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2. Glossary of Terms

• 07 – o7 - <o - <0 = salute
• AFMU – Automatic Field Maintenance Unit
• AspX – Asp Explorer (ship)
• Beagle Point – Point at the opposite side of the galaxy to Sol
• BGS – BackGround Simulation
• c – the speed of light
• Conda – Anaconda (ship)
• CMDR - Commander
• Commodities – goods that can be traded for credits
• CZ – Conflict Zone
• DBX – Diamondback Explorer (ship)
• DBS – Diamondback Scout (ship)
• DSS – Detailed Surface Scanner
• Engineering – modification of ship modules to change their stats
• Engineer – NPC who can perform modifications to modules (see Engineering)
• FAon / FAoff - Flight Assist on/off - (default on) utility which makes flying easier, but less Newtonian
• FAS – Federal Assault Ship
• FDL – Fer De Lance (ship)
• FSD – Frame Shift Drive
• FSS – Full Spectrum Scanner
• Fuel Scoop – both the action of re-fuelling from a star and the equipment for doing so
• G1/G2.../G5 – Grade 1-5 (may refer to either engineering materials or engineering upgrades)
• HighRES – High Resource Extraction Site – bounty hunting location
• HazRES – Hazardous Resource Extraction Site – bounty hunting location
• Honk – Discovery Scan (refers to the noise the scanner makes)
• Hyperspace / witchspace - what you’re in when you jump between star systems
• Interdict – method of intercepting a ship in supercruise
• Ly – Light Years (distance)
• Ls – Light Seconds (distance of 300,000km or 300Mm)
• Mm – Mega meter (distance of 1000km)
• Mail-slot – the entrance to large starports
• Materials – used for engineering and synthesis
• NPC – Non-Player Character
• PA – Plasma Accelerator
• Pip – a unit of power in the distributor
• PMF – Player Minor Faction
• PP – PowerPlay
• PvE – Player Vs Environment (fighting against NPC opponents)
• PvP – Player Vs Player (fighting against human opponents)
• Rebuy - the insurance cost of your ship (how much it costs you to re-buy it if it blows up).
• Sagittarius A – the black hole at the centre of the galaxy
• Sagittarius Eye – A player made magazine
• SC - Supercruise
• SCB – Shield Cell Bank - a module which renews your shields
• SLF – Ship Launched Fighter
• SRV – Surface Reconnaissance Vehicle
• Supercruise – the means of travelling around star systems at high speed (Mm or Ls per second)
• USS – Unidentified Signal Source
• Wake - the mark left when a ship engages its FSD. Can be a High Wake (ship jumping to another system) or Low Wake (ship going to supercruise)
• Wanted – the pilot has committed crimes and has a bounty
• Wing - a group of up to four ships flying together.