Spacers

Spacers

general term for beings that spend a good amount of their time in space (on ships but also on stations) and often used as an Antonym for Dirt Sider.( Individual spending most time on a planet or similar celestial object). In more specific terms a Spacer is a person who makes a living working in space or aboard a space ship (In this context, the occupant of a Space Station is not a Spacer). In General only civilians are spacers. A member of the Union Navy is a Star man (reardless of gender or species) [1] In the rare cases a Union Fleet Member is addressed as a Spacer, the Union Fleet Member almost always takes the time to explain the difference between a Spacer and a Star Man ( Anyone crawling from Dirt side aboard any space going vehicle is a spacer. Only a person completing the many tests and challenges of the UnionFleet is a Star Man. This argument is of course not made by Union Fleet Officers)

[1] The Union Fleet is around for almost 3000 years and the term "Space Man" is known to all but the most recluse Union Societies

Note : the Term is an old one and originates from the time when beings working and living in space wore Space Suits and often kept wearing them on planets or inside Stations to "Differentiate" themselves from Dirt Siders