Glossary
A glossary of terms and their definitions used in TextSpaced.
B
Short for biogenic saturation.
B-Chip
A currency worth one billion credits automatically issued once you reach two billion credits. Used for specialist trades and investments.
Blueprint
Required to build the stated structure listing the structure components required.
Body
A spatial body such as a planet or star.
Capsule
A capsule of cargo created when a ship is destroyed, can be opened with amenity illegal services.
Companion
Trained wildlife.
Consumable
An item that can be consumed in some manner.
D
Short for defences.
E
Short for engines.
Faction
A collective unit of people operating under one banner and sharing resources.
Factor
A personality factor.
FTL
Faster-than-light.
GPa
Gigapascal, a measure of strength for hull.
H
Short for hull.
I
Short for internal systems.
K
Short for kinetic damage.
Karma
A measure of relations between factions where actions increase or decrease karma, ranging from -100% to 100% with 0% being neutral.
L
Short for light drive.
LY
Lightyear, a measure of distance.
LYs/m
Lightyears per minute, a measure of speed.
M
Short for molten saturation.
Masterwork
The highest quality.
Mg
Refers to a unit of weight measurement, megagram.
N
Short for nuclear saturation.
NEMP
Short for Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse.
NPC
Non-player character, referring to people of factions which are AI and not players.
Port
Equipment or weapon for a ship.
Region
A length of space 50 lightyears long which can be owned through majority often granted a region perk to the owner.
Research Point
Generate by research centres to be used for faction research.
S
Short for shields.
Starborn
Born into a new faction of one.
System
A solar system or other type of system which contains bodies.
ZW
Zettawatt, a measure of power for shields.
Resources
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A
Short for arc saturation.