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! Breaking DanceTaur| align="left" | The act of boosting your engine while holding your brakes. Used when taking screenshots.Shortened name for [[Centaur|-! calder| align="left" | "a calder" is an old player, (usually one who hasn't played in few years) disguised under a new alt character. Not to be confused with the player 'Calder'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.

! 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" | A tactic used by some people to "have fun" ("fun" as defined by Deliberately making the griefer, not by most people)game unpleasant for others. When a person griefs you, they repedeatly kill you, either to elicit change or just to annoy you. For example, if Alice kills Bob, then Bob might get mad and repeatedly kill Alice until Alice promises to never kill Bob again. Usually, this is just a waste of time, but sometimes people can get their point across. #Griefing is also: repeatedly killing a player who is unable to escape or defend themselves due to a lack of skill or ship configurations, and/or repeatedly attacking non-hostile people. This particularly annoys most people, but griefers can get away with it because they normally have superior ships and weapons. Griefing is very strongly frowned upon and is a good way to get lots of people mad at you Largely subjective.

| align="left" | One of 30 named areas, each containing a 16 by 16 grid of sectors. The systems can be viewed at by hitting "n" (or whatever is bound to the nav map) and pressing "Zoom to Universe."|-! Var Zoom (vz)| align="left" | [[Binds|Variable Zoom]] bind.

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

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).

| align="left" | 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 crappyness 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. Also The EC-88 and 89 are also known as the "GovBus" or "FreeBusFree Bus." The term is ''not'' a reference to the ship's performance, contrary to popular belief.

| align="left" | Normally short Short for [[Centurion]], but some people use it short . A small maneuverable fighter/scout with one or two small weapon ports. The term "IBG" stands for [[Centaur]]"Itani Border Guardian", the Itani variant. If you're not sure Other variants include the "Rev C" (Orion Centurion Rev C), ASKand "SL" or "Superlight" (Centurion Superlight).|-! It's not good Connie| align="left" |Short for someone to tell you to get a Cent (they mean a [[CenturionTPG Constellation Heavy Transport]]) - A large, heavily armored capital-class transport ship. Sometimes found among very large NPC convoys and you get as a support vessel in Serco and Itani fleets in [[CentaurMedium Skirmish|Medium]]. and [[CenturionLarge Skirmish|CenturionsLarge]] are fighters; [[CentaurBorder Combat|CentaursBorder Skirmishes]] are trading ships, with some bombing capabilities. Sometimes people will use the term "IBG" which stands for the "Itani Border Guardian" which is a Itani variant They also show up as part of the [[CenturionWar Convoy|War Convoy Blockades]]in Ukari and Edras.

| align="left" |short for [[Revenant]], 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.

| align="left" | Short for [[Centaur]], a mid-level trading ship with a large cargo hold and some bombing capabilities. As it says above [[ The "Tung Taur" or "Agresso" is a special variant (Tunguska CentaurAgresso).|Centaurs-! Tera| align="left" | Short for [[TPG Teradon Frigate]] are trading ships, . An anti-capital ship frigate with some bombing capabilitiesfour powerful main guns.

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

| align="left" | 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. Also called Iron Slug"SkyProm" (Serco SkyCommand Prometheus).

| align="left" | 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]], [[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" | Historically: Short for 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 [[Heavy Assault Cruiser]]). The frig can kill anyone within a short distance. If you have several people, or work efficiently, you can take down the frig, getting very expensive cargo (called precious metals), which can be sold for upwards of 50,000 credits. The frig has awesome weapons, armor, and many cargo ports. See [[Bots:Frigate|NPC Frigate]] for more information.|-! Hound| align="left" | Short for Corvus Greyhound, a lighter and very fast variant of the [[Warthog]]. Most commonly used as an interceptor or scout, the Hound includes an integrated cargo scanner.

| align="left" | 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. ''Note: the term Battery was originally used in alpha and has been replaced by the word Powercell in production''|-! UC| align="left" | Short for Ultra Charge Powercell, 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" | [[: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" | 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" | Usually [[:weapons:Small#Gemini Homing Missile Launcher|Geminis]], but can be used for any [[:weapons:Large|Large]]-port homing missiles. Also known as Seekers or Heaters.

| 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 return with at the [[Bots:Frigate|Frigate]]time.

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

These are terms given by players to other players for there their style of play; also included is a list of the developers ingame pilot names.