ACOUCRI: ACOUstically-Collected Retinally-displayed Information
ASMO: An Assignment Memorandum Order, also known as ASMO'd, is used to assign a recruit to a Special Program Division for additional assistance. These programs include Fitness Improvement Training (FIT), the Recruit Convalescent Unit (RCU), Fundamental Applied Skills Training (FAST), and Personal Applied Skills Streaming (PASS).
A-Grav: Artificial Gravity
AMCN: Anti-matter catalyzed nuclear
AMLS: Automatic Missile Launch System
ARRY: Array
BCAP: Backup Capacitor
CEC: Central Energy Credit Commission, the central authority for authorizing monetary transactions
CIC: Combat Information Center, a very secure and heavily armored area that contains the personnel most important to operating a ship or station during combat
Corundum: CU derivatives and analogues
CQB: Close Quarters Battle
DC: Direct Current or Damage Control
D-field: Deflector Field (Blocks incoming things from impacting outer hull.)
ECCM: Electronic Counter Countermeasures
ECM: Electronic Countermeasures
EM: Electromagnetic
EPOWER: Emergency Power
Ertan Turkey: A holiday in the Ertan religion calls for eating turkeys, generally a very festive occasion including putting up lights for decorations
EST: Estimated
ETA: Estimated Time Arrival
EVA: Extra-vehicular activity
EWCLS: Electronic Warfare Class Launch System
FAC: Fast Attack Craft, a small ship larger than a fighter but incapable of independent operation
Ferrite: Iron derivatives and analogues
FTL: Faster than Light
FUBAR: Fucked up beyond all recognition
SNAFU: Situation Normal, All fucked up
GCode: Genetic Code, the futuristic version of a fingerprint
gravtube: A gravity tube that can transfer contents via gravity manipulation
GSD: Global Star Date (deprecated)
H20: Water
HE: High Explosive
HK: Hunter-Killer, a class of automated Gunship (smaller than corvette, usually with a single large weapon)
HTLS: Heavy Torpedo Launch System
HUD: Heads Up Display
I-field: Integrity Field (Keeps atmosphere inside the ship when there are holes in it.)
IND: Independent Ship Prefix
InfoNet: A system wide network for sharing information
INT: Intelligence
lpm: liters per minute
LRP: Long Rod Penetrator, standard Railgun ammunition type
LRPSGSM: Long Rod Penetrator Self-Guided Smart Munition, max yield 100 kilotons
mag-lock: A magnetic locking device
MC: Mercenary Company
medi-doc / autodoc: An automated robot or machine that can perform medical services when no nurse or doctor is available.
MRE: Meal Ready to Eat, survival food
NCO: Non-commissioned Officer
NOI: Neural Optical Interface
NSGMNIH: nanite synthesized-genetically-modified-nanite-infused-human
O2: Oxygen
PD: Point Defense, generally used to shoot small craft or hostile missiles, can also double as CQB weaponry
PDC: Point Defense Cannon, generally refers to turreted smaller caliber weaponry
PDC-K: Point Defense Cannon, Kinetic
PDC-L: Point Defense Cannon, Laser
PLSS: Primary life-support system
PMGM: A futuristic high density fuel
POW: Prisoner of War
RCS: Reaction Control Thruster
RMAT: A futuristic high density radioactive fuel
SE: Solar Energy Credit
ShipNet: A local network inside a ship
SIGINT: Signals Intelligence
SNO2: Supplemental Nanite Oxygen
StationNet: A local internet for station activities
USD: Universal Standard Date
VAMPIRE: Brevity code for Anti-ship incoming missile (and in shipcore, high caliber projectiles)
ZnSe: A type of glass used for laser lenses
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Ω: Omega; Ultimate NAI rank, higher than PSI
Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.
PSI: Top tier NAI rank, corresponds to the historical four NAI rulers after the collapse
CHI: Just under PSI, standard rank for Inner/Core System Rulers
Omega => Psi => Chi => Phi => Upsilon => Tau => Sigma => Rho => Pi => Omicron => Xi => Nu => Mu => Lambda => Kappa => Iota => Theta => Eta => Zeta => Epsilon => Delta => Gamma => Beta => Alpha
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Corpo: Nickname for Corporate Systems people
Sollies: Nickname for people from the Solar Imperium
Imp: Nickname for Solarian Imperium people
GAI: General Artificial Intelligence (Probably)
NAI: Nanite Artificial Intelligence (Probably)
AGAI: Some scary government backronym referring to the thing created on MIL-1A by the navy to try and subvert NAIs
IS: Inner System, Often a type prefix for high performance vessels legally locked to core systems by treaty
OS: Outer System, Often a type prefix for lower performance vessels that are free to travel to non-regulated system
Big Boi: Marine terminology for a capital ship in orbit, presumably planning on dropping munitons on the ground
OP: Operation, like a military operation/mission, etc
ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival
Sandcaster: Abbey's special anti missile space launcher things, they detonate into clouds that make things sorry to run into them
Double D Layer / Double D-Field: A doubled D-field that requires large highly advanced magnets(or something) that allows the D-field to sandwich volumes of plasma between them to act as a barrier. Capital ship sized vessels utilize these to defend against fleet sized munitions. Battlemoons take them a step further.
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Meltisar Connections:
Beta Antliae (Imperium frontier)
Scholz's star (Solarian Fed Border, 1 jump from Altair)
FN Virginis (Meltisar Space, (empty), Corporate Systems Border with 63 Hydrae)
Eta Monocerotis (Meltisar space, leads to SOL and Ghost Sector)
Psi Gruis (Ertan Republic Frontier)
ShipCore Melt Cast;
Alex Myers
Nameless (Alex Computer)
Elis Myers
Psi Celestia 'Tia'
Chi Theia 'Thea'
Rachel Mackey
SMC Support;
Thraker
Admiral Parks (1st Fleet Aegis Admiral)
Admiral Darren Westlake
Captain Turner
Vice Admiral Mc Lagan
Admiral Anderson
ShipCore Starlight Cast;
Amy Tanis
Psi Abbey
Psi Heeler
Daniel Ashburn
SSC Support;
Lieutenant Lavigne
Sergeant Morrison
Yapper
Logan Tanis
Portmaster Charles Whitely
Captain Yalof
Governor John Tyler
Captain Larret
Szizsielia (Heeler's Queen)
Commodore Bridgit (Dead)
Rolks Walker (Dead)
Wyles Hammok
Iron Horse Characters;
Rick (security)
Sawet (security)
Commander Talbot
Chief Marston (arrested)
Sergeant Sinclair (dead)
Crewman Martin (sensor tech)
Lieutenant Holt Ferguson, Damage Control Assistant
Corporal Leiston (engineering)
Four Nation NAIs
Moneta (Corpo PSI)
Empress Psi (Imperium PSI)
High Priestess (Ertan Leader)
Solaria (Solarian Federation High Commissar)
Rea (83 Hydrae Chi)
Imperial uniforms red-black-gold
Solarian uniforms white-gold-purple
Corporate uniforms black-gold
Ertan uniforms green-purple-gold
Federation uniforms blue-gold
Starlight Revolution uniforms blue-gold-modernized (whatever alex was thinking that day while playing with the design)
Federation marines red-black
IHMC uniforms gray-gold-stuff
NAI Eye chain colors: (Organized Psi Factions have directives dictating eye color)
Imperial Psi: Red Eyes
Solarian Psi: Purple Eyes
Ertan Psi: Green Eyes
Corpo Psi: Yellow Eyes
Alex Psi: Blue Eyes
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