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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 with cargo classes.
| S | No weapons, minimum shielding | | M | Basic weapons, medium shielding | | L | Maximum weapons, maximum shields |
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 | Shields | | 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.
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