Game Terminology

A guide for the various shorthand's, acronyms, slurs, slangs, or whatever else people say.

* A - C
* D - O
* P - S
* T - W

A

* **A-SEC** - Stands for Automatic Security, which is when the Station Security automatically Targets a player for attacking a non-targeted Crewmate, or Security.
* **Antagonist** - Term for Players who's main goal is to take down the Protagonists. This is a role that is intentionally given by the game, so rule-breaking \*Protagonists who try to be 'evil' do not apply.
* **Auto/Autos**
	+ Stationary Autodocs.
	+ Portable Autodocs.
	+ The act of researching Portable Autodocs. *"Doc, get Autos."*
	+ Telling someone else to use an Autodoc. *"Red, go Auto."*

B

* **Bad** - A general term that describes if someone or something is evil or dangerous. Rarely used conventionally to describe skill level. *"Red is bad."*
* **Base** - Moon Bunker
* **Bridge** - Level 7.
* **BT** - Blood Tester/Blood Test. Can be used to tell someone to go Blood Test aswell. *"Red, go BT."*

C

* **Cap** - Captain.
* **Cargo** - Level 1.
* **Cade/Cades** - Barricades. Can also refer to telling someone else to Barricade a location. *"Doc, heres some Cades."*
* **Cheesebomb** - The process of using a variety of Items, specifically, Bombs, Barricades, and Grenades, to kill people in unintended/unfair ways, such as stunning someone until a Bomb explodes under them.
* **Cheesebomber** - Someone who Cheesebombs.
* **Chip** - Android's Chip.
* **Clear/Clearing** - The act of killing Alien Minions and Infestation.
* **Clog/Clogged** - Term for when Vent Decontamination is blocked by a Gas Blocker.
* **Clone/Copy** - Changelings.
* **Cooldown** - Refers to the time between when something was last used, and when it could be used again, such as a Cooldown of a few seconds for a Weapon's Ability. Also can refer to Upgrade Cooldowns.
* **Conduits**  - Power Conduits.
* **Core** - Power Core.
* **Crab** - Alien's Infestation Ability.
* **Crabbed** - When someone is afflicted by Alien's Infestation ability. *"Red is Crabbed".*
* **Crew** - Refers to the main Protagonists. The Humans, Good Psion, and Android.
* **Crewmate** - Refers to Players who are assumed to still be apart of the crew. An Alien might be assumed to be a Crewmate up until they're exposed.
* **Cyber** - Cybernetic Processing, but also Cybernetic Implants.
* **Cycler** - Recycler.
* **Cycled** - Term for when something or someone is recycled. Recycling a Player nearly kills them, so its very alerting. *"Red is sus, he recycled me."*

D

* **Dehaka** - Velociraptor.
* **Droid** - Android.
* **DSM** - Deep Space Miner.

E

* **Engr** - Engineer.
* **Enviro** - Environmental Control.
* **Evil** - Term for any player who is acting like an Antagonist. Mainly used to call-out Evil Psion, however is commonly used to describe Trolls as well. *"Red is evil, he attacked me."*

F

* **Farm** - Term that refers to the act of intentionally leaving some Infestation alive in order to repeatedly kill Minions for Credits and Income.
* **Fest** - Infested/Infestation. Can be used in many contexts, such as talking about a Station Upgrade, Player, or Location.
* **Floor** - Levels of the Station.

G

* **Gas** - Vent Decontamination. Can be said to alert Captain to use it.
* **Genes** - Genetic Modifications

H

* **Headcrab** - Alien's Infestation ability.
* **Hellbat** - Hazard Suit.
* **Hydra** - Xenomorph.

I

* **Implant** - Modifications, although usually refers to Psionic Implants and Cybernetic Implants.
* **Infestation**
	+ A particular Alien Ability which allows them to throw an alien-mass at a target, afflicting a variety of negative debuffs until it is cleaned with an Autodoc.
	+ A large amount of Alien Minions.
	+ Places with a high amount of Alien Minions.
* **Infested** - Can be used to alert/claim that a location, Player, or Station Upgrade has been negatively affected by Aliens. *"Autos are Infested."*

L

* **Lagswitcher** - Term for players who intentionally disconnect and re-connect their connection in order to slow down the game, possibly allowing them to disorient their enemies enough to either get a kill or escape when they should not have. Also used as an insult to people with bad connection.
* **Liq** - Liquidation.
* **Liquidation** - The act of a Host killing their Spawns using a special ability.

M

* **Mass Tag** - Term for when a Captain or someone with the Captain's Card uses the Station Security to target the entire crew. Only done by Trolls and Antagonists.
* **Medbay** - Level 4.
* **Mine** - Remote Mines. Rarely used for Stun Mines.
* **Mooner** - Someone who leaves Station for no apparent reason to fortify/live on the Moon.

O

* **Ovies** - Overlords.
* **Oxy**
	+ Oxygen
	+ Oxygen being turned off at the Environmental Control *"Oxy is off*.*"*
	+ Oxygen Shots
* **Oxy Room**
	+ Environmental Control

P

* **Passive** - A demeaning term for Aliens who don't do many obvious things. While it used to be the norm long ago, now it is seen as a negative. *"Passive ass Host."*
* **Pens** - Refers to the Alien Pens, however can also be used to draw alert to a situation at Pens, or to 'remind' Doctor to buy them. *"Doc, get pens."*
* **Planet** - Moon.
* **Porta** - Portable Blood Testers. RARELY used to refer to Portable Autodocs.
* **Protagonist**- Term for players who's main goal is to take down the Antagonists, along with surviving. This is a role that is intentionally given by the game, so rule-breaking Antagonists who try to be 'good' do not apply.
* **Prio/Priority** - Mission Priority.

R

* **Rev** - Revive. Used almost exclusively when talking about Android.
* **Remote** - Remote Mines.
* **Roach** - Beetle.
* **Rolequit** - Term for whenever a player refuses to play their Race or Occupation. Most obviously is suiciding (as any race), however can apply to those who try to refuse their intended role, such as friendly Aliens, hostile Androids, or just people doing nothing.
* **RQ** - Acronym for rolequit. *"Red RQ'd."*

S

* **Sat** - Satellite.
* **Security Bot/Sec Bot** - SX Droids.
* **Sec Mod** - Security Module.
* **Selfing** - Term for the process of purposefully/intentionally letting yourself be Spawned by Aliens. Also sometimes used as an insult/sneer against people who died to Aliens in stupid/unexpected ways. *"Red selfed."*
* **Selfer** - Term for someone who selfs/selfed. *"Red is a selfer."*
* **Server** - Server Room.
* **SGT** - Chief Weapons Officer.
* **Signapore** - An infamously bad Game region that has horrible connection. Also used as an insult to people who have bad connection. *"Red has Signapore wifi."*
* **Slave** - Demeaning term for Deep Space Miners, poking at their relatively boring Occupation.
* **Solar** - Solarite, but also used as a way of notifying the rest of the crew. *"I'm getting Solar."*
* **Staller** - Someone who does Stalls. *"Red is a Staller*."
* **Stalling** - The act of intentionally dragging out a game, especially one that the staller cannot win. Mainly applies to Aliens who can hide/run much easier. *"Host is Stalling."*
* **Stat** - Station.
* **Steal/Stealing** - The act of buying a Station Upgrade before someone else can, usually relating to when an Antagonist buys one before the intended Occupation.
* **Storm** - Cosmic Storm.
* **Sus** - Suspicious and/or acting strangely/uncharacteristic for a particular Occupation. *"Engr is sus, he's standing outside of Pens.*"
* **SW** - Spacewalk.
* **Swarm** - Term for a particularly large amount of Alien Minions.

T

* **Tag**- Term for the action the Station Security targeting someone. *"Cap, tag Red."*
* **Tagged** - Term for when someone is targeted by Station Security. *"Red is already tagged."*
* **Teamkill** - Term for whenever a player intentionally/maliciously kills an allied player when the circumstances of the game would not usually allow it, such as Spawns killing the Host, or the Android killing Humans.
* **Tele** - Teleporter.
* **Timer** - Upgrade Cooldowns.
* **TK** - Acronym for teamkill.
* **Tradition** - Term for suicide via explosion, usually for when a player blows themselves up using a Gas Tank with some sort of fire or AoE, usually the one at The Cargo Bay.
* **Troll** - Term for players who are severely breaking the in-game rules, doing other things listed here such as Selfing, Teamkilling, Rolequitting, or Suiciding. Trolls are Humans a overwhelming majority of the time, but the other Races can still troll in specific ways.
* **Troll Storm** - Term that refers to when a Cosmic Storm, a random event, happens at an incredibly poor time for the crew, such as right after Ships come online, hampering the Deep Space Miner's jobs, or when Station Security is fending off Infestation. *"What a Troll Storm."*
* **T To Win** - An outdated term that referred to Host's who instantly Transformed at the start of a match, letting every Human see their presence. Rarely still said by aggressive Hosts, or people sneering at aggressive Hosts.

V

* **Velo** - Velociraptor.
* **Vent Hero** - Demeaning term for a particular type of playstyle, who spends an unusually high amount of time inside the Vents. Especially used to refer to Occupations that have no reason to be in Vents, or players who die/become Aliens inside Vents. *"Red is a Vent Hero."*
* **Viral**
	+ Viral Larvae
	+ Viral Gene Modification

W

* **Weps** - Refers to Station Weapons. Can also be used to 'remind' the Chief Weapons Officer to buy them. *"Sgt, get Weps."*