VEGA Conflict Terms

## General

These terms are often coined by players and used very frequently. As such, it should be something to acknowledge as a new player so you can catch on to the community, and not viewing these can cause newer players to commit actions that some players may disagree with.

## Slang/Common Abbreviations

### Resources

**H3/He:** Helium-3

**Ore:** Mineral Ore

**AM:** Antimatter

**BA:** Blood Amber

**Daily:** Daily Missions

### Events

Many one-time events gain their own nicknames, which are used with decreasing frequency in the following months.

**Event:** Feature Event

**Daily:** Daily Mission

**CW:** Civil War

**AM:** Alien Mobilization

**AD:** Alien Decimation

**PS:** Planet Strike

**SS:** Sector Strike

**AS**: Alien Strike

**CE:** Crafting Event

**AW:** Alliance War

### NPCs/Factions

**MR (T1-3):** Miner Rebellion (MR)

**VEGA (T4):** VEGA Mining (or VEGA Cargo)

**VSec (T4.5):** VEGA Security

**ISC (T5):** Iron Star Company

**DC/VDC (T5.5):** (VEGA) Demon Corps

**Xeno (T6.0)**: Xeno Division

**AXIS (T6.5)**: A.X.I.S.

**Alt (T7A/T8A):** Altairians

**Umb (T7B/T8B):** Umbra

**Pharma (T7C/T8C):** Pharmakon

**Lib/Libby (T9/T10):** Liberatus

### Game Features

Bubbled**:** Defense Matrix. Used because the defense matrix looks like the top of a bubble covering the top of the base.

**BM:** (Black) Market

**BP:** Blueprint

**Clan/Guild**: Different term for alliance

**Jump:** Player relocation / Warping a Javelin Flagship, Prophet Flagship, or Harvester

**Auto:** AI mode is turned on, or the player leaves the battle unattended so the ships move on their own.

### Hulls

In general, players use the first word of the name to refer to a particular ship. The exceptions are listed below:

**Frig:** Frigate

**BS/Bship:** Battleship

**BC/Bcruiser:** Battlecruiser

**Gen**: Genesis Cruiser

**Ranc**: Rancor Battleship

**Exo**: Exodus Cruiser

**Ven**: Venom Battleship

**Sword/BS/Board:** Broadsword Destroyer

**Mid**: Midgard Carrier

**Hawk/NH**: Nighthawk Frigate

**Rev**: Revelation Cruiser

**Val**: Valhalla Carrier

**Apoc**: Apocrypha Cruiser

**Rapt**: Rapture Cruiser

**Rag**: Ragnarok Carrier

**Jav/Taxi/Jumpship**: Javelin Flagship

**Corinth**: Corinthian Cruiser

**Valk**: Valkyrie Carrier

**Cane**: Hurricane Frigate

**Vig**: Vigilante Battleship

**Cov**: Covenant Cruiser

**HF/Hells:** Hellfire Battleship

**Damo**: Damocles Destroyer

**Dom:** Dominion Carrier

**Pun**: Punisher Cruiser

**Deci**: Decimator Cutter

**Anni**: Annihilator Battleship

**Exterm**: Exterminator Destroyer

**Supp**: Suppressor

**Pal**: Paladin Carrier

**Vindi**: Vindicator Cutter

**Lib:** Liberator Destroyer

**Peg/Peggy:** Pegasus

**Para:** Paragon Battleship

**Cav:** Cavalier Cutter

**Inq:** Inquisitor Destroyer

**Sov:** Sovereign Carrier

**Med:** Medusa Destroyer

**Manti:** Manticore Battlecruiser

**Behe:** Behemoth Dreadnought

**Troj:** Trojan Cruiser

**Seg:** Segfault Dreadnought

**Harv:** Harvester

**BH:** Barrage Hive / Barrage Harvester

**RH:** Reaper Harvester

**AR**: Ancient Reaper

**AH:** Ancient Hive

**Val:** Valrayvn

**Op:** Operator

**Levi:** Leviathan Dreadnought

**Vec:** Vector

**Zeta/Zetta:** Zettabyte Dreadnought

**Wendi:** Wendigo

**Arty:** Artemis

**Impy:** Imperator Dreadnought

**Com:** Comandante Carrier

**Infil:** Infiltrator

**Conserve:** Conservator

### Equipment

In general, players use the first word of the name to refer to a particular technology. The exceptions are listed below:

#### Weapons

**MD:** Mass Driver

**GD/Glad:** Gladius Driver

**Gat:** Gatling Ray

**WD:** Wave Driver

**ND:** Neutron Driver

**PB:** Plasma Battery, old name of HEX Missile.

**Mani/Many folds:** Manifold Missile

**XDC/Xeno Cannon**: Xeno Disintegrator Cannon

**I:** Infernal Prefix (e.g: **Iwave** = Infernal Wave Driver)

**H:** Heavy Prefix (e.g: **HCluster** = Heavy Cluster Missile)

**X/AL:** Xeno Prefix (e.g: **XCluster** = Xeno Cluster Missile)

**V/VO:** Void Prefix (e.g: **VPulse**  = Void Pulse Cannon)

**B/BL**: Blight Prefix (e.g: BNova = Blight Nova Cannon)

**P/PL**: Plasma Prefix (e.g: PTera = Plasma Tera Cannon)

#### Armors

**Trit**: Tritanium (Plates)

**Irid:** Iridium (Plates)

**Zyn:** Zynthium (Plates)

**Cap:** Capacitive Plates

**Tal**: Talonite Armor / Talonite Plates

**HT:** Heavy Talonite Armor / Heavy Talonite Plates

**EX**: EX Heavy Talonite Armor / EX Tungsten Armor

**EXAL:** EXAL Heavy Talonite Armor / EXAL Tungsten Armor

**EN:** EN Heavy Talonite Armor / EN Tungsten Armor

**ENAL:** ENAL Heavy Talonite Armor / ENAL Tungsten Armor

**KI:** KI Heavy Talonite Armor / KI Tungsten Armor

**KIAL:** KIAL Heavy Talonite Armor / KIAL Tungsten Armor

**XX Reso:** (Elemental) Resonant Armor

#### Shields

**Spec:** Spectral Shield / Spectral Field

**Shock:** Shockwave Shield / Shockwave Field

**Def:** Deflector Shield / Deflector Field

**Meta:** Metaphase Shield / Metaphase Field

**Exo:** Harmonic Exophase Shield / Exophase Field

#### Specials

**Cargo:** Basic Cargo

**AH:** Armored Hold

**XAH:** Xeno Armored Hold

**AM:** AM Warheads / AM Detonators

**Rot:** Rotation Thrusters

**AT:** Armored Thrusters

**XAT:** Xeno Armored Thruster

**FO/Optics:** Focused Optics / Focused Apertures

**Mags:** Iridium Magnets (Arrays)

**Spec:** Spectral Warheads/Spectral Shield

**Shock:** Shockwave Shield

**Def:** Deflector Shield

**VF/Vol:** Volatile Fuel

**RR:** Reinforced Rails

**UR/ISIS Thruster/Allahu Akbar Thrusters:** Unstable Reactor. The latter is used because the thruster explodes upon death, much like a suicide bomb. (Bomb is another, albeit less used term)

**ER:** Electric Rails

**HCT:** Harmonic Chase Thruster

**BC/XBC:** Beam Capacitor/Xeno Beam Capacitor

**HBC/HXBC:** Harmonic Beam Capacitor/Harmonic Xeno Beam Capacitor

**SC/XSC:** Siege Casing/Xeno Siege Casing

**HSC/HXSC:** Harmonic Siege Casing/Harmonic Xeno Siege Casing

**Neut:** Neutrino Fusion

**ZT:** Zephyr Thruster

**BOC:** Beam Overcharge Capacitor

**ST:** Sunder Thruster

**MC:** Magnetic Collar

**IC:** Incendiary Corpus

**TD:** Thermic Disruptor

### Base Modules

**CM:** Combat Module

**Fact/Oven:** Ship Factory

**FB/Bay:** Fleet Bay

**Mine:** Terminus Mine / Alien Mine

**Silo:** Refers to resource storage buildings, i.e. Storage Modules and Antimatter Silos.

**Hang:** Hangar Module

### PvP

**Comm Warrior**: A person who picks virtual fights using the chat system in order to annoy others. Some people do this to their enemies, while others do it to anyone they feel like. Comm Warrior bases are commonly found under Defense Matrices in order to avoid being attacked by whoever he/she may annoy.

**Carebear**: A person who views insectors as bad, and usually police the sector trying to find insectors to attack. Much less common now, but used to be very common in the early stages after closed beta. Insecting is still used as a justification for PvP by bored players.

**Coiner**: A person who uses a disproportionate amount of their money to purchase coins, whereby they can repair their fleets/bases instantly or do just about anything else. Characterized by very high spending compared to other, more casual players.

**Frubble**: Moving your bridge out so another member of your alliance can 3 star you without taking damage and give you a 24 hour bubble.

**Insector**: A person who attacks people residing in the same sector. Very common.

**Parking tickets**: A term that expresses when people randomly hit unmoving fleets for one reason or another.

**Prep**: Weakening the base in such a way that the Defense Matrix does not trigger, commonly achieved by reducing the base health to just above 75%.

**Raid**: A large planned attack on a sector, an alliance or a coalition by another sector, alliance or coalition.

**(Res) Thief/Stealer**: Short for resource thief, a person who constantly steals resources without the permission of others. Often hard targets by most players and viewed as bad.

**Insta** refers to an instant repair ship or fleet, or simply a ship with comparatively low repair time. (Minute Vens)

### Others

**DAC:** Short for "Damn Auto Correct", a common lament by mobile players whose devices often substitute incorrect words, often with hilarious results.

**DC:** Disconnection. This is often devastating when a player is in battle.

**Misclick:** More or less what it sounds like; when a player unintentionally attacks another.

**Player Experts** are players who assist the KIXEYE Customer Support team in handling incoming tickets.

**PvP Expert** is a role on the VEGA Conflict Discord, given to an inner circle of players responsible for providing feedback to KIXEYE about PvP content.

**Insight** is a role on the VEGA Conflict Discord, given to an inner circle of players responsible for providing feedback to KIXEYE about future content.

**IFS** is an abbreviation for Internal Feedback Server. Select Insight members can test out upcoming content on the IFS.

**NOPE (Cannon/Tech etc.):** A term that is often used by inner circles to refer to topics that are protected under a Non-Disclosure Agreement.