New Gods Terminology & Technology
acid-pod - shoots streams of acid.
aero-carrier - used to transport Granny's potential students to her orphanage.
aero-cycle
aero-discs - hovering devices used for quick transport.
aeropads - allow the user to travel and move at superhuman speeds.
Alpha bullets/Alpha effect - energy blasts which retrieve what has been displaced by the Omega effect.
animates - androids which can be controlled with a powerful psionic mind.
annihilators - mysterious beings who hunt and kill New Gods.
anti-grav unit - device which allows its possessor to use anti-gravity.
anti-life crystal - crystal which can contain a piece of anti-life extracted from a human host.
anti-life equation - an secret weapon of those of the Old Gods who were evil, which upon their destruction was scattered throughout the galaxy. No one truly understands what it can do, but Darkseid desires to possess it, and believes it will grant him total control over the cosmos. Several Earthlings possessed the equation, but Beautiful Dreamer absorbed them all; when she was lost on Adon, the equation was scattered again among more Earthlings, but in the end dissipated. The source of anti-life was discovered in an alternate dimension, and when it tried to escape and destroy our dimension it was stopped and trapped there forever.
anti-life transmitter - enormous building-like device which uses the anti-life to transmit signals that render those affected helpless in spirit.
anti-Mother Box - emits destructive charges which can destroy a regular Mother Box.
Armagetta - detainment and torture station on Apokalips
Armagetto - the "ghettos" of Apokalips, where the unfortunates of the world dwell in service to Darkseid.
Armagetto cuffs
astro-force - powers the astro-glider.
astro-glider - glider which allows the user to fly through space and use the "astro-force" as a weapon.
Beta-Club - weapon which contains the ability of fire force blasts and a "nerve beam," which can make its target feel agonizing pain.
between-point - the point in space between New Genesis and Apokalips where their eternal balance is kept.
Boom Tube - dimensional bridge, powered by the mysterious X-element, which serves as a "matter threshold" and can link the pocket universe of the New Gods to the rest of the galaxy.
brain-mine
brain probers - minions of Darkseid who operate the mind-control devices of the Lump.
Bug Mound - home of the Bugs of New Genesis. Destroyed when Mantis blew it up.
celestial skisphase through objects and travel at the speed of light with his celestial skis (yes, that's right, "celestial skis.).
cellular vacuum - transforms a human's body into pure energy; used on those who possess a piece of the anti-life equation.
Cerberus chute - passageway to the inner depths of Apoklips, where Darkseid has often contemplated in privacy.
ceri-skiff - a UFO-like craft which serves as a flying deathtrap.
Chamber 13 - prison area on Apokalips, protected by various deathtraps to prevent rescue or escape
clink tank
cosmic cartridges - generate a anti-gravitational force and create force fields.
cyberpak - cybernetically enhanced dogs used as an offensive weapon.
dead sealer - device used to raise the dead.
de-evolution pills - pills which de-evolves the victim.
Desaadites - servants of Desaad.
demon raiders
demonoids
destructi-poles
Doom Tube - quite literally, a Boom Tube that leads to nowhere
dragon tanks
drone sphere - flying probe which records and send messages.
dyno-therm bomb - powerful explosive which Mr. Miracle carries in his suit.
Egg-Fu - Mr. Miracle's computer brought from Apokolips to Earth at the beginning of the century.
electro-axe
electro pik - small tool hidden within Mr. Miracle's costume which allows him to secretly help him escape traps he's been locked into.
electro-transmitter - device which can emit a strong magna-beam.
emotion detector - computer which locates the pain of others and allows the user to savor it.
Eternal Sea - the "world soul" of the gods of New Genesis, where S'ivaa the Destroyer slept for millennia.
Fahren-knife - causes the victim to burn from the inside out.
Father Box - device adapted by Mortalla to turn Orion "to the dark side"
Fear Machine - device created by Desaad to send a sonic stimuli into the minds of its victims and fill them with terrible amounts of fear.
fear-siphon - torture device which allows the user to experience all the physical and emotional pain of its victims.
firebelchers
fire-talons
Genesis Box - in an alternate future created by the Philosopher's Stone, a device created to convert the universe into pure energy and remake it without the taint of Darkseid's evil.
gestatron labs - laboratories on Apokalips where children are genetically enhanced to become warriors for Darkseid.
Godwave - the blast created by the world of the Old Gods which spread throughout the galaxy, endowing the worlds it wiped across to possess meta-human beings. Earth was the strongest hit by the Godwave, which explains the enormous number of super-heroes on it.
Goodness cube - structure where Granny Goodness stuffs many of her unruly students, where they're driven mad and are then used to kill whatever they see.
Grandmother Box - in an alternate future created by the Philosopher's Stone, a device which was once a Mother Box of New Genesis.
gravi-guards - creatures of Apokalips who can form themselves from the ground and rocks, and can transmit gravity waves from heavy mass galaxies, enhancing their strength.
Gulag - prison constructed by Mr. Miracle on the Kingdom Come Earth.
gunboots
gut-buster - powerful Apokaliptian hand weapon.
Hadis - afterrealm of the Gods.
Happiness Home - Granny Goodness's orphanage.
Happyland - an amusement park on Earth which was really a secret laboratory created by Desaad, which was built to collect potential possessors of the anti-life equation - destroyed by the Forever People.
heavy-matter boots
hellborer - giant weapon used to puncture Apokalips' crust and thus create firepits
imagem - capsulized device which distorts reality.
immobilizers - bodysuits which subdue "volunteers" of Darkseid's armies.
impacter - giant machine used to destroy suns.
Infinity Pit - found beneath the surface of Apokalips. Its purpose is to feed on the energies of the planet to keep itself alive and powerful.
jet-bows - crossbows that fire fast and explosive arrows.
Justifiers - mind-altered followers of Glorious Godfrey, bent on cleansing the world of the "filth" of society.
lance, weapon which can be commanded through telepathic means which serves many functions: transportation, blasting weapon, tracking device, etc.
lashes - steel whip-like weapons.
leechspores - space parasites.
life cube - device powered by the Source which transforms itself to serve various purposes.
liferock - capable of revealing another's thoughts.
"lowlies" - nickname of the unfortunate denizens of Apokalips.
the Machine - section of Apokalips where Darkseid's soldiers are produced and trained.
magna-car
magna-lock - device that emits strong magnetic charge, used to lift and carry very heavy and large objects
manta-sled - small craft used by the Deep Six for nautical travel.
Mark VII Pacifier - defensive aircraft which can be used to break apart invading fleets and domestic riots.
mass-director unit - keeps order on Apokalips, receives its orders directly from Darkseid. Darkseid also constructed several devices like this on Earth, to monitor the minds of humans whom he believed possessed part of the anti-life equation.
mass gravity beam, - invisible beam which creates an enormous weight upon its intended target.
master-blaster - powerful weapon with a charge that can allow it to destroy nearly anything.
master scrambler - computer, used in Desaad's Happyland, used to torture prisoners by transforming their images of pain into images of happiness.
Mega-rod - weapon which draws power from the user's own strong will.
megaton touch- Mark Moonrider's powerful energy hand emissions.
mekkanoids
mindlocks - locking mechanism that can subdue the victim and, if they try to escape, a psychic feedback will delve into their mind and bring out their darkest memories and fears and prevent the victim from wanting to escaping.
mind-video - device which portrays images created by a psionic mind.
Mobius Chair - Metron's own creation, which allows him, or the user, to travel through time, space and other dimensions.
monitors - elite guardians of New Genesis who were assigned to keep the insects of the planet in check and later used as retrievers for Highfather.
morrow block - giant cube of evil energy that feeds off the life-force of a planet.
mortis mark - controls the unliving.
Mother Box - a electronic device, which all New Gods are equipped with, that possesses life-like attributes and provides many services for its user: a calling device for boom tubes, a warning signal, a tool of communication between New Gods, a "transmogrifier," and so on.
multi-cube - device with various purposes- contains, among other things, a laser beam and an electro-sonic signal which renders the brain into a state of a temporary coma.
Murder Machine - a creation of Virman Vundabar that attempted to kill Scott Free with a clampdown and a controlled atom blast.
Necropolis - city of the dead, found far beneath the surface of Apokalips.
neuro-skragger - an assassin's torture weapon.
null field - containment globe which nullifies superpowers of captive within- allows outside captor to enter, but prevents captive from exiting.
oblivion bomb - bomb which can destroy an entire planet.
Omega beams/Omega effect - blasts of dark energy which can either completely destroy a living being or "capsulize" the victim's life force for future resurrection.
Omega Force - powers the mysterious Omega Beams.
omega-phase helmet - device built by Darkseid to enable Metron and his Mobius Chair to penetrate the Source Wall the One - the being created by Highfather, Odin, Jove, Zeus and Ares used to battle Darkseid's attempot to breach the Source; destroyed when Ares betrayed his comrades and killed Highfather.
Overlord - computer used by Granny Goodness to track and kill its victims.
the Pact - the agreement made between Darkseid and Highfather which ended the horrible war between their worlds by exchanging the heirs of the planets- the Pact would remain intact as long as the heirs would remain on the opposite worlds; if not, the pact would be broken and war between the worlds would be renewed.
para-demons - warriors of Darkseid and sentries of Apokolips, who spearhead the major invasions established by their master.
paranoid pill - capsule which contains a "madness vapor" that can fill the brain with immeasurable amounts of paranoia.
Pareguion - star system near the center of the universe where Prodigan, a Promethean Giant, found refuge after he escaped the Promethean galaxy.
phase resonance generator - creates beam which can shift matter into a parallel dimension.
photon patrol - armor-clad soldiers of Darkseid's armies.
planetary barrier - a energy barrier formed when New Genesis and Apokolips were fused together.
polarizor - laser cannon which neutralizes solar powers.
power pod - used by Mantis to generate and create immense cosmic charges which can power him.
Primitives - tribal inhabitants of New Genesis.
Promethean Galaxy - dimension where those who have attempted to breach the Source by enlarging their atomic structures are imprisoned for eternity.
psycho-fuge - computer screens which monitor prisoners of Happyland.
psy-factoid intelligence - intelligence agents of Apokolips who monitor actions of both their world and New Genesis.
radion gun
Section Zero - section of Granny's orphanage where the "bad students" are sent, never to be seen again. The body of the Lump is kept there, and Tigra was exiled there for many years.
shock grenades - explosive devices shot from hand blasters.
shock-prod
sigma-guns - high-powered stun guns.
sinergy
"skinheads" - nickname given by the "lowlies" to the students and orphans of Granny Goodness.
Source - the cosmic force and the essence of life itself.
Source chamber - structure constructed by Metron to reverse the madness caused by Darkseid's death within the Source.
Source Wall - the "prison" for those who have attempted to learn the secrets of the Source, which no one can possibly control.
Star Gate
sun-blast - energy beam which possesses massive amounts of solar radiation.
super-cycle - vehicle which can carry up to five passengers that has the ability to fly, travel through teleportation, and intangibility.
Supertown - home of the Gods of New Genesis- floats above the surface of New Genesis.
techno-priests - minions of Darkseid who oversee his technologies.
temporal bender - a "time machine" device, which a user can wear to send themselves back through time.
terror-bats - creatures which live within meteor-swarms.
Terrorium - arena on Apokolips where "sordid spectacles" are held to the delight and fear of those who watch.
theta drones- loyal soldiers of Apokolips.
tower of darkness - building constructed by Mr. Miracle to imprison Darkseid.
trumpets of doom - high-powered energy beam used to free Geridath from his imprisonment in the Promethean galaxy.
Unholy See- the lifeblood of Apokolips, where the souls of the deceased are trapped within its icy waters.
Uni-Friend - the hand which transmits information on the Wall of Prophecy from the Source to the New Gods.
Urgrund - the world of the Old Gods; when it was destroyed, New Genesis and Apokolips were born from its ashes.
vibro-wave - weapon used to magnify sound into strong vibrations.
Wall of Prophecy - channel the Source uses to communicate with the Gods of New Genesis.
wonder staff - Highfather's golden staff, which was given to him upon his ascension by the Source to the status of Highfather of New Genesis.
worldgog - physical manifestation of time and space itself- can accelerate or suspend time and space.
X-element - a strange material which possessed teleportational properties that is the primary power source of the boom tubes.
zip-gloves

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