NEBULOUS: Fleet Command/Glossary

As a game with a stronger emphasis on realism than other military games, Nebulous features a number of acronyms, initialisms, and terms used by the community.

A-M

ACA

Actively Cooled Amplifiers (ship module)

ACT, Act

Active Radar Seeker (missile seeker, fixed version)

AE

Ammunition elevators (ship module)

AMM

Anti-Missile Missile (missile body)

anchor fleet

A fleet designed to withstand heavy damage and act as the centerpiece of the rest of the team

annex

Analysis Annex (ship compartment)

AR

Active Radar Seeker (missile seeker, fixed version; uncommon)

ARAD

Anti-Radiation (missile seeker)

ARR

Active Radar Receiver (ship module)

ARS

Active Radar Seeker (missile seeker, fixed version; uncommon)

Atlatl

Size 3 Hybrid (missile body)

aux

Auxiliary Steering (ship compartment)

auxsteer

Auxiliary Steering (ship compartment)

basic

Basic CIC (ship compartment)

battleship

Solomon Class Battleship (ship hull)

BB

Solomon Class Battleship (ship hull)

beamford

Axford Class heavy cruiser equipped with beam weaponry (ship hull and configuration)

beamstone

Keystone Class destroyer equipped with beam weaponry (ship hull and configuration)

Box

Size 4 Container Missile (missile body)

Blast frag

High Explosive Blast Fragmentation (missile warhead)

Blast frag EL

High Explosive Blast Fragmentation Enhanced Lethality (missile warhead)

BSSJ

Boosted self-screening jammer (missile component)

bulker

Bulk Freighter Class Lineship (ship hull)

bulk liner

Bulk Freighter Class Lineship (ship hull)

bulk mag

Bulk Magazine (ship compartment)

bus

Missile Programming Bus (ship module)

bus array

Missile Programming Bus Array (ship module)

CA

Axford Class Heavy Cruiser (ship hull)

cap fleet

A fleet configuration designed primarily to capture control points

CC

Ocello Class Command Cruiser (ship hull)

CGB

Cold Gas Bottle (missile module)

CH

Axford Class Heavy Cruiser (ship hull)

cit CIC

Citadel CIC (ship compartment)

CL

Vauxhall Class Light Cruiser (ship hull)

Clipper

Shuttle or Tugboat (OSP ship hulls)

CLN

Container Liner Class Lineship (ship hull)

cluster D

Cluster decoy launcher (uncommon)

cmag

Citadel Magazine (ship compartment)

CMD

Command Seeker (missile seeker)

Command

Command Seeker (missile seeker)

command cruiser

Ocello Class Command Cruiser (ship hull)

Comms Seeker

Command Seeker (missile seeker)

Container

Size 4 Container Missile (missile body)

Container decoy

1. A container missile designed to appear as a ship to enemy radars

2. A container missile, equipped with decoy launcher components, launched at an enemy

Cyclone

Size 2 Hybrid (missile body)

-D

Standard or cluster decoy launcher (used after missile seeker types; ex. ACT/CMD-D refers to an active radar missile with a backup command seeker equipped with decoys)

D

Standard or cluster decoy launcher (missile component)

dad

Fleet configuration aimed at filling holes in the team composition and/or maintaining control points (implying that the player will take care of things the other players - the "children" - do not want to)

DCX

Damage Control Complex (ship compartment)

DD

Keystone Class destroyer (ship hull)

DDE

Keystone Class destroyer intended for escort (ship hull and role)

DDG

Keystone Class destroyer with guided missiles (ship hull and configuration)

EACT

Steerable Extended Active Radar Seeker (missile seeker)

EL

High Explosive Blast Fragmentation Enhanced Lethality (missile warhead)

EO

Electro-Optical (missile seeker)

EReg

Energy Regulator (ship module)

fart sniffer

Wake homing (missile seeker)

feeder

Cargo Feeder Class Monitor (ship hull)

FF

Raines Class frigate (ship hull)

FFE

Raines Class frigate intended for escort (ship hull and role)

FFG

Raines Class frigate with guided missiles (ship hull and configuration)

FFL

Sprinter Class corvette (ship hull)

forehead fleet

A fleet configuration designed to charge headfirst into the enemy

FPA

Focused Particle Accelerator (ship module)

frag

High Explosive Blast Fragmentation (missile warhead)

Gale

A direct fire missile (no cruise guidance) equipped with semi-active guidance

GPC

Gun Plotting Center (ship compartment)

gyros

Mount Gyros (ship module)

hardened

Hardened skin

HEI

High Explosive shaped Impact warhead (missile warhead)

HEKP

High Explosive Kinetic Penetrator (missile warhead)

HOJ

Home on Jam; an anti-radiation missile seeker set to "jamming"

HS

Hardened Skin (uncommon)

Hurricane

A direct fire missile (no cruise guidance) with command guidance

IC

Intelligence Center (ship compartment)

intel

Intelligence Center (ship compartment)

Killjoy

A manually deployed anti-missile missile that uses a self-screening jammer to decoy radar-guided or home on jam missiles.

KJ

A manually deployed anti-missile missile that uses a self-screening jammer to decoy radar-guided or home on jam missiles.

LDC

Large DC Locker (ship compartment)

LN

Bulk Freighter Class Lineship (ship hull)

MDLN

Bulk Freighter Class Lineship equipped with Mass Drivers (ship hull and configuration)

MN

Cargo Feeder Class Monitor (ship hull)

N-Z

natural

The capture point(s) closest to a spawn point, thereby being the "natural" progression. Opposite of neutral.

neutral

The capture point(s) that are equidistant between the enemy spawn and your own, and thus could possibly be captured by either team

obelisk

Bulk Freighter Class lineship that uses its top and broadside guns simultaneously by presenting its roof to the enemy

PCC

Plant Control Center (ship compartment)

PLN

Bulk Freighter Class lineship equipped with plasma weaponry (ship hull and configuration)

Radar

Active Radar Seeker (missile seeker, fixed version)

railstone

Keystone Class destroyer equipped with railguns

rapid

Rapid DC Locker (ship component)

RCC

Rapid Cycle Cradles (ship module)

RCIC

Reinforced CIC (ship compartment)

revolver

Bulk Freighter Class lineship designed to rotate to expose reloaded guns

Riposte

Size 1 Missile dedicated to intercepting enemy missiles, using command guidance

R-mag

Reinforced Magazine (ship compartment)

S1

Size 1 Missile (missile body)

S2H

Size 2 Hybrid (missile body)

S3H

Size 3 Hybrid (missile body)

S3

Size 3 Torpedo (missile body)

S3T

Size 3 Torpedo (missile body)

SACT

Steerable Active Radar Seeker (missile seeker)

S-ACT

Steerable Active Radar Seeker (missile seeker)

SAH

Semi-Active Homing (missile seeker)

SAK

A size 3 hybrid missile, usually equipped with cruise guidance and weaving terminal manoeuvres, utilizing an anti-radiation seeker as the primary seeker and a Steerable Extended Active Radar Seeker for backup.

SAR

Steerable Active Radar Seeker (missile seeker)

SDC

Small DC Locker (ship compartment)

SEACT

Steerable Extended Active Radar Seeker (missile seeker)

SEAR, SEARs

Steerable Extended Active Radar Seeker (missile seeker)

semi

Semi-active Radar seeker (missile seeker)

sEreg

Small Energy Regulator (ship module)

SGM-H2

Size 2 Hybrid (missile body)

SGM-H3

Size 3 Hybrid (missile body)

SPC

Strike Planning Center (ship compartment)

SSJ

Self-screening jammer (missile component)

stealth

Radar-absorbent coating (missile component)

squale

Anti-radiation missile set to home on jam (HOJ) with a backup semi-active homing seeker (Squall + Gale)

Squall

Anti-radiation missile set to home on jam (HOJ)

stack

A group of experienced players working together, and thus can coordinate fleet compositions and strategies

surrender CH

A heavy cruiser equipped with a full missile payload that fires all its missiles and then immediately surrenders

surrender CL

A light cruiser equipped with a full missile payload that fires all its missiles and then immediately surrenders

SW

Small Workshop (ship compartment)

TC

Track Coordinator (ship module)

throw fleet

A poorly designed fleet that is a liability to the team and may cause them to "throw" the game

Thunderhead

An active radar missile with cruise guidance

torp

Size 3 Torpedo (missile body)

triple threat

Bulk Freighter Class lineship equipped with plasma, 250mm, and 100mm weaponry

vaux

Vauxhall Class Light Cruiser (ship hull)

vauxh

Vauxhall Class Light Cruiser (ship hull)

WAK

A Size 3 Hybrid missile equipped with cruise guidance, weaving terminal manoeuvres, utilizing an Extended Steerable Active Radar Seeker for a primary seeker, and a Wake seeker for validation.

Wake

Wake homing (missile seeker)

Xmag

Citadel magazine (ship compartment)

yub nub

A fleet consisting of ships that fire all their missiles and then immediately surrender (see surrender CL/CH above) or otherwise uses their missile volleys in a highly ineffective manner