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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 (moves the Station kits) | | TP | Transport Personnel/Passenger |
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 |
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 |
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 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
GIRE | Impulse Ray Emitter | PAC
APAC
BPAC
GPAC | Particle Accelerator Cannon | HEPT
AHEPT
BHEPT
GHEPT | High-Energy Plasma Thrower | PPC
APPC
BPPC
GPPC | Photon Pulse Cannon | PSG
APSG
BPSG
GPSG | Phased Shockwave Generator | ID
IonD | Ion Disruptor | | MD | Mass Driver | | 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 | | 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.
1MW
5MW
25MW
125MW | Shields | | AdvSat | Advanced Satellite | | NavSat | Navigation Relay Satellite | | JD | Jump Drive | | MARS | Motion Analysis Relay System (not used in X²) | | SETA | Singularity Engine Time Accelerator | ST
UT | Sector/Universe Trader (Trade Command Software Mk3 commands) | AEGIS
BPH
SDS | Additional upgrades available when the Bonus Pack is installed |
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 | | HEN | Hull Eating Nebula | | 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) | | SEN | Shield Eating Nebula | | SON | Sensor Obscuring Nebula | | UO | Unknown Object | | UFO | Unidentified Flying Object | | XI | Xenon Invasion (a mission type) |
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