Star Sonata/Glossary

Statement of Purpose This document is for new players to the game who need a quick guide to some of the SS lingo. This document does not cover general internet slang like LOL, CYA, G2G, IRC, ICQ etc. Glossary “Adonis”: Noun: First level of base gear to be considered serious. “AI”: Noun: Any computer controlled object in the game, including ships, bases and drones. "Argonaut": Noun: Next Step up of base gear from Adonis “Aug”: Noun: Abbreviated form of Augmenter. Used as permanent enhancements to ships or bases. “Base”: Noun: A space station used for trading or construction. Sometimes player owned. (AKA: “Station”) “Cap” (1): Verb: To capture a ship or a base. “Cap” (2): Adgitive: Short for capacity. For example: “Anyone selling a basic cap aug?” “Drone”: Noun: Autonomous attack platform. Requires the Drone Deployment skill to use. “DD” (1): Noun: Short for Death Debt. DD is achieved when your pod is destroyed, or when you die without having a pod equipped on your ship. Available at almost every shop. “DD” (2): Noun: Short for Drone Deployment. Skill required to use drones. “DM”: Noun: Short for Drone Master. A secondary skill providing bonuses in drone deployment. “DWO” (1): Noun: Short for Death Warmed Over – Long range, non-tracking fire-based weapon. “DWO” (2): Pronoun: Short for Death Warmed Over – Retired player. Lead the Capitalists to the Emperorship.- basekiller. “DHO”: Acronym: Death Heated Over: Weapon similar to the DWO. “Drag”: Verb: Using a tractor to pull a ship or base. Sometimes the maneuver is used to speed a ship up. “Drag me to the station so I can dock” “DPS”: Noun: Damage Per Second. Used to describe the amount of damage a weapon or weapon/ship combo can pump out per second. “DPE”: Noun: Damage Per Energy. Ratio describing how much damage a weapon does per unit of energy used. To some it is important in deciding what weapon to use. “EPS”: Noun: Energy Per Second. Describes how much energy a weapon can use per second. Also can describe how much an energy source regenerates per second. (Also See: “Regen”) “F1”, “F2”, “F3”, etc: Noun: Highly sought after "Faranji" alien energy source. The higher the number, the more powerful the energy is. The full name is Faranji Energy 1, Faranji Energy 2, etc. “Gimmo”: Noun: Short ranged fire based weapon. Causes some damage to the user when fired. short for Great Immolation. “GnT” or “G’nT”: Noun: Abbreviation of “Give ‘n Take”. A rare shield. “Incin”: Noun: See “Gimmo” “Immo”: Noun: See “Gimmo” “Item Form”: Adjective: When a ship is built by a player, it starts it’s life as an item. Ships in “item form” can be converted to useable ships by the use of a trading bay. “Jump”: Verb: Describes the process of going through a gate from one star-system to another. Example: “I’m 5 jumps away” or “When I jumped into Sol, everything fired on me!” (Also see: “Jump Gate” & “Warp”) “Jump Gate”: Noun: Connection between two star-systems. Different color jump gates designate the “Warp” skill needed to use that gate. (Also See: “Jump”) “LC” (1): Pronoun: Light Commerce: Long surviving team. “LC” (2): Noun: love cylinder: Medium range, tracking surgical weapon. Shots are pair of small light blue bullets. “MisD”: Noun: Short for “Misdirection.” A sought after shield with a high rate of regeneration. “Noob”, “Newb”, “Choob”, etc: Adjective: A sometimes derogatory comment describing someone’s status in the game. Sometimes people use the different forms of the word to describe different qualities about the person. Typically, when used in a derogatory manner, it means that the person has acted in a childish or helpless manner. “OHL”: Noun: Open Heart Laser: Medium range, beam-style surgical weapon. Beam is light blue. “PC”: Noun Acronym: Prismatic Conversion. Used in conjunction with a radiation weapon to capture AI ships. Fire from a PC is a short-ranged, small, slow-moving red ball. “Pill Box”: Noun: See “Drone” “PM”: Noun/Verb: Private Message: The act of using the in game command ‘/w “name” message’. Alternatively, it can refer to the private conversation started by using the command. Example: Verb “PM me” & Noun “Lets take it to PM” “Pod”: Noun: Short for escape pod. Prevents death debt and loss of money when dead. (See “DD (1)”) “Podded”: Verb: Having your pod destroyed. “Prom”: Noun: Short for promethium. Rare material used in many construction projects. “Prom Sun”: Noun: A sun where promethium can be mined. Typically 10-20k from the nearest gate. (Also see: Prom) “Rats”: Noun: Short for rations. Used on bases to feed colonies and workers. Produced from “Space Oats” “Regen”: Noun: Short for regenerate. Describes how much a shield or energy can regenerate per unit of time, commonly a second. Sometimes a “regen” rate is described in an ‘amount/second’ format. Example: “My F7 regens 180/1.2” “Slave”: Noun: A semi-autonomous ship controlled by a player. Requires the skill “Remote Control”. Adverb: “Slaved” "SM" (1): Noun: Short for Station Management. Skill needed to make bases. "SM" (2): Noun: Short for Slave Mastery. Secondary skill that increases the effectiveness of your slaves. "SM" (3): Noun: Short for Station Mastery. Secondary skill that increases the effectiveness of your stations. “SP”: Noun: Skill Points: Awarded 5 each time a person levels, SPs can be used to buy skills at AI station under the “Neuro Training Tab” “Warp” (1): Noun: A skill that determines what level of star-system you can enter. “Warp” (2): Verb: See “Jump” “Warp Gate”: Noun: See “Jump Gate”