Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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B
- Batts: Shield batteries; used to regenerate a ship's shield instantaneously.
- Bots: Nanobots; used to regenerate a ship's hull integrity instantaneously.
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C
- CB: Cannonball; the most damaging non-tracking missile in Freelancer.
- CD: Cruise Disruptors
- Client: Refers to what users run while playing the game (Freelancer.exe). It is the game itself.
- CM: Countermeasures
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E
- E-Kill: Engine kill; refers to a specific key which completely cuts off a ship's engine while leaving it drifting in space. In engine kill mode, the ship will continue moving in the same direction even if the ship is turned to face somewhere else; it will slow down over time.
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F
- Fluff: Lore; refers to the background story elements that compose the game's setting.
- FL: short name for FreeLancer.
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G
- GLS: Global List Server; the server that takes data from all existing and online Freelancer servers and lists them so a player can see them when using the Internet servers list. See GLS.
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L
- Lag: Standard computer network term. See Wikipedia's entry on Lag.
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M
- Mod/Modding: Short for "modification"; refers to an alteration of the game's data and logic files which modify its behavior, content and general appearance into something else.
- MP: Multiplayer; see Multiplayer.
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N
- Nomies: Nomads; the main enemy in the storyline.
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P
- PvP : Player versus Player; refers to combat between two or more players.
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Q
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R
- Red Lag: See Lag in this glossary for more information. "Red" means the lag is severe and points to the color of the lag notification icon in the game.
- RP : Roleplay(ing); the act of playing a role, usually including writing fictional stories on forums and/or interacting with other players while in a role on a server.
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S
- SP: Singleplayer or Server Police; see SP.
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T
- Torps: Short hand for Torpedoes.
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U
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V
- Valk: Valkyrie; one of the Rheinland ships in the game.
- Vanilla: Refers to the unmodified, out-of-the-box experience, including its lore, gameplay and features.
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W
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X
- Xfer: Transfer; refers to two players engaging in an exchange of goods through the appropriate dialog. Often also refers to one player requiring help to transfer goods between two of his/her own characters.
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Y
- Yellow Lag: See Lag in this glossary for more information. "Yellow" means the lag is moderate and points to the color of the lag notification icon in the game.
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