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General game terms


PK, PKer, PKing Player kill, A person who deliberately sets out to kill other players
Anti-Pker A player who hunts PKers
PF Planet Fighting (a practice that is frowned upon)
Bot Computer controlled opponents (Klyn, Rin etc) also known as NPC (Non Player Characters)
Trade bot A program used to trade in Gen. on an ALT char
Alt Char A character (other than the main one) used by a player
CAD What unscrupulous Players do when in deep trouble (also known as the 3 finger salute)
FF Fake fire, When you first click on engage to fire at an enemy, nothing appears to happen until you click your guns. However from everyone else's point of view you are firing. Since this does no damage it is called Fake Fire
Acc Accept Chat, Quite often when people request chat you might not notice (particularly with ENDY BEHEs) thus they often say Name, Acc (as a wake-up call)
PC Price change A very important aspect of Diaspora

Planet Names


GG Gen Grayl
GI Gen Irium
GP Gen Pelin
GG1, 2 3 Gen Gate 1 2 or 3
LM Lauis Metis (the first planet in the neutral zone you are likely to visit)
TY Tyros
SJ Seejen
JK Jen Kayle
JC Jen Cando
RB Renos Brin
Dy (or DN) Daynow
HS Hy Syng
KY Kaydarin

Guild names

PB Pandora's Box
BN Black Nova
I.T.A. Impact Training Association
IS Iron Shield

Ship Names

EndyMoth Endymion Behemoth
NeriMoth Neried Behemoth
HeliMoth Helios Behemoth
Nacker Neried Attacker
Nessie Neried Destroyer
Dessy Destroyer
Behe Behemoth
Archie Arachne
Neri (or Ner) Neried
Endy Endymion
Heli Helios
T2 or T1 Talos 2 or Talos 1
N2 or N1 Nisus 2 or Nisus 1

General chat codes


SOS Shoot On Sight (if a player or guild has upset a powerful guild they may be deemed SOS)
BrB Be Right Back
LoL Lots of Laughter (or Laugh out loud)
WB Welcome Back
LMAO Laughing My A$$ off
ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
BBS Be Back soon
BBL Be Back Later
BBIAB Be Back in a bit
OMW On My Way
ATM At The Moment
M8 Mate
L8r Later
TY Thank You (not to be confused with Tyros)
TBH To Be Honest
IMO In My Opinion
ACK Acknowledge
Sup? What's Up?
*action* anything in ** is considered an action

All goods are shortened to 2 letter codes except Gryn Stone (GS1) and Gen Synth (GS2)
these codes can be seen on the purchase screen



Conclusion

I hope this guide has helped you in some way, I plan on updating the information in it as the
game progresses so check back here or at Diaspora news for updates!

Additional Note:- This document will always be a couple of days delayed over the update of the diaguide.txt

If anyone would like a copy of my ship table in Access (for easy searching) or Word (for easy printing) please e-mail me

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