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The Guardians (proper noun): An extinct human-like alien race who existed 1-2 million years ago. They are known for it's advanced tecnology, which is the believed reason of their extinction. An Ancient Ruin related to them was first discovered on Synuefe XR-H d11-102, on 3302.

Constructs (proper noun): A robotic species made by the Guardians that became self-aware. They were divided by military constructs an non-military constructs, which were used by the Guardians as utility and labor force. The latter were supposedly responsible for revolting against the Guardians and promoting their annihilation.

The Thargoids (proper noun): An insectoid alien race with millions of years of existence. The only living race on the galaxy known by humans besides themselves. They show to be agressive and fought a war with the Guardians, as with human race.

Faster Than Light (adjective): Used to reference technologies that operate at speeds greater than that of light, as in communications (which the Guardians apparently developed), or in space travel (supercruise). It's acronym (FTL) is often used to refer to it.

Coriolis (proper noun): A design by Galactic Cooperative (GalCop) of a modular starport that is common to be the first in new colonized systems for it's efficiency. It has a dodecahedral design on a hexagonal shape made with squares and triangles interconnected, with intricate, detailed metallic structures covering its surface.

Orbis (proper noun): A design by the Federation of a cylindrical starport with multiple circular, ring-like structures connected by a central spine. The rings may serve as habitats with rotational sections designed to simulate gravity through centrifugal force.

Ocellus (proper noun): A design by Gutamaya (Imperial ship manufacturer) of a spherical starport with a large circular ring attached to its central structure that may serve as habitats with rotational sections designed to simulate gravity through centrifugal force.

The Landscape Signal (proper noun): A mysterious signal that appears to originate from the center of the Milky Way, though its exact location is unknown. A spectrogram image of the signal reveals a mountainous landscape.

Example:

Pilot 1 - Hey, the landscape signal kind of looks like Matterhorn.

Pilot 2 - What the heck is a Matterhorn?!

SEALCLUBBER (Noun) - Normally an Cowardly Commander who delights in killing new players who don't know how to fly their sidewinder yet (See Griefer, Ganker, or <Expressive Deletional>).

BROWN ALERT(Noun) - Finding yourself in an Alarming life threatening state. i.e. You've just shot one of your own side in a conflict zone and all ships turn hostile, a hostile capital ship jumps in, or you've been jumped by a wing of Sealclubbers! Note :- this will involve changing the bulb...

BRAVE SIR ROBIN (Verb) - To Bravely run away, i.e. either high or low wake, from a serious Brown Alert Scenario.

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Limpet (noun): (1) a programmable item used by limpet controllers for multiple tasks needed by pilots and Commanders; purpose of limpet is placed before the word to denote functionality (2) an item forgotten most in the station requiring a CMDR to re-dock; most common problem for a CMDR to be unable to swap ships

Usage: "I could use a repair limpet if anyone has one, my hull is at 10%."

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Synth of Shame (noun): the act of synthesizing limpets due to forgetfulness

Usage: "Had to do the synth of shame today in the Conflict Zone."

Neutron Jump (noun): Using the outer parts of a neutron star to increase your jump range beyond what the installed FSD in your ship is capable of.

Neutron Highway(noun): A series of neutron stars in a row that can be used like a "highway" to jump your way to your destination. There are 3rd party tools that will help find already known highways or you can just discover your own using the Galaxy Map.