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. . DISCOVERY FREELANCER TERM GLOSSARY Updated: 08 / 03 / 2025 .

A.S.	After Settlement (of Sirius)
A.G.S.	After Gallic Settlement
AI	Artificial Intelligence
BAF	Bretonia Armed Forces
Bats	Shield Batteries
BC	Battlecruiser
BD	Blood Dragons
BDM	Buro Der Marineintelligenz
BH / BHG / Hunter / Bunter	Bounty Hunters Guild
BIS	Bretonia Intelligence Service
Blindfire	An aiming technique used by capital ships
BMF	Bretonia Mining and Fabrication
BMM	Bretonia Mining and Manufacturing
Bots	Nanobots
Bowex	Borderworld Exports.
BPA	Bretonia Police Authority
BS	Battleship
Bundie	Bundschu
Cap / Capship	Capital ship. Refers to Gunboats, Cruisers, Battlecruisers & Battleships
CD	Cruise Disruptors
Char(s)	Character(s)
Civ / Civvy	Civilian
CM	Countermeasures
Codes	Codename Equipment
CR	Crayter Republic
Dessie / Dest	Destroyer
DHC	Daumann Heavy Construction
Disco	Discovery Mod
Forums	The official community forum to the Discovery Mod
Launcher	The primary application used to execute Discovery Freelancer and managing your FL accounts
Drift(ing)	Another term used for sliding, an Engine Kill maneuver used in the fight by fighters
DSE	Deep Space Engineering
EK	Engine Kill. A method used to preserve the kinetic energy to mimic Newtonian law. That means that the ship will continue to fly on it's vector (i.e. direction) when engine was killed
EFL	EFL Oil and Machinery
F1	Method of disconnected, reconnecting, or closing Freelancer. Also refers to a deliberate disconnection from the server to avoid being pirated, shot, or otherwise avoiding a roleplay interaction. Against the server rules.
FA	Farmers Alliance
Farming	Killing NPCs
FL	Can refer to Freelancer (the game) or the (in-game IFF)
Ganking	Creating an unfair fight. Can be done via superior ship size or superior numbers
GC	Golden Chrysanthemums
GMG	Gas Mining Guild
GMS	Gallic Mining Service
GRN	Gallic Royal Navy
HA	Hogosha Association
HF	Heavy Fighter
IC	Interspace Commerce
ID	Identification card. Identifies the player's mounted ID
IDF	Ile-de-France Shipping
IFF	Identify Friend or Foe, i.e. one's tag and reputation
Import	A ship model or faction from another science fiction universe, eg. Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica or Homeworld. Import models were common in older versions, and are gradually being phased out to be replaced with unique Discovery models.
Indie(s)	Players who carry out acts according to a role they play without belonging to the official faction which is representing that faction. Indies are Discovery Freelancer's most common players
Infectee	An umbrella term describing humans possessed by a Nomad Incubus
Ion Storm	Term used to describe in a roleplay way, a server crashing and rebooting. It is also used to describe lag
Jellies	Nomads
JG	Jump Gate
JH	Jump Hole
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
KNF	Kusari Naval Forces
KSP	Kusari State Police
LF	Light Fighter
LH	Lane Hackers
LN	Liberty Navy
LPI	Liberty Police Incorporated
LR	Liberty Rogues
LSF	Liberty Security Force
LWB	Landwirtrechtbewegung
Merc	Mercenary
Metagaming	Gaining knowledge outside the scope of the game, such as through forum posts or Skype chat, and then acting on the knowledge which the person's character would not normally be privy to. Considered OOC behavior and strongly frowned upon, and against the rules
MIA	Missing In Action. A person or ship that has gone missing while on active duty. Generally implies that they are dead/destroyed or captured
NB	New Berlin System or Planet New Berlin
NFZ	No-Fire Zone around Freeports which is put in effect by the Zoners
NL	New London System or Planet New London
NT	New Tokyo System or Planet New Tokyo
NY	New York System
Nommie(s) / Noms	Nomads
NPC	Non Player Character, i.e. a ship controlled by the game's AI
OOC	Out Of Character. Expressing oneself in a manner not suitable for Roleplay|roleplay on the server. Should be avoided if not necessary. The commonly used notation for something which is OOC is "//" (//Please do not re-engage). OORP, Out Of RolePlay, is also a term used for this.
OORP	Out Of Role Play
OSC / OS&C	Orbital Spa and Cruise
PC	Player Character
Perishable	Items listed as Perishable will degrade one unit at a time over time.
PFI	Planetform Incorporated
Pirate	A pilot who uses violent methods to extort money or cargo from other vessels
Powergaming	The use of exploits, loopholes, borderline RP behavior, or roleplaying another player's character without consent to gain advantage over other players. Extremely frowned upon
Powertrading	The practice of repeatedly performing a trade run for profit rather than roleplaying reasons, and not responding to any RP by other players (pirates, other traders, etc.). A person who does this is a 'powertrader'. Not against the rules, but considered by many as bad form and sportsmanship
PvP	Player versus player combat
Quickdock	Cruising or thrusting very close (less than 100m) to trade lane ring, jump gate, docking ring or station hangars and pressing the docking button which almost instantly initiates docking. Saves time and is quite effective in case the ship is pursued by enemies
Regens	Referring to Shield Batteries and Nano Bots
Rep	Reputation. Indicates the attitude towards the other factions. Scales from hostile to neutral to friendly
Rep Hack	This Discovery mechanic does not allow the reputation of specific factions to be increased over a specific level and is based on your mounted ID. The only positive rephack which cannot drop from max level is the one that maximizes the reputation of the faction which represents your mounted ID. Almost all IDs have rephacks. The game checks and applies any necessary adjustment (rephack) to the ship's reputation, each time the ship logs in the server or docks to a base
RFP	Rheinland Federal Police
RH	Red Hessians or Rheinland
RM	Rheinland Military
RP	Roleplay. Acting and conducting oneself in a manner that fits the player's current status and his factions modus operandi
Run	Trade ''run'' from point A to point B and back
Sanctionlancer	A term used to describe the act of reporting a player on a hair trigger instead of an attempt at reason, or just letting the incident slide and for the purpose of getting the player sanctioned
Sirian	Person who lives in Sirius but outside Gallia, only Gallic citizens use this term to define people from outside Gallia
SHF	Super Heavy Fighter
SP	Singleplayer
SRP	Special Role Play. Refers to a special consideration request for unusual combination of equipment and ID.
Squids / Squishies	Nomads
Tag / Player Faction Tag	Prefix or affix used to indicate player's NPC faction
TL	Trade Lane
Torp(s)	Torpedoes
TS	Turret Steering, the ability of capital ships, transports and freighters to operate effectively while in Turret View
UC	Unione Corse
UN	Unioners
USI	Universal Shipping Incorporated
VHF	Very Heavy Fighter
Whale	Refers to the Zoner's only Transport called the Whale
ZOI	Zone Of Influence. A collection of systems where a faction's presence is frequent. This is usually the RP explanation for the server rules to restrict factions from conducting hostilities outside of this Zone (with some exceptions)

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