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! Breaking DanceTaur| align="left" | The act of boosting your engine while holding your breaks. Used when taking screenshotsShortened name for [[Centaur|Centaur]] ships.

| align="left" | The practice of luring bots into "cracks", or other places in the VO universe, where the bots become stuckare unable to maneuver, enabling you to kill many of them at oncerelatively easily.

| align="left" | The basic unit of currency in Vendetta Online.|-! dent| align="left" | Shortened name for [[Trident|Trident]] ships.

! Fly SwatterFaction Hit| align="left" | The weapon of choice This occurs when a pilot suffers a (and necessitysudden) when flying the frig.|-! "HELP"| align="left" | loss of faction level (followed by 10 minutes of silencenot necessarily a significant amount) An over-zealous pilot that got her/himself in trouble and doesn't deserve someone to come to her/his aid.

| align="left" | Griefing has multiple definitions. Here's Deliberately making the most common ones: Griefing is a tactic used by some people to "have fun" (not my kind of fun). When a person griefs you, they either repeatedly kill you until you decide to act differently, or they might not ever stop killing you. If someone (Subject A game unpleasant for now) attacks another person (Subject B) B might get mad and repeatedly kill subject A until A promises to never kill B again. Usually, this is just a waste of time, but sometimes people can get their point across. Not my idea of fun (like I said), but grievers aren't me. #Griefing is also repeatedly killing a player who is unable to escape or defend themselves due to a lack of skill or ship configurations. #Griefing is also repeatedly attacking non-hostile people. This particularly annoys most people, but griefers can get away with it because they normally have superior ships and weaponsothers. This is another "DON'T DO IT Largely subjective."

| align="left" | One of those shiny ice asteroids. With the old , smaller, denser sectors people used to absent mindedly smash themselves on these things all the time. The ice asteroids gave more collision damage due to a quirk with their shape. Rabid Panda suggested to the devs that ships give a collision warning for ice roids, hence the term.|-! Idjut| align="left" | Someone that HAS to bump your ship around while you are typing or lining up a screenshot or just chillin

| align=";left" | To die in a collision, as with a roid, station, bot or other player, or to die with the /explode command.|-! j/m or jm| align="left" | "Just a Minute" used when someoneThe term comes from the game's in combat and cannot spare the time to write a coherent messagefor this type of death, "<i>player</i> is having issues."

| align="left" | The act of going from one sector to another through via every ship's intrasystem jump drive. A player must be at least 3000m from any large object to initiate a jump point.

| align="left" | The act of logging out of VO [quitting the game; leaving the VO universe].|-! lua| align="left" | Lua is a scripting language, as in used to program the bots.|-! moth| align="I gotta log cuz my left" | Shortened name for [[Glossary#Common_AbbreviationBehemoth|gfBehemoth]] wants to play"ships.

! Poi PondPie rat| align="left" | A tightly grouped population of drones among roids.Another term for [[pirating | pirate]]

| align="left" | Involves The process of going to hunt for [[bots:Hive Queen|Hive Queen]]s

! <anchor>Roidrev|align="left" | Shortened name for [[Revenant|Revenant]] ships.|-! Roid</anchor>| align="left" | A roid is the The short name for an asteroid. Commonly found in... well, nearly every sector, except empty ones. They will kill you if you run into them at high speeds. Roids will not explode if you shoot at them. They ; they just sit there, acting as obstacles to the unobservant trader or fighter. Minerals can be mined from roids using mining beams.

| align="left" | Sectors are the The squares on the 16 by 16 grid. You can freely fly about in each travel to any sectorin a system, except for the ones sectors located in and around stars. We're not sure about those sectors yet, but we will figure out soon enough if we can use them eventually.

| align="left" | Station mining doesn't involve looking for minerals in the station. Station mining takes place when someone drops The act of dropping mines near stations, killing other players. This is no longer a good idea because #The the defense bots will destroy the mines, and #If if someone gets hurt the defense bots will be hostile and you will be labeled KOS.|-! Spew| align="left" | The cargo dropped by a destroyed ship.

! SystemsSystem| align="left" | Systems are the One of 30 named areas. There are 30 systems, each containing a 16 by 16 grid of sectors. The systems can be looked at viewed by hitting default "n" (or whatever is bound on your computer as to the nav.|-! Var Zoom (vzmap)| align=and pressing "left" | [[Binds|Variable Zoom]] bindto Universe."

== Common Abbreviation Abbreviations ==

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| align="left" | At The Moment.

| align="left" | Capture the Flag: Long . A long gone feature of the game. Some ; some vets still pine for it.

| align="left" | Capture the Cargo: . Activity where Itani and Serco try to get the most Purified Xithricite Ore.

| align="left" | Fast Charge batterypowercell.|-! FF| align="left" | [[Friendly fire]] (being fired on by another player of the same nation)

| align="left" | Forum moderator. Also FiReMaGe, another player. Taken within context.

| align="left" | Good Fight. ''It's good sportsmanship to commend your adversary for a good fight, whether you've won or lost.'' Also, when used as a direct object in a sentence, could possibly mean "girlfriend", as in, "Gotta log cuz of my gf".

| align="left" | Got To Go (as in, .|-! HS| align="gtg cuz my gf wants me off the computerleft"| Hive Skirmish, a type of mission.

| align="left" | Itani Defense Vessel.|-! j/m or jm| align="left" | "Just a Minute." Often used when someone is in combat and cannot spare the time to write a coherent message.|-! KOS| align="left" | Kill on sight.|-! LENB| align="left" | Law Enforcement Neutron Blaster. A piece of equipment that is dropped from station guards.

| align="left" | Massive Massively Multi(player) Online (Role Playing) Game.|-! NW| align="left" | Nation War. Player event held twice a week in which the different nations fight as groups against each other.

| align="left" | On my way. If you need assistance from another player, OMW is a common response. It stands for On My Way, so you should know that they're going to come help you.

| align="left" | Player kill. (If you have played many other video games, you should know what a PK is. PK stands for player kill. ) Player kills give large hits to factions, if it happens in a sector where the player is neutral or above. Should the player be disliked by a faction, have fun destroying them over and over. Soon (oh, trademarked by...someone. Who is it? Guild or a player?) the player will be so frustrated that you have to kill them 4 more times. I don't know why 4, but you do. Anyways, let's move on.

| align="left" | Proximity mines, . These mines that blow if you get a player gets too close.

| align="left" | Roger, said when someone understood a command(i.e. "I understand").

| align="left" | Role Playing: . This is when a player acts as a character in the game, i.e. pretends they are actually an Itani or Serco. Players can earn respect if done well, but over-doing it is just can be annoying.

| Serco Military Vessel.

| Union Peace Keeper.

| align="left" | somebody A player with an over-sized ego that flies in a valk and kills n00bs.

| align="left" | Veteran: Player . A player who has been playing for a long time, especially since the alpha testing phase.

| align="left" | Vendetta Online: . The game we all know and love.

| align="left" | Most commonly stands for wormhole, Wormhole. These are the inter-galactic things phenomena used to move from one system to another. At least two are located in every system, some with more. Make sure you have full battery life when using a wormhole, they won't open for you unless you do.

! 1337Xith| align="left" | leet, very cool, amazing, cool, good, etc. Derived from the term "elite"[[Trading|Xithricite Ore]].

These are the player given names to the ships in game. These are used as some names are long and not quickly typed. Please note that this list is not comprehensive of all the ship types in game (e.g. Hornet and Atlas are not included).

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| align="left" | A bus is not a real ship name. Bus, short for all ships in the [[EC]]-88, [[EC]]-98, and [[EC]]-whatever elseseries, is a name given due to the EC series for their crappy, well, everything and clunky size. Unless you have no money at all, buses arenoriginal variant't for yous design. Though good for beginner trade/combat missions Originally from alpha, they really don't perform as well as any of this term stuck around even after the other ships in the fleetnew models were introduced. Remember kids: Don't ride The EC-88 and 89 are also known as the bus. Bullies all over the place are looking to beat you up, even though most experienced players know that players in buses aren't good, so they don't shoot at you. One minor variation is: "GovBus" or "FreeBusFree Bus." another The term for is ''not'' a reference to the completely free EC-88ship's performance, contrary to popular belief.

| align="left" | Cent is normally short Short for [[Centurion]]. A small maneuverable fighter/scout with one or two small weapon ports. The term "IBG" stands for "Itani Border Guardian", but some people use it short the Itani variant. Other variants include the "Rev C" (Orion Centurion Rev C), and "SL" or "Superlight" (Centurion Superlight).|-! Connie| align="left" |Short for [[CentaurTPG Constellation Heavy Transport]]. If you're not sure- A large, ASK! It never hurt too many people..heavily armored capital-class transport ship. It's not good for someone to tell you to get a Cent (they mean Sometimes found among very large NPC convoys and as a support vessel in Serco and Itani fleets in [[CenturionMedium Skirmish|Medium]]) and you get a [[CentaurLarge Skirmish|Large]] [[Border Combat|Border Skirmishes]]. They also show up as part of the [[CenturionWar Convoy|CenturionsWar Convoy Blockades]] are fighters; in Ukari and Edras.|-! Rev| align="left" |short for [[CentaurRevenant]], the first trade ship that becomes available after the EC series. The abbreviation "Rev" is not commonly used due to its similarity to "Rev C", a special Centurion variant. In addition to being a trade vessel, the Revenant deploys a respectable balance of armor, firepower, and maneuverability.|Centaurs-! Taur| align="left" | Short for [[Centaur]] are trading ships, a mid-level trading ship with a large cargo hold and some bombing capabilities. The "Tung Taur" or "Agresso" is a special variant (Tunguska Centaur Agresso).|-! Tera| align="left" | Short for [[TPG Teradon Frigate]]. An anti-capital ship frigate with four powerful main guns.

| align="left" | Vult is short Short for (you guessed it) [[Vulture]]. Vultures are good attack ships, especially if you don't have access excel in 1v1 combat due to Valks yettheir extremely thin profile, or if you just don't like Valks for some reason. Vults and are used by Nation Defense Botsthe de facto workhorse fighter of the galaxy. Special variants include the "SVG" (Serco Vulture Guardian), "Corvult" (Corvus Vulturius), and "XT" (BioCom Vulture XT).

| align="left" | Hog is short Short for [[Warthog]], another fighter. If you can't afford a [[Vulture]], or you need versatile medium attack ship. Warthogs are the lightest ship type to fit in deploy a tight spaceLarge weapon port, however mass is a key factor as the Hog Warthog engine is good for not as powerful as thatof an actual bomber. It has The Warthog mkII is a large weapons port as well, which fast infiniturbo ship that becomes available early on. Special variants include the Vulture doesn't have"TD" (Warthog Territorial Defender), "Hound" (Corvus Greyhound), and "WME" (Warthog Mineral Extractor). Hogs have a smaller wingspan than Vultures as well|-! HAC| align="left" | Short for [[Heavy Assault Cruiser]]: Commonly found among Serco and Itani fleets in the [[Border Combat|Border Skirmishes]].

| align="left" | Valk is short Short for [[Valkyrie]], an advanced Itani fighter with superior maneuverability, armor/mass ratio, and firepower. Together with the prized fighting ship Vulture, the Valkyrie is often considered one of the Itanibest fighters in the galaxy. Special variants include the "Rune" (Valkyrie Rune), but used by all 3 nations to wage war on humanity"Vengeance" (IDF Valkyrie Vengeance), and the "X1" (Valkyrie X-1).

| align="left" | A tri-flare valk is just what it sounds like: a valk with 3 [[:weapons:Small#Sunflare Rocket Launcher|flares]] (most notably usually sunflares). There can also be a tri-flare of other ships, but the Valk is noted normally used since it is the best ship for its awesome tri-flarenesssuch tactics.

| align="left" | Maud (also called Pizza Cutter for its shape, as well as Mara) is short Short for [[Marauder]], the awesome, amazing go blow yourself up (!) 48-+ cargo slot trading ship produced for the [[Nations|UIT]]. Also called Pizza Cutter for its shape. Despite having a large cargo hold, but as the Marauder is a light ship with great firepower. However, with a full cargo load the [[Valkyrie|Valk]] and [[Prometheus|Prom]], used by all nationsMarauder cannot hope to go toe to toe against a dedicated fighter.

| align="left" | Prom (also called Iron Slug) is short Short for [[Prometheus]], the heavy bomber armored transport made especially for the [[Nations|SercosSerco]]. Formidable when used rightcorrectly, the Prom looks like a box, just coolerresembles an armored slug. Antennae stick out from all over it, not to Did we mention that this ship is armored? The most feared variant is the weapon shafts"SkyProm" (Serco SkyCommand Prometheus).

| align="left" | Rag is short Short for [[Ragnarok]], a heavy bomber, used by all needing some cargo space, but heavy firepower too.|-|-! MGC| align="left" | Short for "Mobile Goliath Cannon", a tongue-in-cheek reference to the legendary guns defending Itani space from the backstory. The MGC is a special Ragnarok all-rocket loadout of 3x Sunflare Launchers and 2x Jackhammer Launchers, or 3x Sunflare Launchers and 2x Screamer Launchers, popularized in alpha.

| align="left" | [[Behemoth]], [[Template:Factions:TPG|The Propeller Group's]] latest creation. This monster of a ship is perfect for large cargo hauls and big mining ventures. Special variants include the "XC" (TPG Behemoth XC), "Light Moth" (Aeolus Light Behemoth), "Moth Miner" 2 and 3 (Behemoth Heavy Miner 2 and Behemoth Heavy Miner 3).

| align="left" | The Frig, short Historically: Short for [[Frigate|Frigate]] (or officially the capital ship), this is a humungous very large ship. The frig was previously an NPC, but has recently been opened for player use (see the article on the [[Heavy Assault Cruiser]]). The frig can kill anyone within a short distance from it. If you have several people, or work efficiently, you can take down the frig, getting *very* expensive cargo (called precious metals). They , which can be sold from for upwards of 50,000 on upcredits. The frig has awesome weapons, armor, and tons of many cargo ports. See the article on the [[Bots:Frigate|NPC Frigate]] for more information. A running joke is Inexperienced pilot + frigate |-! Hound| align= massive head trauma"left" | Short for Corvus Greyhound, causing lacerated organs. [[http://images.vendetta-online.com/screenshots/capital2.jpg Here is a pic lighter and very fast variant of a frig.the [[Warthog]]. Most commonly used as an interceptor or scout, the Hound includes an integrated cargo scanner.

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| align="left" | Bat is short Short for Battery, the fuel cell responsible powercell for you using plasma energy weapons and boosting. There are Hvy (heavy), Med (medium), FC (fast-charge) batteriescells, as well as the free and light batteriescells. ;F-C Bat ''Note: Fastthe term Battery was originally used in alpha and has been replaced by the word Powercell in production''|-! UC| align="left" | Short for Ultra Charge BatteryPowercell, also called Ultracell. It combines the capacity of a Heavy Cell with the charge speed of an FC and can be equipped at zero licences. Requires 40 positive mentor reviews to buy but is often sold by veterans.

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| align="left" | L-Port is short Short for [[:weapons:Large]] Port, which holds the more powerful, "large" weapons. Most rockets, all mines, and high-damage plasma weapons are large-port.

| align="left" | S-Port is short Short for [[weapons:Small]] Port, holding "smaller" weapons, mainly rapid-fire plasma weapons. Sunflares are also small port, as well as some homer-type missiles.

| align="left" | Stands for [[:weapons:Large#Gatling Turret|Advanced Gatling Turret]], the best gatling turret your money can buy, containing excellent auto tracking and high rate of fire. Advanced Gatling Turrets have been renamed to simply Gatling Turret.Despite the name they are large-port weapons, not for the turret port. The correct term would be "Gatling Cannon MkII" and the Hive Queen Gatling Cannon would be like a "Gatling Cannon MkIII"

| align="left" | A Grav is a Historically: [[:weapons:Small|Gravitron Blaster]], another high-speed plasma weapon, more powerful than a Tachyon blaster. Gravitrons have been renamed the [[:weapons:Small#Positron Blaster|Positron Blaster]].

| align="left" | The term Homer is most often used for Usually [[:weapons:Small#Gemini Homing Missile Launcher|Geminis]] , but can be used for [[:weapons:Large|Large]]-port any homing missiles also. Also known as Seekers or Heaters.

| align="left" | L-mines are [[:weapons:Large#Lightning Mine Launcher|Lightning Mines]].|-! Neuts| align="left" | [[:weapons:Small#Neutron Blaster|Neutron Blasters]]; also called "Neuts", "Neut IIs", or "Neut IIIs".

| align="left" | [[:Weapons:Large#Mine_Launchers|BioCom Miniature Teller-Ulam Mines]] - 11000 damage mine launcher. Historically: Avalon torpedo launchers. 12000 damage/shot. These were removed in beta because there was nothing to use them on. It is theorized that they might be readded when at the [[Bots:Frigate|Frigate]] is readdedtime.

| align="left" | P-Mine (or prox.) is short for [[:weapons:Large#proximity mine launcher|Proximity Mines]]. Proximity Mines explode when a player flies within a certain distance of them. Most cause plenty of damage, so they're fairly useful.|-! Concapult| align="left" | The practice of laying a large number of [[:weapons:Large#concussion mine launcher|Concussion Mines]] in a ring or a cloud, then having another player set them off by shooting them or running into them. A form of entertainment some may consider a sport, concapultees can reach speeds over 10 km/s.

| align="left" | Usually the nickname for the [[:weapons:Small#Flechette_Cannon|Flechette Cannon]] due to the shape and the sound it makes, but it can also be applied to the [[:weapons:Large#Gatling|Gatling Cannon]] because both weapons are orange, and generally regarded as being useless.

| align="left" | Posi is short Short for [[:weapons:Small|Gravitron Positron Blaster]], another high-speed plasma weapon, more powerful than a Tachyon Neutron blaster.

| align="left" | Swarms are [[:weaponsWeapons:Large#Locust Swarm Missile LauncherMissile_Launchers|Locust ]] or [[:Weapons:Large#Missile_Launchers|Chaos Swarm Missiles]], rockets homing missiles fired in a clusterclusters of 8, causing major damage.

| align="left" | A Tach is a Historically: Tachyon Blaster, a high-speed plasma weapon. Tachyons have been renamed the [[:weapons:Small#Neutron Blaster|Neutron Blaster]].

== Player Tactics | and Dev Pilot Names ==These are terms given by players to other players for there their style of play, ; also, there included is a list of the developers ingame pilot names.

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! ! colspan="2" | Player Tactic Description

| align="left" | Do I really have to explain? Fighters are people People who live for the chase, using fighter ships.

| align="left" | A pirate is a player who demands that another player drop their cargo, or face death. Pirates are also notorious for griefing and sometimes using cheap tactics (Rocket Ramming).|-! Rammer| align="left" | There are two definitions. #A rammer is a person who uses a high proximity weapon up close so that the target cannot escape damage regardless of what they do. #A rammer is also a person who uses a proximity rocket at point-blank range, damaging oneself such as well as the target.|-! Spammer| align="left" | A person who shoots large amounts of homing missiles in the hope that one or more might hit. Common platforms for Missile Spamming are the [[Ragnarok|Ragnarok]] and the [[Hornet|Hornet]] using [[:weapons:Small#Gemini Homing Missile Launcher|Gems]] and/or [[:weapons:Large#Locust Swarm Missile Launcher|Swarms]]rocket ramming.

| align="left" | Self-explanatory, traders are people People who trade cargo at assorted stations.

| align="left" | Short for Developer(s), Dev usually . Usually means one of the following individually, or all of them collectively:

| align="left" | incarnate is John Bergman, the Managing Director of Guild Software. He is in charge of product oversight, design direction, etc. John's account, forum, and in-game name is incarnate.

| align="left" | a1k0n is Andy Sloane, a programmer who wrote most of the network and server code among other things. Andy's account, forum and in-game name is a1k0n.

| align="left" | Vlad is Waylon Brinck, who created much of the artwork you'll see ingame. Vlad is Waylon's account and forum name. Waylon is no longer an employee of Guild Software.

| align="left" | El Guapo is Waylon's in-game name.

| align="left" | raybondo is Ray Ratelis, responsible for the bulk of the 3D engine, graphics APIs, and others. Ray's account, forum, and in-game name is raybondo.

| align="left" | Waylonics are also known as Galactic Trade Standard ([[GTS]]). This is the strange writing you'll see in various places on the stations in space. They are named after the Dev who stumbled upon them while exploring deep space.|-! momerath42| align="left" | Michael Warnock, the dev behind convoys, the Hive, and Greyspace pirates.