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* '''AX:''' Anti-Xeno. Used to refer to any activities or ship builds relating to combat with Thargoids. | * '''AX:''' Anti-Xeno. Used to refer to any activities or ship builds relating to combat with Thargoids. | ||
* '''Boiling:''' [[Silent Running]] near a star or a station orbiting close to a star. | * '''Boiling:''' [[Silent Running]] near a star or a station orbiting close to a star. | ||
* '''Big Blue Beluga:''' A term used when one comes across an invincible, Elite NPC flying a [[Beluga Liner]] with a vibrant blue paint job with unlimited health will interdict and destroy an unsuspecting player for an unknown reason. Only a small amount of encounters have been reported and the so-called "Big Blue Beluga" phenomenon is very likely to be a bug in the game. | |||
* '''Board Flipping:''' The bygone practice of switching between Open/Private Group/Solo modes to force mission boards to refresh and present new missions, usually done to stack multiple missions of the same type to maximize convenience and profitability. While viewed with distaste by a segment of the community, Frontier Developments have confirmed that Board Flipping is not an exploit or violation of the game's Terms of Service. Board flipping is no longer possible since patch 3.3, as the missions change now every 15 minutes, not after relogging. | * '''Board Flipping:''' The bygone practice of switching between Open/Private Group/Solo modes to force mission boards to refresh and present new missions, usually done to stack multiple missions of the same type to maximize convenience and profitability. While viewed with distaste by a segment of the community, Frontier Developments have confirmed that Board Flipping is not an exploit or violation of the game's Terms of Service. Board flipping is no longer possible since patch 3.3, as the missions change now every 15 minutes, not after relogging. | ||
* '''Brick:''' Nickname for the [[Type-6 Transporter]], due to its brick-like appearance. | * '''Brick:''' Nickname for the [[Type-6 Transporter]], due to its brick-like appearance. | ||