Acronyms

This is a glossary of commonly used acronyms and abbreviations in Star Citizen.

0-1

• 07 - Salute, normally o7
• 30k - 30k error
• 9T - Nine Tails

A

• A18 - Area18
• AC - Arena Commander
• ADS - Aim Down Sight
• AFK - Away from Keyboard
• AG - Auto Gimbal
• AP - Armor-Piercing
• ASOP - Automated Ship Organization Program
• ATC - Air Traffic Control
• ATLS - Assisted Transport and Loading System
• ATV - Around the Verse
• AU - Astronomical Unit
• aUEC - Alpha United Earth Credit

B

• BDSSE - Best Damn Space Sim Ever
• BMM - Banu Merchantman
• BP - Baijini Point, or Blueprint
• BTR - Buggy Track Racing
• BUK - Battlefield Upgrade Kit

C

• CC - Citizen Card
• CDF - Civilian Defense Force
• CFP - Citizens for Prosperity
• CI / CIG - Cloud Imperium Games, sometimes Cloud Imperium
• CIWS - Close-In Weapon System
• CR - Chris Roberts
• CRU - Crusader
• CCU - Cross Chassis Upgrade
• CS - CrimeStat or Cross-Section (signature)
• CSE - Central Standard Earth Time
• CO / CNOU - Consolidated Outland

D

• DAU - Daily Active Users, see player count
• DOAS - Death Of A Spaceman
• DPS - Damage Per Second
• DSM - Dynamic Server Meshing
• DGS - Dedicated Gaming Server

E

• ECN - Emergency Communication Network
• EEP - Eastern Expansion Program
• EH - Everus Harbor
• EM - Electromagnetic
• EMP - Electromagnetic pulse
• EMU - Extravehicular Mobility Unit
• EPTU - Experimental Public Test Universe
• ESP - Enhanced Stick Precision
• EVA - Extravehicular Activity
• EVO - Evocati

F

• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
• FF - Free Fly
• F&F - Fire and Forget, for missiles
• FOIP - Face Over Internet Protocol
• FPS -First-person shooter, or Frames per second, or Feet per second
• FTC - For the Chairman
• FW - Fleet Week, incorrect naming of Invictus Launch Week

G

• GH - Grim HEX
• GIB - Give
• GLHF - Good Luck Have Fun
• GM - Geodesic Marker, or Gigameter. A unit of length or distance in the metric system that equals to 1,000,000 kilometers.

H

• HAB - Habitation Unit
• HC- Hardcore
• HE - High Explosive
• HDMS - Hurston Dynamics Mining Station
• HH - Hammerhead
• HOSAS - Hands on Stick and Stick
• HOTAS - Hands on Throttle and Stick
• HUD - Heads-Up Display

I

• IAE - Intergalactic Aerospace Expo
• IC - Issue Council
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• IFCS - Intelligent Flight Control System
• IFW - Invictus Fleet Week
• IG - In game
• IJTS - Is Jump Town Safe
• ILW - Invictus Launch Week
• INB - Imperial Naval Base
• INS - Inertial Navigation System
• IR - Infrared
• IRL - In Real Life
• ISC - Inside Star Citizen
• ITTS - Improved Target Tracking System

J

• JP - Jump Point, sometimes Jump Point magazine.
• JT - Jumptown

K

• KRF - Klescher Rehabilitation Facility

L

• LAMP - Light Amplification System
• LOS - Line-of-Sight
• LP - Lagrange Point
• LTI - Lifetime Insurance
• LZ - Landing Zone

M

• MFD - Multifunctional Display
• MISC - Musashi Industrial and Starflight Concern
• MM - Megameter. A unit of length or distance in the metric system that equals to 1,000 kilometers.
• MOLE - Multi-Operator Laser Extractor
• MPUV - Multi-Purpose Utility Vehicle
• MSR - Mercury Star Runner
• MT - MicroTech (planet)
• MTD - Meet the Devs

N

• N/A - Not Applicable
• NB - New Babbage
• NDA - Non Disclosure Agreement, in regards to evocati, PTU or developers
• NPC - Non-player character / Non-playable character
• NT - Nine Tails

O

• O7 / o7 - salute, the o is the head and the 7 is the hand doing a military salute
• OLP - Orbital Laser Platform
• OM-1 / OM-2 / OM-3... - Orbital Marker
• OP - Original Poster or Overpowered
• ORG - Organization
• OCS - Object Container Streaming. Allows the game to dynamically bind/unbind entities via the streaming system.

P

• P2W - Pay to Win
• PES - Persistent Entity Streaming
• PK - Player Killer
• PMA - Personal Manager App
• POI - Point of Interest
• PO - Port Olisar
• POV - Point Of View
• PTV - Personal Transport Vehicle
• PvA - Player vs All
• PvE - Player vs Environment
• PvP - Player vs Player
• PT - Port Tressler
• PTT - Push-to-Talk
• PTU - Public Test Universe
• PU - Persistent Universe

Q

• QA - Quality Assurance
• QD - Quantum Drive
• QED - Quantum Enforcement Device
• QoL -Quality of Life
• QF - Quantum Fuel
• QT - Quantum Travel

R

• RAFT - Reinforced Advanced Freight Transport
• REC - Rental Equipment Credits
• RL - Replication Layer
• RIO - Radar Intercept Officer
• ROC - Remote Ore Collector
• ROC-DS - Remote Ore Collector – Dual Seat
• ROF - Rate of Fire
• RSI - Roberts Space Industries in lore or Roberts Space Industries publisher or Roberts Space Industries website
• RSVP - Répondez s'il vous plaît (meaning respond, if you please)
• RM - Roadmap
• RMC - Recycled Material Composite
• RMQ - Replication message queue. How the replication layer communicates information between the shards in preparation for handling server meshing.
• RMT - Real Money Trading, sometimes Rear Market Trading or Real Money Transations, refers to grey market trading
• RP - Roleplay
• R&R - Rest & Relax

S

• S42 - Squadron 42
• SC - Star Citizen
• SCU - Standard Cargo Unit
• SCM - Space Combat Maneuvering
• SED - Standard Earth Day
• SEH - Standard Earth Hour
• SEY - Standard Earth Year
• SET - Standard Earth Time
• SHI - Standard Hull Insurance
• SM - Server Meshing or Star Marine
• Snub - "Snub" ships entirely dependent on a parent ship to operate across extended areas. Also known as "parasite craft".
• SPK - Security Post Kareah
• SQ42 - Squadron 42
• Sub - Subscriber or Subscription
• SOCS - Side Object Container Streaming
• SSOCS - Server Side Object Container Streaming
• SRV - Standard Recovery Vehicle
• STV - Sport Terrain Vehicle
• S1 / S2 / S3... - Size 1 / Size 2 / Size 3

T

• TDD - Trade & Development Division
• TOW - Theaters of War
• TTK - Time to Kill
• TVI - Total Velocity Indicator

U

• UEC - United Earth Credit
• UEE - United Empire of Earth
• UEEN - United Empire of Earth Navy
• UGF - Underground Facility (e.g. Bunkers)
• UI - User Interface
• UNE - United Nations of Earth
• UPE - United Planets of Earth

V

• VDU - Video Display Unit
• VMA - Vehicle Manager App
• VTOL - Vertical Take-Off and Landing

W

• WC - Wing Commander rank, sometimes Wing Commander games.
• Whale - player who spent a lot of cash
• WTB - Want to Buy
• WTR - Want to Rent
• WTS - Want to Sell
• WTT - Want to Trade

X

• XT - XenoThreat

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