Greetings all, I would like you all as a community to help me compile a list of all of the Acronyms & Contractions in STO and also help me find out what they mean, I am aware of the meanings of some of the common STO Acronyms & Contractions, but not all.
Star Trek Online Acronyms & Contractions.
Abilities (General and Effects):
AoE - Area of Effect
DoT - Damage over Time
DpS - Damage per Second
EM - Evasive Maneuvers
FI - Full Impulse
HoT - Healing over Time
OP - Over Powered
PBAoE - Point Blank Area of Effect
TW - Transwarp
Abilities (Engineering):
EPtW = Emergency Power to Weapons
EPtS = Emergency Power to Shields
EPtE = Emergency Power to Engines
EPtA = Emergency Power to Auxiliary
Abilities (Science):
MES - Mask Energy Signature
SNB - Sub-Nucleonic Beam
TkR / TR - Tykens Rift
TyB / TB - Tachyon Beam
TtB / TB - Tractor Beam
VrM / VM - Viral Matrix
Abilities (Tactical):
APA - Attack Pattern Alpha (Tactical Captain Ability)
APB - Attack Pattern Beta
APO - Attack Pattern Omega
BO / BeamO - Beam Overload
BFI - Brace For Impact
CRF - Cannons: Rapid Fire
FaW - Beams: Fire At Will
HYT - High Yield Torpedoes
TS / TorpS - Torpedo: Spread
Chat and Forums:
ATM - At The Moment
BBQ - Barbecue
BO / BOff - Bridge Officer
BoE - Bind on Equip (Refering to Specific Items)
BoPu - Bind on Pickup (Refering to Specific Items, Changed from BoP to BoPu so not to be confused with the Bird of Prey)
BRB - Be Right Back
DIACF - Die in a Chemical Fire
DIAF - Die in a Fire
DXP - Diplomatic Experience Points
FYI - For Your Information
HBY - He's Behind You
HUD - Head Up Display
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMO - In My Opinion
IP - Intellectual Property (STO) / Internet Protocol (Common to 21st Century Internet Users)
L2P - Learn to Play
LLAP - Live Long, and Prosper
LoL - Laugh out Loud
LY - Light Year
Mish - Mission
Newb / Newbie - New Player Unfamiliar with Protocols (Nice Version)
Noob / Nub - New Player Unfamiliar with Protocols (Bad Version)
NZ - Neutral Zone
OP - Original Post / Original Poster
P&LL - Peace and Long Life
P2SP - Post to See Posts
PUG - Pick Up Group
QFE - Quoted for Emphasis
QFT - Quoted for Truth or Topic
qq / QQ - Kind of like 2 eyes with Teardrops coming out (Logographic not Phonetic)
RoFL - Roll on Floor Laughing
RrB - Restroom Break
RoA - Rules of Acquisition
STF - Special Task Force.
TBA - To Be Announced
TBC - To Be Confirmed
TBD - To Be Determined
TBH - To Be Honest
TL;DR - Too Long, Didn't Read
TL;DC - Too Long, Don't Care
UGC - User generated Content
WC - Wrong Chat / Wrong Channel
WiS - Where is Sulu
WZ - War Zone
Docks, Outposts, Ships, Starbases and Stations:
BoP - Bird of Prey (Ship Class)
DS9 - Deep Space Nine (Location: Bajor Sector, Beta Ursae Sector Block)
ESD - Earth Space Dock (Location: Sol System, Vulcan Sector, Sirius Sector Block)
IKS - Imperial Klingon Ship
K7 - Deep Space Station K-7 (NCC-K7) (Location: Aldebaran Sector, Eta Eridani Sector Block)
KBoP - Klingon Bird of Prey (Ship Class)
MemA - Memory Alpha (Location: Taneebia Sector, Alpha Centauri Sector Block)
NCC (Created by Designer Matt Jefferies) - Officially No Canon Meaning, the Soft Canon meaning is Naval Construction Contract (from a Diane Carey novel entitled Star Trek: Best Destiny)
RBoP - Romulan Bird of Prey (Ship Class)
SB24 - Starbase 24 (Currently Undersiege, you can not Dock Here) (Location: Orion Sector, Sirius Sector Block)
SB39 - Starbase 39 (Location: Sierra System, Sierra Sector, Alpha Centauri Sector Block)
SB114 - Starbase 114 (Currently Mission Only, you can not Dock Here) (Location: Celes System, Celes Sector, Regulus Sector Block)
USS - United Star Ship
Factions:
CU - The Cardassian Union
FA - The Ferengi Alliance
KIE - The Klingon Imperial Empire
RSE - The Romulan Star Empire
UFP - The United Federation of Planets
Fleet Actions:
BD - Big Dig (Location: Hyralan Sector, Psi Velorum Sector Block)
BtP - Breaking the Planet (Location: Laurentian System, Xarantine Sector, Pi Canis Sector Block)
CE - Crystalline Entity (Location: Taneebia Sector, Alpha Centauri Sector Block)
DS9 - Deep Space Nine (Location: Bajor Sector, Beta Ursae Sector Block)
DSE - Deep Space Encounter (Location: Variable)
KSF - Klingon Scout Force (Location: Laurentian System, Xarantine Sector, Pi Canis Sector Block)
SB24 - Starbase 24 (Currently Undersiege, you can not Dock Here) (Location: Orion Sector, Sirius Sector Block)
Game Modes:
FvF - Federation vs Federation
FvK - Federation vs Klingon
KvK - Klingon vs Klingon
PvE - Player vs Envoroment
PvP - Player vs Player
Game Types:
MMO - Massively Multiplayer Online game
MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
RPG - Role Playing Game
Sim - Simulation / Simulator
TPS - Third-Person Shooter
Organizations:
KDF - Klingon Defense Force
S31 - Section 31
Planetary Structures:
CRC - Communications Research Center
FC - Federation Council
SA - Starfleet Academy
SH - Starfleet Headquarters
SM - Starfleet Medical
SMA - Starfleet Medical Academy
VSA - Vulcan Science Academy
Starfleet Operations Divisions:
CoE - Corps of Engineers
JAG - Judge Advocate General's Corps / Judge Advocate General
Starfleets Commisioned Officer Ranks (In Order of Rank):
ENS - Ensign
LTJG - Lieutenant Junior Grade
LT - Lieutenant
LCDR - Lieutenant Commander / Lt. Commander
CDR - Commander
CAPT - Capitan
FCAPT - Fleet Captain (Honorary Title and not a Rank)
DD - Deputy Director (Officer Posistion used in Starfleet Intelligence / Section 31 and not a Rank)
CDRE - Commodore (This Rank is equal to the Rank of RDML - Rear Admiral (Lower Half))
RDML - Rear Admiral (Lower Half) (This Rank is equal to the Rank of CDRE - Commodore)
RADM - Rear Admiral (Upper Half)
VADM - Vice Admiral
ADM - Admiral
FADM - Fleet Admiral
Starfleets Non-Commisioned Officer Ranks (In Order of Rank):
RC - Recruit
CREW - Crewman / Crewperson / Crewmember
CREW3 - Crewman / Crewperson / Crewmember (3rd Class, 1st Year of Service)
CREW2 - Crewman / Crewperson / Crewmember (2nd Class, 2nd Year of Service)
CREW1 - Crewman / Crewperson / Crewmember (1st Class, 3rd Year of Service)
PO - Petty Officer
PO3 - Petty Officer (3rd Class) / Yeoman (3rd Class)
PO2 - Petty Officer (2nd Class) / Specialist (2nd Class)
PO1 - Petty Officer (1st Class) / Technician (1st Class)
CPO - Chief Petty Officer
SCPO - Senior Chief Petty Officer / Senior Chief Specialist
MCPO - Master Chief Petty Officer
Starfleets Officer Candidate Ranks (In Order of Rank):
MIDN / CDT - Midshipman / Cadet
CDT4 - Cadet (4th Class, 1st Year Student)
CDT3 - Cadet (3rd Class, 2nd Year Student)
CDT2 - Cadet (2nd Class, 3rd Year Student)
CDT1 - Cadet (1st Class, 4th Year Student)
Titles not Associated with Starfleet:
MACO - Military Assault Command Operations
Tier 1 Tribbles:
Dot - Dotson
Spa - Sparkes
Stl - Stahl
Tier 2 Tribbles:
Sus - Susilo
Tho - Thompson
Vit - Vitales
Tier 3 Tribble:
Tuf - Tuffli
Tier 4 Tribbles:
Hen - Henry
Jas - Jasperson
Mcc - Mccarry
Nix - Nix
Riv - Rivera
Tier 5 Tribbles:
Cav - Cavallaro
Dea - Deangelo
How - Howe
Stc - Stacy
Tier 6 Tribbles:
Mat - Mattson
Ric - Ricossa
Tier 7 Tribbles:
Dax - Daxter
Gri - Griffis
Hig - Highison
Vel - Velasquez
Tier 8 Tribbles:
Nie - Nielson
Yu - Yu
Zinc - Zinc
TV Series & Film:
DS9 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
ENT - Enterprise
ST09 - Star Trek (2009)
STI / TMP - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
STII / TWoK- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
STIII / TSfS- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
STIV / TVH- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
STV / TFF - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
STVI / TUC- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
STVII / Gen - Star Trek VII: Generations
STVIII / FC - Star Trek VIII: First Contact
STIX / Ins- Star Trek IX: Insurrection
STX / Nem - Star Trek X: Nemesis
TAS - Star Trek: The Animated Series
TNG - Star Trek: The Next Generation
TOS - Star Trek (The Original Series)
VOY - Star Trek: Voyager
This Database of Acronyms & Contractions is the result of the combined efforts from all of the posters in this thread, thank you all for your contributions!
Please Post any information you have on STO Acronyms & Contractions in this thread and also, if I have made any mistakes, please let me know, thank you.
Star Trek Online Acronyms & Contractions.
Abilities (General and Effects):
AoE - Area of Effect
DoT - Damage over Time
DpS - Damage per Second
EM - Evasive Maneuvers
FI - Full Impulse
HoT - Healing over Time
OP - Over Powered
PBAoE - Point Blank Area of Effect
TW - Transwarp
Abilities (Engineering):
EPtW = Emergency Power to Weapons
EPtS = Emergency Power to Shields
EPtE = Emergency Power to Engines
EPtA = Emergency Power to Auxiliary
Abilities (Science):
MES - Mask Energy Signature
SNB - Sub-Nucleonic Beam
TkR / TR - Tykens Rift
TyB / TB - Tachyon Beam
TtB / TB - Tractor Beam
VrM / VM - Viral Matrix
Abilities (Tactical):
APA - Attack Pattern Alpha (Tactical Captain Ability)
APB - Attack Pattern Beta
APO - Attack Pattern Omega
BO / BeamO - Beam Overload
BFI - Brace For Impact
CRF - Cannons: Rapid Fire
FaW - Beams: Fire At Will
HYT - High Yield Torpedoes
TS / TorpS - Torpedo: Spread
Chat and Forums:
ATM - At The Moment
BBQ - Barbecue
BO / BOff - Bridge Officer
BoE - Bind on Equip (Refering to Specific Items)
BoPu - Bind on Pickup (Refering to Specific Items, Changed from BoP to BoPu so not to be confused with the Bird of Prey)
BRB - Be Right Back
DIACF - Die in a Chemical Fire
DIAF - Die in a Fire
DXP - Diplomatic Experience Points
FYI - For Your Information
HBY - He's Behind You
HUD - Head Up Display
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMO - In My Opinion
IP - Intellectual Property (STO) / Internet Protocol (Common to 21st Century Internet Users)
L2P - Learn to Play
LLAP - Live Long, and Prosper
LoL - Laugh out Loud
LY - Light Year
Mish - Mission
Newb / Newbie - New Player Unfamiliar with Protocols (Nice Version)
Noob / Nub - New Player Unfamiliar with Protocols (Bad Version)
NZ - Neutral Zone
OP - Original Post / Original Poster
P&LL - Peace and Long Life
P2SP - Post to See Posts
PUG - Pick Up Group
QFE - Quoted for Emphasis
QFT - Quoted for Truth or Topic
qq / QQ - Kind of like 2 eyes with Teardrops coming out (Logographic not Phonetic)
RoFL - Roll on Floor Laughing
RrB - Restroom Break
RoA - Rules of Acquisition
STF - Special Task Force.
TBA - To Be Announced
TBC - To Be Confirmed
TBD - To Be Determined
TBH - To Be Honest
TL;DR - Too Long, Didn't Read
TL;DC - Too Long, Don't Care
UGC - User generated Content
WC - Wrong Chat / Wrong Channel
WiS - Where is Sulu
WZ - War Zone
Docks, Outposts, Ships, Starbases and Stations:
BoP - Bird of Prey (Ship Class)
DS9 - Deep Space Nine (Location: Bajor Sector, Beta Ursae Sector Block)
ESD - Earth Space Dock (Location: Sol System, Vulcan Sector, Sirius Sector Block)
IKS - Imperial Klingon Ship
K7 - Deep Space Station K-7 (NCC-K7) (Location: Aldebaran Sector, Eta Eridani Sector Block)
KBoP - Klingon Bird of Prey (Ship Class)
MemA - Memory Alpha (Location: Taneebia Sector, Alpha Centauri Sector Block)
NCC (Created by Designer Matt Jefferies) - Officially No Canon Meaning, the Soft Canon meaning is Naval Construction Contract (from a Diane Carey novel entitled Star Trek: Best Destiny)
RBoP - Romulan Bird of Prey (Ship Class)
SB24 - Starbase 24 (Currently Undersiege, you can not Dock Here) (Location: Orion Sector, Sirius Sector Block)
SB39 - Starbase 39 (Location: Sierra System, Sierra Sector, Alpha Centauri Sector Block)
SB114 - Starbase 114 (Currently Mission Only, you can not Dock Here) (Location: Celes System, Celes Sector, Regulus Sector Block)
USS - United Star Ship
Factions:
CU - The Cardassian Union
FA - The Ferengi Alliance
KIE - The Klingon Imperial Empire
RSE - The Romulan Star Empire
UFP - The United Federation of Planets
Fleet Actions:
BD - Big Dig (Location: Hyralan Sector, Psi Velorum Sector Block)
BtP - Breaking the Planet (Location: Laurentian System, Xarantine Sector, Pi Canis Sector Block)
CE - Crystalline Entity (Location: Taneebia Sector, Alpha Centauri Sector Block)
DS9 - Deep Space Nine (Location: Bajor Sector, Beta Ursae Sector Block)
DSE - Deep Space Encounter (Location: Variable)
KSF - Klingon Scout Force (Location: Laurentian System, Xarantine Sector, Pi Canis Sector Block)
SB24 - Starbase 24 (Currently Undersiege, you can not Dock Here) (Location: Orion Sector, Sirius Sector Block)
Game Modes:
FvF - Federation vs Federation
FvK - Federation vs Klingon
KvK - Klingon vs Klingon
PvE - Player vs Envoroment
PvP - Player vs Player
Game Types:
MMO - Massively Multiplayer Online game
MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
RPG - Role Playing Game
Sim - Simulation / Simulator
TPS - Third-Person Shooter
Organizations:
KDF - Klingon Defense Force
S31 - Section 31
Planetary Structures:
CRC - Communications Research Center
FC - Federation Council
SA - Starfleet Academy
SH - Starfleet Headquarters
SM - Starfleet Medical
SMA - Starfleet Medical Academy
VSA - Vulcan Science Academy
Starfleet Operations Divisions:
CoE - Corps of Engineers
JAG - Judge Advocate General's Corps / Judge Advocate General
Starfleets Commisioned Officer Ranks (In Order of Rank):
ENS - Ensign
LTJG - Lieutenant Junior Grade
LT - Lieutenant
LCDR - Lieutenant Commander / Lt. Commander
CDR - Commander
CAPT - Capitan
FCAPT - Fleet Captain (Honorary Title and not a Rank)
DD - Deputy Director (Officer Posistion used in Starfleet Intelligence / Section 31 and not a Rank)
CDRE - Commodore (This Rank is equal to the Rank of RDML - Rear Admiral (Lower Half))
RDML - Rear Admiral (Lower Half) (This Rank is equal to the Rank of CDRE - Commodore)
RADM - Rear Admiral (Upper Half)
VADM - Vice Admiral
ADM - Admiral
FADM - Fleet Admiral
Starfleets Non-Commisioned Officer Ranks (In Order of Rank):
RC - Recruit
CREW - Crewman / Crewperson / Crewmember
CREW3 - Crewman / Crewperson / Crewmember (3rd Class, 1st Year of Service)
CREW2 - Crewman / Crewperson / Crewmember (2nd Class, 2nd Year of Service)
CREW1 - Crewman / Crewperson / Crewmember (1st Class, 3rd Year of Service)
PO - Petty Officer
PO3 - Petty Officer (3rd Class) / Yeoman (3rd Class)
PO2 - Petty Officer (2nd Class) / Specialist (2nd Class)
PO1 - Petty Officer (1st Class) / Technician (1st Class)
CPO - Chief Petty Officer
SCPO - Senior Chief Petty Officer / Senior Chief Specialist
MCPO - Master Chief Petty Officer
Starfleets Officer Candidate Ranks (In Order of Rank):
MIDN / CDT - Midshipman / Cadet
CDT4 - Cadet (4th Class, 1st Year Student)
CDT3 - Cadet (3rd Class, 2nd Year Student)
CDT2 - Cadet (2nd Class, 3rd Year Student)
CDT1 - Cadet (1st Class, 4th Year Student)
Titles not Associated with Starfleet:
MACO - Military Assault Command Operations
Tier 1 Tribbles:
Dot - Dotson
Spa - Sparkes
Stl - Stahl
Tier 2 Tribbles:
Sus - Susilo
Tho - Thompson
Vit - Vitales
Tier 3 Tribble:
Tuf - Tuffli
Tier 4 Tribbles:
Hen - Henry
Jas - Jasperson
Mcc - Mccarry
Nix - Nix
Riv - Rivera
Tier 5 Tribbles:
Cav - Cavallaro
Dea - Deangelo
How - Howe
Stc - Stacy
Tier 6 Tribbles:
Mat - Mattson
Ric - Ricossa
Tier 7 Tribbles:
Dax - Daxter
Gri - Griffis
Hig - Highison
Vel - Velasquez
Tier 8 Tribbles:
Nie - Nielson
Yu - Yu
Zinc - Zinc
TV Series & Film:
DS9 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
ENT - Enterprise
ST09 - Star Trek (2009)
STI / TMP - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
STII / TWoK- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
STIII / TSfS- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
STIV / TVH- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
STV / TFF - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
STVI / TUC- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
STVII / Gen - Star Trek VII: Generations
STVIII / FC - Star Trek VIII: First Contact
STIX / Ins- Star Trek IX: Insurrection
STX / Nem - Star Trek X: Nemesis
TAS - Star Trek: The Animated Series
TNG - Star Trek: The Next Generation
TOS - Star Trek (The Original Series)
VOY - Star Trek: Voyager
This Database of Acronyms & Contractions is the result of the combined efforts from all of the posters in this thread, thank you all for your contributions!
Please Post any information you have on STO Acronyms & Contractions in this thread and also, if I have made any mistakes, please let me know, thank you.
# 2
02-20-2010, 06:43 AM
# 3
02-20-2010, 06:43 AM
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Alecto
AoE - ? DPS - ? |
AoE? Age of Empires? I don't know.
# 4
02-20-2010, 06:51 AM
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Tempeste
AoE= Area of Effect, normally refers to attacks that cause damage within an area rather than towards a specific target.
DpS: Damage per second. |
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by bapaveza
I've always been under the impression DPS is Damager Per Second.
|
# 5
02-20-2010, 06:57 AM
# 6
02-20-2010, 07:02 AM
# 7
02-20-2010, 07:07 AM
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Darklink136
USS - United Space Ship? I'm not too sure on this one...
|
# 8
02-20-2010, 07:22 AM
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Twenty_Eyes
These are common terms and can be looked up at http://mmoterms.com
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Darklink136
KvK - Klingon vs Klingon
FvF - Federation vs Federation - not sure if this is implemented yet USS - United Space Ship? I'm not too sure on this one... I'll add more later as I notice them in game :3 |
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Twenty_Eyes
or United Star Ship. See http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/USS
|
# 9
02-20-2010, 07:23 AM
# 10
02-20-2010, 07:25 AM
 |
«
Previous Thread
|
Next Thread
»
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
Linear Mode
|
|
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 11:06 PM.