== Glossary ===== Common Words ===
;Botting: Term used for attacking large numbers of bots to gain experience.
;Widgets: The cargo available for sale in stations.
=== Common Abbreviations ===
;CTF: Capture the Flag: Long gone feature of the game. Some vets still pine for it.
;1337: leet, very cool, amazing, cool, good, etc. Derived from the term "elite".
=== Ships ===
;Bus: A bus is not a real ship name. Bus, short for [[ships:EC|EC]]-88, [[ships:EC|EC]]-98, and [[ships:EC|EC]]-whatever else, is a name given to the EC series for their crappy, well, everything and clunky size. Unless you have no money at all, buses aren't for you. Though good for beginner trade/combat missions, they really don't perform as well as any of the other ships in the fleet. Remember kids: Don't ride 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.
;Vult: Vult is short for (you guessed it) [[ships:Vulture|Vulture]]. Vultures are good attack ships, especially if you don't have access to Valks yet, or if you just don't like Valks for some reason. Vults are used by Nation Defense Bots.
=== Weapons/Batteries ======= Batteries ====
;Bat: Bat is short for Battery, the fuel cell responsible for you using plasma weapons and boosting. There are Hvy (heavy), Med (medium), FC (fast-charge) batteries, as well as the free and light batteries.
;F-C Bat: Fast-Charge Battery
====Slots====
;L-Port: L-Port is short for [[:weapons:Large]] Port, which holds the more powerful, "large" weapons. Most rockets, all mines, and high-damage plasma weapons are large-port.
;S-Port: S-Port is 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.
====Weapons====
;AGT: 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.
;Tachs: A Tach is a Tachyon Blaster, a high-speed plasma weapon. Tachyons have been renamed the [[:weapons:Small#Neutron Blaster|Neutron Blaster]].
=== Names for Players/Player Tactics ===
;Fighter: Do I really have to explain? Fighters are people who live for the chase, using fighter ships.
;Rammer: 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 as well as the target
;Spammer: 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 [[ships:Ragnarok|Ragnarock]] and the [[ships:Hornet|Hornet]] using [[:weapons:Small#Gemini Homing Missile Launcher|Gems]] and/or [[:weapons:Large#Locust Swarm Missile Launcher|Swarms]].