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A Glossary provides a list of terms and abbreviations unique to a game, group, or profession. The following is a list providing words commonly used in Star Sonata and their definitions.

A

Adonis (Stations)

Tech 9 stations and station gear. Generally considered the first level of base gear to be relevant to orbital defenses as it has the full complement of station augmenters, station gear like a Pulse Gun, MagCannon, and Overloader, and Industrial Y and Z construction. The Adonis Energybank X is the first station energy to use Nuclear Waste as a fuel source rather than produce it as a waste. Adonis Stations have a significant power jump over the previous tier Apollo at Tech 6. Also the first tech of stations to use extractors other than Tech 0 AI station extractors.

Aggro

An AI ship that is aggressive to players of a certain level. It can also be used to describe an aggressive player, his bots, bases, or his drones.

AI

(1) Automated computer controlled objects in the game, including ships, bases and drones. Free roaming ships and standalone teams can be also called NPCs.

(2) Astral Injection skill. A skill required to equip augmenters onto permanent drones and use Drone Controllers.

Argonaut

Second level of base gear from Adonis. They are Tech 12. A number of base items are Tech 12, like Mzungu Transdims.

Aug

Abbreviated form of augmenter. Used as permanent enhancements to ships, permanent drones, and stations.

AT

Augmenter Tweaking, a skill which increases all stats on a player's augmenters by 2%.

Ana, (Sniper) Analysis

(1) Refers to Sniper Analysis, a special item for (as of writing) Sniper class which builds damage and critical strength bonuses over time while a target is attacked by the player's weapons, building up over two minutes at a rate of seconds equal to the specific weapon that hits the target. ITs bonuses are lost when the player targets, attacks, and end up hitting a new target.

B

Base

A space station used for trading or construction. Sometimes player-owned. See: Station

BE

Bule Eradicator.

BK

Bana King, short for UrQa'qa Qu'ishi.

BvB

Base versus Base combat.

C

Cap

(1) To capture a ship or base.

(2) Short for capacity.

(3) Short for Capacitor.

D

Destroyed

(1) Used to describe a base, drone, fighter, missile, or bot that has been killed beyond recovery.

(2) Used to describe a destroyed base that can be recovered using a repair kit, or a player ship that has been destroyed and enters into stasis.

Drone

An autonomous attack platform. Requires the Drone Deployment skill to use. Split into Temporary and Permanent classifications, which are used to describe their lifespan before they [can] go inactive.

DD

Short for Drone Deployment.

DM

An older abbreviation for Engineer Class. Stands for "Drone Master". It is a secondary Engineer class skill providing bonuses for temporary drone deployment.

DWO

(1) Short for Death Warmed Over, a long range, non-tracking fire-based pulse gun.

(2) Short for DeathWarmedOver, a retired player. Lead the Capitalists and became an Emperor.

DHO

Short for Death Heated Over. Weapon similar to Death Warmed Over.

Drag

Using a tractor to pull a ship or base. Sometimes the maneuver is used to speed a ship up.

DS

Short for Death Striker, a rare, powerful, and high-tech ship.

DPS

Damage Per Second. Used to measure the amount of damage a weapon can deal per second.

DPE

Damage Per Energy. Ratio describing how much damage a weapon does per unit of energy used.

E

EDC

Emperor's Drone Controller.

EDM

Electrified Defense Matrix.

EPS

Energy Per Second. Describes how much energy a weapon can use per second. Also can describe how much an energy source regenerates per second. See Also: Regen

EXP

Experience Points.

F

F1, F2, F3, Etc...

Highly sought after "Faranji" alien energy source. The higher the number, the more powerful the energy is. The full names are Faranji Energy 1, Faranji Energy 2, and so forth.

F2P

Free to Play. Used to describe an account that is not subscribed to the game.

G

Gimmo

Short for Great Immolation, a short-ranged heat weapon that causes some damage to the user when fired.

GnT, GaT

Abbreviation of "Give and Take". A rare shield.

I

Incin

Short for Incineration, a short-ranged self-damaging heat weapon.

Immo

Short for Immolation, a short-ranged self-damaging heat weapon.

Item Form

Used to describe a ship that behaves like an item. Ships in item form take up space, have weight, and can be placed into inventories. When a ship in item form is sold through a player base, it becomes a full ship and leaves item form. Ships which are built from blueprints come as items. A ship that is not in item form can be made an item by submitting a Support Ticket and paying a fee.

J

Jump

To travel between galaxies using a gate.

Jump Gate

A connection between two star systems. Different color jump gates designate the Warp skill needed to use that gate.

L

LC

Love Cylinder. Medium range, tracking surgical weapon.

M

MisD

Short for Misdirection. A highly sought after shield with a high rate of regeneration.

MF

Short for Multifiring. A secondary skill that allows a player to fire multiple weapons at once.

MFM

Short for Merchant Fleet Mastery. A secondary skill that allows for large hulls on bots.

N

Noob, Newb, Choob, Etc...

Used to describe a new player. Oftentimes the word carries a negative connotation. Sometimes used as a synonym to acting childish.

O

OS

(1) Overloader Stable. (See: Overloaders)

(2) Over Sized.

OHL

Open Heart Laser. Medium range, beam-style surgical weapon.

Oly

(1) Olympus, the main Tech 21 boss zone for training Tech 21 skills with daily missions and weekly lockouts.

P

PC

(1) Prismatic Conversion. Used in conjunction with a radiation weapon to capture AI ships. A projectile from the weapon is a short-ranged, small, slow-moving red sphere.

(2) Price Check.

Pill Box

Synonym for drone.

PM

Private Message. To PM someone means to open a private chat channel with them using the `/w command. A PM is the conversation held within that channel.

Pod

Short for escape pod.

Podded

(1) To be killed while in pod form.

(2) To be ejected from a ship inside a pod.

Prom

Short for Promethium. An important commodity used for some skills and blueprints.

Prom Sun

A sun with asteroids where Fermium can be mined for conversion into Promethium.

PtE

Poseidon the Earthshaker, an augmenter.

P2P

Pay to Play. Used to describe a player or account who has purchased a subscription.

R

Rats

Short for Rations. Used on bases to feed colonies and workers. Made from Space Oats.

Regen

(1) Synonym for EPS.

(2) Synonym for SPS.

(3) "To regen." Used to describe the process of one's shield or energy bank recharging.

S

SM

(1) Short for Station Management. Skill needed to make bases.

(2) Short for Fleet Commander Class. Secondary skill that increases the effectiveness of bots.

(3) Short for Station Mastery. Trade skill that increases the effectiveness of a player's stations.

(4) Short for Shield Monkey class. Shield Monkey is usually shortened to "ShM" or similar to avoid confusion between it and the station skills.

SP

Skill Points. Skill Points are necessary to acquire skills and are earned through gaining Experience. Once a player has earned enough Experience, his Experience Points are reset to 0 and he advances a level. 5 Skill Points are awarded each level.

T

Trag

Traginium. Very rare mineral used for obtaining further levels of Remote Control in Serpica.

TW

Transwarp.

W

Warp

(1) Short for Warp Navigation, a skill that determines what level of star systems a player can enter.

(2) Synonymous to Jump.

Warp Gate

Synonymous to Jump Gate.