Glossary

A glossary of common abbreviations and jargon used by Outscape players.

• AoE – Area of Effect, typically of explosive weapons.
• Base – Military Bases.
• Bots - Syntis.
• Bomber – ships/weapons used for orbital bombardments.
• Cats/Kitties – Ripchee.
• Civ – Civilization/Major Faction.
• CoI - Center of Influence.
• Creds – Credits.
• DPS – Damage Per Second dealt by a weapon.
• Evos – Evolvanians.
• Giants – Mountain Giants.
• HW – Home World (the player’s starting planet).
• Hydro – Hydro Adjustment Station.
• IDA – IDA Games, the developers of Outscape.
• LY – Light Year, a unit of measurement of astronomical distances.
• Main - the Main galaxy, much larger than Skirmish and intended for a slower pace of play.
• MWt – Megawatt thermal, a unit of thermal power generation used by Power Stations and ship Engines.
• ODS - Orbital Defence System.
• PR – The People's Realm.
• Skirmish - the Skirmish galaxy, with closer player proximity and faster gameplay.
• Skregs - Skregons.
• Squids - Akorokken.
• Toasters – Syntis (pejorative).