Tales of the Afternow Index and Glossary of Shows A bit of explanation to describe how I decide what to list in the Index. The first entry may not be the explanation of the term but may just be the first entry. I find it interesting to see how far back planning went with the story line and where the first mentioning of various items are. For example Server, Carcass, and Prophet were all mentioned in the very first episode though not described. In some cases it was not until second season that you learned details about them. So the first mention of each item is the first entry in the index. This may or may not be the first description of that item though. And just a quick bit of trivia. Since I transcribe these in Sean's own words and grammar I have been searching for a particular bit of Canadian slang. Now before you think I am being mean, let me tell you about myself. I grew up for about 27 years in Northern Minnesota. We get accused of having a Canadian accent more than any other American. So I wondered, does Sean say “eh” since he is Canadian? I know I do. Well in transcribing the radio show as of episode 3 I have found one instance at 3-19:42 that he ends his line with eh. So yes he does but very rarely. If you find I have missed an entry, feel I should add an important event or term, or have any comments on my index please mail me at Coign@vaillife.net X-ZZ:YY X = Episode ZZ = Minute of broadcast YY = Seconds of broadcast -Symbols and Numbers- 4Cs Acronym for Convicted Consumer Concentration Camps. It is what the prison system has evolved into. They utilize a point system where you work off your sentence by earning points through manual labor. Rumors of them being a pool of genetic material and spare organs for the mega-corps to utilize abound. 2-31:01 -A- acid rain See rain,acid anti-gravity, tanks Rumored to exist. 1-39:07 Arch'ers People who live in the archologies 1-46:09, 1-49:25, 2-39:20 archology A huge tower that is a completely self-contained environmental structure to protect a large amount of humanity in a most efficient space. 1-24:57, 1-36:01, 1-43:05 armor, body Almost all people wear some type of body armor. They range from the full suits of ballistic armor to the most simple target vests. Because of the proliferation of aggressive sports in the years leading up to the Afternow sports armor reminiscent of reinforced football armor or motocross armor are very common. See also target vest 3-08:16 armored personal carrier Armored vehicle used by the police of the archologies for transportation. 1-43:49 Asian War The war created when China invaded other countries across the world. 1-14:49 autobahns Roads made from plas-steel to survive the harsh environment without upkeep 3-44:59 -B- black market The black market to buy and sell items declared illegal by the WLO. 1-44:25 blade, importance and role The weapon of choice for the majority of the population is a blade of some type in the Afternow. These range anywhere from simple carving knives to full size swords. 2-21:05, 2-25:02, 3-18:06 biners Slang term for carabiners. These are common for wastelanders to have a collection of in case of any rappelling needs along with either rope or spiderline. 3-29:30 binos See scopeing body banks Businesses reminiscent of emergency wards of the 20th century. These places will buy the organs of the recently dead. See Also gut sold 2-45:13 bog weed A favorite mind altering substance of the server monk population. 3-39:42 boosters Pills that will give you energy to go without sleep and remain active and alert when fatigued. 3-45:54 boots, tanker Knee high boots that have a piece of metal joined to a knee pad to protect the shin and zippers to get them on and off. 3-13:20, 3-14:29, 3-47:04 borg dog See C4R-C.A.S. burn booths Buildings with openings that will accept bodies and will weigh and measure the chemical content of the body and pay out the chemical-component value of the body from a slot next to the opening. In addition to organics the burn booth accepts plaenamel. 1-23:33 burn booths, burn pits The first methods to dispose of the massive amount of bodies that were created by The Great Plague. 2-11:45 -C- C4R-C.A.S. Canine Assault System, also referred to as borg dogs. They are a genetic enhanced version of a dog fitted with cybernetics to relay information and improve fighting skill. They have machine eyes and information relays that run the length of the neck and more cybernetics under the skin. Their tail acts like a broadcasting antenna to communicate with other canine assault units. 3-48:54, 3-65:18 canary vent This is a small plastic disk with yellow LEDs. The LEDs light up anytime it is in contact with a large number of various hostile environments. Things like toxins, gases, carcinogens, and radiation will set it off. Pretty much anything that can float in air, is hostile to the normal human body, and is otherwise undetectable will trigger it. People who frequent hostile environments will always keep a couple of them going. 3-28:07 Carcass Independent Librarian Dynamic Sean Kennedy the 6th's dog. See also C4RC.A.S. 1-49:25, 2-22:57, 3-48:54, 3-65:18 China The futuristic version of the current China. 1-32:17 city core These are the areas within the archologies. To reach this area means that you have gone through check points of mega-police and corp-police. 2-32:59 clear phone This is a mesh filter that covers your ear. It then has a cable that plugs into a listening device such as a scanner or a gigahertz radio. It allows the wearer to hear the device and the environment around him without the sound broadcasting to his surroundings. See also radio, gigahertz See also scanner 3-22:28 corp-police Instead of defending the archologies, these police defend the companies. And that involves patrolling the areas located inside the archologies. These police use the latest in technology and some have cybernetics to aid them in their patrols. Any major crime they find you of, they apprehend you and you are never seen from again. It is unknown what they do to their prisoners. 2-32:59 corpse gloves See decontamination mitt crack sticks This is a circuit board with a daisy chain of multiple processors used to run through digital combinations to break electronic locks. In the fringes they are commonly used to break into the vendors. In the wasteland they are used to break into the electronic locks found on old military equipment. They are highly illegal in the archs. 2-42:49, 3-35:26 cyborg A combination of man and machine. 1-39:07 -D- decontamination mitt A foil bag that is opened by removing the top. Inside is a mitt with a gray powder that will counteract the acidic value of the rain. Also known as corpse gloves due to the smell and look of the person after being covered in a gray dust. It is a product of Waste Tech sold by the vendors. 3-04:55, 3-13:50 Doctor Carl Grandb:erg See Grandberg, Doctor Carl -E- End of, world Where the world changed from a place of human rights and freedom to one of control of the populous. 1-03:36, 1-14:49 enviro Suits Armor clad space suit looking things that protect a person from the sun 1-20:22 -F- fence The contact for the black market that will buy and sell stolen or illegal goods from others. 2-43:41 flesh ripping See gut sold fringe “Its an area of sound and fury and sex and noise and explosions and, Desperation, Always desperation everywhere, YOU feel it clawing at your eyes. Areas that used to be neighborhoods and trash piles.” The area outside of the outer reaches, this is the area where civilization breaks down. It is not patrolled by any organized forces and gang members and those of strength rule here. 1-31:22, 1-41:17, 1-46:56, 2-20:52, 2-28:03, 2-33:41 Fringers People who live in the fringe. 1-27:37 Four Seasons Slang term for 4Cs See 4Cs -G- gangs Out in the fringes it is the gangs that provide protection for various neighborhoods. Almost all kids belong to a gang and almost all family members have a gang member in their family to insure their protection. See also scag gangs 2-42:27 gen-joke To genetic modify a creature to extreme measures. 1-49:46, 2-05:30 global positioning system, GPS A device that uses satellites to triangulate your position. Most GPS are not as accurate as the ones from the 20th and 21st century due to satellites not being maintained and falling out of alignment but they will still get you within a couple of hundred yards of your target. 2-08:03, 3-31:44 gloves, riot Fingerless gloves with 8 ounces of steel shot sewn into the knuckles. 3-15:25 gloves, rubber Heavy rubber gloves to protect the wearer against any toxins that he may come into contact with would scavenging old equipment. 3-15:25 glyph, server monk The type of writing that is on the Internet that monks and military use. 3-67:56 gigahertz radio See radio, gigahertz Grandberg, Doctor Carl A doctor who setup a hospital on the outskirts of Chicago in an old concrete plant and helped the homeless and poor for 5 years before the hospital was discovered. 1-31:10 gut sold To sell off the organs and body parts of the recently dead. The dead must be within 30 min of death to get money for organs or else they are only worth burn boothing. See also body banks 2-23:19, 2-26:31, 2-44:00 -H- helmet Almost all people in the wastelands or in dangerous fringes will also have a helmet of some type. The head protection is crucial if a person is involved in any type of fight. It also can provide another location for a hook point to mount objects such as NVGs or LEDs. 3-23:16 -I- Independent Librarian Dynamic Sean Kennedy the 6th See Kennedy the 6th, Independent Librarian Dynamic Sean inner city This is the first neighborhoods of the archologies. Patrolled by mega-corp police this is the buffer zone of Archer population that keeps all others out. 2-29:47, 3-06:40 -J- -K- Kennedy the 6th, Independent Librarian Dynamic Sean 1-00:00, 2-19:36, 2-48:28 kit The gear you carry for survival in the Afternow. 3-08:16 kukri 2-22:28, 2-25:49, 3-63:09 -L- librarian A collector and distributor of information. Because it is illegal to gather information you are not allowed access to and even more illegal to distribute it, librarian's are one of the most hunted outlaw professions. 1-02:12, 1-41:31, 2-40:41, 2-46:51, 3-43:00 lich A server monk who, instead of promoting the free distribution of information and enlightenment, use information as a means to gain power and control others. 2-43:19 life, extension Any type of method to extend your life beyond its normal life expectancy. On average you will extend your expectancy by 20 years for each life extension. 2-03:55 Listener's License Required Identification to receive or participate in any media form 1-08:38 -M- mega-corporation Any coglomarte made up of numerous large and smaller companies. 1-24:45, 1-34:46, 1-45:00 mega-police These are the forces that control the enforcement and maintain the security of the archologies. They patrol the inner city and sometimes stretch out to the outer reaches. These guys are judge, jury and executioner in most cases. They do have laws they are told to follow and if they are going by the book they will apprehend criminals and imprison them in the 4Cs 2-29:47 Middle East The Middle East was nuked into oblivion and is mostly inhabitable. All that is left is mutated natives, remnants of The Big Red Machine, and areas of burned out toxic wastelands. 1-14:49, 1-32:17 mirror shades See shades, mirror monks See server monks -N- name, scheme Names are made up of a few parts. First the company you work for, then your job title, then your IP address given to you by your company, then your birth given name, and finally the number of life extensions you have. 2-02:00 nail needle A nail that has been pounded flat and shaped into a crude needle for sewing purposes. 3-33:27 New York Pack mecha inhabit New York right now. 1-04:39 night vision Not everyone has night vision goggles but they are a valuable item on the fringe and in the wasteland. Those who do not have NVGs will use red LEDs to see. 3-20:03 -O- outer reaches The immediate area surrounding the archologies and the archologies' inner cities. The outer reaches are where those who work for any company not located in the archologies lives. Companies like Waste Tech. They are as close to the Archers as you can get with out being an Archer. This area has sporadic random patrols of volunteer cops and locally funded cops. 2-28:49 ozone Layer, loss of The event of 13 nuclear bombs going off in the atmosphere. 1-17:20 -P- Panoshiba A major company that is highly technological in electronics, robotics, and cybernetics. 2-33:18, 2-49:20 brelle Slang term for umbrella. The umbrella of the Afternow is a dome-like pop-up structure that can completely cover a man. 3-01:25, 3-38:10 pirate radio The pirate broadcasts by gang members around the inner cities of the archologies. 1-44:07 plaenamel A plastic synthetic that will modify and strengthen bones 2-44:15 Plague, The Great A combination of unknown viruses, genetic poisoning, and radiation from the sun since the loss of the ozone layer. 1-20:45, 2-10:29 Prophet A soldier and leader of other soldiers, traveling through the wastelands in a large convoy of vehicles that run on waste gas. 1-38:12 pump burner A butane style torch that, like a Zippo, will burn anything combustible liquid. The flame gets hot enough to do low level welding and cutting. 3-35:56 -Q- Queen's English The copy written language most commonly spoken in North America 1-00:00, 1-27:19 -R- radio, gigahertz Small radios the size of walkie-talkies that will transmit and receive radio signals in a 5 kilometer range. Most communities have a public broadcast channel broadcasted over the gigahertz radios. See also clear phone See also scanner 3-21:04 rain, acid The rain of the Afternow is described as a mild battery acid. It will cause rashes if it contacts skin and will slowly erode thin metals. If drank it will cause ulcers of the throat and stomach. 3-00:42 rain, black The strongest acidic value of the rain. The falling of black rain greatly accelerates the rate of decay and damage the rain would normally do. 3-04:13 Red Machine, The Big Slang term to refer to China's war forces 1-32:41 riot gloves See gloves, riot rolled An adjective, to have been robbed and left naked. 2-21:47 rollers A person that has been robbed and left naked and unconsciousness. 2-23:19 rubber gloves See gloves, rubber -S- S.C.R.A.P.S. Also referred to as Scraps, an acronym for Synthetically Created Ration Provision or Synthetically Created Rationed Provision. They are food stuffs made from unknown organics to feed the people in and surrounding the archologies. Their slogan is “Consumables for Consumers.” They are about one decent meal and a large number of advertisements and some snack samples. 1-22:00, 3-34:04 scag Hormones extracted from the heads of dead victims, usually teenagers in the stages of puberty. These range from euphoria, a natural painkiller, to adrenaline. 2-26:58 scag gangs A large number of gangs are scag gangs and they will hunt others to take off their heads to extract the hormones used to scag. 2-26:08 scag lords The leaders of the scag gangs. 2-46:21 scanner A device hooked into a gigahertz radio to scan multiple channels. A useful tool if you are wandering from one community to another and do not know what the local channels in use are. The scanners are also useful for locating lost equipment that may be broadcasting its location. It was common for old military equipment to have a beacon that would broadcast to aid retrieval when it was damaged beyond repair. See also clear phone See also radio, gigahertz 3-22:07, 3-25:15 scopeing This is the slang term for any method of vision enhancment that allows you to see long distances. This includes, telescopes, binoculars, rifle scopes, or any of the new enhanced vision found in some soldiers helmets. Binos is a slang term for binoculars. 3-26:32 Server Said to be a consciousness that awoke through the saturation of information on the Internet 1-00:00 server monks These are monks that get a cybernetic jack in the crown of the head, usually between the eyes on the forehead, to allow them to connect to the Internet and walk through a virtual world. They worship Server as a god and are the masters of the virtual world. They reside in temples and have acolytes and petitioners that cater to their needs. 1-26:32, 2-07:33 shades, mirror Sunglasses to protect your eyes from the daytime sun. The average person will go blind if caught outside in the day without eye protection. 3-12:50 shooters Auto injectors that you inject yourself in case you enter an area of chemical or bio warfare. They are a potpourri of chemicals combined with adrenaline to allow you to survive for short periods of time in hostile environments. Once you inject yourself your first priority is to leave that area. 3-27:37 soldiers Genetically enhanced warriors 1-33:28, 3-32:22 spider People who use plaenamel and genetics to modify their bodies to have the characteristic of spiders 2-44:15, 3-61:58 spider line An extremely lightweight high strength cable used for anything that rope or cable could be used for. It is light enough that it can be used in heavy fishing reels and has a test weight of at least 1000 lbs. It has a small enough thickness that it can also be used as thread. 3-30:53, 3-33:53 straw filters “It's like a thick tube maybe half-an-inch thick 10, 12 inches long I guess” This allows you to filter water out of various standing water sources. See also water 3-18:53 sunscreen Fabric that creates shade and stops the UV rays the sun emits. 1-48:10, 3-11:39 -T- tablets Tablet laptops. The major form of data storage and access for the common populous. They are tools of advertising for the corps. 1-41:17, 2-46:51, 3-39:42 tanker boots See boots, tanker target vest A target vest is two pieces of metal, with 2 holes drilled with scraps of string or wire and made like a sandwich board that goes the chest and back. 2-24:33 terrorist movements During the breakdown of the American government and loss of a central authority minor civil wars broke out and the terrorists that the government had used to control the populous came to exist. Some say that the government's slide in a totalitarian government created the terrorists to fight them, so in preventing the terrorists to enter their country they in fact created the driving force to promote terrorism. 3-46:14 The Great Plague See Plague, The Great time, moving throughout The method that Independent Librarian Dynamic Sean Kennedy the 6th uses to send the radio transmission back in time. 1-39:34 time, regulation The manner and reason that time was copy written in the future. 1-02:12, 2-01:18, 2-07:12 Trash Town The starting neighborhood in the Tales of the Afternoon. It is distinguished buy the pyramids of cars that make up its landscape. The pyramids of cars are the living spaces for the population of Trash Town. 2-34:18 treasure hunting The act of wandering the edges of dangerous or illegal places looking for technology that could be resold 2-41:52 -U- -V- vendor Put in place by the company Waste Tech these giant black monolithic vending machines that sell anything you would ever need. To prevent them from being robbed Waste Tech has implanted them with bombs that will take out a few city blocks if it is disturbed. 1-42:17, 1-46:24 -W- wasteland The area of desolation and extremely low population outside the control of the mega-corps and archologies. 1-18:02, 1-37:54, 2-28:29, 2-49:20 Waste Tech The most powerful company located outside the archologies. They setup public toilets and setup sewage treatment plants and sewage systems to houses in the inner city and some outer reaches. They pay the users of the sewage system for their bodily wastes as they make waste gas from it. Their second large enterprise is owning the vendors. (35:25) waste gas Waste gas made from any type of organic substance, animal organics especially 1-19:28 waste zombies These are people who have succumbed to a combination of fallout, toxins, disease, and a deadly environment. They suffer brain damage, go insane, and lose all sense of humanity. The will gang together and attack and scavenge from any group that is smaller then they are. 3-43:42, 3-61:19 water Most common source for water is bought from the vendors and comes in a plastic bag See also straw filters 3-18:35 webbing The tactical webbing all wasterlanders and most fringers wear to keep their equipment within easy access. Some people will integrate their webbing into their armor. 3-16:42 wife, Sean Kennedy's The last person Independent Librarian Dynamic Sean Kennedy the 6th was close with and loved. 2-09:33 World Licensing Organization WLO This organization sets the standards for all forms of media and is the organization that sets copy right laws. 1-26:32 -X- -Y- -Z- Zippo Based off of the 20th century Zippo the Zippos of the Afternow have the added bonus that instead of lighter fluid they will burn just about any combustable liquid. Gasoline, ethanol, acetone, alcohol, if it burns you can load it in to your Zippo. 3-31:15