Affinity is a mental facility for shared perception and thought which was created in the early 21st Century by Wing-Tsit Chong. The Affinity gene is the defining characteristic of Edenists whose culture revolves wholly around the incredible effect of being ‘connected’ to everyone in your society.

Bitek is the contraction of Bio Technology which was in its infancy during the late 20th century. By the mid 21st century this technology was beginning to promise mankind total mastery over his body and an endless source of new solutions to arenas as diverse as medicine, structural engineering and information technology.

Nuclear Fusion is the primary source of power in the early 27th Century. The principle of Fusion is the combining of lighter atoms to form heavier atoms. This process, which also what provide stars with their energy usually results in the release of some of the combining atoms mass in the form of radiant energy. This can be exploited to generate heat , electricity and thrust for spacecraft. While fusion can be performed between many different elements, the one which provides the cleanest (doesn’t produce dangerous radiation) requires an isotope of Helium.

Antimatter is a form of matter which can exist with opposite atomic qualities to that of normal matter. Such matter reacts violently when it comes into contact with normal matter, converting both forms of matter into radiant energy. The same principle as nuclear fusion but instead of a tiny quantity of mass being converted into energy, it all is. The energy released by even the most minute matter annilhation is phenomenal. Early developments in the mass product (rather than single anti particle) antimatter were aimed at high energy fuel for star travel. The temptation to develop Antimatter weapons was to great. Antimatter bombs where used during a brief period causing millions of deaths.The Confederation was created as part of an international effort to completely ban the production, ownership and use of all Antimatter. The punishment for those who have direct involvement with Anti- Matter production, smuggling or usage is death.

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The Confederation possesses many new or greatly refined technologies. Below are brief explanations for the most significant.