Carbide
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Carbide is a likely Colonial term for carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide.
Boomer attributes Jolly's poor approach and subsequent landing to his breather unit possibly leaking carbide (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I").
Notes
- In reality, carbide is a carbon-containing alloy; it is also a term used to describe a polyatomic ion C22- or monatomic ion C4−, or any salt of such.