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Terran
Terran or Terrans may also refer to: Fictional entities Literature * Terran Federation (''Starship Troopers'') * Terran Trade Authority universe of Stewart Cowley * Terran Empire in the books of Poul Anderson Television * Terran Federation * Terran Empire in the Mirror Universe of ''Star Trek'' Gaming * Terran Empire, in ''Star Hero'' * The Terran, in ''StarCraft'' * Terran Federation (''Starfire'') * Terran Republic, in ''PlanetSide'' * Terrans, in '' Star Command: Revolution'' * Terran Confederation (''Wing Commander'') * ''Terrans'', in the X video game series People * Jennifer Terran (fl. from 1997), American singer-songwriter and pianist * Tony Terran (1926–2017), American trumpet player and musician * Terran Campbell (born 1998), Canadian soccer player * Terran Petteway (born 1992), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Terran Sandwith (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player Other * Terran (grape), alternative name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Races Of StarCraft
Blizzard Entertainment's real-time strategy game series ''StarCraft'' revolves around interstellar affairs in a distant sector of the galaxy, with three species and multiple factions all vying for supremacy in the sector. The playable species of ''StarCraft'' include the Terrans, humans exiled from Earth who excel at adapting to any situation; the Zerg, a race of insectoid aliens obsessed with assimilating other races in pursuit of genetic perfection; and the Protoss, a technologically advanced humanoid species with psionic abilities that attempts to preserve their civilization and strict philosophical way of living from the Zerg. Each of these races is the focus of a series of missions in the single-player campaign of each ''StarCraft'' real-time strategy game. In addition to these three, various non-playable races have also been part of the lore of the ''StarCraft'' series; the most notable of these is the Xel'Naga, an ancient god-like race which features prominently in the ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Relativity Space
Relativity Space is an American aerospace manufacturing company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2015 by Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone. Relativity Space is developing manufacturing technologies, launch vehicles and rocket engines for commercial orbital launch services. History Relativity Space was founded in 2015 by CEO Tim Ellis and CTO Jordan Noone on the idea that existing NewSpace companies were not tapping enough into the potential of additive manufacturing (3D printing). Relativity is aiming to be the first company to successfully launch a fully 3D-printed launch vehicle into orbit. In November 2020, Relativity Space announced its US$500 million Series D funding at a calculated US$2.3 billion valuation. In June 2021 Relativity announced another US$650 million funding round led by Fidelity Investments at a valuation of US$4.2 billion, bringing its total funding to US$1.335 billion. The funding will help the development of a fully reusable m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Terran
Anthony Terran (May 30, 1926 – March 20, 2017) was an American trumpet player and session musician. He was part of the Wrecking Crew, a group of largely uncredited session musicians in Los Angeles, California, who helped famous artists record hit records in the 1960s. Career Terran was in high school when he started working on live radio shows in Buffalo, New York. In 1944, he arrived in Los Angeles after touring with Horace Heidt. In 1945, he began working with Bob Hope, and then with Desi Arnaz in 1946. Terran was the last surviving member of the Desi Arnaz Orchestra from the '' I Love Lucy'' television show. Terran performed and recorded with many artists including the Jackson 5, the 5th Dimension, the Mamas & the Papas, the Beach Boys, Harry Nilsson, the Bee Gees, Ray Charles, Neil Diamond, Chicago, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Commodores, Perry Como, Bob Dylan, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Tony Bennett, Eartha Kitt, Peggy Lee, Madonna ('' I'm Breathless''), Dean Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terran Campbell
Terran Campbell (born October 10, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays for Forge FC in the Canadian Premier League. Early life Campbell began playing soccer at age five with South Burnaby Metro Club. In 2010, he joined the Burnaby Selects SC and was also part of the British Columbia provincial U13 team. In September 2011, he joined the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy. After signing a professional contract with the Whitecaps second team, he continued to play with the Academy teams in 2016. Club career On July 31, 2015, he debuted with Whitecaps FC 2 in the USL, as an academy call-up, against the Tulsa Roughnecks. In August 2015, at age 16, he signed a professional contract with Whitecaps FC 2 in the USL. He scored his first professional goal on May 28, 2017 against the Real Monarchs. In December 2017, Campbell joined Fresno FC in the USL for the 2018 season, who became the Whitecaps' new USL affiliate after they decided to disband the Whitecaps FC 2 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terran Petteway
Terran Petteway (born October 8, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for Texas Tech University and the University of Nebraska. Petteway led the Big Ten Conference in scoring during the 2013–14 season. High school career As a high school senior at Ball High School, Petteway was signed by Pat Knight, however Knight was fired on March 7, 2011 from his role as head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball team before Petteway even suited up for the Red Raiders. Petteway elected to maintain his commitment to Texas Tech after Billy Gillispie was hired as the Red Raiders new head coach on March 20, 2011. College career Freshman year As a true freshman at Texas Tech, Petteway saw action in 28 games and 10 of his 11 starts during the season came during Big 12 Conference play. Texas Tech finished their 2011–12 season with just eight total wins and a single conference w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terran Empire
The Mirror Universe is the setting of several narratives in the ''Star Trek'' science fiction franchise, a parallel universe existing alongside, but separate from, the fictional universe that is the main setting of ''Star Trek''. It resembles the main ''Star Trek'' universe, but is populated by more violent and opportunistic doppelgängers of its people. The Mirror Universe has been visited in one episode of '' Star Trek: The Original Series'', five episodes of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', a two-part episode of '' Star Trek: Enterprise,'' a storyline woven through the first season of '' Star Trek: Discovery'' (continuing with a Mirror Universe character in the main cast of seasons 2 and 3), and several non-canon ''Star Trek'' tie-in works. It is named after " Mirror, Mirror", the ''Original Series'' episode in which it first appeared. Characteristics The characters in the Mirror Universe are aggressive, mistrustful and opportunistic in personality. Whereas the ''Star Trek'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirror Universe
The Mirror Universe is the setting of several narratives in the '' Star Trek'' science fiction franchise, a parallel universe existing alongside, but separate from, the fictional universe that is the main setting of ''Star Trek''. It resembles the main ''Star Trek'' universe, but is populated by more violent and opportunistic doppelgängers of its people. The Mirror Universe has been visited in one episode of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', five episodes of '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', a two-part episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise,'' a storyline woven through the first season of '' Star Trek: Discovery'' (continuing with a Mirror Universe character in the main cast of seasons 2 and 3), and several non-canon ''Star Trek'' tie-in works. It is named after " Mirror, Mirror", the ''Original Series'' episode in which it first appeared. Characteristics The characters in the Mirror Universe are aggressive, mistrustful and opportunistic in personality. Whereas the '' Star Trek' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terran Federation (Starship Troopers)
''Starship Troopers'' is a military science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. Written in a few weeks in reaction to the US suspending nuclear tests, the story was first published as a two-part serial in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' as ''Starship Soldier'', and published as a book by G. P. Putnam's Sons in December 1959. The story is set in a future society ruled by a human interstellar government dominated by a military elite, referred to as the ''Terran Federation''. Under this system, only veterans of the military enjoy full citizenship, including the right to vote. The first-person narrative follows Juan "Johnny” Rico, a young man of Filipino descent, through his military service in the Mobile Infantry. Rico progresses from recruit to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between humans and an alien species known as "Arachnids" or "Bugs". Interspersed with the primary plot are classroom scenes in which Rico and others ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X (video Game Series)
''X'' is a science fiction space trading and combat simulator series created by German developer Egosoft. The series is set in the X-Universe where several races populate a number of worlds connected by jumpgates. The games feature free roaming gameplay with trading, combat, empire building, and missions; leading to the series' phrase: ''"Trade, Fight, Build, Think"''. The series, which was launched in 1999 on the Windows platform, consists of five base games: '' X: Beyond the Frontier'', '' X2: The Threat'', '' X3: Reunion'', '' X Rebirth'', and '' X4: Foundations''. ''X Rebirth'' introduced a new rendering engine as well as a new plot, one which ''X4: Foundations'' now extends the storyline beyond ten years after the events in ''X Rebirth''. Story The fiction behind the ''X'' series is provided in the games themselves and in four novels by series fictional writer Helge Kautz: ''Farnham's Legend'', ''Nopileos'', ''Yoshiko'' and ''Hüter der Tore'' ("''Keeper of the Gates''" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terran Federation (other)
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Terran Federation may refer to: * Terran Federation (''Starship Troopers'') * Terran Federation ('' Blake's 7'') * Terran Federation (''Starfire'') See also * Terran Confederation (Wing Commander) * Terran Confederacy (''StarCraft'') * Earth Federation (''Gundam'') * United Earth Federation (''Supreme Commander'') * Galaxy Federation (''Xenosaga'') * United Federation of Planets (''Star Trek'') * Terro-Human Future History in works by H. Beam Piper Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 – ) was an American science fiction writer. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Terran
Jennifer Terran is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Career Terran plays the piano and sings on her records, often leading to her being compared to Tori Amos. She is also, however, a hip hop dance instructor, as well as a producer, having established her own music label, Grizelda Records, on which she has produced five solo albums: ''Cruel'', ''Rabbit'', ''The Musician'', ''Live from Painted Cave'' and ''Full Moon in 3''. In October 2012 she released her album ''Born from the Womb of Silence''. Acclaim In 2002 the ''Sunday Times'' selected her album ''The Musician'' as its second best album of the year. In December 2007, Terran's recording of " Que Sera Sera" featured in a commercial for Dell's XPS computer, accompanied by exploding monitors and wrecking balls. Personal life Her childhood spent in Los Angeles, California was infused with music and musical influences. Her father, trumpeter Tony Terran, was a successful session musician Session musicians, stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terran Confederation (Wing Commander)
''Wing Commander'' is a media franchise consisting of space combat simulation video games from Origin Systems, Origin Systems, Inc., an Wing Commander Academy, animated television series, a Wing Commander (film), feature film, a Wing Commander: Collectible Card Game, collectible card game, a Wing Commander (novel series), series of novels, and action figures. The franchise originated in 1990 with the release of video game Wing Commander (video game), ''Wing Commander''. Setting and gameplay Set in the 27th century, the games tell the story of humanity's war against the Kilrathi, an alien species of large felidae, feline bipeds. The Kilrathi are native to the planet Kilrah with their society depicted as an empire. Physically they are bipeds who strongly resemble big cats: they have leonine manes, but also have markings which distinguish their clan of origin. The species is featured in every game, with later games revealing more complex characters than just a faceless enemy. Later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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