Newbie Glossary (APAC,HEN,LT,TL,WTF??)

chovy · Post by **chovy** » Sat, 28. May 05, 03:13

I've been surfing for awhile and noticing a lot of shortened versions of various things, and I figured I'd make a glossary for people like me who don't know the back end of a B.U.S from an APAC. For the useful stuff I'll go through and edit them into the top post so that its at the top.

Glossary Relevant to X2 - The Threat 1.4 with bonus pack installed

TLA - Three Letter Acronym!

General
AI - Artificial Intelligence (usually refers to the computer's ships)
BBS - Bulletin Board System
Cap - slang term for capturing other ships
CTD - Crash To Desktop
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
HUD - Heads Up Display
NPC - Non Player Character
MMO - Massive Multiplayer Online
OOS - Out of Sector (i.e. a sector you are not personally in)
OOSD - Out of Sector Defence (defence of the above)
UO - Unknown Object
UFO - Unknown Flying Object

[L] - You have a Police Licence with the race the letter appears next to
AL - Artificial Life
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival (used in ship menus)
HEN - Hull Eating Nebula
N, S, E , W: North, South, East, West

Ships
S,M,L - The type of outfit a ship gets from the shipyards. (Don't confuse these with cargo)
S - no weapons, minium shielding
M - basic weapons, medium shielding
L - max weapons, max sheilds

M0 - Battleship class ships
M1 - Carrier class ships
M2 - Destroyer/Cruiser class ships
M3 - Heavy fighter class ships
M4 - Medium fighter class ships
M5 - Scout class ships
M6 - Corvette class ships
TS - Transport Ship
TL - Transport Large (moves the Station kits)
TP - Transport Personnel/Passenger

Cargo
Designation of cargo classes that a ship can carry. (Don't confuse these with the outfits from the shipyards.)
S - Small
M - Medium
L - Large
XL - eXtra Large
ST - STation

Weapons
For most weapons there are A, B, G at the front of the abbreviation. These mean Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. Generally this is how to read the weapon abbreviation: APAC - Alpha Particle Accelerator Cannon

Alpha costs less, fires fast, uses less energy, but does less damage.
Beta costs medium, fires medium, uses medium energy, does medium damage
Gamma costs more, fires slower, uses more energy, and does more damage

IRE,AIRE,BIRE,GIRE - Impulse Ray Emitter
PAC,APAC,BPAC,GPAC - Particle Accelerator Cannon
HEPT,AHEPT,BHEPT,GHEPT - High-Energy Plasma Thrower
PPC,APPC,BPPC,GPPC - Photon Pulse Cannon
PSG,APSG,BPSG,GPSG - Phased Shockwave Generator
ID,IonD - Ion Disruptor
MD - Mass Driver
LT - Laser Tower
FD - Fighter Drone
MM - Mosquito Missle
WM - Wasp Missle
DM - Dragonfly Missle
SM - Silkworm Missle
HM - Hornet Missle

Stations
EQ,EqD,ED - Equipment Dock
TD,TS - Trading Dock/Station
SPP - Solar Power Plant
Xfab - Crystal Fabrication Plant
OM - Ore Silicon Mine
SM - Silicon Mine

Equipment
JD - Jump Drive
SETA - Singularity Engine Time Accelerator
1MW, 5MW, 25MW, 125MW - Sheilds
ST - Sector Trader (a Trade Command Software Mk3 command)
UT - Universe Trader (a Trade Command Software Mk3 command)
SDS - Station Delivery System (read the readme that comes with the bonus pack)
BPH - Best Price Handler (?) (ditto)
AEGIS - Assault, Early-warning and Gunnery Interface System (ditto)
NavSat - Navigation Relay Satellite
AdvSat - Advanced Navigation Relay Satellite

Sectors
AP - Argon Prime
CBNW,CBSW,CBSE - Cloudbase North West, South West, South East
KE - Kingdom End
PE - President's End
OL - Omicron Lyrae
AB - Akeela's Beacon
OB - Ore Belt

Fun Stuff
BFG - Big Friendly Giant
BFG - Big Frickin Gun
BFG - Burnt Fried Goners
BFXHEPTROFLMAO - Your Dead.

Sources:
The first place I looked
The Manual (Go read it for yourself!!)
The FAQ
The "Jargon Buster" FAQ

JAWA JAWA's Fighter guide
Argonpedia website
Basic Trading Guide
Advanced Trading Guide
The Ultimate Guide for Everything! DON'T PANIC!

Storm666 · Post by **Storm666** » Sat, 28. May 05, 03:20

couple of common ones to add to stations
TS - Trading station
EQ - Equipment Dock

also
ST - Sector Trader
UT - Universe Trader

Tartarus · Post by **Tartarus** » Sat, 28. May 05, 05:13

I think, and it happens. I was thinking today that it wouldbe a good idea to create a thread with something like this, as well as the plot in spoilers and the stats of all the ships. Damn, now that, would be the ultimate guide to everything. Then we could include the links to sites such as the Argonopedia, TD's guides to mobile mining and SPP's, and oh geez, I just had it, but the thought just slipped out of my mind!

Whatever, you get the idea!

Carl Sumner · Post by **Carl Sumner** » Sat, 28. May 05, 05:18

I think this needs a sticky! (hint, hint.)

chovy · Post by **chovy** » Sat, 28. May 05, 06:29

Carl Sumner wrote:I think this needs a sticky! (hint, hint.)

Hehe. I was gonna suggest that too, but I felt that might be "blowing my trumpet" a bit to much

What is HEN? I've seen it all over the place. What does it mean?

Also, what some good sources for info, other than the ones I've mentioned?
M3 ship guides, etc.

I'll add a link to the base of my top post.(Crossposting! Awesome!

)

Duriel_LOP · Post by **Duriel_LOP** » Sat, 28. May 05, 06:42

Good work, definetly handy, this should get a sticky, we can hope!

Graaf · Post by **Graaf** » Sat, 28. May 05, 08:41

HEN = Hull Eating Nebula.

esd · Post by **esd** » Sat, 28. May 05, 11:34

I'd say "see the FAQ" but this is the only acronym-related thing I could find in there:
http://www.egosoft.com/support/faq/faq_ ... &version=4

CBJ! Get working!

Post by **CBJ** » Sat, 28. May 05, 11:59

Hmm, that FAQ entry now looks remarkably similar to the first post in this thread.

esd · Post by **esd** » Sat, 28. May 05, 12:01

CBJ wrote:Hmm, that FAQ entry now looks remarkably similar to the first post in this thread.

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Thanks - now when people say "what does 'wtfbbq' mean??" we can just say "learn this one: FAQ".

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Sat, 28. May 05, 13:13

esd wrote:Thanks - now when people say "what does 'wtfbbq' mean??" we can just say "learn this one: FAQ".

At least we won't get any more "What the f*** does WTF mean?".

... I hope

johntarmac · Post by **johntarmac** » Sat, 28. May 05, 13:26

Cap/Capping = Capturing

Post by **CBJ** » Sat, 28. May 05, 13:26

That's already in there.

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Sat, 28. May 05, 15:23

Another few to add to the sectors:
PE - President's End
OL - Omicron Lyrae
CBNW/SW/SE - Cloudbase sectors
AB - Akeela's Beacon

Maybe we need a phonetic guide for some of those, especially Seizewell and Omicron Lyrae.

Tigerhawk71 · Post by **Tigerhawk71** » Sat, 28. May 05, 15:35

don't forget ID's also known as IonDs. it's a no brainer but so's WTF.

And what is this "MARS" thingy?

Jon Tetrino · Post by **Jon Tetrino** » Sat, 28. May 05, 15:47

chovy, u scab, use ur own research, or at least make it more believeable that u did!!!

something that isn't there is AL

AL = Artificial Life

ok, so its most likely in the faq but meh

Post by **CBJ** » Sat, 28. May 05, 15:54

Are you suggesting it was copied? And if so, from where? Either way, please avoid being insulting.

Edit: Added AL to the FAQ entry.

Allan F · Post by **Allan F** » Sat, 28. May 05, 15:55

MARS is the autopilot from XT, I think.

Oh yeah - XT means X-Tension, the second game in the series.

esd · Post by **esd** » Sat, 28. May 05, 15:58

Allan F wrote:MARS is the autopilot from XT, I think.

Yup. Motion Analysis Relay System.

Post by **CBJ** » Sat, 28. May 05, 15:59

Stealth wrote:Another few to add to the sectors:
PE - President's End
OL - Omicron Lyrae
CBNW/SW/SE - Cloudbase sectors
AB - Akeela's Beacon

Maybe we need a phonetic guide for some of those, especially Seizewell and Omicron Lyrae.

Added. Note that the pronunciation for Seizewell actually changed between X-BTF/X-T and X², so a phonetic guide could be tricky!