GPS: Galactic or Global Positioning System. An armed, medium-sized, medium range spaceship. Example: 'Use the fore camera to aim the railgun.'įlip-and-Burn: n. It relies on Remote Control, Artificial Intelligence, or Autopilot.įore: adj. An unmanned vehicle engineered to perform a scientific, military, or civilian task without the presence of a pilot. Example: 'We lost the dorsal turrets in the attack'.ĭrone: n. Example: 'Reverse the distal piston!'ĭorsal: adj. Of two subgrid blocks, the one further away from the main grid. A game mode where players can build without material cost, shoot without ammo, and they cannot die. An expert exploit using the unintended side-effects of game physics glitches to accellerate and steer a spaceship, instead of using thrusters.Ĭreative Mode: n. Examples: As a noun, “My hangar doors have become an offering to almighty Klang”, or as a verb, “My refuelling arm clanged out”.Ĭlang Drive: n. The last sound an engineer hears before meeting their lord and destructor, and in extension, the name of the invisible higher power in game. The smallest size of fast attack spacecraft.Ĭlang: v, n. The cabin from which the pilot steers the spaceship.Ĭorvette: n. To brake, switch Dampers back on and possibly do a 'flip-and-burn'.Ĭockpit: n.

Accelerate the spaceship (or jetpack) to travel speed, stop burning, switch off Inertial Dampers, and use inertia to drift at constant speed towards the target.

A medium-range fuel-saving transfer manoeuvre in space. The activation of one or more thrusters.Ĭoast: v. The cabin in a large spaceship from where the captain oversees the vessel and commands the crew.īurn: v, n. The parking place of a starship in a hangar the astronaut’s bed in the crew cabin.īridge: n. Can be made up of ice, rock, or ores.īerth: n. Clusters of small non-round planet-like objects on a stable shared orbit inside a star system. Short for Artificial Intelligence, a means of making drone ships and turrets act autonomously.Īsteroids: n. Example: 'I need an aft camera to dock this ship.'ĪI: adj, n.

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