THE FIGHTING NOSTROMO by Michel Poulin - HTML preview

{1} AI : Artificial Intelligence.

{2} ASAP : Common military short form for ‘As Soon As Possible’.

{3} Bat Masterson : Bartholemew William Barclay "Bat" Masterson (November 26, 1853 – October 25, 1921) was a U.S. Army scout, lawman, professional gambler and journalist known for his exploits in the 19th and early 20th-century American Old West. He was born to a working-class Irish family in Quebec, but moved to the Western frontier as a young man and quickly distinguished himself as a buffalo hunter, civilian scout and Indian fighter on the Great Plains. He later earned fame as a gunfighter and sheriff in Dodge City, Kansas, during which time he was involved in several notable shootouts.

{4} Florence Nightingale : Famous in Mid-19th Century England as a nurse who promoted the treatment of diseases and infections among the British soldiers fighting in the Crimean War.

{5} C : A unit measurement of speed denoting the speed of an object in relation to the speed of light.  In this case, 0.002 c means a speed equal to 0.2 percent of the speed of light, or 600 kilometers per second.

{6} Goddon : Nickname given to the invading English soldiers by the French during the Hundred Years War, due to the Englishmen’s habit of swearing by using the term ‘Goddam’.