-alcoholic drink of high Hekayti society, brownish-green, heavily-spiced and served hot.
Recreational
Alcoholic Beverages
- B'hiri brain bender - This drink is said to give a rush of euphoria after immediately after drinking it, but the next morning you feel like a B'hiri's been playing psionic ping-pong inside your head.
- Ebannaw drink - Not really a drink, but sold in inhaler form gauged on the standard Hekayan drink size. Has a distinct smell of fresh blueberries, and very easy to get drunk off. However, if given a chance to age for a year, it starts to smells like fish as the strength goes up.
- Karmealja - A bitter, dark brown Hekayti beer.
- Lyodka - A term that's been coined to refer to the Lyiri attempt to recreate Vodka. Apparently it doesn't taste anything like it.
- Rigor Strand Deathwhistle (Varmstrupe in Hekayan) - A reddish brown alcohol, more for getting drunk than for sipping. 102 proof.
- Star Nectar - A tooth-achingly sweet alcoholic beverage that is extremely good at hiding the taste of alcohol.
- Szarazvirag Wine - A popular but expensive Aukami beverage, ranging from clear to dark red, and from dry to tooth-achingly sweet.
- Tori Moonshine - A clear, very potent alcohol made on Lotorian tradeships.
- Tytak - A Hekayti artisanal liquor that requires that it be filtered thrice before serving, due to its toxic impurities.
- Zar's Blood - A drink that came about when the Zar was trying to annex Hiverspace. Named mainly because that its consistency is slightly thicker than water, and the coloration of it and able to be ordered in tubs.
- Zaviz - A lightly alcoholic but heavily caffeinated Llivori drink popular with college students.
- Chlorophyll Cooler - Intoxicating only to Muscipulans, this drink tastes like fresh cut grass to anyone else who partakes of it. In Muscipulans, however, the high chlorophyll content speeds up their photosynthesis process resulting in a state of euphoria, similar to the 'buzz' experienced by other beings on alcohol.
Drugs
- Lios - Derived from a toxic Pyracan berry, it is a strong, highly-addictive hallucinogen. Eventually, the user is unable to distinguish fantasy from reality.
- Mionta - A Pyracan drug made from nutmeg-scented powdered flower petals and smoked in a long-necked pipe, it is used as a social aid, stress reliever and to reduce inhibition. It pairs very well with alcohol. It seems to have few long-term effects beyond mild addiction and lung cancer.
- Red Death - A psi-drug used by Aukami.
Outverser Creations
Prepared Meals
- Koruvian Cocktail - Cooked and chilled Koruvian Space Mite, shelled and served cold in a glass dish served optionally with choice of a bitter broad or sharp spicy sauce.
- Bushana Crusts - Toasted airy bread with a fresh topping of finely chopped ishnix and bushana, of a size to be eaten with ones hands.
- Blin Yogurt Salad - Mouth-sized orange, green, and blue plant pieces from local gardens, containing fresh tarple and Ishnix. Topped with bacteria cultured Blin milk for a refreshing dressing.
- Womp Noodles - A stew made from the leg tendons of the giant many-legged creature known as the Womp. When prepared properly the chewiness departs and they become an excellent aggregate for many different sauces.
Starships
Geography
Universes
Galactic Points of Interest
Space Stations
Commercial
- Galaxy Galleria - A Lotorian-owned and run wheel of connected, hollowed-out asteroids made into a large, spacer-focused mall in unclaimed space near Aukazai and Chlorophoros.
- Olympus
- Thiglizz's Spacehouse - A Lotorian-owned diner for freighter captains equidistant from Stjerne and Chlorophoros. Known for its homemade jerky.
Industrial
- Steintygge Station - A mining station located in the outer end of the Stjerne gravity well.
Residential
Reference
Stories
Timelines
Dramatis Personae
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