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edited July 2014 in The Academy
Please Note: The original thread can be found here:

http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=122938


Career Specific Abilities.

  • Tactical (Ground):

    • TO: Target Optics.

    • FomM: Fire on my Mark.

    • TI: Tactical Initiative.

    • SE: Security Escort.

    • ST: Strike Team.


  • Tactical (Space):

    • APA: Attack Pattern Alpha.

    • FomM: Fire on my Mark.

    • TI: Tactical Initiative.

    • GDF: Go Down Fighting.

    • TF: Tactical Fleet.


  • Engineering (Ground):

    • RPtS: Reroute Power to Shields.

    • CS: Cover Shield.

    • SDF: Support Drone Fabrication.

    • OS: Orbital Strike.

    • EP: Engineering Proficiency.


  • Engineering (Space):

    • RSF: Rotate Shield Frequency.

    • EPS PT: EPS Power Transfer.

    • NI: Nadion Inversion.

    • MW: Miracle Worker.

    • EF: Engineering Fleet.


  • Science (Ground):

    • TS: Tricorder Scan.

    • NN: Neural Neutralizers.

    • DF: Dampening Field.

    • NpI: Nanoprobe Infestation.

    • SA: Scientific Aptitude.


  • Science (Space):

    • SS: Sensor Scan.

    • SnB: Subnucleonic Beam.

    • DF: Dampening Field.

    • PF: Photonic Fleet.

    • SF: Science Fleet.


Shared Abilities.
  • Shared (Ground):

    • CPR: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Ground).

    • CryG: Cryo Grenade.


  • Shared (Space):

    • FI: Full Impulse (Space).

    • EM: Evasive Maneuvers (Space).

    • Tw: Transwarp (Space).

    • BfI: Brace for Impact (Space).

    • RS: Ramming Speed (Space).

    • AS: Abandon Ship (Space).

    • FS: Fleet Support (Space).

    • QSsD: Quantum Slipstream Drive (Space).


Bridge Officer Abilities.
  • Tactical (Ground):

    • DF: Draw Fire.

    • FF: Focus Fire.

    • LS: Leg Sweep.

    • PhoG: Photon Grenade.

    • SmoG: Smoke Grenade.

    • SF: Suppressing Fire.

    • Lng: Lunge.

    • Ow: Overwatch.

    • FomM: Fire on my Mark.

    • PlaG: Plasma Grenade.

    • SM: Stealth Module.

    • Ab: Ambush.

    • MA: Motion Accelerator.

    • StuG: Stun Grenade.


  • Tactical (Space):

    • BAFaW: Beam Array: Fire at Will.

    • BAO: Beam Array: Overload.

    • TT: Tactical Team.

    • THY: Torpedo: High Yield.

    • TS: Torpedo: Spread.

    • BTWS: Beam Target Weapons Subsystems.

    • BTES: Beam Target Engines Subsystems.

    • BTSS: Beam Target Shields Subsystems.

    • BTAS: Beam Target Auxiliary Subsystems.

    • APB: Attack Pattern Beta.

    • APD: Attack Pattern Delta.

    • CRF: Cannon: Rapid Fire.

    • CSV: Cannon: Scatter Volley.

    • DPA: Dispersal Pattern Alpha.

    • DPB: Dispersal Pattern Beta.

    • APO: Attack Pattern Omega.


  • Engineering (Ground):

    • CMB: Chroniton Mine Barrier.

    • QF: Quick Fix.

    • SR: Shield Recharge.

    • WM: Weapons Malfunction.

    • RPtS: Reroute Power to Shields.

    • SGF: Shield Generator Fabrication.

    • PTF: Phaser Turret Fabrication.

    • CovS: Cover Shield.

    • ED: Equipment Diagnostics.

    • MGF: Medical Generator Fabrication.

    • QMF: Quantum Mortar Fabrication.

    • ComS: Combat Supply.

    • FA: Fuse Armor.

    • SDF: Support Drone Fabrication.


  • Engineering (Space):

    • EPtA: Emergency Power to Auxiliary.

    • EPtW: Emergency Power to Weapons.

    • EPtE: Emergency Power to Engines.

    • EPtS: Emergency Power to Shields.

    • ET: Engineering Team.

    • AtB: Auxiliary to Battery.

    • AtD: Auxiliary to Dampeners.

    • AtS: Auxiliary to Structural.

    • BP: Boarding Party.

    • DEM: Directed Energy Modulation.

    • ES: Extend Shields.

    • RSP: Reverse Shield Polarity.

    • AF: Aceton Field.

    • EWP: Eject Warp Plasma.


  • Science (Ground):

    • TH: Tachyon Harmonic.

    • GS: Gravimetric Shift.

    • HypoD: Hypospray - Dylovene.

    • MT: Medical Tricorder.

    • SP: Sonic Pulse.

    • SF: Stasis Field.

    • TS: Tricorder Scan.

    • VR: Vascular Regenerator.

    • HR: Hyperonic Radiation.

    • HypoM: Hypospray - Melorazine.

    • NN: Neural Neutralizer.

    • AG: Anesthizine Gas.

    • DF: Dampening Field.

    • NHM: Nanite Health Monitor.


  • Science (Space):

    • HE: Hazard Emitters.

    • JS: Jam Sensors.

    • MES: Mask Energy Signature.

    • PH: Polarize Hull.

    • ST: Science Team.

    • TyB: Tachyon Beam.

    • TtB: Tractor Beam.

    • TSS: Transfer Shield Strength.

    • CPB: Charged Particle Burst.

    • ES: Energy Siphon.

    • FP: Feedback Pulse.

    • PO: Photonic Officer.

    • TtBR: Tractor Beam Repulsors.

    • SS: Scramble Sensors.

    • TkR: Tyken's Rift.

    • GW: Gravity Well.

    • PSW: Photonic Shock Wave.

    • VM: Viral Matrix.


Effects.
  • AoE: Area of Effect.

  • PBAoE: Point-blank Area of Effect.

  • GTAoE: Ground-target Area of Effect

  • CAoE: Conal Area of Effect.

  • DoT: Damage over Time.

  • DPS: Damage Per Second.

  • HoT: Healing over Time

  • OP: Over Powered
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    General Chat / Forum Terms:

    • ATM: At The Moment.

    • BBQ: Barbecue.

    • BOff: Bridge Officer.

    • BoE: Bind on Equip.

    • BoPu: Bind on Pickup.

    • BRB: Be Right Back.

    • DIACF: Die In A Chemical Fire.

    • DIAF: Die In A Fire.

    • DXP: Diplomatic Experience Points.

    • FYI: For Your Information.

    • HBY: He's Behind You.

    • HUD: Head Up Display.

    • IIRC: If I Recall Correctly.

    • IMO: In My Opinion.

    • IP: Intellectual Property (STO) / Internet Protocol (Common to 21st Century Internet Users).

    • L2P: Learn to Play.

    • LLAP: Live Long, and Prosper.

    • LoL: Laugh out Loud.

    • LY: Light Year.

    • Mish: Mission.

    • MT: Mistyped.

    • Newb / Newbie: New Player Unfamiliar with Protocols (nice version).

    • Noob / Nub: New Player Unfamiliar with Protocols (bad version).

    • NZ: Neutral Zone.

    • OP: Original Post / Original Poster.

    • P&LL: Peace and Long Life.

    • P2SP: Post to See Posts.

    • PUG: Pick Up Group.

    • QFE: Quoted For Emphasis.

    • QFT: Quoted for Truth or Topic.

    • qq / QQ: Kind of like 2 eyes with Teardrops coming out (Logographic not Phonetic)

    • RoFL: Roll on Floor Laughing.

    • RrB: Restroom Break.

    • RoA: Rules of Acquisition.

    • STF: Special Task Force.

    • TBA: To Be Announced.

    • TBC: To Be Confirmed.

    • TBD: To Be Determined.

    • TBH: To Be Honest.

    • TL;DR: Too Long, Didn't Read.

    • TL;DC: Too Long, Don't Care.

    • UGC: User Generated Content.

    • WC: Wrong Chat / Wrong Channel.

    • WiS?: Where is Sulu?

    • WZ: War Zone.
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    Television Series.

    • ENT: Enterprise.

    • TOS: Star Trek (The Original Series).

    • TAS: Star Trek: The Animated Series.

    • TNG: Star Trek: The Next Generation.

    • DS9: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

    • VOY: Star Trek: Voyager.


    Motion Pictures.
    • TMP: Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

    • TWOK: Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan.

    • TSFS: Star Trek III: The Search For Spock.

    • TVH: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

    • TFF: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

    • TUC: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

    • Gen: Star Trek VII: Generations.

    • FC: Star Trek VIII: First Contact.

    • Ins: Star Trek IX: Insurrection.

    • Nem: Star Trek X: Nemesis.

    • ST09: Star Trek (2009).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    How funny, I was thinking about this thread before today, and about how you said you where going to update it. :D

    Really good job, anyways! :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Thanks Alecto, good work, as usual. I followed over from the old thread and now I'm /Subscribed +1.

    :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Thanks Alecto, good work
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I found this in your sig, and I like it so far.
  • nightshade50nightshade50 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    CSV = Cannon: Scatter Volley
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  • bendalekbendalek Member Posts: 1,781 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Nice list ... though it's a bit to literal in some cases, and a bit "proper" in others ... Some suggested additions ...

    PvE: Player versus Enemy.

    PvP: Player versus Player.

    F2P: Free to Play.

    P2W: Pay to win.

    Toon: The player character you use in game.

    Alt: A second or third etc. Character that you don't use as often.

    Main: Main Character that you use regularly, generally used to describe the character that has the most gear/resources/money/highest skills etc.

    Spam: Can be used to describe any large amount of on screen effects, or items, such as "FAW Spam" describing multiple ships using this power. Or "Torp Spam" for multiple Torpedos. Can also be used to describe low level enemy ships in certain larger zones.

    Pets: Any Ship or Fighter than can be equipped into a ships Hangar. Also used to describe the AI controlled component of ships that "split" such as the Galaxy-X or the Haakona Warbird

    DoFF, DOFF: Duty Officers

    BFAW, FAW: Beam Fire at will (the more common used, abbreviated version)

    BO: Beam overload (the more common used, abbreviated version)

    HYT: High Yield Torpedo (the revers of the one you posted, usually refering to the warhead, rather than the Bridge Officer ability)

    Torps: Torpedo's

    ESTF: Used for pretty much any Elite difficulty PvE queued Team map

    BZ: Battle Zone (usually prefixed with Voth or Dyson for ground and Undine for Space)

    Tac: Tactical Captain/Officer

    Engi: Engineering Captain/Officer

    Sci: Science Captain/Officer

    Fed: Federation/Federation Faction character/player
    Klink: Klingon or KDF Faction character/player
    Rom/Rommie: Romulan or Romulan Faction character/player

    Romfed / Romklink: Either a Federation Aligned Romulan character/player or a KDF Aligned Romulan character/player

    NM: Never Mind

    NP: No problem

    Vape: vapourize (frequebtly used in relation to PvP)

    Tard: Derogatory term or Insult (as in "Scimitard" or someone who fly's a Scimitar Dreadnought badly)

    BoA: Bound to account.
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  • razar2380razar2380 Member Posts: 1,187 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    PVE most of the time refers to Player vs. Environment (usually referring to missions you can queue for through the PVE window).
    ESTF (Elite Special Task Force) are Elite Borg STF missions that provide Omega marks.
    EPVE refers to any of the PVE (aside from STFs) that are elite.


    (EDIT) Also, the term tard is short for the derogatory, and insulting term TRIBBLE, which refers to ones with less mental abilities. It has been used with the name of Scimitars to insult the pilots of them for different reasons. Sometimes it is used to insult pilots of Scimitars that make mistakes, or have trouble flying them. However, it is also used to insult Scimitar pilots that upset others that don't like the Scimitars getting higher DPS that they cannot get, or just because the Scimitar pilots didn't do what they wanted them to.
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  • simeion1simeion1 Member Posts: 898 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Missed a science ground.
    Exothermic induction. Many ground pvpers refer to it as pyro.
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  • bendalekbendalek Member Posts: 1,781 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    razar2380 wrote: »
    PVE most of the time refers to Player vs. Environment (usually referring to missions you can queue for through the PVE window).
    Whilst that may be what it technically means, in these forums, it's more a generic term used to describe and Player vs Game or Player vs A.I. content = Player vs Enemy as opposed to Player vs Player
    razar2380 wrote: »
    ESTF (Elite Special Task Force) are Elite Borg STF missions that provide Omega marks.
    Again, technically correct, but in the forums, the terms STF and ESTF are more commonly used to refer to any of the missions revolving around the collecting of all Reputation Marks not just Omega
    razar2380 wrote: »
    EPVE refers to any of the PVE (aside from STFs) that are elite.
    This is one acronym I have never actually read on the forums, though it may exist, it certainly is not in common usage, which I thought was the whole point of this list?
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  • belidosbelidos Member Posts: 452 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    [QUOTE=Archived Post;3184011
    [*]Noob / Nub: New Player Unfamiliar with Protocols (bad version).
    [/QUOTE]

    Generally noob doesn't always mean new player, hence why we have two words, newb and noob, with newb meaning a new player that hasn't learnt something yet and noob meaning any player who does something stupid when they should know better.
  • razar2380razar2380 Member Posts: 1,187 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    bendalek wrote: »
    Again, technically correct, but in the forums, the terms STF and ESTF are more commonly used to refer to any of the missions revolving around the collecting of all Reputation Marks not just Omega

    You are correct that occasionally some people on the forums refers to the PVE missions as SFTs, however there are ones that correct them also. This is to help keep new players from getting confused, because there are both STFs, and PVE that you can queue for. Calling everything you queue for a STF will only cause confusion, since they are two different things.

    That is why STF, or ESTF are more commonly used to refer to the Borg Special Task Force (STF) missions. None of the other missions in the PVE queue refer to them.

    Also, the term PVE is used mostly to refer to the missions (aside from STFs) you queue up for in the PVE queue window. If someone is talking about an episode, them they usually use the word episode, and not PVE. This shows that the term PVE most of the time refers to the missions in the PVE queue window. Though, when it is also used in reference to refer to non-PVP content in the game, however when people refers to playing PVE missions, and they do not mention "episodes", then it is more commonly understood that they are not speaking of the episodes, which are Player vs. Game (A.I.), but the missions from the PVE queue window.

    bendalek wrote: »
    This is one acronym I have never actually read on the forums, though it may exist, it certainly is not in common usage, which I thought was the whole point of this list?

    It is true that this acronym is not commonly used in the forums, because most players usually refer to the name, or acronym of the PVE mission, with either Elite in the name, or an E in the acronym to identify the specific mission they are talking about. The reason I mentioned it is because you said that the acronym ESTF refers to all of the queue missions. This is incorrect.

    As I mentioned above, PVE missions refer to the missions in the PVE queue window that are NOT the STF missions. The STF missions refer to the Borg missions. This is why, when someone refers to other missions in the PVE queue as a STF, which does happen sometimes, someone tries to correct them.

    When someone starts referring to something like a Azure Nebula Rescue as a STF, it can get confusing to new players that are also told that STF means Special Task Force, and refers to the Borg missions, since there are no Borg in that PVE mission. Then, someone else needs to explain that someone used STF in the wrong context.
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  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 6,371 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    razar2380 wrote: »
    When someone starts referring to something like a Acura Nebula Rescue as a STF, it can get confusing to new players that are also told that STF means Special Task Force, and refers to the Borg missions, since there are no Borg in that PVE mission. Then, someone else needs to explain that someone used STF in the wrong context.

    I LOLed when you said Acura Nebula Rescue. Apparently there are Acuras in the 25th century, who knew! :D. Anyway back to serious matters the name would be Azure Nebula Rescue. Thanks for the laughs. Good thread by the way with its dictionary portion and people chiming in. Brilliant and thanks again!
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  • dahminusdahminus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    Epic necro is epic...it seems to be making a go at society living as well as a few people haven't realized it yet
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  • rahmkota19rahmkota19 Member Posts: 1,929 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    It is nice to try to get a list like this. But it is also very difficult.
    Some shorts can have more meaning.

    I can talk about the OP OP. What did I say? The OverPowered Opening Post. Same short, double meaning.

    If we really want to have a strong list, we should not only include every possible term we use here, but also their context meanings.
  • dahminusdahminus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    rahmkota19 wrote: »
    It is nice to try to get a list like this. But it is also very difficult.
    Some shorts can have more meaning.

    I can talk about the OP OP. What did I say? The OverPowered Opening Post. Same short, double meaning.

    If we really want to have a strong list, we should not only include every possible term we use here, but also their context meanings.

    I thought OP, in forum perspective, meant original poster...
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  • sthe91sthe91 Member Posts: 6,371 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    dahminus wrote: »
    I thought OP, in forum perspective, meant original poster...

    I thought the same thing and heard the same thing from others as well. Maybe OP, has multiple meanings. Hmm.
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  • razar2380razar2380 Member Posts: 1,187 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    sthe91 wrote: »
    I LOLed when you said Acura Nebula Rescue. Apparently there are Acuras in the 25th century, who knew! :D. Anyway back to serious matters the name would be Azure Nebula Rescue. Thanks for the laughs. Good thread by the way with its dictionary portion and people chiming in. Brilliant and thanks again!

    Lol. I didn't even notice it. I am using a tablet to type, and only have about 3 inches of screen to type in. Also, with eye problems hitting me, it only makes it harder. Thanks for correcting me on that.

    That is funny though. Especially since I don't like those cars. Lol.
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  • rahmkota19rahmkota19 Member Posts: 1,929 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    dahminus wrote: »
    I thought OP, in forum perspective, meant original poster...

    Also that. But I thought that two OP's was enough.

    So if you want, you can have the OP OP's OP. Are you happy now? ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!?!?
  • bendalekbendalek Member Posts: 1,781 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    rahmkota19 wrote: »
    Also that. But I thought that two OP's was enough.

    So if you want, you can have the OP OP's OP. Are you happy now? ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!?!?

    "Are you not entertained ?!?!" ... Sorry couldn't resist ...

    BTT: (which another of 2 possible additions OT = Off Topic and BTT = Back to Topic)

    I guess, a list like this will always be "fluid" and ultimately, there will always be a certain amount of individual interpretation, as in the "STF" issue for instance ...

    As long as most find it useful, and the basics are covered, I guess that's all that can be done.

    Trying to 'force' people into using 1 specific interpretation of an acronym though, is like trying to separate a Ferengi from his Latinum - Guaranteed to cause argument, and Doomed to failure
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  • centaurianalphacentaurianalpha Member Posts: 1,150 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    What is the meaning of RNG? I've seen it in some forum posts; sadly, many veteran players assume others will know what is meant, so I'm glad to see a thread like this.
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  • bendalekbendalek Member Posts: 1,781 Arc User
    edited July 2014
    What is the meaning of RNG? I've seen it in some forum posts; sadly, many veteran players assume others will know what is meant, so I'm glad to see a thread like this.

    Stands for "Random Number Generator" ... Basically a computer programme that "simulates" random numbers such as those from a thrown dice ... Unfortunately computers can't actually do "random" they have to be programmed with parameters, so an RNG can sometimes not actually be "random".

    It's used in games to give a chance of one or another event/item/stat occurring. Such as the chance of a certain modifier on items in the new crafting system.
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