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GTW
Cadet
Joined: November 30, 2001
Posts: 156
From: Singapore
|  Posted: 2004-10-23 12:25
The Darkspace Dictionary v2.01. Now updated.
1.481|The patch suppossed to change the future of Darkspace, but with a development time so long while massive imbalances still existed in 1.480B, caused the departure of several veteran Darkspace players. On 2 Mar 2004 the long-awaited version was finally released, after approximately two years of waiting.
ac|Assault Cruiser, mid-range ICC torpedo ship
ad|Assault Dreadnought, ICC's most heavily armed ship/Assault Destroyer, UGTO destroyer
arg(h)'s|Railguns, ICC light particle cannon
Anthill|K'luth operations planet, biggest anthill is Sag Hothha
ame|Antimatter Engine, best class of engine, k'luth unique
amj|Antitmatter Jump Drive, fastest drive, k'luth unique
amjd|See amj
amt|Antimatter Torpedoes, stock torpedoes from K'luth ships
baseball|Using beams/cannons/Tbeams to nudge roids into planets
b1|Boonie 1, planet in the Cygnus system
bb|Big Boonie, planet in the Cygnus system
Beehive|IT swarm, used to confuse fleets and cause distraction while ships move in covertly
Big F|see Faustus
bomb cloud|A massive collection of bombs made by travelling at 10gu/s towards a planet with a supply, and launching bombs continuously. Used in version 1.480. Now obsolete.
bortin| Darkspace player. Made famous by his quote: "Everyone knows GER are just a bunch of wild sexual deviants. Y'know? Like one time I was flying around in MV Sol and like I saw all their ships piling on top of each other near the Luyten gate and caressing each other with tractor beams and rubbing their hulls over each other and... Oh, wait. That was us. Nevermind."
bugs|The K'luth.
Bugs'n'Ugs|The K'luth and the UGTO in the same system.
cap| To capture a planet using infantry.
cd|CD-36*15693, ICC home system/Combat Dreadnought, relatively useless ICC combat ship.
cl|Chemical Laser, short range weapon.
cl2k|Chemical Laser 2000, most powerful CL.
close jump|Manual targeting of jump, to end within orbital range of planet or supply range of ship.
cloud bombing|see Stack Bombing.
CO|Commanding Offcier, person who controls an operation.
cyg|The Cygnus system, connected to Ross 248 by jumpgate.
DI|Death Incarnate, respected Beta clan but has collasped due to internal conflict.
deathstar|A planet with 32 squares, ICC defence bases and shield generators, which needs to be stack bombed before it can be invaded. Used in version 1.480. Now obsolete.
def|Planetary defences, fighter and defence bases.
dessie|Destroyer, medium combat ship. Deadly in groups.
dictor|Interdictor, device found on ships or planets inhibiting jump.
dread|Dreadnought, largest class of ships after stations
ds|Darkspace, space-based massively multiplayer real time strategy game
dsa|Darkspace Academy, unofficial school formed to teach new players how to play Darkspace.
e|Elite Infantry. See infantry ranks.
ead|Elite Assault Dreadnought, UGTO's most heavily armed ship.
earwax|K'luth ships.
eccm|Electronic Counter Counter-Measure, used for increasing signature.
ecm|Electronic Counter-Measure, used for decreasing signature.
e-jump|Emergency jump, uncontrolled jump without requiring alignment.
engy|Engineering Ship, used to build planets.
eps|Epsilion, prefix for systems Eps Caranie, Eps Ind, and Eps Eri.
F|see Faustus.
FA|Fleet Admiral, second highest rank in Darkspace
faus|see Faustus
Faustus|lead(and only) programmer of Darkspace
FC|Flux Cruiser
FD|Flux Destroyer/Flux Dreadnought, Battle Dreadnought equipped with two flux waves.
flux|Class of heavy weapons specifically doing system damage. Its role may have changed in v1.481.
ftorps|Fusion Torpedoes, stock torpedoes on ICC ships
g|Green Infantry. See Infantry Ranks
ga|Grand Admiral, highest rank in Darkspace.
gangbang|An attack by multiple Ganglias
GCQL|GameCQ Lobby. Chat/server connection client for Darkspace.
GTN|Galactic Navy, UGTO Darkspace Fleet, founded on Sunday, December 9 2001. Demorian, the clan's founder, had left DI as he wanted to lead his own clan. A year after its inception, the Galactic Navy is second in the Fleet Rankings. A fake coup was organized by several members in command on 1 April 2004 but was revealed as an April Fool's joke some time later, but not before shaking the fleet's leader. On 20 May 2004, Demorian wrote a long post effectively signalling the end of the Navy's reign. Seven pages of responses followed, testament to the significance of the establishment in the Darkspace community.
h|Hardened Infantry. See Infantry Ranks.
ICC|Interstellar Cultural Confederation, rebels against UGTO
icky|The ICC
IE drive|Ion Engine Drive, stock engine on ships.
IGNN|Intergalactic News Network, reporting Metaverse news.The latest report is on the Fall of Sirius. Recent reports indicate that the IGNN has permanently closed itself down.
inf|Infantry, used to capture planets
infantry ranks|Experience of an infantry unit, with four levels, starting from highest: Elite(e), Hardened(h), Veteran(v), Green(g). The power of the infantry ranks increases exponentially.
imps|The UGTO
jc|Jump Cruiser, ICC ship capable of large-scale planet devastation
jg|Jumpgate, place where ships are changed
Kamikaze bombing|Using your ship to protect a bomb cloud from PD until you hit the planet.
Kraddox|K'luth name for the MI.
lb|Lesser Boonie, planet in the Cygnus system
Legion|Newest form of the unending sequence of names for the new alien race responsible for the destruction of the K'luth home planet. See also MI, MIR, and Kraddox.
lobsters|The K'luth
luthie|The K'luth
MCO|Mobile center of operations, the biggest or most experienced supply ship in area
MI|Obsolete name for the new alien race. Said to stand for Machine Intelligence. See Legion.
MIR|Obsolete spelling of MI, now considered socially unacceptable. Said to stand for Machine Intelligence Race. See MI.
MiRV|Bomb, used for bombing planets
mod|Modification, improving of stock ships/Moderator, person who enforces RoC in DS
mod planet|Planet built specifically for the purporse of modding. For example, a planet with many factories.
mv|Metaverse, persistant-state Darkspace universe.
nimby|Faustus's little pet that's locked in the basement.
PB|Pitch Black, K'luth Darkspace Fleet, founded when Kamikaze Chicken defected with a group of DI members. It was almost dissolved in 2002 but soon regained its position in the ranks of Darkspace Fleets.
pcm|Proton Cruise Missile, weapon capable of doing massive damage over a wide area to a planet
pcm stacking|To gather PCMs using a Jump Cruiser to get past a planet's defence bases.
pd|Point Defence, using beams to shoot down projectiles.
permaban|A permanant ban placed on someone.
pfe|Proton Fusion Engine. An advanced drive, providing more energy than the IE Drive
port|Starport, structure used for trade
pres|Prestige
Prestige|unit for determining rank
psis|Psi Missiles/Psi Cannons
ptorps|Proton Torpedoes, stock torpedoes from UGTO ships
R33| Darkspace player, as well as Metaverse system. On 15 March 2003 the Darkspace community was informed, unfortunately, of the passing of R33, inspiring countless [RIP R33] tags. In his memory a Metaverse system was named after him in the new Metaverse.
S1|Fleet admiral server/Sirius 1, Infamous very fast moving planet in the Sirius system
sag|Sag Hothha, K'luth home planet/Sagitter, game player
shipyard|Basically, structure functioning as a jumpgate on a planet. Ship selection, however, is dependent of resources and technology level on the planet.
sig|Signature, unit for affecting visibility of ship
stack bombing|to create a bomb cloud. Used in version 1.480. Now obsolete.
rebs|The ICC
RoC|Rules of Conduct, code of conduct for DS players
roids|Asteroids, used for mining or for pushing into planets
ruptor|Disruptor, K'luth main short-range weapon
salty|ICC Assault Dreadnaught,ICC's most heavily armed ship
sd|Self-destruct, purposeful destruction of your ship
sig|Signature, unit for affecting visibility of ship
sirius|K'luth home system
tael|See Taelron.
Taelron|Darkspace Developer, known for his signature featuring the Playboy bunny logo. Not that recently a forum thread was created to spoof it, resulting in Faustus getting his own signature with the logo.
tbeam|Tractor Beams, beams which can pull or push ships and objects
tc|Torpedo Cruiser, UGTO mid-range torpedo ship
torp|Torpedo, mid-range weapon
trannie|Transport, used to transport infantry to capture planets
trans|see trannie
Ugbugs|see Bugs'n'Ugs
uggie|The UGTO
UGTO|United Galactic Trade Organization, faction forming human government
UNC|Universal News Corporation, owned by the GDI, a UGTO clan. A Darkspace fictional news provider. The UGTO terminated the GDI due to several friendly fire incidents and the UNC went with it. The remnants of the GDI in ICC Ranks now, Storm Industries, are planning to ressurrect the UNC in the future.
Universe Today, The| Name given to section of forum housing official fiction.
v|Veteran Infantry. See Infantry Ranks
va|Vice Admiral. Third highest rank in Darkspace.
vm|The Van Maanen system
wolfpack|A small squad of ships, usually between 2 and 7, consisting of mostly cruisers, dessies, and a dread or two, that conducts small disruption raids, hunts ships, or goes on border system patrol.
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Grimith
Grand Admiral
Templar Knights
Joined: August 09, 2003
Posts: 836
From: Your local future farm.
| Posted: 2004-10-23 12:32
Saw a few things that I'd like to point out.
ONE - Cyg, the short name for "Cygnus", is no longer next to CD. That changed when the new Metaverse was created.
TWO - FD, which stands for a Flux Destroyer or a Flux Dreadnought. More specifically, the Battle Dreadnought part. Now that flux waves are heavy weapons, a UGTO Battle Dreadnought can only equip two.
THREE - Kamikaze bombing is still practiced. 
---EDIT: And this is the final thing.
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1.481|The patch suppossed to change the future of Darkspace, but with a development time so long while massive imbalances still existed in 1.480B, caused the departure of several veteran Darkspace players. On 1 Sep 2004 the long-awaited version was finally released, after approximately two years of waiting.
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It makes it sound like 1.481 was released on September 1, 2004, which is incorrect. 1.482 was released on September 1, 2004. 1.481 came out earlier this year (forgot the exact date, but it can be looked up in the news).
Anyway, other than these things, GTW, you did a good job. Nice work with the terminology.
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Lawman
Fleet Admiral
Sundered Weimeriners
Joined: February 28, 2003
Posts: 276
From: New Jersey
| Posted: 2004-10-23 12:39
And four its Legion not MI...
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GTW
Cadet
Joined: November 30, 2001
Posts: 156
From: Singapore
| Posted: 2004-10-23 12:46
Everything corrected. Thanks for the feedback. I can never seem to remember all those names for the new alien race.
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