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Overlord-C Class Dropship

A vehicle/ship class from the Battletech universe
Like many of the Clan Dropships, the Overlord-C is a development of the Inner Sphere Overlord, but like the Union-C, it takes advantage of Clan Technology in terms of newer weapons and double heat sinks. The Overlord is in wide use by most clans, and is nearly as common as the Union-C...

Overlord Class Dropship

A vehicle/ship class from the Battletech universe
The Overlord class dropship is one of the more common large Dropship designs in the Inner Sphere, and modified variants are used by the Clans. Like the smaller Union class, the Overlord is a spheroid design which makes it especially vulnerable during takeoff and landing. The standard Overlord has ...

Owen Krysler-The Judge Child

A character from the Judge Dredd universe
Owen Krysler, also known as the Judge Child, was regarded as the only hope for survival of Mega City one by the dying Judge Feyy, the city's eldest pre-cog Judge. Feyy was a member of the Psi Division of the Judges and predicted that a great catastophe would befall Mega-City One and that the 'child with the eagle mark' should...

OZ (Organization of Zodiac)

A group from the Gundam Wing universe
OZ is a military organization in the Gundam Wing series. At first it was a secret military society that carried out the Romafeller Foundation's plans. OZ was publicaly known as an elite military branch called 'The Specials', an elite Mobile Suit force. Through the Speicals, OZ was able to covertly control the United Earth Sphere Alliance. ...

Pak

A group from the Known Space universe
The Pak hail from a planet close to the galactic core. They are charactarised by the three stages of their lifecycle: child, breeder, protector. After a breeder reaches a certain age, it feels an urge to eat a certain kind of root plant known as 'tree of life'. After it has eaten, a viral lifeform that resides in the plant causes the mutation of th...

Pakthan

A vehicle/ship class from the Wing Commander universe
The Pakthan class torpedo bomber was introduced by the Kilrathi during the final phases of the Terran-Kilrathi war, and proved to be an able capship killer.  It carries an overwhelming gun loadout as well as a rear turret to keep fighters off bay, and more torpedoes than any confederation bomber in...

Paranoia

Universe
The Computer is Your Friend! Paranoia is a table-top RPG. In a vast underground warren in the future a well meaning but insane computer system watches over it's human subjects. It has ordered and perfected human society so that Alpha Complex (the warren) is a utopia. How do we know it's a utopia? Because the computer says so! ...

Paranoia (Game)

An other game from the Paranoia universe
Paranoia in one form or another has been around since the late 1980's and was a novel Role Playing game published by West End Games. The writer of the game was Greg Costikyan, a prolific RPG designer who also had a hand in the writing of the popular off beat Toon game. Paranoia's setting was the Alpha Complex, a deep subterranean undergro...

Parliament of Dreams

An episode from the Babylon 5 universe
G'Kar lives in fear of his life after recieving notification that an assassin has been sent after him. Meanwhile, Sinclair's old flame, Catherine Sakai, turns up on the station. At the same time, on order from Earth, a week long religious festival starts which highlights the dominant religions in each of the major races, acting as a show...

Passing Through Gethsemane

Episode
Lyta Alexander makes a return to the station, but she's not quite the same as she used to be.

Patrick's Battletech Archive

A link from the Battletech universe
This site contains comprehensive information on all historical information in the Battletech universe. All factions and clans are covered in great detail as well as an analysis of various mechs.

Patterning

A technology from the Total Annihilation universe
Patterning is the technology and process of transferring ones consciousness and personality into a machine body, essentially turning the person immortal, but forces him to sacrifice a part of itself (his former body) in the process. The Core, the de facto galactic government, has made the process of patterning mandatory for all the citizen...

Paul Moon

A character from the Battletech universe

Paul Morrow

A character from the Space:1999 universe
Controller Paul Morrow is effectively Koenigs second in command after Moonbase Alpha breaks away from Earth orbit. The title and responsibilities of Controller are never made entirely clear, but it seems that he serves as the equivalent of an air traffic controller, co-ordinating the activities and courses of spacecraft...

Pax Fleet

A group from the Hyperion universe

Pax Planet-class Archangel Battlecruiser

A vehicle/ship class from the Hyperion universe
A new ship design comissioned for the Church's crusade against the Ousters. It is equipped with class-10 containment fields and is constructed using advanced techniques, with stealth systems capable of rendering the ship practically invisible, a morphing hull containing some sections of pure fixed-energy, and the GIDEON drive. The GIDEON drive allo...

Peacekeeper Pulse Pistol

A technology from the FarScape universe
The Peacekeeper Pulse Pistol is a compact firearm that is easily concealable. Standard issue to Peacekeeper troops and officers, it is a common sight. Pulse Pistols are powered by energy cells that seem to have a long life. If necessary, the Pistols user can set it to self destruct. Despite it being a Peacekeeper firearm, this w...

Peacekeepers

A group from the FarScape universe
The Peacekeepers are the Sebeacean military arm. Originally created many cycles ago as a mercenary force which was hired to keep the peace (hence the name), the Peacekeepers have evolved into a strict authoritarion regime. Peacekeepers come from three main backgrounds. There are the occasional volunteers who join up. The second are thos...

Pearl Forrester

A character from the Mystery Science Theater 3000 universe
Pearl Forrester was a fairly ordinary older woman from the Midwest when she moved in with her son, Dr. Clayton Forrester, in his secret laboratory in Deep 13. Despite being a mad scientist, Clayton was still somewhat intimidated by his sometimes overbearing mother. When Clayton was turned into a 'star baby' (as in 2001: A Space Odyssey), P...

Pegasus

A ship from the Battlestar Galactica (2004) universe
The Battlestar Pegasus, under the command of Admiral Helena Cain, was encountered by the Galactica and her refugee fleet. Thought lost along with the rest of the Colonial Fleet, the Pegasus had been in dry dock with other vessels, and her network offline when the Cylons attacked. Therefore, she was not subject to the same problems that the vast m...

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