' Wrote:MNS=Maltese Navy Ship.
Factionlancer=Commonly used word in the forums to describe the game orientating around more faction control.

' Wrote:Me being relatively new to this server and having a break of 1,5 years of any FL online gaming I find that everyday brings new definitions, words, abbreviations and expressions to the table to digest. Especially this becomes important because rule violations and sanction reports are curt by nature like "player xxx fined for <insert term here>.

So I propose a short explanatory term dictionary where FL slang is explained because someone is bound to ask the same things I have asked in threads. So please expand this and if someone would kindly take this from my hands since I can update this in bits and pieces only. And please correct the mistakes I've made.

NOTE: Xoria keeps and updates a list of official factions. Take a look at it if you are not able to find the acronym here. The excellent list is here http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?sh...c=7846&st=0

Also check out Unknownobject's collection of un-official faction acronyms in this thread http://discoverygc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9201
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A

AT, armoured transport
B

b/b, bots/bats, i.e. nanobots/shield batteries

BC/BHG, Battle Cruiser Comment: Just because guild members are quite often seen in BCs does not mean BHG means BC. Term should be "BC" not "BC/BHG"

BDM - Bureau der Marineintelligence, Rheinland's intelligence service.

BH/BHG, Bounty Hunters (Guild)

BS, battleship BB is also used to denote battleship quite commonly.

Bundies - Bundschuh

C

Cat - Catamaran Kusari Bomber

cap/capship - Capital ship (Gunboats, Cruisers, Battleships)

C.B.D.ed, Can't be (cruise) disrupted. Essentially meaning can't be bothered with or stopped.

CB, Cannonball missile.

CC - Cruiser

CD, Cruise Distruptor.

char/chars, character(s)

CM, Countermeasures

codies, Coded weapons, e.g. DIAMONDBACKS, looted from the wrecks. Can only be bought from Armouries.
D

Dessie - Destroyer

Disco, A place where people gather to rhytmically move their extremities. Very much 80s. The right answer in this context is the Discovery mod though.

Dread - Dreadnought type Battleship

E

EK, Engine kill.
F

F1, Disconnecting from server to avoid being pirated, shot or otherwise avoiding RP responsibilities. Against the server rules.

Farming, Orbiting low level enemy base/planet, killing weak NPC ships and collecting pilots. It's frowned down upon.

FLAM/FAM, Freelancer Account Manager by Korrd. The same as FLAM.

FL, Freelancer game

form, enter formation

FP, Freeport (e.g. FP1 = Freeport 1)

FR/Fr, freighter
G

GB, gunboat

GC, Golden Chrysanthemums

GS - gunship

Gottkanzler - God-Chancellor, the way Rheinland citizens refer to the Chancellor of Rheinland (see KDGA)

H

HF, heavy fighter

HIKMS, His Imperial Kusari Majesty's Ship, probably what the Blood dragons will go for once the samura controlled government is ousted.

HMS, His/Her Majesty's Ship comment that this is used for Bretonian caps if you will, some people might not realize that.
I

IC, In character. Or Interspace Commerce faction.

ID, Identification card. Identifies player's inclination/faction. E.g. Trader ID, Civilian ID.

IFF, Identify Friend or Foe. Mention that this is your tag, it causes a lot of confusion.

indie(s), Independent(s). Players, e.g. police tagged, who carry out acts according to a role they play without belonging to a official police faction.

Ion storm, used to indicate that server has crashed and is rebooting the application.

J

JG, jump gate between systems.

JH, jump hole between systems.

Jousting, Head to head firefight. Usually ships move in more-less straight line towards each other shooting with all guns. They turn after each pass and repeat.
K

KDGA - Kirche der Grunnen Adler, translates to Church of the Green Eagle. Rheinland state religion, worships the Chancellor as a god.

Kriegsmarine - German name for the Rheinland Navy.

KNF, Kusari Naval Forces

KoS, Kill on sight
L

LF, light fighter

LH, Lane Hacker(s) faction

LNS, Liberty Navy Ship

LNT, Liberty Navy Transport

LPI, Liberty Police Incorporated faction Comment: Kill the "faction" word in that sentence, por favor.

LR, Liberty Rogues.
M

MNS - Maltese Navy Ship Comment: This is just like LNS, HMS, or RNC, simply the Outcast version, and used by several factions.

N

NB, New Berlin system

NB, bots, nanos, nanobots, items used to repair hull damage.

NHS, Nomad Hunter Ship Never seen this one before, presuming it is a faction tag, and should be removed

NL, New London system

NPC, non player controlled (ship)

NT, New Tokyo system

NY, New York system
O

OC, Outcast

ooc/OOC, out of character. Expressing him/herself in a manner not suitable for his/her roleplay in server. OOC chat's de facto notation in the server is //I'm eating ice cream a lot when I'm watching 24 or Lost.

ooRP, out of role play. See RP.
P

PC, player controlled (ship)

Powergaming generally means a person's main focus is making their character (ship) as powerful as possible. Because that is their main focus the persons "role play" suffers, is non-existent, or only exists to rationalize why they think they are so uber-super-hella-awesome.

PVP/PvP, player versus player combat
Q
R

Red Cat - Red Catamaran Blood Dragon Bomber

RAB, Revolutionary Army Bomber... A bomber belonging to the SCRA Coalition Player Faction. Not Xenos!

RACS, Revolutionary Army Capital Ship

RAGB, Revolutionary Army Gunboat

RAHF, Revolutionary Army Heavy Fighter

RAI, Revolutionary Army Intelligence

RALF , Revolutionary Army Light Fighter

RAPS , Revolutionary Army Prison Ship

RATV, Revolutionary Army Transport Vessel

RC, Raven Claw. Advanced VHF.

rep, reputation. Indicates the attitude towards the other factions. Scales from hostile to neutral to friendly.

Rep fixing means making the reputation to align with current character/faction default standings towards other factions. This can be achieved by means of shooting certain faction's ships or completing missions for that faction you are trying to be friendly with or aborting/failing to complete missions for factions you are trying to become neutral or hostile with.

RH - Rheinland

RNC, Rheinland Navy Cruiser or maybe Rheinland Navy Capital ships (un-official faction) Comment: Not an unofficial faction, this is the game tag for Rheinland Military caps. Used by both indies and the RM. Same as LNS, MNS, or HMS

RP, role playing. Acting and conducting him/herself in a manner that fits the player's current status and his factions modus operandi.

RT, Raven's Talon "Elite" VHF.

Run, Trade run from point A to point B and back.

S

Shield camping, Ttrying to dodge when you loose shields so you don't loose your hull. Once you get your shield back, you continue with the attack. It is considered 'unfair' by some, but in fact it is a legal strategy.

Shieldrunning, Shield running is when a ship cruises away to recharge shields, then reengages with his shield and hull at full strength. Against the Discovery server rules.

SHF, super heavy fighter

SN, Supernova antimatter cannon

Snubnose - Rheinland Bomber

SP, Single Player

SS, Screenshot
T

tag, prefix or affix used to indicate player's faction.

The Angels, Discovery Angels Organization. Player faction, online helpers.

TL, Trade lane

TR/Tr, Transport (ship)
U
V

VHF, very heavy fighter
W
X
Y
Z

ZOI, Zone of Influence. A collection of systems where a faction's presence in acceptable in their normal role play.
Updated:
25. 03. 2008 - Removed the player faction names because Xoria already has a good list.
27. 03. 2008 - Added IC
30. 03. 2008 - Added FP
20. 04. 2008 - Added ZOI
03. 06. 2008 - Added FAM/FLAM
30. 06. 2008 - Added BC, IFF and appended RNC.
09. 07. 2008 - Added Ion storm

' Wrote:Never heard of MNS. A faction or a cross-faction usage? Little more info nooblet please.