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3. Nomenclature
Here is a list of terms that you may encounter in newsgroup discussion.
Please contact the current maintainer for changes or additions to this
list. Thanks to Kent Peterson for getting this started. A larger set
of acronyms is available online at:
<http://www.grigzy.com/mysteryguild/strat/abriv.htm>
Racial Acronyms
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IT - Inter-stellar Traveller
IS - Inner-Strength (note that one should be careful when using
IS to mean Inner-Strength and *not* Inter-stellar Traveller)
SS - Super-Stealth
WM - War Monger
JOAT - Jack of All Trades
CA - Claim Adjuster
AR - Alternate Reality
SD - Space Demolition
HE - Hyper-Expansion
PP - Packet Physics
HP - Hyper-Producer (a race design for high resource output)
HG - Hyper-Growth (a race design for high population growth)
General Game Terms
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PRT - Primary Racial Trait (e.g., Super Stealth, Alternate Reality)
LRT - Lesser Racial Trait (e.g., Improved Starbases, Total Terraforming)
Ship Acronyms
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BB - Battleship
CA - Cruiser (CA is also used for Claim Adjuster, perhaps CC is better)
DD - Destroyer
Other Terms
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PBEM - Play-by-E-Mail
MM - Micro-management
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