Common Abbreviations
Starship Shorthand
Starships, specifically those designated as Tech-2 ships, or larger Industrial ships (The Medium Freighter class, for instance, is almost never written out), are abbreviated to save space and time when naming them, both in Fleet communications and to speed up communications in Chat.
Civil Ships
| Ship Class | Shorthand |
|---|---|
| Shuttle | N/A |
| Transport | N/A |
| Light Freighter | LF |
| Medium Freighter | MF |
| Heavy Freighter | HF |
| Barge | N/A |
| Ship Class | Shorthand |
|---|---|
| Blockade Runner | BR |
| Jump Freighter | JF |
| Industrial Command Ship | ICS |
Warships
| Ship Class | Shorthand |
|---|---|
| Starfighter | SF |
| Gunship | GS |
| Corvette | Corv |
| Frigate | Frig |
| Destroyer | Dessy |
| Cruiser | N/A |
| Battlecruiser | BC |
| Ship Class | Shorthand |
|---|---|
| Scrambler | N/A |
| Recon Fighter | Recon |
| Assault Gunship | AGS |
| Interdictor Gunship | IGS |
| Stasis Corvette | SCV |
| Assault Corvette | ACV |
| Logistics Corvette | LCV |
| Interdictor Corvette | ICV |
| Black Ops Frigate | BLOPs |
| Missile Frigate | MFG |
| Assault Frigate | AFG |
| Assault Destroyer | ADS |
| Interdictor Destroyer | IDS |
| Missile Cruiser | MCR |
| Logistics Cruiser | LCR |
| Lancer | N/A |
Multiblocks
Common or overtly specific Multiblocks' names (Such as the Industrial Invulnerability Unit) are commonly shortened as well.
| Multiblock | Shorthand |
|---|---|
| Mining Laser | ML |
| Particle Shield | Shield |
| Hyperdrive | Hyper |
| Navigation Computer | Navcomp |
| Jump Field Generator | JFG |
| Jump Beacon | JB |
| Interdiction Well | Gravwell |
| Multiblock | Shorthand |
|---|---|
| Heavy Turret | HT |
| Quad Turret | Quad |
| Ion Turret | Ion |
| Point Defense Turret | PDT, AT |
| Torpedo | Torp |
| Tri Turret | TT |
| Autocannon | AC |
| Light Missile Launcher | LM |
| Rapid Heavy Missile Launcher | RHML |
| Anti-Capital Turret | ACAP |
| EMP Missile | EMP |
| Neutralizer | NL |
| Heavy Neutralizer | HN |
| Arsenal Missile Launcher | AM |
| Thermonuclear Missile Launcher | Thermo |
| Doomsday Device | DDL |