Post by: Jarhead0331 on January 01, 2010, 10:49:31 AM
S/F
Post by: Steve Walmsley on January 01, 2010, 11:12:56 AM
Quote from: "Jarhead0331"
Does one exist? The UI, menus, and tutorials use a staggering amount of abbreviations...sometimes, there is no explanation of what is being abbreviated and its not always self explanatory...if a glossary exists where is it located and if not, I hope thats something that can be put together eventually.I think the problem is that many of us have got so used to all to all the jargon and abbreviations we don't even realise when we are using them.
I'll start posting a list in this thread so if anyone has an abbreviation they need translating, post it in this thread and I will keep editing the master list contained in the next post
Steve
Post by: Steve Walmsley on January 01, 2010, 11:17:16 AM
AM: Automated Mine or Anti-matter
CF: Construction Factory
CIWS: Close in Weapon System. An automated phalanx-type system
ECCM: Electronic Counter Counter Measures. Counters the effects of ECM
ECM: Electronic Counter-measures
EM: Electromagnetic. Used for EM sensors, EM signature, etc
GB Engine: See FAC Engine
GB: Gunboat. Another term used for Fast Attack Craft (FAC)
GC: Gauss Cannon
FAC: Fast Attack Craft. In Aurora terms, usually used to refer to a small spacecraft of about 500-1000 tons that is equipped with a Fast Attack Craft Engine. Sometimes called a Gunboat
FAC Engine: Sometimes referred to as a GB Engine. This is a high-powered engine that has double the normal output but uses 10x fuel. Only one can be mounted on a spacecraft
FC: Fire Control
GFTF: Ground Forces Training Facility
HS: Hull Space. Ships are measured in hull spaces, which are 50 tons each. So a size 100 ship is 5000 tons.
HTK: Hits to Kill: How much damage is required to automatically destroy a ship system. If less damage than the HTK rating is inflicted, the chance of destruction is damage/HTK.
IFR: Incremental Failure Rate. This is the chance of a system failure on a ship during a 5-day increment. On the Ship Summary it shows the current IFR based on the ship's maintenance clock. On the Class Summary it shows the failure rate for a ship with one year on the clock.
JP: Jump point. Occasionally referred to as Warp Point
LP: Lagrange Point. An intra-system jump point found in the L5 lagrange point of super-jovians or massive gas giants (about sixty degrees behind the planet in its orbit)
MSP: Missile Size Point. The way in which the size of missiles, or the amount of space deciated to missile components, is usually described. 1 hull space (50 tons) is equal to 20 MSP. 1 MSP is equal to 1/20th of a hull space, or about 2.5 tons.
MSP: Maintenance Supply Point. MSP are used by ships to fix maintenance failures and carry out repairs.
NPR: Non-player Race. A computer-controlled Empire
OWP: Orbital Weapons Platform. Essentially a ship with no engines in orbit of a planet.
PD: Point Defense ?
PDC: Planetary Defence Centre. A base on a planetary surface. Designed in the Class Design window in a similar way to a ship. The difference is that the Type dropdown (middle top) is set to PDC instead of Ship. Built by industry rather than Shipyards
ROF: Rate of Fire
RP: Research Points
SM: Spacemaster. The referee in a multii-player game
SM Mode: Accessible via Ctrl-S on the main menu. Allows you to see and do more than you normally would as a player
SY: Shipyard
TCS: Target Cross-Section. The size of target for the purposes of active sensors
Post by: Elmo on January 01, 2010, 11:36:58 AM
PDC = ?
Just downloaded Aurora after seeing the thread at The Wargamer. Really lost right now but hopefully it will make sense soon. Thanks for what looks like a fun game.
Post by: Steve Walmsley on January 01, 2010, 11:53:21 AM
Quote from: "Elmo"
FAC = ?Fast Attack Craft and Planetary Defence Centre. I have updated the main list
PDC = ?
Just downloaded Aurora after seeing the thread at The Wargamer. Really lost right now but hopefully it will make sense soon. Thanks for what looks like a fun game.
Steve
Post by: Jarhead0331 on January 01, 2010, 01:40:25 PM
Post by: Steve Walmsley on January 01, 2010, 04:03:41 PM
Quote from: "Jarhead0331"
Thanks...and sorry for the double posts. I was confused by the approval delay and thought my initial posts got lost.No problem. The approval process is only for the first 5 posts just to make sure we don't get spam
Steve
Post by: Jarhead0331 on January 01, 2010, 07:15:10 PM
Quote from: "Steve Walmsley"
Quote from: "Jarhead0331"Thanks...and sorry for the double posts. I was confused by the approval delay and thought my initial posts got lost.No problem. The approval process is only for the first 5 posts just to make sure we don't get spam
Steve
Understandable...hopefully stupid questions don't count as spam, because with this beast of a game, I'm going to have a lot of them!
Post by: Erik L on January 01, 2010, 07:40:39 PM
Post by: Erik L on January 02, 2010, 04:54:55 AM
I've updated the wiki to include a glossary page. This page is accessible and readable as a full page. However (and this is the sweet part), if you are reading another page, and you come across a term (defined in the glossary), your mouse will change to include a ? on it. After a second or so, a tooltip pops up showing you the definition.
This is easily seen at http://aurorawiki.pentarch.org/index.ph ... sile_Ships (http://aurorawiki.pentarch.org/index.php?title=Missile_Ships) and hovering over TCS in the ship readouts.
As with a wiki, the glossary page is editable, so feel free to add to it.
Post by: Elmo on January 02, 2010, 06:09:33 AM
Can you add IFR and MSP to the glossary please?
Post by: Elmo on January 04, 2010, 09:27:44 AM
Post by: Elmo on January 04, 2010, 12:18:56 PM
and it seems to be counting down SP's so I'm guessing that is what it means.Edit - And sorry for asking this in the glossary thread but my ship completed it survey of Luna but I don't see any report specific to Luna. Do moon resources get added into the planet totals?
Post by: Jarhead0331 on January 04, 2010, 12:44:27 PM
Quote from: "Elmo"
Edit - And sorry for asking this in the glossary thread but my ship completed it survey of Luna but I don't see any report specific to Luna. Do moon resources get added into the planet totals?
I'm hardly an expert, but that data should be contained within the mineral summary sub-tab in the F2 Economics Window. someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Post by: Elmo on January 04, 2010, 02:35:11 PM
Edit - OK we did just get a successful survey on an asteroid so the others must have come up empty. Perhaps there is a report somewhere that I'm overlooking. Sorry for spamming the Glossary thread with this. Please feel free to delete my posts here is you like.
Post by: Erik L on January 04, 2010, 02:52:48 PM
Quote from: "Elmo"
Very nice work.
Can you add IFR and MSP to the glossary please?
MSP: Maintenance Supply Points. The number of supply units a ship carries for repairs.
IFR: ??
Post by: Erik L on January 04, 2010, 02:53:52 PM
Quote from: "Elmo"
Can you add HS please?
HS: Hull Space. The amount of space a particular hull has. This is the tonnage/50.
Post by: Erik L on January 04, 2010, 02:56:29 PM
Quote from: "Elmo"
I think you mean the Minerals sub tab in the System Map (which is F3). I have looked there and on the Geological Survey Report but don't see any results for Luna or a lot of asteroids that we have explored since my last post. I "assume" that means they don't contain any Trans-Newtonian minerals but I never did see any notice of success or failure from the surveys which is what has me a bit confused.
Edit - OK we did just get a successful survey on an asteroid so the others must have come up empty. Perhaps there is a report somewhere that I'm overlooking. Sorry for spamming the Glossary thread with this. Please feel free to delete my posts here is you like.
SP does mean Survey Points.
Hit F9 and look on the front tab. Planetary bodies will have an M or S in the first column. The M signifies the presence of minerals (click the line to see what all is there), and S signifies a survey has been conducted, but no minerals are present.
Post by: Elmo on January 04, 2010, 03:10:44 PM
Also, I saw IFR somewhere but can't recall where now. Being a private pilot it means I Follow Roads to me but assume it has some other meaning in the game.
Post by: Erik L on January 04, 2010, 03:19:18 PM
Quote from: "Elmo"
Thanks Erik.
Also, I saw IFR somewhere but can't recall where now. Being a private pilot it means I Follow Roads to me but assume it has some other meaning in the game.
It's on the ship displays, next to the annual failure rate. I think it means something like individual failure rate, but not certain at all.
Post by: sloanjh on January 04, 2010, 04:09:54 PM
Quote from: "Elmo"
I think you mean the Minerals sub tab in the System Map (which is F3). I have looked there and on the Geological Survey Report but don't see any results for Luna or a lot of asteroids that we have explored since my last post. I "assume" that means they don't contain any Trans-Newtonian minerals but I never did see any notice of success or failure from the surveys which is what has me a bit confused.
Edit - OK we did just get a successful survey on an asteroid so the others must have come up empty. Perhaps there is a report somewhere that I'm overlooking. Sorry for spamming the Glossary thread with this. Please feel free to delete my posts here is you like.
Look on the system screen (F9, or open the galaxy map F11 and double-click on the system you want). Every body in the system will have a survey state; IIRC they are "-" for unsurveyed, "S" for surveyed and no minerals found, and "M" for surveyed and minerals found.
John
Post by: Elmo on January 04, 2010, 06:04:52 PM
Post by: Steve Walmsley on January 05, 2010, 09:42:32 AM
Quote from: "Elmo"
Does SP = Survey Points? Got my first Geo survey ship to Luna (one small step for Elmo)SP is survey points and the number counting down is the survey points remaining. Not every planet has minerals. If there are any, you should see the report in the Events log (Ctrl-F3). No report = no minerals. You can check the minerals for the current system on the Minerals tab of the Sidebar in the System Map. Also try the Geographical Survey Report (using the icon on the System map) on which you can do searches for all of known space.
Edit - And sorry for asking this in the glossary thread but my ship completed it survey of Luna but I don't see any report specific to Luna. Do moon resources get added into the planet totals?
Steve
Post by: ShadoCat on January 05, 2010, 05:51:30 PM
Quote from: "Elmo"
Thanks Erik.
Also, I saw IFR somewhere but can't recall where now. Being a private pilot it means I Follow Roads to me but assume it has some other meaning in the game.
I was thinking about the same lines since I don't recall seeing IFR in the program. BTW, you really shouldn't rely on the iron compass when in the soup....
Though thinking about it, maybe there should be a VFR combat option. "Hold fire until you can see the whites of their maneuvering thrusters!" That would be a furball....
Post by: Steve Walmsley on January 06, 2010, 03:13:04 PM
Quote from: "ShadoCat"
IFR is Incremental Failure Rate. It is on the maintenance line in the class/ship summary and is the chance of a system failure in any single 5-day incrementQuote from: "Elmo"Thanks Erik.
Also, I saw IFR somewhere but can't recall where now. Being a private pilot it means I Follow Roads to me but assume it has some other meaning in the game.
I was thinking about the same lines since I don't recall seeing IFR in the program. BTW, you really shouldn't rely on the iron compass when in the soup....
Though thinking about it, maybe there should be a VFR combat option. "Hold fire until you can see the whites of their maneuvering thrusters!" That would be a furball....
Steve
Post by: Elmo on January 06, 2010, 09:00:27 PM
Post by: Brian Neumann on January 06, 2010, 09:09:32 PM
Quote from: "Elmo"
What is CIWS? Thanks.It is Close in Weapon System.
The way Steve has it set up it is a self contained point defense gauss cannon turret. It mounts two gauss cannon with a 50% base to hit chance, beam fire control and an active sensor to detect missiles, and if you want eccm as well. All of it is shrunk down to a system that is 6-8 hull size total. It only defends the mounting ship against missiles however, it will not protect any other ships, nor can it be used against an enemy ship. It is very handy for a backup point defense, especially on missile ships which don't have the tonnage for a regular point defense set up. As a basic point defense setup would otherwise be at least 4hs for the fire control, .5hs for the active sensor, and between 3-6hs for the weapon in a turret. Even on beam ships it is not a bad idea to put one or two on as they are totally self-contained and a lucky hit on your point defense fire control does not leave you defenceless against missile attacks
Brian
Post by: Steve Walmsley on January 07, 2010, 04:21:44 AM
Quote from: "Elmo"
What is CIWS? Thanks.Close in Weapon System. Here is the thread that describes it:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1691 (http://aurora.pentarch.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1691)
Steve
Post by: Elmo on January 07, 2010, 04:56:11 AM
Edit - OK after reading about CIWS can you also include the following in the Glossary. Some of these are pretty obvious but might be worth adding anyway.
GC = Gauss Canon ?
ROF - Rate of Fire
ECCM = Electronic Counter Counter Measures
PD = Point Defense ?
FC = Fire Control ?
RP = Resource Points ?
Post by: Steve Walmsley on January 07, 2010, 05:04:17 AM
Quote from: "Elmo"
Thanks guys.Added all these. RP Is Research Points, unless you have seen it somewhere else in a context where that doesn't sound right
Edit - OK after reading about CIWS can you also include the following in the Glossary. Some of these are pretty obvious but might be worth adding anyway.
GC = Gauss Canon ?
ROF - Rate of Fire
ECCM = Electronic Counter Counter Measures
PD = Point Defense ?
FC = Fire Control ?
RP = Resource Points ?
Steve
Post by: Elmo on January 07, 2010, 05:35:15 AM
Post by: AndonSage on April 09, 2010, 12:53:15 AM
Post by: The Shadow on April 09, 2010, 02:19:19 AM
Quote from: "AndonSage"
What's OWP? Off-World Platform?
I've been assuming (without hard evidence) that it stands for Orbital Weapon Platform.
You can't assume we know this stuff when you answer our questions, guys!
Post by: AndonSage on April 09, 2010, 04:07:43 AM
Quote from: "The Shadow"
Before I asked the question, I did do a search on OWP, and nothing came up. Which is why I asked here. But then I found this post (http://aurora.pentarch.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1834) (while searching on something else, actually), and OWP appears to indeed be Orbital Weapon Platform. Thing is, doing a search on OWP doesn't bring up anything.Quote from: "AndonSage"What's OWP? Off-World Platform?
I've been assuming (without hard evidence) that it stands for Orbital Weapon Platform.
You can't assume we know this stuff when you answer our questions, guys!
It appears the search function does not like words below a certain length (certainly not a 3-character length), and it doesn't like any punctuation, e.g. VB.NET (a search on that brings up nothing, even when I know there are messages with VB.NET in them). I wonder if it's possible to mention this in the search screen?
I added OWP to the wiki Glossary (http://aurorawiki.pentarch.org/index.php?title=Glossary), but I don't know how to make it show a tooltip.
Post by: Steve Walmsley on April 13, 2010, 01:44:23 PM
Steve
Post by: Shaostoul on December 08, 2010, 09:54:31 PM
-Research Tab-
Right now I'm stuck on Add RL and Remove RL and how it works. I'm assuming this is meaning Research Labs.
-GUI Training-
TP I am assuming means Training Points.
Side question. . .
Is there a tutorial explaining the industry better? I read all the tutorials in the 12 Tutorials section, but it's all a bit vague still.
Post by: Sheb on January 04, 2011, 10:39:10 AM
TP does mean training points. Each facility produce 100 of them a year.
Post by: Thiosk on March 12, 2011, 03:15:51 PM
. . . construction factory?
Post by: sloanjh on March 12, 2011, 03:21:13 PM
I saw mentioned in the tips for new players thread the abbreviation "CF"
. . . construction factory?
Probably.
John
Post by: bobterrius on July 11, 2011, 08:00:44 PM
Post by: sloanjh on July 11, 2011, 08:45:01 PM
What is the means of PPV in the class design sheet?
Protection Point Valuen (or something like that). You planetary populations demand protection when they get above a certain size. This is how much one unit of that class will contribute.
John
Post by: forgottenlord on July 13, 2011, 02:37:09 PM
Experience will teach you to build FARPs. I usually build them in systems 3 jumps from home along the chains. Further FARPs are built 3 jumps from the previous ring, etc.
And a FARP can be anything that supplies. A couple of fuel harvesters marked as tankers make a good fuel resupply point.
FARP = ?
Post by: Brian Neumann on July 13, 2011, 02:42:16 PM
FARP = ?Forward Area Refueling Point. Extend this to any place you have set up for ships to refuel especially. Hopefully if it near a combat front then a place that not only has fuel but maintenance and some missiles. If I have a big empire with multiple fronts I will often establish one of these near the front and use obslete missiles in it's stockpile. This way they can rearm in an emergency but I don't worry about the missile stockpile falling into enemy hands either as they are out of date.
Brian
Post by: Erik L on July 13, 2011, 04:25:08 PM
Forward Area Refueling Point. Extend this to any place you have set up for ships to refuel especially. Hopefully if it near a combat front then a place that not only has fuel but maintenance and some missiles. If I have a big empire with multiple fronts I will often establish one of these near the front and use obslete missiles in it's stockpile. This way they can rearm in an emergency but I don't worry about the missile stockpile falling into enemy hands either as they are out of date.I'dve said "Forward Area Resupply Point" as you tend to do more than refuel. :)
Brian
Post by: Charlie Beeler on July 14, 2011, 08:01:16 AM
I'dve said "Forward Area Resupply Point" as you tend to do more than refuel. :)
From my days in attack helicopter operations.... Forward Arming and Refueling Point.
Post by: liveware on June 18, 2020, 08:25:26 PM
MSP == Maintenance Supply Points != Missile Size Points
Ordnance transfer systems are for transferring missiles and are rated in MSP per hour.
Ships have a MSP requirement and require maintenance supplies to function properly.
Missile supply points are not interchangeable with maintenance supply points.
Post by: Droll on June 18, 2020, 08:44:32 PM
Post by: Mitchell on August 16, 2020, 03:32:40 PM
What is “GPS” as in
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MK I Light Cruiser Active Augur Array (1) GPS 7200 Range 52.8m km Resolution 120?And “DCR” as in
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Dauntless class Light Cruiser 15,000 tons 457 Crew 2,178.8 BP TCS 300 TH 1,500 EM 0 5000 km/s Armour 6-54 Shields 0-0 HTK 92 Sensors 5/6/0/0 DCR 12 PPV 72?Thanks!
Post by: Steve Walmsley on August 16, 2020, 05:41:15 PM
Starting to figure enough out to play and am having lots of fun. Reading the fiction threads / AAR’s if helping but not knowing many of the acronyms is slowing me down. Sure wish the Search function worked for these things.
What is “GPS” as inCode: [Select]MK I Light Cruiser Active Augur Array (1) GPS 7200 Range 52.8m km Resolution 120?
And “DCR” as inCode: [Select]Dauntless class Light Cruiser 15,000 tons 457 Crew 2,178.8 BP TCS 300 TH 1,500 EM 0 5000 km/s Armour 6-54 Shields 0-0 HTK 92 Sensors 5/6/0/0 DCR 12 PPV 72?
Thanks!
GPS is the strength of the active sensor emissions for detection purposes. I can't actually remember what it stands for :)
DCR is damage control rating.
Post by: Iceranger on August 16, 2020, 06:58:12 PM
GPS = Gravitational Pulse Strength?Starting to figure enough out to play and am having lots of fun. Reading the fiction threads / AAR’s if helping but not knowing many of the acronyms is slowing me down. Sure wish the Search function worked for these things.
What is “GPS” as inCode: [Select]MK I Light Cruiser Active Augur Array (1) GPS 7200 Range 52.8m km Resolution 120?
And “DCR” as inCode: [Select]Dauntless class Light Cruiser 15,000 tons 457 Crew 2,178.8 BP TCS 300 TH 1,500 EM 0 5000 km/s Armour 6-54 Shields 0-0 HTK 92 Sensors 5/6/0/0 DCR 12 PPV 72?
Thanks!
GPS is the strength of the active sensor emissions for detection purposes. I can't actually remember what it stands for :)
DCR is damage control rating.