[Help] Disco glossary

[jammi]

Hello everyone!

As a part of the new player onboarding work, I'd like to compile a glossary of Discovery acronyms / contractions that are commonly used. This can also include the acronyms used by NPC factions (but not player factions, at least to start with).

This will be posted on the wiki and linked to the Discord. Any help is much appreciated.

WIP list

ALG - ALG Waste Disposal (no-one knows what ALG means)
ASF - Alaska Security Force
AI - Gammu Artificial Intelligence
BAE -Bretonia Archaeological Executive
BAF - Bretonia Armed Forces
BC - Battlecruiser
BIS - Bretonia Intelligence Service
BPA - Bretonia Police Authority
BS - Battleship
CNS - Corsair Navy Ship, Corsair capital ship
CR - Crayter Republic
CR - cruiser
DHC - Daumann Heavy Construction
DSE - Deep Space Engineering
D-16 - Detachment 16
EFL - EFL Oil & Machinery (no-one knows what EFL means).
FA - Farmers Alliance
GB - Gunboat
GMS - Gallic Metal Service
GNI - Gallic National Intelligence
GN - Gallic Navy
GMG - Gas Miners Guild
GC - Golden Chrysanthemums
HMS - Her Majesty's Ship, Bretonian capital ship
IDF - Ile-de-France (system)
IDFS - Ile-de-France Shipping
HF - Heavy Fighter
IKN - Imperial Kusari Navy, Kusari capital ship
IS - Imperial Shipping (previously Republican Shipping)
KNF - Kusari Naval Forces
KOI - Kusari Office of Intelligence
KSP - Kusari State Police
LF - Light Fighter
LWB - Landwirtrechtbewegung
LH - Lane Hackers
LN - Liberty Navy
LNS - Liberty Navy Ship, Libertonian capital ship
LPI - Liberty Police, Inc.
LR - Liberty Rogues
LSF - Liberty Security Force
MND - Marinenachrichtendienst
MNS - Maltese Navy Ship, Outcast capital ship
NB - New Berlin (system)
NL - New London (system)
NT - New Tokyo (system)
NY - New York (system)
OS&C - Orbital Spa and Cruise
OC - Outcasts
O3/5/41 etc - Omega-# (system)
PFI - Planetform, Inc.
RH - Red Hessians
RFP - Rheinland Federal Police (previously Rheinland Imperial Police)
RM - Rheinland Military
SHF - Super Heavy Fighter
S13/15/17 etc - Sigma-# (system)
T23/29/31 etc - Tau-# (system)
US - Universal Shipping
VHF - Very Heavy Fighter

Updated wiki list article is here:

https://discoverygc.com/wiki2/Glossary

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[rwx]

Any help is much appreciated.

Some help

[EisenSeele]

Adding to what's not already in the link
F2 - go to
TZ - turret zoom
all of the Faction rights (FR#)
PVE

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[Major.]

RNC/KKS - Rheinland Military Prefix for Capital ships
HMS - Bretonia Military Prefix for Capital ships
LNS - Liberty Military Prefix for Capital ships
IKN - Kusari Military Prefix for Capital ships
GNS/RNS - Gallic Military Prefix for Capital Ships

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[Izoh]

SNAC
HRC

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[Kauket]

EK - engine kill

f1 - leave the game

bmb - bombers

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[TheSauron]

Some off the top of my head:

MR - mini razor
CD - cruise disruptor
CM - countermeasure
DM - docking module
JD - jump drive
CLD - cloak disruptor
PR - player request
VR - violation report
BB(s) or b/b or variations - (nano)bots and batteries

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One MD Admiral

[Lord Caedus]

Harris Syndrome - In-RP term used to describe players that speak in ooRP terms while roleplaying, or reference things outside of the narrative.

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[Amba]

Snubs - Generic term for any fighter, bomber and sometimes freighter

[jammi]

https://discoverygc.com/wiki2/Glossary#Glossary_terms

I've merged together my initial list with the tutorials section list, and a few other things that occurred to me.

I'll add in the suggestions here too.

EDIT: Added the suggestions here, except for Harris Syndrome. Mostly because it's an extremely dated reference from over 15 years ago, and I can count the number of people who'd actually use / understand it on one hand. Plus it's a bit rude.

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