What we say |
What we mean |
GG |
Good Game, the game is decided. Usually used to concede defeat after your opponent has clearly beaten you. |
OOS |
Out of Sync: players are no longer playing the same game. Everyone can be a winner after OOS, as every player is playing their own little game. Games are usually abandoned after OOS. |
AC |
Allied chat, click Allies in comm menu so only allies see your chat messages. |
omw |
On My Way: you say this when you notice your teammate needs help and you are sending help. |
ctd |
Crash to desktop, Fleet Ops crashed please send a bug report. |
exp |
Can mean either experience - which is what ships earn by killing stuff - or expansion, which is a location on the map where you go to mine resources. |
gl hf |
Good Luck, Have Fun: a courtesy you pay your noble opponents before entering into battle. |
FFA |
Free For All: a game without teams. |
xp |
Experience, usually in the sense of what ships earn. |
SPW |
Special Weapon. |
AoE |
Area of Effect: weapons that effect an area - like Quadcobalt torpedoes from the Serkas class. |
dps |
Damage Per Second: generally measures how strong a ship's weapons are. |
OP/UP |
Overpowered / Underpowered: used to describe units. OP also means original poster: the person who started a forum thread. |
TS |
Teamspeak: Voice Over IP program for talking with other players during games. |
di/dil/tri |
Dilithium / tritanium: the main resources used in Fleet Ops. |
bug (the ship) |
Bugship = Jem'Hadar A-20 Attack Destroyer, because it looks like a bug. |
kbq |
K'beaj'Q class Klingon vessel. |
BoP |
Bird of Prey: can refer to either the K'Vort class or B'rel class Klingon vessels. |
Big D/DD |
D'deridex (B type) class warbird. |
dode / dodec / dodeca |
Dodecahedron chassis / ship for the Borg. |
E1 / E2 |
Excelsior class / Excelsior II class. |
gens |
Generix class. |
gen spec / frig / support |
Generix class Spectre / Frigate / Support refit. |
scube |
Scout Cube chassis / ship for the Borg. |
dread |
V-15 Dreadnought: mixed-tech Dominion ship. |
ADAI, HDSG, SSEC, TWA, FTC |
Autonomous Defence AI, High Density Shield Generators, Single Stage Energy Conduits, Fast Tracking Computers: these are common passives. Go here for description of passives: Damage System. |
HWP |
Heavy Weapons Platform: the buildable Klingon turret. |
SFE |
Starfleet Engineering, a Federation station. |
SFS |
Starfleet Science, a Federation station. |
SFC |
Starfleet Command, a Federation station. |