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A TLA is a Three Letter Acronym. Not all the acronyms used have three letters, of course!
Ship Classes
Ships are divided into classes according to their purpose. Each race has one type of ship in eacg class.
M0 Battleship class ships
M1 Carrier class ships
M2 Destroyer/Cruiser class ships
M3 Heavy fighter class ships
M4 Medium fighter class ships
M5 Scout class ships
M6 Corvette class ships
TS Transport Ship
TL Transport Large (can transport Station kits)
TP Transport Personnel/Passenger
Note: The description Cruiser is used by some players for M2 class ships and by others for M6 class ships
Ship Variants
For ships smaller than an M2, each race has some variants of the basic ship types. Not all races have all variants available to buy at ship yards, and some don't even exist in a normal game. Fighters (M3/M4/M5) have up to 4 variants, typically having the following characteristics, though there is some variation so these rules do not always hold.
Raider Faster, less shielding and less cargo
Vanguard Faster, sometimes less shielding, sometimes better weapons
Hauler Slower, more cargo space
Sentinel Slower, more shielding, sometimes less cargo space
Small freighters (TS) also have variants, again depending on race and again with not all variants being available for all ships.
Hauler Slower, more shielding, more cargo space
Miner Slower, more shielding, more cargo space
Tanker Slower, more shielding, more cargo space
Tanker
(larger version) Even slower, more shielding, more cargo space
Super-freighter
SF Even slower, more shielding, more cargo space
Super-freighter
(larger version) Even slower again, even more shielding, even more cargo space
Ship Equipment Levels
When buying a ship at a shipyard, different models are available with different levels of equipment. Not to be confused these with cargo classes.
S No weapons, minium shielding
M Basic weapons, medium shielding
L Maximum weapons, maximum sheilds
Ship Nicknames
A few ships have standard nicknames. Examples include "Oddy" for Odysseus and "Ellie" for Elephant.
Cargo Classes
Classes of cargo that a ship may, or may not, be able to carry. Not to be confused with ship equipment levels.
S Small
M Medium
L Large
XL Extra Large
ST Station
Each trade ware has a cargo class and takes up a specific amount of ship cargo-hold, for example one unit of Rastar Oil takes up 6 units of space in M class containers, a unit of Argnu takes up 4 units in S class containers, and an Ore Mine takes 8000 units in ST class containers.
Weapons
Weapons are divided into types. Each type has a version, indicating the strength of that weapon. Most weapon types have several variants: Alpha, Beta and occasionally Gamma. The Alpha costs the least, has the fastest fire rate and uses the least energy, but does the least damage. The Gamma variant is the most expensive, slow firing and energy-draining, but does the most damage. Unsurprisingly, the Beta variant is somewhere between the two. The variants are normally abbreviated to A, B and G and added as a prefix to the laser name abbreviation.
IRE
AIRE
BIRE Impulse Ray Emitter
PAC
APAC
BPAC Particle Accelerator Cannon
HEPT
AHEPT
BHEPT High-Energy Plasma Thrower
FAA
FLAK
AFAA
AFLAK
BFAA
BFLAK Flak Artillery Array
PBE
APBE
BPBE Pulsed Beam Emitter
PPC
APPC
BPPC
GPPC Photon Pulse Cannon
PSG
APSG
BPSG
GPSG Phased Shockwave Generator
KYON
AKYON
BKYON
GKYON Kyon Emitter (Kha'ak ships only)
ID
IonD Ion Disruptor
MD Mass Driver
TB Tractor Beam
LT Laser Tower
FD Fighter Drone
Stations
There are many different types of space stations in the game, but only a few types have commonly-used abbreviations.
EQ
EqD
ED Equipment Dock
GT Goner Temple
OM
SM Ore/Silicon Mine
PAP Pirate Anarchy Port
PB Pirate Base
PHQ Player Headquarters
TCHQ TerraCorp Headquarters
TD
TS Trading Dock/Station
SPP Solar Power Plant
Equipment
These are a few of the many kinds of equipment that can be used, either to equip a ship or to be deployed from one.
1MJ
5MJ
25MJ
125MJ
1GJ
10GJ Sheilds
AdvSat Advanced Satellite
NavSat Navigation Relay Satellite
JD Jump Drive
MARS Motion Analysis Relay System (not used in X³)
SETA Singularity Engine Time Accelerator
ST
UT Sector/Universe Trader (Trade Command Software Mk3 commands)
Some additional upgrades are also available when the Bonus Pack is installed.
AB After Burner
CAG Commercial Agent
CLS Commodity Logistics Software
DM Dockware Manager
MDM Missile Defence Mosquito
MTC Manual Trade Commands
RTD Remote Transporter Device
SM Station Manager
Sectors
A few of the space sectors in the game also have common abbreviations.
AB Akeela's Beacon
AP Argon Prime
BHS Black Hole Sun
CBNW
CBSW
CBSE Cloudbase North West/South West/South East
GF Getsu Fune
KE Kingdom End
IZ Ianamus Zura
NH Nyana's Hideout
OB Ore Belt
OL Omicron Lyrae
PE President's End
PP Paranid Prime
UES Unknown Enemy Sector
General
And finally a few miscellaneous items.
AI Artificial Intelligence (usually refers to the computer's ships)
AL Artificial Life
BBS Bulletin Board System
Cap slang term for capturing other ships
CTD Crash To Desktop
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival (used in ship menus)
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
GOD Global Decision Engine
HUD Heads Up Display
[L] You have a Police Licence with the race the letter appears next to
NPC Non Player Character
OOS Out of Sector (i.e. a sector you are not personally in)
OOSD Out of Sector Defence (defence of the above)
SE Script Editor
UO Unknown Object
UES Unknown Enemy Sector
UFO Unidentified Flying Object
US Unknown Sector
XI
XIM Xenon Invasion (a mission type)
XT
XTM Xenon Transport (another mission type)
If you see an abbreviation that is not listed here then it may be a standard abbreviation with common online use in forums. Sites such as Acronym Finder or AbbreviationZ may be useful in such cases.
further abbreviations you can find here.
