Acronyms & Slang: Difference between revisions

* '''CG:''' [[Community Goal]]. Commanders can sign up for missions and community rewards at stations that are hosting a community goal.

* '''CMDR:''' Abbreviation of [[Commander]], the title granted to all players by the [[Pilots Federation]].

* '''Combat Logging:''' See [[Combat Logging]]. The act of shutting off the game during combat or when being interdicted. Unlike typical "rage-quitting", the goal is generally to avoid a potential loss of one's ship (and any commodities their ship may be carrying) and paying for the rebuy. The practice is viewed with distaste by much of the community and considered an exploit by Frontier Developments, since they forbids workarounds of planned game mechanics .

* '''Conda:''' Short term for an [[Anaconda]]. Not to be confused with the [[F63 Condor]], a ship at the other end of the size spectrum. Build is often tagged on: shieldconda, plasmaconda, cannoconda, etc.

* '''Permaboost:''' The capability to [[Boost Speed|boost]] as frequently as possible, achievable on some ships by upgrading and engineering the [[Power Distributor]].

* '''Pills:''' Short term for the [[narcotics]] commodity.

*'''PMF''': [[Player Minor Faction]].

* '''PP:''' [[Powerplay]].

* '''Space Khaleesi''': nickname for [[Aisling Duval]] due to her resemblance with Daenerys Targaryen. Khaleesi is a Dothraki title meaning "queen" or "wife of the Khal". Khal means leader of a Dothraki tribe.

* '''Space Madness:''' A sense of disorientation and confusion that some pilots get while traveling in deep space for long periods. It is somewhat like vertigo, and is caused by being adrift without any visual reference points. Sufferers are suggested to take a brief break from the game.

* '''SRV:''' Surface Recon Vehicle is a [[Vehicles|vehicle]] class for exploring and transporting on planets.

* '''Suicidewinder:''' Refers to the practice of purchasing a [[Sidewinder MkI]] while storing one's original ship, then self-destructing in order to access the rebuy screen and use it to "teleport" back to one of the game's starting systems. This is usually done by players well outside the bubble who want to quickly return there for whatever reason. Once in the bubble, players will then switch to another ship or have their original ship transferred to them.

* '''Witch's Cauldron:''' Thermal sphere around a star where the FSD stops working properly and drops you out to be cooked in star's corona.

* '''Xeno''': term for aliens such as [[Thargoid|Thargoids]]. It comes from the Ancient Greek word ''xénos'', which means stranger, foreigner, outsider or guest.

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