Kiddy Grade/Glossary

C Force

GOTT's regular troops having the characteristics of the police, official name, "Confidential Force". On occasions when ES members or SO members carry out involuntary searches and are unable to gain the co-operation of the local police, they take into custody and provide support by exercising police authority.

Another of their important duties is to guard the facilities and staff in various locations starting with Main Administration. Especially, the ones who do the close security of a key area, such as the office of the Bureau Chief within Main Administration, are the best of the C force, the Palace Guards. They proudly wear blood red uniforms and carry beam swords.

Cyborg

A human body which has been strengthened through mechanical means is the cyborg. The creation of battle cyborgs that looks like a human is regulated through laws about cyborgs.

ES Member

An ES Member is usually a word that indicates an agent with super human, special powers. Many government agencies have formed ES members to solve problems and take care of cases which are impossible to handle by normal means. Most of them are called only by their code names, and the personnel list is top secret. Normally, its existence is unknown to regular citizens.

If you take GOTT as an example, ES member is a division under the direct control of Main Administration Bureau Chief Eclipse, and is made up of a total of 12 people, 6 teams made up of 2 people per team who work as partners. The Bureau Chief is the only person who knows the true number of people.

Its official name is Encounter of Shadow-work Member. The origin of the word Shadow-work is "a group who carries out the orders of the president in the shadows, and its activities", and indicates that they are strictly working under official orders It is the rule that people with special powers who become ES member are taken into custody by one or other government organisation when their powers emerge. It appears that the government agencies trade ES members among themselves are necessary. Also, it is rumoured that some ES members, who are forced out of their former agency for whatever reason, join criminal organizations or become a counter power called an ES member-hunter. Encounter has the meaning to face danger or to meet with. Most ES Members act within the framework of a team. This is probably because by sharing or combining their powers, it is possible for them to exercise an even greater power. In the case of GOTT, a pair is most common, but in other agencies ther are those who form trios or, its opposite, choose to act alone. There are cases like Cesario and Viola who are unable to use their powers separately, or Alv and Dvergr who have the exact same powers. There are infinite variations in special powers and they all have their strengths and weaknesses. This is the reason the ability to place a member in the right place at the right time is asked of a commander.

The more powerful the higher the rank, and in reverse the less powerful, the lower the rank. G class ranked ES members, the highest class, do not exist. It is said that they are a legendary existence. Among the current members, the members said to have the highest abilities are Dextera and Sinistra. They serve as the chief of the GOTT undercover investigation unit. On the other hand, Éclair and Lumière are ranked as C class, and are at the bottom of the power class..

GOTT/ES Member Ranking:

• G Class
  • Currently none
• S Class
  • Alv/Dvergr
  • Tweedledee/Tweedledum
  • Un-ou/A-ou
• C Class
  • Cesario/Viola
  • Éclair/Lumière

ES Special Powers

To manifest the ES members' special powers, there are many methods, starting with the natural talent one is born with, and those that are acquired through various means such as strict training and dangerous experiments.

ES members are ranked into three classes, S C and G. It is commonly thought that the initials stand for Copper, Silver and Gold, hover their true official meaning are that the initials stand for "Channel Opener", "Shamanic Agent", and "Gazer of Cosmos". A Channel Opener literally means some type of circuit, a channel, or one who opens a channel. However, for what do they open a channel for, or to what they open a channel to has not been made clear.

A Shamanic Agent has the meaning of one with the characteristics of a shaman who acts as a surrogate. This also have not been made clear what they are being surrogates for. It is a title that almost seems to imply, a sham who is a surrogate for a power that maybe godlike.

A Gazer of Cosmos has the meanings of one who looks at, observes order, or one who watches. Order in this sense probably indicates the laws of physics. Perhaps it means a power that may impose its will upon the laws of physics. In reality, can a person with such an enormous power truly exist as a human being...?

GOTT

At the same time as the Space Planet Union started, the Galactic Organisation of Trades and Tariffs, knows as GOTT, was created in order to protect the economic rights and profits of all people living in the galaxy. The duty of GOTT is to keep watch over the economic activities of the various planetary governments, and regulate illegal planetary trade. With the Warp Gate Net, the whole galaxy is operating as one economic area and responsibility of the GOTT keeps increasing. In their early days, the main administration offices for GOTT was on Earth, however. When Earth became protected in Stars Century 0171, the offices were transferred to Colchs, the second largest city on the planet Aineias. Since then, Aineias has prospered as the centre of the galactic economy.

Gravity Control

A certain amount of gravity is necessary in places people live such as space ships, colony planets, and space stations. Gravity control is achieved through a control mechanism which uses the gravity control medium, Hi-G, as it's fuel. Hi-G is a rare material and quite expensive. The grim reality is that it has become such a rare commodity and not readily available in many of the necessary places such as low-gravity planets and small space ships. On top of that, Hi-G can also be used in weapons such as gravity bombs and gravity cannons. GOTT is quite active in stopping the illegal trade of Hi-G.

Inertia Drive System

A small percentage of ships, like the fast cruise ships that are used exclusively by the GOTT ES members, are equipped with inertia drive systems/inertia drives. It is a product of high technology and this technology is not for use by the general public. The inertial drive system, by bending the system around the ship, makes it possible to direct the inertial vector of the ship in the direction one wishes. For example, by gathering the vectors and shooting it before the ship at 1 gee acceleration, in theory it is possible for the ship to have infinite acceleration. (Its reverse is also possible.) Because, they are cut off from the system around them, increase in mass due to acceleration does not occur. The ship stays in the state of freefall without the application of any power. The main thruster is not a direct propulsion drive like reaction propulsion. The brilliant light which overflows comes from jettisoning the explosive surplus energy that is created when the inertial drive is working. An, by controlling that, it provides a stabilizing effect against the shaking of the axius against the two dimensional direction one is moving towards. The light is bent in the are around the ship moving by inertia drive, and it's image looks indistinct.

The inertial drive system that bends the system around the ship bends the vectors of any thing ot wave that approaches, and also works as a type of defensive shield. For example, a bean that is directed at La-Muse while the inertial drive is on does not change the vector of its movement, but instead it is bent following the bent system around the ship and never reaches the ship itself. An observer who is inside the system does not feel the drive bending the system; therefore the following phenomena may occur. The beam is "supposedly" moving in a straight line, but seen from the outside it is bent. This effect of bending even the light and waves in a localized system may also be used as a Stealth Shield. Whether the sensors are optical or electronic, the ship goes unrecognised by bending the whole system including the sensor emissions. The phenomenon of the interference with the system appears between inertia drive systems. Especially, in cases of battle between ships, by triggering the inertia drive ahead of the other ship, they are able to gain an absolute advantage. This is taking the lead in phase interference. For example, assume that La-Muse and Salyut that uses similar inertial drive first, takes control of the system of that space. It is impossible for La-Muse, trapped within a twister system, to take command of the flow of the distortion. Therefore, La-Muse becomes unable to reflect on itself any acceleration including the inertia drive system.

The inertia drive system possesses an absolute advantage in controlling space, but it does have its weak point. Depending on its specifications there are differences, however there is a definite limit to how long it may operate. Therefore, infinite acceleration by a single ship at one time is only a theory. And, it cannot be used as an invincible shield or for an infinite time. Also, because it puts on hold the conditions in the immediate area of the ship, if an unanticipated disturbance of the space happens, such as quantum turbulence, it overflows capacity and the system shuts down. For these reasons, especially in times of battle, how and with what timing they engage the inertial drive becomes the key that decides who wins and loses.

Solid Shell

To the development of the ES members' power, their individual memories and experiences are said to be necessities, and a clone or a mechanical copy cannot reproduce their special powers completely. Because of this, an AI robot that can record all their actions, a Solid Shell, accompanies each ES member team of GOTT. When a deficit occurs in the body or memory of an ES member, the always up-to-date data recorded in the Solid Shell plays a large part in restoring it. Thus system has been established in order to prevent the important and rare special powers from being lost.