Hmm. Kinda doubt I'll pick it up, then; I'd frankly be more interested in Other Tales Of The Abh Universe! than I am in retreading the series I've already seen. I seem to recall the anime being spotty about which Abh speech it did or didn't bother to translate, which led to a certain amount of "What the heck is wrong with my machine? Is the DVD defective?" consternation here in the Qadgop household. But while I'm not especially interested in pursuing the linguistics further, I'd be quite up for, say, heavier exposition on Abh history, how the science works in manageable terms, and much more about who the other powers are (other than scheming Allied powers who don't realize the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere is good for them, of course).

Why not just "sword", ceremonial or not?