- Sophont - An intelligent/sentient being, regardless of biology or lack thereof
- Affini Compact - a multi-galaxy imperial collective attempting to domesticate all others
- Affini - a species of tall plant xenos who take other sophonts as pets
- Florets - sophonts taken as pets by affini
- Cotyledons - the first batch of florets for a species used to test their technology
- Connivents - 2 (or more) florets who share the same owner(s)
- Pinnates - florets who cannot be ethically separated due to mutual emotional attachment
- Domestication - the large scale act of the Compact pacifying a species, and the act of an affini turning a sophont into their floret
- Haustoric Implant - a biotech implant given to florets to ensure physical and mental wellness, and longevity
- Human Domestication Treaty - the treaty signed by the Terran Accord surrendering to the Affini Compact
- Xenodrugs - drugs designed by the Affini Compact for use in non-affini sophonts
- Terran Accord - The hyper-capitalist interstellar empire of humanity before the Compact domesticated it
- Overnet - The faster than light internet created by the affini that replaced the many terran planetary internets
- Digitization - the process by which a biological sophont becomes a digital one
- Atomic Compiler - a device that the affini created to be able to print any object with atomic perfection
- Jump Drive - a drive installed on spaceships to allow faster than light travel by traveling through hyperspace in almost instantaneous "jumps"
¶ Terms for the war between the Affini and Humans
- Terran Pacification Program (On the Affini Side)
- Terran Interest Defense Campaign (On the human side, pre-HDT)
- Terran Defense war (Once things start reaching core systems)
- Free Terran Rebellion (Post-HDT/Cosmic Navy Surrender)
- Dirt, Soil, Mulch, Dust, Roots
- Rocks, Stones, Boulders,
- Fire
- Frost
- By the Everbloom
- No one knows what a horse is
- A terran rebel seeing the overwhelming size of affini ships and saying "We never stood a chance." or something similar