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focused on the surface, they believe in a realm of darkness and demons.
H E L I N O X
Generic term for the mixtures of respiratory gases developed by the EnTrOx
Company, which mainly consist of helium, nitrogen and oxygen. The latest
experiments with particle gases, whose thickness is far below that of hydrogen,
are taking place as top-secret projects.
HE LIUM 17
A confusing term for a certain kind of helium, which is being used for the Helinox
respiratory gas. (EnTrOx holds patent rights.)
H P N S
High Pressure Nervous Syndrome. These syndromes occur when the unadapted
human organism is exposed to high pressures of respiratory gas. Symptoms
include trembling, panic, circulatory failure, loss of control. Due to special gas
mixtures (Helinox) and genetic germ engineering, these symptoms mainly belong
to the past.
I T V
International Transport Venture, the follow-up organization of the EnTrOx. This
name didn’t become popular. For reasons of tradition the name EnTrOx is still
being used. However, the fact that EnTrOx doesn’t hold the sole responsibility
regarding energy and respiratory gases is becoming increasingly obvious.
J U M P S H I P S
Powerful big transports, which carry boats, humans and goods under water at
supersonic speed. The EnTrOx Company owns and operates the Aqua-wide
jumpship net and its patent. (These ships stop at jumpstars.)
L I G H T WA T E R
Popular designer drug, which eliminates the "habitation tantrum" as well as claustro p h o b i c
s y n d romes. In higher doses, this drug causes a feeling of euphoria.
M A N G A N E S E
Tuber-shaped sediments on the ocean ground, which consist of many valuable
metals and mineral resources. The "Big Fat Mama" was one of the biggest
manganese freighters in Aqua (Tornado Zone). It is now under the command of
Iwan King.
M O G H S
Sect of warriors who believe that the POM layer is the embodiment of their god
Lhun. They believe that he is preparing the surface for the return of his
disciples. They considered the Bionts to be Lhun’s punishment of the
disbelievers.
In the present times of AquaNox (2666), the Moghs don’t have many followers.
The latest religious trend is the Hadesians’ belief.
R O N I N
"People on the billow", formerly masterless samurai. In Aqua, this term refers
to soldiers of the Shogunate who were released from the army after the end of
the war with the Atlantic Federation. Most of them live as mercenaries in the
Tornado Zone.
S U P E R C AV I TA T I O N
At a certain underwater speed, torpedoes, missiles and even whole ships are
covered with a bubble of evaporated water. This way the frictional resistance is
reduced to practically zero. These vehicles reach a speed of about 1.5
kilometers per second.
S Y N T H O H O L
Synthetically made alcohol in any variation. The best is made in the Clan Union,
where the most daring concentrations and tastes are created. Apart from
lightwater, synthohol is drug no. 1 in Aqua.
A Q U A N O X O N T H E
I N T E R N E T
There is additional information about the world of Emerald “Deadeye” Flint on the
official Aquanox website at: www.aquanox.de. See the news section for the
latest information regarding Aquanox.
P R O B L E M S W I T H
A Q U A N O X :
Most of the technical problems with computer games are due to old drivers of
video cards and soundcards. Therefore your first step to solve technical
problems should be installing the newest drivers. Most of the problems can be
solved by this way.
You can get the drivers on the websites of your hardware´s manufacturers. On
following sites you can find drivers for many video cards:
Detonator drivers for NVidia-based cards:
H T T P : / / W W W. N V I D I A . C O M
ATI-video cards:
H T T P : / / S U P P O RT. AT I . C O M / P R O D U C T S / P C / I N D E X . H T M L
Video cards with Kyro-chips:
H T T P : / / D E . H E R C U L E S . C O M / S U P P O RT / S E L E C T _ P R D . P H P
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