Slang

Blaster - rarely used slang term for proton pistol

Credit - the most standardized and accepted form of currency within the Federated Worlds, of which the plural is also "credit", not "credits"

Float - slang term for space station

Info-file - A particular person's public profile on the tele-net, also spelled "infofile"

Outworlder - term used by the Dathonians to refer to people not native to Dathon VII

Spacer - someone who spends most of their time working in space

Tark-snipe - The 27th century equivalent of "bullshit"

Uncharted - A casual term for referring to a planet that has yet to be explored. Interchangeable with "frontier planet"

The Suck - derogatory term for the gravity well of a planet