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= See also =
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=See also=
 
* [[:Category:Terminology]]
 
* [[:Category:Terminology]]
 
* [[Species]] - [[:Category:Species]]
 
* [[Species]] - [[:Category:Species]]
 
* [[Factions]] - [[:Category:Faction]]
 
* [[Factions]] - [[:Category:Faction]]
 
* etc...
 
* etc...
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= A =
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=A=
[[Terminology:Aera|Aera]] | [[Terminology:Artificial Intelligence|AI]] | [[Terminology:Ancients|Ancients]] | Andolians | [[Terminology:Antimatter|Antimatter]] | [[Terminology:Antimatter Weapons|Antimatter Weapons]] | [[Terminology:Aristocracy|Aristocracy]] | [[Terminology:Artificial Gravity|Artificial Gravity]] | [[Terminology:Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] | [[Terminology:Autotracking|Autotracking]]
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[[Terminology:Aera|Aera]] |
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[[Terminology:Aeran_Merchant_Marine|Aeran Merchant Marine]] |
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[[Terminology:Artificial Intelligence|AI]]{{Reference}} |
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[[Terminology:Ancients|Ancients]] |
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[[Terminology:Andolians|Andolians]] |
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[[Terminology:Antimatter|Antimatter]] |
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[[Terminology:Antimatter Weapons|Antimatter Weapons]] |
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[[Terminology:Aristocracy|Aristocracy]] |
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[[Terminology:Artificial Gravity|Artificial gravity]] |
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[[Terminology:Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] |
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[[Terminology:Autotracking|Autotracking]]
  
= B =
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=B=
[[Bzbr (faction)]], [[Bzbr (species)]]
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[[Terminology:Bantam|Bantam]] |
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[[Terminology:Bzbr|Bzbr]] |
  
= C =
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=C=
[[Terminology:Cloaking|Cloaking]] | Cloaking Device | [[Terminology:Communication (Insystem/Interstellar)|Communication (Insystem/Interstellar)]]
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[[Terminology:Cherryh Mercantile Trust|Cherryh Mercantile Trust (CMT)]] |
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[[Specific installation:Cherryh station|Cherryh station]] |
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[[Terminology:Cloaking (device)|Cloaking (device)]] |
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[[Terminology:Communication (Insystem/Interstellar)|Communication (Insystem/Interstellar)]] |
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[[Terminology:Credits|Credits]] |
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[[Terminology:Cult of the devourer|Cult of the devourer]] |
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[[Terminology:Cyborg|Cyborg]]
  
= D =
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=D=
Dgn | [[Terminology:Disruptor Weapons|Disruptor Weapons]]
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[[Terminology:Democracy|Democracy]] |
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[[Terminology:Dgn|Dgn]] |
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[[Terminology:Disruptor Weapons|Disruptor Weapons]]
  
= E =
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=E=
[[Terminology:Earth|Earth]] | [[Terminology:Electronic Counter Measures|ECM]] | [[Terminology:Electronic Counter Measures|Electronic Counter Measures]] | [[Terminology:Entertainment|Entertainment]]
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[[Terminology:Earth|Earth]] |
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[[Terminology:Earth standard years|Earth standard years]] |
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[[Terminology:Electronic Counter Measures|ECM]]{{Reference}} |
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[[Terminology:Electronic Counter Measures|Electronic Counter Measures]] |
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[[Terminology:Entertainment|Entertainment]] |
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[[Terminology:Eugenics|Eugenics]]
  
= F =
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=F=
[[Terminology:Flak|Flak]] | [[Terminology:Flak Weapons|Flak Weapons]] | Forsaken | [[Terminology:FTL travel|FTL travel]] | [[Terminology:Fusion (Nuclear-)|Fusion (Nuclear-)]] | [[Terminology:Fusion Weapons|Fusion Weapons]]
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[[Terminology:Flak|Flak]] |
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[[Terminology:Flak Weapons|Flak Weapons]] |
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[[Terminology:Forsaken|Forsaken]] |
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[[Terminology:FTL travel|FTL travel]] |
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[[Terminology:Fuel|Fuel]] |
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[[Terminology:Fusion (Nuclear-)|Fusion (Nuclear-)]] |
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[[Terminology:Fusion Weapons|Fusion Weapons]]
  
= G =
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=G=
[[Terminology:Gauss|Gauss]] | [[Terminology:Gauss Weapons|Gauss Weapons]] | [[Terminology:Gravity|Gravity]]
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[[Terminology:Gauss|Gauss]] |
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[[Terminology:Gauss Weapons|Gauss Weapons]] |
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[[Terminology:Gravity|Gravity]] |
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[[Terminology:Gravity well|Gravity well]]
  
= H =
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=H=
[[Terminology:Heat Seeking Technology|Heat Seeking Technology]] | High Born | [[Terminology:Humanity|Humanity]] | Hunters
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[[Terminology:Heat Seeking Technology|Heat Seeking Technology]] |
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[[Specific installation:Hephaestus|Hephaestus]] |
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[[Terminology:Highborn|Highborn]] |
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[[Terminology:Hoffman's blobs|Hoffman's blobs]] |
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[[Terminology:Humanity|Humanity]] |
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[[Terminology:Hunter|Hunter]]
  
= I =
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=I=
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[[Terminology:Identification Friend or Foe|Identification Friend or Foe]] |
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[[Terminology:Identification Friend or Foe|IFF]]{{Reference}} |
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[[Terminology:Image Recognition Technology|Image Recognition Technology]] |
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[[Terminology:Inertial Compensators|Inertial Compensators]] |
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[[Terminology:ITTS|Intertial Targeting and Tracking System]]{{Reference}} |
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[[Terminology:Insystem Jump|Insystem Jump]] |
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[[Terminology:Insystem Travel (Normal)|Insystem Travel (Normal)]] |
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Insystem Travel (Highspeed) <small>-> SPEC</small> |
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[[Terminology:Interstellar Travel|Interstellar Travel]] |
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[[Terminology:Interstellar Travel|Interstellar Warp Transit]]{{Reference}} |
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[[Terminology:Ion|Ion]] |
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[[Terminology:Ion Weapons|Ion Weapons]] |
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[[Terminology:ISO|ISO]] |
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[[Terminology:ITTS|ITTS]]
  
[[Terminology:Identification Friend or Foe|Identification Friend or Foe]] | [[Terminology:Identification Friend or Foe|IFF]] | [[Terminology:Image Recognition Technology|Image Recognition Technology]] | [[Terminology:Inertial Compensators|Inertial Compensators]] | [[Terminology:Insystem Jump|Insystem Jump]] | [[Terminology:Insystem Travel (Normal)|Insystem Travel (Normal)]] | Insystem Travel (Highspeed) <small>-> SPEC</small> | [[Terminology:Intertial Targeting and Tracking System|Intertial Targeting and Tracking System]] | [[Terminology:Interstellar Travel|Interstellar Travel]] | [[Terminology:Interstellar Travel|Interstellar Warp Transit]] | [[Terminology:Ion|Ion]] | [[Terminology:Ion Weapons|Ion Weapons]] | ISO | [[Terminology:Intertial Targeting and Tracking System|ITTS]]
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=J=
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[[Terminology:Jump|Jump]] | [[Terminology:Jump Drive|Jump Drive]] | [[Terminology:Jump Point|Jump Point]]
  
= J =
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=K=
[[Terminology:Jump|Jump]] | [[Terminology:Jump Drive|Jump Drive]]
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[[Terminology:Klk'k|Klk'k]] | [[Terminology:Ktah|Ktah]] |
  
= K =
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=L=
= L =
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[[Terminology:Laser|Laser]] |
= M =
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[[Terminology:Laser Weapons|Laser Weapons]] |
[[Terminology:Mars|Mars]] | [[Terminology:Mass Driver|Mass Driver]] | [[Terminology:Mass Driver Weapons|Mass Driver Weapons]] | Mechanists | [[Terminology:Meson|Meson]] | [[Terminology:Meson Weapons|Meson Weapons]] | Merchant Marine | Merchants | [[Terminology:Meritocracy|Meritocracy]] | Mishtali | [[Terminology:Missile|Missile]] | [[Terminology:Music|Music]]
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[[Terminology:Leech Weapons|Leech Weapons]] |
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[[Terminology:Light|Light]] |
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[[Terminology:Lightbearer|Lightbearer]] |
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[[Terminology:Lightspeed|Lightspeed]] |
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[[Terminology:League of Independent Human Worlds|LIHW]] |
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[[Terminology:Lmpl|Lmpl]] |
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[[Terminology:Lo Ad'Fai'led|Lo Ad'Fai'led]] |
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[[Terminology:LODs|LODs]] |
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[[Terminology:Interstellar Church of True Form's Return|Luddites]] |
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[[Terminology:Luna|Luna]]
  
= N =
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[[Terminology:Artificial Intelligence|Nanites]] | [[Terminology:Artificial Intelligence|Nano Plague]] | [[Terminology:Neutron|Neutron]] | [[Terminology:Neutron Weapons|Neutron Weapons]] | [[Terminology:Nuclear Weapons|Nuclear Weapons]] | Nuhln
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=M=
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[[Terminology:Mars|Mars]] |
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[[Terminology:Mass Driver|Mass Driver]] |
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[[Terminology:Mass Driver Weapons|Mass Driver Weapons]] |
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[[Terminology:Mechanist|Mechanist]] |
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[[Terminology:Meme|Meme]] |
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[[Terminology:Meson|Meson]] |
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[[Terminology:Meson Weapons|Meson Weapons]] |
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[[Terminology:Aeran_Merchant_Marine|Merchant Marine ]]{{Reference}} |
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[[Terminology:Merchants|Merchants]] |
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[[Terminology:Meritocracy|Meritocracy]] |
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[[Terminology:Mishtali|Mishtali]] |
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[[Terminology:Missile|Missile]] |
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[[Terminology:Music|Music]]
  
= O =
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=N=
= P =
 
= Q =
 
= R =
 
= S =
 
  
Saahasayaay | Shapers | [[Terminology:Shields|Shields]] | Shmrn | [[Terminology:Solar System|SOL]] | [[Terminology:Solar System|Solar System]] | [[Terminology:Space|Space]] | [[Terminology:Space Travel/Faring|Space Travel/Faring]] | [[Terminology:SPEC (-drive)|SPEC (-drive)]] | [[Terminology:Artificial Intelligence|SuSim (Super Simian)]] | [[Terminology:Artificial Intelligence|SuSim Cyborg (SuSimCy)]]
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[[Terminology:Artificial Intelligence|Nanites]]{{Reference}} |
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[[Terminology:Nano-Plague|Nano-Plague]] |
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[[Terminology:Nano-technology|Nano-technology]] |
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[[Terminology:Nepotism|Nepotism]] |
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[[Terminology:Neutron|Neutron]] |
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[[Terminology:Neutron Weapons|Neutron Weapons]] |
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[[Terminology:Nuclear Weapons|Nuclear Weapons]] |
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[[Terminology:Nuhln|Nuhln]]
  
= T =
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=O=
= U =
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[[Terminology:Oligarchy|Oligarchy]] |
= V =
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[[Terminology:Overdrive|Overdrive]]{{reference}}
= W =
 
= X =
 
= Y =
 
= Z =
 
  
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[[Terminology:Particles|Particles]] |
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[[Terminology:Particle Weapons|Particle Weapons]] |
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[[Terminology:Pause|Pause]] |
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[[Terminology:Photon|Photon]] |
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[[Terminology:Photon Weapons|Photon Weapons]] |
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[[:Category:Planets_and_Homeworlds|Planets_and_Homeworlds]] |
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[[Terminology:Plasma|Plasma]] |
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[[Terminology:Plasma Weapons|Plasma Weapons]] |
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[[Terminology:Point Defense|Point Defense]] |
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[[Terminology:Purist|Purist]] |
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[[Terminology:Purist Earth Guard|Purist Earth Guard]] |
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[[Terminology:Purth|Purth]]
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=Q=
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=R=
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[[Terminology:Rlaan|Rlaan]] |
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[[Terminology:Rlaan Merchants|Rlaan Merchants]]
  
Terms-Index: #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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=S=
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[[Terminology:Saahasayaay|Saahasayaay]] |
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[[Terminology:Shapers|Shapers]] |
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[[Terminology:Shields|Shields]] |
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[[Terminology:Shmrn|Shmrn]] |
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[[Terminology:Singularity|Singularity]] |
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[[Terminology:Slowboats|Slowboats]] |
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[[Terminology:Solar System|Sol]]{{Reference}} |
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[[Terminology:Solar System|Solar System]] |
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[[Terminology:Space|Space]] |
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[[Terminology:Space Travel/Faring|Space Travel/Faring]] |
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[[Terminology:SPEC (-drive)|SPEC (-drive)]] |
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[[Terminology:Sul-Gatwa high castle|Sul-Gatwa high castle]] |
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[[Terminology:Artificial Intelligence|SuSim (Super Simian)]]{{Reference}} |
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[[Terminology:Artificial Intelligence|SuSim Cyborg (SuSimCy)]]{{Reference}} |
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[[Terminology:SCx9362|SCx9362]]
  
[A] - Index
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=T=
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[[Terminology:Tachyon|Tachyon]] |
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[[Terminology:Tachyon Weapons|Tachyon Weapons]] |
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[[Terminology:Terraform|Terraform (-ing)]] |
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[[Terminology:Those Who Have Only Names|Those Who Have Only Names]] |
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[[Terminology:Torpedo|Torpedo]] |
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[[Terminology:Tractor|Tractor]] |
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[[Terminology:Those Who Have Only Names|TWHON]]{{Reference}}
  
    * Aera - Link
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=U=
          o Category: Species/Factions
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[[Terminology:Uln|Uln]]
          o See also VsManualDbSpecies
 
    * Ancients - Link
 
          o Category: Species/Factions
 
          o See also VsManualDbSpeciesAncients
 
          o xxx
 
    * Andolians - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o See also VsManualDbFactionsAndolians
 
    * Antimatter-Weapons - Link
 
          o Category: Weapons
 
          o xxx
 
    * Aristocracy - Link
 
          o Category: Form of government
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Aristocracy
 
    * Artificial-Gravity - Link
 
          o xxx
 
    * Autotracking - Link
 
          o xxx
 
  
[B] - Index
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=V=
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[[Terminology:VSD|VSD (Vega Strike Damage unit)]]
  
    * Bzbr - Link
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=W=
          o Category: Species/Factions/VsManualDbFactions?
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[[Terminology:Wormhole|Wormhole]]
          o #Aera memegroup
 
          o See also VsManualDbSpeciesBzbr
 
          o See also VsManualDbFactions (should be VsManualDbFactionsBzbr?)
 
  
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=X=
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=Y=
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=Z=
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<pre>
 
[C] - Index
 
[C] - Index
 
 
     * Cloaking - Link
 
     * Cloaking - Link
 
           o xxx
 
           o xxx
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           o xxx
 
           o xxx
 
           o See also: VsManualCombat#Cloaking-Device
 
           o See also: VsManualCombat#Cloaking-Device
 
[D] - Index
 
 
    * Dgn - Link
 
          o Category: Species
 
          o See also VsManualDbSpeciesDgn?
 
    * Disruptor-Weapons - Link
 
          o Category: Weapons
 
          o xxx
 
  
 
[E] - Index
 
[E] - Index
 
 
     * Earth - Link
 
     * Earth - Link
 
           o Category: Planets/Homeworlds
 
           o Category: Planets/Homeworlds
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[F] - Index
 
[F] - Index
 
 
     * Flak - Link
 
     * Flak - Link
 
           o short for german word "Fliegerabwehrkanone"
 
           o short for german word "Fliegerabwehrkanone"
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           o RLD: WikiPedia:Antiaircraft_missile
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Antiaircraft_missile
 
           o anti aircraft/spaceship weapon
 
           o anti aircraft/spaceship weapon
    * Flak-Weapons - Link
 
          o Category: Weapons
 
          o xxx
 
    * Forsaken - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o See also VsManualDbFactionsForsaken?
 
    * FTL - Link
 
          o short for "Faster Then Light"
 
          o Alternative word: "supraluminal"
 
          o RLD: General term to describe travelling faster than #Lightspeed.
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Faster-than-light
 
    * Fusion (Nuclear-) - Link
 
          o RLD: Nuclear Fusion is the energy-producing process which takes place continuously in suns/stars. In the core of a sun at temperatures of 10-15 million degrees Celsius, Hydrogen is converted to Helium providing enough energy to sustain life on earth.
 
          o RLD: link
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Fusion
 
    *
 
 
      Fusion-Weapons - Link
 
          o Category: Weapons
 
          o xxx
 
  
 
[G] - Index
 
[G] - Index
 
    * Gauss - Link
 
          o RLD: A unit of measurement of the strength of a magnetic field; one gauss = 1 Maxwell / cm^2.
 
          o RLD: The gauss-unit is used when expressing the flux density produced by magnets of the sort commonly encountered in consumer products. The flux density of the earth's magnetic field at the surface is about 1 G. In industrial electromagnetics, the tesla (T), a much larger unit, is used to express magnetic flux density. The gauss is one ten-thousandth of a tesla (1 G = 10-4 T).
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Gauss
 
    * Gauss-Weapons - Link
 
          o Category: Weapons
 
          o xxx
 
 
     * Gravity - Link
 
     * Gravity - Link
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Gravity
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Gravity
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[H] - Index
 
[H] - Index
 
 
     * Heat-Seeking-Technology - Link
 
     * Heat-Seeking-Technology - Link
 
           o RLD: WikiPEdia:Guidance_system -> "Optical guidance"
 
           o RLD: WikiPEdia:Guidance_system -> "Optical guidance"
 
           o See also #Missile
 
           o See also #Missile
    * High-Born - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o See also VsManualDbFactionsHighBorn
 
    * Humanity - Link
 
          o Category: Species
 
          o See also VsManualDbSpecies
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Humanity
 
    * Hunters - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o #Rlaan memegroup
 
          o xxx
 
  
 
[I] - Index
 
[I] - Index
  
 
     * Identification Friend Or Foe -> #IFF
 
     * Identification Friend Or Foe -> #IFF
     *
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     * IFF - Link
 
 
      IFF - Link
 
 
           o Short for "Identification Friend Or Foe"
 
           o Short for "Identification Friend Or Foe"
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Identification_friend_or_foe
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Identification_friend_or_foe
 
           o See also #Missile
 
           o See also #Missile
     *
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     * Image-Recognition-Technology - Link
 
 
      Image-Recognition-Technology - Link
 
 
           o Short: "Imrec"
 
           o Short: "Imrec"
 
           o xxx
 
           o xxx
 
           o See also #Missile
 
           o See also #Missile
     *
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     * Inertial-Compensators - Link
 
 
      Inertial-Compensators - Link
 
 
           o Wikipedia:Inertial_compensator (not an RLD)
 
           o Wikipedia:Inertial_compensator (not an RLD)
 
           o xxx
 
           o xxx
     *
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     * Insystem-Jump - Link
 
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           o You can use some Jumppoints to jump from one side of an system to another.
      Insystem-Jump - Link
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You can recognise them by their name. It points to the same system you are currently in.
           o You can use some Jumppoints to jump from one side of an system to another. You can recognise them by their name. It points to the same system you are currently in.
 
 
           o See also VsManualInterstellarWarpTransit
 
           o See also VsManualInterstellarWarpTransit
     *
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     * Insystem-Travel - Link
 
 
      Insystem-Travel - Link
 
 
           o #Insystem-Travel is a normally used to describe the travel inside a star-system (like #SOL)
 
           o #Insystem-Travel is a normally used to describe the travel inside a star-system (like #SOL)
 
           o Traveling bewteen starsystems is commonly called #Interstellar-Warp-Transit
 
           o Traveling bewteen starsystems is commonly called #Interstellar-Warp-Transit
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           o See also: VsManualAdvancedFlight
 
           o See also: VsManualAdvancedFlight
 
           o See also: VsManualMatchVelocity
 
           o See also: VsManualMatchVelocity
    *
 
 
      Insystem-Travel-Highspeed - Link
 
          o See also the #SPEC Drive
 
    * Intertial Targeting and Tracking System -> #ITTS
 
    *
 
 
      Interstellar-Warp-Transit - Link
 
          o See also VsManualInterstellarWarpTransit
 
    *
 
 
      Ion - Link
 
          o RLD: An ion is an atom or group of atoms in which the number of electrons is different from the number of protons. If the number of electrons is less than the number of protons, the particle is a positive ion, also called a cation. If the number of electrons is greater than the number of protons, the particle is a negative ion, also called an an ion.
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Ion
 
    *
 
 
      Ion-Weapons - Link
 
          o Category: Weapons
 
          o xxx
 
    *
 
 
      ISO - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o See also VsManualDbFactionsIso
 
    *
 
 
      ITTS - Link
 
          o Short for "Intertial Targeting and Tracking System"
 
          o ITTS displays a little dot on your HUD for where it thinks you should shoot your guns in order to hit a moving target. A slow moving target's ITTS dot is a little bit in front of them, and a fast moving target's ITTS dot is much farther in front.
 
          o See also VsManualCombat#ITTS
 
 
[J] - Index
 
 
    *
 
 
      Jump / Jumping - Link
 
          o See also #Insystem-Jump
 
          o See also #Interstellar-Warp-Transit
 
 
[K] - [Index
 
 
    *
 
 
      Klkk - Link
 
          o Correct Notation: Klk'k
 
          o Category: Species
 
          o See also VsManualDbSpeciesKlkk
 
  
 
[L] - Index
 
[L] - Index
 
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     * Laser-Weapons - Link
     *
 
 
 
      Laser - Link
 
          o Short for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation"
 
          o RLD: A device that produces a coherent beam of optical radiation by stimulating electronic, ionic, or molecular transitions to higher energy levels so that when they return to lower energy levels they emit energy.
 
          o RLD: Lasers work as a result of resonant effects. The output of a laser is a coherent electromagnetic field. In a coherent beam of electromagnetic energy, all the waves have the same frequency and phase.
 
    *
 
 
 
      Laser-Weapons - Link
 
 
           o Category: Weapons
 
           o Category: Weapons
 
           o RLD: Link
 
           o RLD: Link
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Laser
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Laser
           o
+
           o Laser types
 
 
            Laser types
 
 
                 + pulsed laser
 
                 + pulsed laser
 
                 + beam laser
 
                 + beam laser
    *
 
 
      Leech-Weapons - Link
 
          o Category: Weapons
 
          o xxx
 
    *
 
 
      Light - Link
 
          o RLD: Light consists basically of #Photons (in two states, waves and particles).
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Light
 
    *
 
 
      Lightspeed - Link
 
          o RLD: The speed of light (light= #Photon)
 
          o RLD: Lighspeed is approximately 186,282 miles (299,792 kilometers) per second.
 
          o terms also used: "speed of light" and "Light speed"
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Speed_of_light
 
    *
 
 
      LIHW - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o See also VsManualDbFactionsLihw
 
    *
 
 
      Lmpl - Link
 
          o Category: Species
 
          o #Rlaan memegroup
 
          o See also VsManualDbSpeciesLmpl
 
    *
 
 
      Luddites - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o See also VsManualDbFactionsLuddites
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Luddites
 
 
[M] - Index
 
 
    * Mass-Driver - Link
 
          o xxx
 
    * Mass-Driver-Weapons - Link
 
          o Category: Weapons
 
          o xxx
 
    * Mechanists - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o See also VsManualDbFactionsMechanists
 
    * Meson - Link
 
          o RLD: An elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0.
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Meson
 
    * Meson-Weapons - Link
 
          o Category: Weapons
 
          o xxx
 
    * Merchant-Marine - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o #Aera memegroup
 
          o xxx
 
    * Merchants - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o See also VsManualDbFactionsMerchants
 
    * Meritocracy - Link
 
          o Category: Form of government
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Meritocracy
 
    * Mishtali - Link
 
          o Category: Species
 
          o See also VsManualDbSpeciesMishtali
 
    * Missile - Link
 
          o Category: Weapons
 
          o RLD: An object or weapon that is fired, thrown, dropped, or otherwise projected at a target.
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Missile
 
          o See also #Torpedo
 
 
 
[N] - Index
 
 
    *
 
 
      Nanites - Link
 
          o xxx
 
          o See #AI
 
    *
 
 
      Nano-Plague (The) - Link
 
          o xxx
 
          o See #AI
 
    *
 
 
      Neutron - Link
 
          o RLD: Of the three elementary subatomic particles (electrons, protons and neutrons), the neutron is the only one without a net charge. It resides in the nucleus along with protons in its natural state and will decay with a half-life of about 15 seconds when not bound in a nucleus.
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Neutron
 
    *
 
 
      Neutron-Weapons - Link
 
          o Category: Weapons
 
          o A particle weapon (#Particle-Weapons) that makes use of neutrons as projectiles. Neutron weapons have the special burden of accelerating their projectiles without the use of electrical charge or field based methods.
 
    * Nuhln - Link
 
          o Category: Species
 
          o #Rlaan memegroup
 
          o See also VsManualDbSpeciesNuhln
 
 
[O] - Index
 
 
    * Oligarchy - Link
 
          o Category: Form of government
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Oligarchy
 
  
 
[P] - Index
 
[P] - Index
 
 
     * Particle-Weapons - Link
 
     * Particle-Weapons - Link
 
           o Category: Weapons
 
           o Category: Weapons
           o Weapons which use very small projectiles, usually sub-molecular, but in very large quantities per shot.
+
           o Weapons which use very small projectiles, usually sub-molecular, but in very
 +
large quantities per shot.
 
     * Pause - Link
 
     * Pause - Link
 
           o RLD: To cease or suspend an action temporarily.
 
           o RLD: To cease or suspend an action temporarily.
 
           o RLD: link
 
           o RLD: link
           o
+
           o In Vegastrike you can 'pause' the whole time/space-continuum in
 
+
singleplayer-mode by pressing the assigned key for pause.
            In Vegastrike you can 'pause' the whole time/space-continuum in singleplayer-mode by pressing the assigned key for pause.
 
 
                 + See also VsManualKeyboardLayout#Game-Commands
 
                 + See also VsManualKeyboardLayout#Game-Commands
 
                 + See also VsManualGameplayFunctions#Pause
 
                 + See also VsManualGameplayFunctions#Pause
    * Photon - Link
 
          o RLD: The name given to a small bundle or quantum of electromagnetic energy. It is used when describing the particle-like behavior of electromagnetic waves (including #Light waves).
 
          o RLD: Photons travel through empty space at a speed of approximately 186,282 miles (299,792 kilometers) per second also called #Lightspeed. This is true no matter what the electromagnetic wavelength. In media other than a vacuum, the speed is reduced. For example, visible #Light travels more slowly through glass than through outer space.
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Photon
 
    * Photon-Weapons - Link
 
          o Category: Weapons
 
          o xxx
 
    * Plasma - Link
 
          o RLD: Low detail definition: Plasma is the 4th state of matter, beyond solid, liquid and gas. It is a collection of positively and negatively charged particles whose numbers are approximately equal.
 
          o RLD: A plasma is a very hot gas, where some or all of the atoms are separated into ions & electrons. As the negative and positive charges are free to move, plasma is an excellent conductor and is influenced by magnetic and electric fields. Most space plasmas have a very low density, for example the Solar Wind which averages only 10 particles per cubic-cm. Inter-particle collisions are unlikely - hence these plasmas are termed collisionless.
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Plasma_physics
 
    * Plasma-Weapons - Link
 
          o Category: Weapons
 
          o xxx
 
    * Point-Defense - Link
 
          o Point defense systems in Vegastrike roughly correspond to anti-missile systems. While doing so is a bit of a misnomer insofar as the actual definition of point defense is much broader, we felt it more useful to split the other forms of primarily defensive armaments (which is what light anti-fighter weapons mounted on a capship really are) from the anti-missile armaments, which we have therefore been able to make purely defensive in their targeting behavior, and in general treat as special cases.
 
          o Basically, considering a spacecraft large enough to mount a few turrets as an element sufficiently special to warrant protection, then those turrets, if they are mounting defensive weaponry, correspond to the fixed installations present at such a site whose role is to defend that site.
 
          o RLD: (DOD) The defense or protection of special vital elements and installations; e.g., command and control facilities or air bases.
 
          o See also #Missle
 
          o See also #ECM
 
    * Purists - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o See also VsManualDbFactionsPurists
 
 
[Q] - Index
 
 
[R] - Index
 
 
    *
 
 
      Rlaan - Link
 
          o Category: Species
 
          o See also VsManualDbSpeciesRlaan
 
    *
 
 
      Rlaan-Merchants - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o #Rlaan memegroup
 
          o xxx
 
  
 
[S] - Index
 
[S] - Index
 
+
     * SOL - Link
     *
 
 
 
      Saahasayaay - Link
 
          o Category: Species
 
          o #Rlaan memegroup
 
          o See also VsManualDbSpeciesSaahasayaay
 
    *
 
 
 
      Shapers - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o See also VsManualDbFactionsShapers
 
    *
 
 
 
      Shields - Link
 
          o xxx <insert general description of shield technology>
 
          o Combining heavy local space warping via gravitic effects with magnetic deflection for lighter charged particles, a vessel is protected from external sources of injury by what are colloquially known as "shields"
 
          o
 
 
 
            You may now ask: "If the shield protects me from external damage, how can i still fire through it?"
 
                + Short version - you know how space has been locally warped - an adversary will not (you can time the creation of holes and thin points in your own shields)
 
    *
 
 
 
      Shmrn - Link
 
          o Category: Species
 
          o See also VsManualDbSpeciesShmrn
 
    *
 
 
 
      SOL - Link
 
 
           o Category: Planets/Homeworlds
 
           o Category: Planets/Homeworlds
 
           o RLD: The latin name for the sun in the human homesystem.
 
           o RLD: The latin name for the sun in the human homesystem.
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Sol
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Sol
 
           o See also #Solar-System
 
           o See also #Solar-System
     *
+
     * Solar-System - Link
 
 
      Solar-System - Link
 
 
           o Category: Planets/Homeworlds
 
           o Category: Planets/Homeworlds
 
           o RLD: The human homesystem.
 
           o RLD: The human homesystem.
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           o terms also used: "SOL-System"
 
           o terms also used: "SOL-System"
 
           o Sometimes also referred to as #SOL though this is the name of it's central star.
 
           o Sometimes also referred to as #SOL though this is the name of it's central star.
     *
+
     * Space - Link
 
 
      Space - Link
 
 
           o RLD: That which is between objects of interest.
 
           o RLD: That which is between objects of interest.
           o A rather large, dark, and primarily empty expanse where, contrary to one’s initial fears, one is exceptionally unlikely to be eaten by a grue.
+
           o A rather large, dark, and primarily empty expanse where, contrary to one’s initial
           o The void in which one must travel if one does not wish to spend ones existence wandering around the underdeveloped worlds of minor political entities.
+
fears, one is exceptionally unlikely to be eaten by a grue.
 +
           o The void in which one must travel if one does not wish to spend ones existence
 +
wandering around the underdeveloped worlds of minor political entities.
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Space#Astronomy
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Space#Astronomy
     *
+
     * Space-Travel/Faring - Link
 
+
           o Space Travel is the physical exploration of outer-homeplanet objects and generally
      Space-Travel/Faring - Link
+
anything that involves the technologies, science, and politics regarding space endeavors.
           o Space Travel is the physical exploration of outer-homeplanet objects and generally anything that involves the technologies, science, and politics regarding space endeavors.
 
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Space_travel
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Space_travel
    *
 
 
      SPEC (drive) - Link (currently only in development version of Vegastrike)
 
          o How to use the #SPEC drive: VsManualInsystemTransit
 
          o Short for "Spatial Partitioned Expansion-Contraction (drive)"
 
          o This drive will enable you to travel at very high speed from one point to another inside a system. Of course it's not as fast as using the #jump points, ... just try it out. (Currently) The only disadvantage is that you can't use it properly near large objects.
 
  
 
[T] - Index
 
[T] - Index
 
+
     * Tachyon - Link
     *
 
 
 
      Tachyon - Link
 
 
           o RLD: A hypothetical subatomic particle that always travels faster than the speed of light.
 
           o RLD: A hypothetical subatomic particle that always travels faster than the speed of light.
 
           o RLD: link
 
           o RLD: link
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Tachyon
 
           o RLD: WikiPedia:Tachyon
     *
+
     * Tachyon-Weapons - Link
 
 
      Tachyon-Weapons - Link
 
 
           o Category: Weapons
 
           o Category: Weapons
 
           o xxx
 
           o xxx
     *
+
[W] - Index
 +
     * WMD - Link
 +
          o RLD: short for "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
 +
          o Examples:
 +
          o #Nuclear-Weapons
  
      Terraform - Link
+
</pre>
          o RLD: To transform a landscape (the climatic conditions and more) on another planet into one having the characteristics of landscapes on #Earth.
 
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Terraform
 
          o This is a Human term for this since Terra is just another word for #Earth the Humans homeworld.
 
          o The first planet terraformed by Humans was #Mars.
 
    *
 
  
      Torpedo - Link
+
=TODO=
          o Category: Weapons
+
{{Fixme}}
          o RLD: link
+
* Add all homeworlds correctly <OPEN>
          o RLD: A cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater projectile launched from a submarine, aircraft, or ship and designed to detonate on contact with or in the vicinity of a target.
+
* Add Trampoline pages for ambiguous or otherwise logically multiply-linked terms (see the Aera-> Aera (species) and Aera (Faction) trampoline for an example.)
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Torpedo
+
* Fill the remaining gaps in the descriptions (links that point to nonexisting pages) and 'Terminology:' entries in the [[:Fixme]] Category <OPEN>
          o In space there is no real difference between a #Missile and a #Torpedo, but the term #Torpedo is often used to name a slower and not that agile #Missile.
+
* add content from this posts:
    *
+
** http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewtopic.php?p=18777#18777 <all DONE> ''Sure?''
 
+
** http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewtopic.php?p=18564#18564 <OPEN>
      Tractor - Link
+
* Add descriptions of the various weapon types <OPEN>
          o terms also used: "tractor beam" "tractor device"
 
          o A device/beam that forces the target to be attracted to the one that is using it. Considering Newtons 'laws' both objects are drawn straight to an imaginary midpoint (the speed is of course depending on their particular mass)
 
          o See also VsFaqPlaying#Q12
 
 
 
[U] - Index
 
 
 
    *
 
 
 
      Uln - Link
 
          o Category: Species/Factions
 
          o See also VsManualDbSpeciesUln
 
    *
 
 
 
      Unadorned - Link
 
          o Category: Factions
 
          o See also VsManualDbFactionsUnadorned
 
 
 
[V] - Index
 
 
 
[W] - Index
 
  
    *
+
==Dominant power generation technology==
 +
''Taken directly from the [http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewtopic.php?t=2622 Return of the Grab Bag: July 18th] post by [[User:JackS|JackS]] (2004).''
  
      WMD - Link
+
The dominant power generation technology, by far, is fusion based. Systems which can do multi-pass fusion, that is, repeated fusions of base fuel into progressively heavier elements are not uncommon.
          o RLD: short for "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
 
          o Examples:
 
          o #Nuclear-Weapons
 
  
[X] - Index
+
Not to be ignored, however, is the harnessing of naturally occurring fusion (stars) via solar orbit collectors and focal arrays.
  
[Y] - Index
+
More exotic sources of power generation, while a verdant playground for research institutions, are not in commercial use.
  
[Z] - Index
+
As for the transport of such energy, the most common distribution is via deuterium fuel pods (as gravitic control has advanced to the point where deuterium-deuterium fusion is no more difficult, given the existing tech base, than deuterium-tritium)
 +
Some exploration and military expeditions require higher density fuel, and make use of anti-matter for energy storage and utilize special generators designed to re-harness the energy stored therein from matter-anti-matter reactions.
 +
Solar based collectors tend to transmit via microwave to rectenna farms, or to directly power attached facilities.
  
= TODO =
+
Portable hardware, of the personal variety, tends to rely on either body-heat powered thermo-electrics (for worn low-power items) or refill-capable simple chemical fuel cells geared either towards the generation of electricity, or the direct harnessing of hydrogen for use by the hardware in question.
  
* Add all homeworlds correctly <OPEN>
+
On planet transmission of power from the point of generation tends to involve wire based transmission over (happily, more reasonable temperature range than exist today) superconducting cables, excepting where loss of efficiency due to (tight) beamed transmission in an atmosphere is deemed preferable to the aesthetic unpleasantness of providing room for the electrical grid
* Add all Factions and link to the faction-part of the wiki. <mostly done>
 
* Add/complete all Species and link to the species-part of the wiki. <mostly done>
 
* fill the remaining gaps in the descriptions (searchg for xxx in this page) <OPEN>
 
* add content from this posts:
 
** http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=18564#18564 <OPEN>
 
** http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=18777#18777 <all DONE>
 
* Add descriptions of the various weapon types <OPEN>
 
  
 +
Fuel cell technologies are centered around cheap and readily renewable sources of hydrocarbon, such as ethanol, methane, etc. They are used, however, only in smaller applications, such as batteries would tend to be used for today, as even a small heat producing fission pile or pulsed-fusion plant will significantly outperform one. For those needing truly long-lasting power, there are anti-matter based trickle batteries, but they are often not applicable, as they represent a (secondary) radiation hazard for prolonged personal use. Emergency use, however, is unlikely to cause any lasting effects. Non-organics, or those appropriately secured against said radiation hazards may freely use such devices for as long as the device produces power.
  
= Links =
+
=Links=
* Excerpts from the Ivan kltakln guidebook (TXT)
+
* [http://vegastrike.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vegastrike/trunk/data/history/Excerpts_from_the_Ivan_kltakln_guidebook.txt?content-type=text/plain Excerpts from the Ivan kltakln guidebook (TXT)]
* Masterpart List - Volunteers wanted: to add some of the above terms to this list
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* [http://vegastrike.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vegastrike/trunk/data/master_part_list.csv?view=markup Masterpart list] - Volunteers wanted: to add some of the above terms to this list
  
= Disclaimer =
+
=Disclaimer=
  
 
'''PSEUDO DISCLAIMER''' Some of these terminology may not reflect the real world (TM) so don't blame us if you use this for your diplom/final exam ;-)
 
'''PSEUDO DISCLAIMER''' Some of these terminology may not reflect the real world (TM) so don't blame us if you use this for your diplom/final exam ;-)

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See also

A

Aera | Aeran Merchant Marine | AI | Ancients | Andolians | Antimatter | Antimatter Weapons | Aristocracy | Artificial gravity | Artificial Intelligence | Autotracking

B

Bantam | Bzbr |

C

Cherryh Mercantile Trust (CMT) | Cherryh station | Cloaking (device) | Communication (Insystem/Interstellar) | Credits | Cult of the devourer | Cyborg

D

Democracy | Dgn | Disruptor Weapons

E

Earth | Earth standard years | ECM | Electronic Counter Measures | Entertainment | Eugenics

F

Flak | Flak Weapons | Forsaken | FTL travel | Fuel | Fusion (Nuclear-) | Fusion Weapons

G

Gauss | Gauss Weapons | Gravity | Gravity well

H

Heat Seeking Technology | Hephaestus | Highborn | Hoffman's blobs | Humanity | Hunter

I

Identification Friend or Foe | IFF | Image Recognition Technology | Inertial Compensators | Intertial Targeting and Tracking System | Insystem Jump | Insystem Travel (Normal) | Insystem Travel (Highspeed) -> SPEC | Interstellar Travel | Interstellar Warp Transit | Ion | Ion Weapons | ISO | ITTS

J

Jump | Jump Drive | Jump Point

K

Klk'k | Ktah |

L

Laser | Laser Weapons | Leech Weapons | Light | Lightbearer | Lightspeed | LIHW | Lmpl | Lo Ad'Fai'led | LODs | Luddites | Luna

M

Mars | Mass Driver | Mass Driver Weapons | Mechanist | Meme | Meson | Meson Weapons | Merchant Marine | Merchants | Meritocracy | Mishtali | Missile | Music

N

Nanites | Nano-Plague | Nano-technology | Nepotism | Neutron | Neutron Weapons | Nuclear Weapons | Nuhln

O

Oligarchy | Overdrive

P

Particles | Particle Weapons | Pause | Photon | Photon Weapons | Planets_and_Homeworlds | Plasma | Plasma Weapons | Point Defense | Purist | Purist Earth Guard | Purth

Q

R

Rlaan | Rlaan Merchants

S

Saahasayaay | Shapers | Shields | Shmrn | Singularity | Slowboats | Sol | Solar System | Space | Space Travel/Faring | SPEC (-drive) | Sul-Gatwa high castle | SuSim (Super Simian) | SuSim Cyborg (SuSimCy) | SCx9362

T

Tachyon | Tachyon Weapons | Terraform (-ing) | Those Who Have Only Names | Torpedo | Tractor | TWHON

U

Uln

V

VSD (Vega Strike Damage unit)

W

Wormhole

X

Y

Z

Old Data

[C] - Index
    * Cloaking - Link
          o xxx
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Stealth_technology
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Camouflage
    * Cloaking-Device - Link
          o xxx
          o See also: VsManualCombat#Cloaking-Device

[E] - Index
    * Earth - Link
          o Category: Planets/Homeworlds
          o Homeworld of the Human species.
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Earth
 
[F] - Index
    * Flak - Link
          o short for german word "Fliegerabwehrkanone"
          o xxx
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Antiaircraft_missile
          o anti aircraft/spaceship weapon

[G] - Index
    * Gravity - Link
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Gravity
          o xxx

[H] - Index
    * Heat-Seeking-Technology - Link
          o RLD: WikiPEdia:Guidance_system -> "Optical guidance"
          o See also #Missile

[I] - Index

    * Identification Friend Or Foe -> #IFF
    * IFF - Link
          o Short for "Identification Friend Or Foe"
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Identification_friend_or_foe
          o See also #Missile
    * Image-Recognition-Technology - Link
          o Short: "Imrec"
          o xxx
          o See also #Missile
    * Inertial-Compensators - Link
          o Wikipedia:Inertial_compensator (not an RLD)
          o xxx
    * Insystem-Jump - Link
          o You can use some Jumppoints to jump from one side of an system to another.
You can recognise them by their name. It points to the same system you are currently in.
          o See also VsManualInterstellarWarpTransit
    * Insystem-Travel - Link
          o #Insystem-Travel is a normally used to describe the travel inside a star-system (like #SOL)
          o Traveling bewteen starsystems is commonly called #Interstellar-Warp-Transit
          o See also the #SPEC Drive
          o See also: VsManualAdvancedFlight
          o See also: VsManualMatchVelocity

[L] - Index
    * Laser-Weapons - Link
          o Category: Weapons
          o RLD: Link
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Laser
          o Laser types
                + pulsed laser
                + beam laser

[P] - Index
    * Particle-Weapons - Link
          o Category: Weapons
          o Weapons which use very small projectiles, usually sub-molecular, but in very
large quantities per shot.
    * Pause - Link
          o RLD: To cease or suspend an action temporarily.
          o RLD: link
          o In Vegastrike you can 'pause' the whole time/space-continuum in
singleplayer-mode by pressing the assigned key for pause.
                + See also VsManualKeyboardLayout#Game-Commands
                + See also VsManualGameplayFunctions#Pause

[S] - Index
    * SOL - Link
          o Category: Planets/Homeworlds
          o RLD: The latin name for the sun in the human homesystem.
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Sol
          o See also #Solar-System
    * Solar-System - Link
          o Category: Planets/Homeworlds
          o RLD: The human homesystem.
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Solar_system
          o terms also used: "SOL-System"
          o Sometimes also referred to as #SOL though this is the name of it's central star.
    * Space - Link
          o RLD: That which is between objects of interest.
          o A rather large, dark, and primarily empty expanse where, contrary to one’s initial
fears, one is exceptionally unlikely to be eaten by a grue.
          o The void in which one must travel if one does not wish to spend ones existence
wandering around the underdeveloped worlds of minor political entities.
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Space#Astronomy
    * Space-Travel/Faring - Link
          o Space Travel is the physical exploration of outer-homeplanet objects and generally
anything that involves the technologies, science, and politics regarding space endeavors.
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Space_travel

[T] - Index
    * Tachyon - Link
          o RLD: A hypothetical subatomic particle that always travels faster than the speed of light.
          o RLD: link
          o RLD: WikiPedia:Tachyon
    * Tachyon-Weapons - Link
          o Category: Weapons
          o xxx
[W] - Index
    * WMD - Link
          o RLD: short for "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
          o Examples:
          o #Nuclear-Weapons

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Dominant power generation technology

Taken directly from the Return of the Grab Bag: July 18th post by JackS (2004).

The dominant power generation technology, by far, is fusion based. Systems which can do multi-pass fusion, that is, repeated fusions of base fuel into progressively heavier elements are not uncommon.

Not to be ignored, however, is the harnessing of naturally occurring fusion (stars) via solar orbit collectors and focal arrays.

More exotic sources of power generation, while a verdant playground for research institutions, are not in commercial use.

As for the transport of such energy, the most common distribution is via deuterium fuel pods (as gravitic control has advanced to the point where deuterium-deuterium fusion is no more difficult, given the existing tech base, than deuterium-tritium) Some exploration and military expeditions require higher density fuel, and make use of anti-matter for energy storage and utilize special generators designed to re-harness the energy stored therein from matter-anti-matter reactions. Solar based collectors tend to transmit via microwave to rectenna farms, or to directly power attached facilities.

Portable hardware, of the personal variety, tends to rely on either body-heat powered thermo-electrics (for worn low-power items) or refill-capable simple chemical fuel cells geared either towards the generation of electricity, or the direct harnessing of hydrogen for use by the hardware in question.

On planet transmission of power from the point of generation tends to involve wire based transmission over (happily, more reasonable temperature range than exist today) superconducting cables, excepting where loss of efficiency due to (tight) beamed transmission in an atmosphere is deemed preferable to the aesthetic unpleasantness of providing room for the electrical grid

Fuel cell technologies are centered around cheap and readily renewable sources of hydrocarbon, such as ethanol, methane, etc. They are used, however, only in smaller applications, such as batteries would tend to be used for today, as even a small heat producing fission pile or pulsed-fusion plant will significantly outperform one. For those needing truly long-lasting power, there are anti-matter based trickle batteries, but they are often not applicable, as they represent a (secondary) radiation hazard for prolonged personal use. Emergency use, however, is unlikely to cause any lasting effects. Non-organics, or those appropriately secured against said radiation hazards may freely use such devices for as long as the device produces power.

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