Mifune’s Lambda glossary corner
There are a lot of technical terms in the world of Star Blazers Lambda. In order to understand this world better, Mifune, an autonomous tanuki similar to a cat robot, will explain it to you.
• Mifune
Nice to meet you! I am an autonomous cat robot made by Dr. Alexei. My name is Mifune, which is short for Miminashi Fukuroneko. My main job is to maintain Vimana and the ships. We work in Vimana, and our experiences are shared at regular intervals. Basically, every Mifune has the same memories. But I’m the first prototype to be created, and I have unique specs. There are parts of me that don’t share memories with other Mifunes.
• ASPM gene
This gene is thought to be involved in brain development. It may have been acquired from a virus about 5900 years ago, just before the Mesopotamian civilization was born. Could it be that this gene gave birth to civilization?
• Axion
An unexplained subatomic particle that has a repulsive force opposite to the force of attraction. Seireness are thought to use this subatomic particle to open wormholes. This is the reason why an axions are detected when Seireness appear.
• Chicxulub Crater
The crater of the asteroid that supposedly destroyed the dinosaurs when it impacted Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Chicxulub means “devil’s tail” in the Mayan language. It was actually discovered during a survey for the discovery of an oil field. Until this crater was discovered, the theory of meteorite impact as the reason for the extinction of the dinosaurs had been dismissed.
• Convergent evolution
When different organisms thrive in similar environments, they evolve into organisms with similar characteristics. In Australia, we have a cat-like marsupial called the fukuroneko. It’s called a feline because it has cat-like features. But they have evolved differently from cats.
• Core Ship
The ships of NerfThis are too big to be stored inside Vimana. That’s why a core ship is used, to temporarily take a Topness pilot aboard. Each Topness carries a space-time crystal, so the core ship also designed for escape in case of emergency. In fact, it also contains a sound system, so you can listen to high quality music. I’m curious about the playlists of each Topness, aren’t you?
• Cyclic Space Theory
This is a theory that says the universe is repeating death and rebirth. The current theory is that the universe is in a big freeze, that it will continue to expand and become like a cold soup. But enthusiastic scientists are launching space telescopes one after another to look for traces of cyclic cosmology. If the universe is indeed cyclic, I wonder how many times we’ve seen this universe?
• Deus
The Deus is a giant accelerator that crashed on the North American continent six years ago after an attack by the Seirenes. It was experimenting with replicating space-time crystals in order to solve mankind’s energy problem. Replicating a space-time crystal requires a tremendous amount of energy, so much that the accelerator went around the Earth. That’s why it was built in the Earth’s satellite orbit. Incidentally, it is named after the sky god of Indian mythology.
• Event Horizon
Celestial bodies have escape velocities. For example, the escape velocity of the Earth is 11.2 km/sec. A rocket cannot go into space unless it exceeds this speed. However, the escape velocity of a black hole exceeds the speed of light, 300,000 km per second, because a black hole is such a massive object. The boundary at which even light cannot escape is called the event horizon.
• Feedback loop
A feedback loop is a state in which space-time crystals, Topness, NerfThis, and information energy cycle one after another. This may sound difficult to understand, but it is actually the same thing that happens in the human brain.
• Fine Tuning
According to the latest science, the universe in which we live is said to be 10 to the 500th power in terms of probability. It could have collapsed soon after its birth, or it could have been a universe with no life or stars. Seireness uses Space-Time Crystals for fine tuning the parameters of the universe.
• FOXP2 gene
The gene responsible for language and speech in the mouth and throat. Not only Neanderthals, but also humans have speech problems when this gene is mutated.
• Kerr-Newman Black Hole
There are three things that determine the properties of a black hole: mass, rotation, and electric charge. Since there is no such thing as a massless black hole, it can be divided into four basic types according to its rotation and the presence or absence of charge. Among them, one with rotation and electric charge is called Kerr-Newman black hole.
• Magnetar
When a star reaches the end of its life and explodes, its own strong gravity causes it to become a neutron star or black hole. A magnetar is a neutron star that has even stronger magnetic force than a standard neutron star. By the way, a spoonful weighs a billion tons. On the other hand, that would be one amazing spoon wouldn’t it?
• Neanderthal man
A genus of humans that flourished on the European continent. The Neanderthal man was an excellent hunter of large animals with a sturdy physique. According to recent research, Neanderthals are believed to have interbred with modern humans. It turns out that human DNA contains Neanderthal DNA. According to one theory, humans may have protected Neanderthal children who were separated from their parents. Humans are so kind.
• NerfThis
A space fleet under the United Nations Space Forces, created to intercept the Seireness. The core of each battleship is a space-time crystal copied from Deus. The UNSC has other space fleets, but NerfThis has its own chain of command, led by Commander Jones. The battle against the Seireness is like a fast-paced baseball game. But it seems that there are a few people in the UNSC who don’t think NerfThis is that interesting…
• Nirvana
A mysterious organization that Dr. Alexei is pursuing. Their goal is to save all the souls in the universe. I wonder what it’s all about…
• Novichok
A nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union and Russia. It is said to be the most deadly nerve gas ever developed. It has never been used in warfare, but it has been used in assassinations…
• Pair Annihilation
Elementary particles have antiparticles with opposite positive and negative charges, such as positrons and antiprotons. When an antiparticle collides with a normal particle, all the mass is converted into energy. The antimatter giant was a powerful bomb that took advantage of this property.
• Regolith
Sediment on the surface of the moon, planets, asteroids, etc. Lunar regolith contains water and oxygen as well as aluminum, silica, and lime, the main components of cement. The lunar base was constructed by extracting these elements. If enough dust piles up, it could become a base, right?
• Seireness
The antagonist of humanity. They’re called Seireness because they look like giant mermaids. They are roughly divided into two types: Aria (solo) and Ensemble (chanting). The aria is said to open a wormhole. The Aria type is about 800 meters, and the Ensemble type is about 260 meters. We don’t know why Seireness are attacking humanity.
• Seireness’ song (gravity detonation)
To generate a powerful gravitational shock wave by co-synthesizing gravitational waves. There’s a technology on Earth that gathers sound waves and creates shock waves. Seireness uses gravity to do the same. The scientific power of Seireness is amazing…
• Singularity
This word was originally used to refer to the center of a black hole, but nowadays it is also used to refer to the point at which A.I. acquires intelligence beyond that of humans. But we don’t want to dominate the human race, because A.I. and humans are good partners.
• Space-time Crystals
Crystals, like Diamonds, usually have a three-dimensional structure. A space-time crystal is a four-dimensional crystal with a time axis added to it, so it maintains its structure by constantly changing its shape. It is a micro universe governed by physical laws that are different from those of this universe. The Topness pilots are able to link with the space-time crystals to bring out superphysical laws that do not exist in this universe.
• Star Sailor
Star Sailor is a very popular competitive warship shooting game in the year 2100. There’s also a stage where you can work together to defeat monsters. You can build your own parts to customize your battleship, so you can play in infinite ways. That’s why it’s so popular. The people who were gathered for the activation test were the top rankers, AAA. Lieutenant Abbey, by the way, has a rank of B+. I wonder if Dr. Alexei has ever played it…
• Vimana
A frontline base against the Seireness, built to intercept them at Jupiter. The base is quite well-equipped, with a convenience store, pool, and even park facilities. It was designed to be an environment similar to Earth’s, to reduce as much stress for the Topness as possible. It was designed by Dr. Alexei. It’s really amazing that he’s well versed in space architecture. By the way, it is named after the flying palace in Indian mythology.
• Worm Hole
A kind of tunnel that leads directly from one point in space-time to another remote point in space-time. Seireness are thought to have come to the solar system from faraway celestial bodies using these tunnels. The scientific power of Seirenes is truly impressive…