Augs |
Common abbreviation for "Augmentations" |
Augmentations |
Any Cybernetic device designed to modify, enhance or replace any function of the human body. |
Body-Job |
A person who has extensive, visible augmentations to most of their body. Derogatory. |
Broadwave |
Any signal broadcast over a large area of space, without a specific target. |
Cap-Buster |
Fighter-mounted missiles capable of delivering significant damage to the vulnerable sections of a capital ship. |
Containment Field |
An invisible barrier which uses gravitic manipulation to restrict movement through a particular zone based on momentum (mass and velocity). |
Control |
The title for a Controller, used exclusively while connected to the mainframe (while their real name is used exlusively when they are not plugged in). |
Controllers |
Heavily augmented individuals who are plugged into the mainframes on military ships or stations, overseeing all operations. |
Full Burn |
Maximum thrust, where a ship is accelerating as fast as physically possible given the limitations of its thrusters. |
FTL |
"Faster Than Light". |
Hard Turn |
When a fighter uses a combination of one primary thruster and one braking thruster to turn, instead of using maneuvering thrusters. |
Inter-Stellar Jump |
Any FTL jump which takes a ship from one solar system to another. |
JAK |
Any human whose brain has been replaced by an AI. Highly illegal, they have historically been used as assasins and saboteurs where discovery or capture is unavoidable. |
Jink |
Any sudden maneuver designed to evade incoming fire, or to shake a tailing enemy fighter. |
Jump Drive |
Technology used for FTL travel. |
Klicks |
Military term for "Kilometres" |
Lance |
Any weapon which projects a focused beam of energy. Normally referred to as a "Heavy Lance" if attached to a starship. |
Loems (L) |
Unit of measurment, indicating a weapon's armour-piercing potential at point-blank range. |
MagClamps |
Magnetic-Clamps, typically used to join two hardpoints on ships or stations. Most commonly used for docking. |
Narrow-beam |
Communications transmitted using a very narrow beam, such as a LASER, for imperceptible communcation between two ships. |
Nameplate |
An external marking on a starship indicating its name and allegiance (where appropriate). |
Point Defense |
Weapon systems designed to protect a specific target from incoming missiles or fighters. |
R.A.S.F. |
The "Republic Armed Space Forces" |
Republic Marine |
Heavily augmented humans who are the Elite fighting units of the Republic of Daranir. |
Scanning Field |
A field, normally shaped as a plane, designed to detect certain materials. Commonly used for customs and security checkpoints. |
Stabiliser |
Any part of a starship used to maintain the ship's cohesion during FTL travel. |
Sub-Stellar Jump |
Any FTL jump which takes a ship from one point in a solar system to another point within the same system. |
Torpedo |
Slow moving, self-propelled missile with a massive yield, capable of disabling or destroying most capital ships with a single hit. |
U.D.S. |
"Universal Docking System". |
U.T.C. |
The United Terran Coalition. |
Wave |
Noun: a comm-signal meant to inititate conversation. Verb: to send such a signal. |
Weave |
Based on the metaphor of a mainframe computer being a tapestry, a "weave" refers to the computers general security encryption system. To "Find a weave" means "to hack the system". |
