Star Sonata/Glossary

This document is for new players to the game who need a quick guide to some of the SS lingo. For more general terms, see Multiplayer/Glossary.

Glossary

Adonis

Noun: First level of base gear to be considered serious.

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 though 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.

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.

PC

Abbreviation, verb: Price Check. When inquiring price of a specific item use it in Trade chat.

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"