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| align="left" | The basic unit of currency in Vendetta Online.

| align="left" | Griefing has multiple definitions. Here's the most common ones: Griefing is a A tactic used by some people to "have fun" ("fun" as defined by the griefer, not my kind of funby most people). When a person griefs you, they either repeatedly repedeatly kill you until you decide , either to act differently, elicit change or they might not ever stop killing just to annoy you. If someone (Subject A for now) attacks another person (Subject B) B For example, if Alice kills Bob, then Bob might get mad and repeatedly kill subject A Alice until A Alice promises to never kill B Bob 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 , 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. This Griefing is another "DON'T DO ITvery strongly frowned upon and is a good way to get lots of people mad at you."

| 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.

| align="left" | Someone that HAS to bump your insists on bumping someone's ship around while you they are typing or , lining up a screenshot , or just chillinresting.

| align=";left" | To die in a collision, as with a roid, station, bot or other player, or to die with the /explode command.The term comes from the game's message for 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], as in "I gotta log cuz my [[Glossary#Common_Abbreviation|gf]] wants to play".

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

| 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 travel to any sector in each sectora system, except for the ones sectors located 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.

! 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 viewed at by hitting default "n" (or whatever is bound on your computer as to the navmap) and pressing "Zoom to Universe."

| align="left" | Abbreviation for Average Level of Aggression.

| 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" | 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, "gtg cuz my gf wants me off the computer").

| align="left" | Itani Defense Vessel.

| align="left" | "Just a Minute." Often used when someone's is in combat and cannot spare the time to write a coherent message.

| align="left" | leet, very cool, amazing, cool, good, etc. Derived from the term "elite"."

| align="left" | Massive Massively Multi(player) Online (Role Playing) Game.

| 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.

| align="left" | Abbreviation for [[Trading|Xithricite Ore]].

| align="left" | A bus is not a real ship name. Bus, short for [[EC]]-88, [[EC]]-98, and [[EC]]-whatever else, is a name given to the EC series for their crappy, well, everything crappyness 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. One minor variation is: Also known as "GovBus" or "FreeBus." another term for the completely free EC-88.

| align="left" | Cent is normally Normally short for [[Centurion]], but some people use it short for [[Centaur]]. If you're not sure, ASK! It never hurt too many people... It's not good for someone to tell you to get a Cent (they mean a [[Centurion]]) and you get a [[Centaur]]. [[Centurion|Centurions]] are fighters; [[Centaur|Centaurs]] are trading ships, with some bombing capabilities. Sometimes people will use the term "IBG" which stands for the "Itani Border Guardian."

| align="left" | Vult is short Short for (you guessed it) [[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.

| align="left" | Hog is short Short for [[Warthog]], another fighter. If you can't afford a [[Vulture]], or you need to fit in a tight space, the Hog is good for that. It has a large weapons port as well, which the Vulture doesn't have. Hogs have a smaller wingspan than Vultures as well.

| align="left" | Valk is short Short for [[Valkyrie]], the prized fighting ship of the Itani, but used by all 3 nations to wage war on humanity.

| 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]], but as with the [[Valkyrie|Valk]] and [[Prometheus|Prom]], used by all nations. Also called Pizza Cutter for its shape, as well as Mara.

| align="left" | Prom (also called Iron Slug) is short Short for [[Prometheus]], the heavy bomber made especially for [[Nations|Sercos]]. Formidable when used right, the Prom looks like a box, just cooler. Antennae stick out from all over it, not to mention the weapon shafts. Also called Iron Slug.

| align="left" | Rag is short Short for [[Ragnarok]], a heavy bomber, used by all needing some cargo space, but heavy firepower too.

| align="left" | The Frig, short Short for Frigate (or officially the capital ship), this is a humungous 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 = massive head trauma, causing lacerated organs. [[http://images.vendetta-online.com/screenshots/capital2.jpg Here is a pic of a frig.]]

| align="left" | Bat is short 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.

| 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.

| align="left" | A Grav is a [[: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 any [[:weapons:Large|Large]]-port homing missiles also.

| align="left" | L-mines are [[:weapons:Large#Lightning Mine Launcher|Lightning Mines]].

| align="left" | Neuts are [[:weapons:Small#Neutron Blaster|Neutron Blasters]] and are often desginated as either ; also called "Neuts", "Neut IIs", or "Neut IIIs".

| align="left" | 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 return with the [[Bots:Frigate|Frigate]] is readded.

| 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.

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

| align="left" | Swarms are [[:weapons:Large#Locust Swarm Missile Launcher|Locust Swarm Missiles]], rockets fired in a cluster, causing major damage.

| align="left" | A Tach is a 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 style of play, ; also, there included is a list of the developers ingame pilot names.

| 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), such as rocket ramming.

| 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 Also, a person who uses a proximity rocket at point-blank range, damaging oneself as well as the target.

| 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.