AAR |
anti-armor robot |
AAW |
anti-attack warfare |
AF |
Astral Force |
AG |
artificial gravity |
APR |
anti-personnel robot |
CO |
commanding officer (or captain) |
FAC |
fast-attack craft |
XO |
executive officer |
OFFICER TRADES
Line officer |
in charge of the general operations of the Astral Force warships, this trade is exclusive to the Fleet |
Strike officer |
commanding AF ground operations, this trade is exclusive to the Corps |
Pilot officer |
operators of the Astral Force small craft, this trade exists in both Fleet and Corps, depending on the craft being piloted |
Support officer |
divided into three distinct sub-trades—Supply, Engineering, and Intelligence—this trade fulfills the Astral Force non-combat roles for both Fleet and Corps |
Brane |
a region of spacetime which consists of three spatial dimensions and one time dimension; humans exist in one of several known branes |
Bulk |
an area of spacetime which consists of FOUR spatial dimensions and one time dimension |
Peet |
the unit of measurement to describe how far away into the fourth dimension something is from the brane in which humans exist |
Aft |
toward the back of the ship |
Bow |
front of the ship |
Bridge |
the command center of the ship |
Bulkhead |
wall |
Deck |
floor |
Deckhead |
ceiling |
Forward |
toward the front of the ship |
Flats |
corridor |
Frame |
an air-tight bulkhead which divides one section of the ship from another |
Galley |
kitchen |
Hatch |
a permanent access point built into a deck (as opposed to a door which is built into a bulkhead) |
Heads |
toilet |
Ladder |
a steep stairway leading from one deck to another |
Main cave |
main cafeteria |
Passageway |
corridor |
Port |
left |
Rack |
bed; also a verb meaning to sleep |
Starboard |
right |
Stern |
back of the ship |
Washplace |
sink, shower |