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VB6 Aurora:Glossary
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- 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.