VB6 Aurora:Glossary

AMM

Anti-Missile Missile

ASM

Anti-Ship Missile

CF

Construction Factory. Planetary installation used to build most facilities.

CIWS

Close in Weapon System. An automated phalanx-type system

DDG

Guided missile destroyer, based on U.S. Navy hull designation

DDGJ

Jump-capable Guided missile destroyer, based on U.S. Navy hull designation

ECCM

Electronic Counter Counter Measures. Counters the effects of ECM

ECM

Electronic Counter-measures

EM

Electromagnetic. Used for EM sensors, EM signature, etc

GB Engine

See FAC Engine

GB

Gunboat. Another term used for Fast Attack Craft (FAC)

GC

Gauss Cannon

FAC

Fast Attack Craft. In Aurora terms, usually used to refer to a small spacecraft of about 500-1000 tons that is equipped with a Fast Attack Craft Engine. Sometimes called a Gunboat

FAC Engine

Sometimes referred to as a GB Engine. This is a high-powered engine that has double the normal output but uses 10x fuel. Only one can be mounted on a spacecraft

FC

Fire Control

GFTF

Ground Forces Training Facility

HS

Hull Space. Ships are measured in hull spaces, which are 50 tons each. So a size 100 ship is 5000 tons.

HTK

Hits to Kill: How much damage is required to automatically destroy a ship system. If less damage than the HTK rating is inflicted, the chance of destruction is damage/HTK.

IFR

Incremental Failure Rate. This is the chance of a system failure on a ship during a 5-day increment. On the Ship Summary it shows the current IFR based on the ship's maintenance clock. On the Class Summary it shows the failure rate for a ship with one year on the clock.

JP

Jump point. Occasionally referred to as Warp Point

LP

Lagrange Point. An intra-system jump point found in the L5 lagrange point of super-jovians or massive gas giants (about sixty degrees behind the planet in its orbit)

MSP

Can mean either of two things; one of which is Maintenance Supply Points, which are used by ships to fix maintenance failures and carry out repairs. The other possible meaning is Missile Size Point. The Missile Size point is the way in which the size of missiles, or the amount of space dedicated to missile components, is usually described. 1 hull space (50 tons) is equal to 20 MSP. 1 MSP is equal to 1/20th of a hull space, or about 2.5 tons.

NPR

Non-player Race. A computer-controlled Empire

OWP

Orbital Weapon Platform

PD

Point Defense

PDC

Planetary Defence Centre. A base on a planetary surface. Designed in the Class Design window in a similar way to a ship. The difference is that the Type dropdown (middle top) is set to PDC instead of Ship. Built by industry rather than Shipyards

ROF

Rate of Fire

RP

Research Points

SB

System Body. System body can be either a planet, a moon, an asteroid, or even a comet

SM

Spacemaster. The referee in a multi-player game

SM Mode

Accessible via Ctrl-S on the main menu. Allows you to see and do more than you normally would as a player

SY

Shipyard

TCS

Target Cross-Section. The size of target for the purposes of active sensors

TH

Thermal. Used for Thermal sensors, Thermal signature, etc

TMA

Target Motion Analysis. Used in analysing passive sensor contacts.

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