Shipjacker Slang

Shipjacker Slang was the jargon used by starship thieves, or "shipjackers", during the Galactic Civil War, including members of T'Charek Haathi's Special Ops team.
==Examples==
Shipjacker Slang consisted of a specialized vocabulary of terms referring to entities, events, and people that were significant to the life of a shipjacker. Some documented Shipjacker Slang terms were:
*Bantha brakes: tractor beams
*Boring: something that was either very dangerous, or not dangerous at all, or both at the same time
*Bricks and Mortar: security systems including physical obstacles such as force-fields and power fences
*Gift For Ackbar: a capital ship
*Geeks With Guns: local security guards
*Jackers: starship thieves
*Level Zip Ship: an easy target with no obstacles or few obstacles
*License to Steal: shipjacking authorized by the Rebel Alliance
*Nerf Bait: fake locks and security systems that were booby-trapped in order to capture shipjackers
*Note From The Doctor: forged documentation
*One-Stop Shopping: theft of a ship whose cargo is intact
*Parental Supervision: Imperial escorts or other heavily armed guards
*Party Crashers: bounty hunters who were specialized in catching shipjackers
*Pocket: to steal
*Tatooine Tattoo: a considerable bounty or price on one's head
*Used Speeder Lot: Imperial hangar bay or docking facility
*Vader Grader: an extremely well-protected target
==Conceptual sources of Shipjacking Slang expressions==
Shipjacker Slang was inspired by locations, fauna, and historical people, among other things. For instance, "Tatooine Tattoo" was a reference to the bounties that Jabba the Hutt was known to issue. "Bantha Brakes" and "Nerf Bait" were inspired by fauna. "Vader Grader" drew on the imagery of a ship being so tightly protected that even Darth Vader would not be able to steal it.
==Behind the scenes==
The terms are spelled with capital initial letters in the source material - with the exception of "to" in "License to Steal". This article reproduces the spelling of the original source material, assuming that the spelling is canonical in an in-universe perspective.
==Appearances==
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