List of terms (RDM): Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:22, 13 September 2006

AAU: Anti-aircraft Unit, a weapon emplacement used to destroy aerial units (Fragged)
BSG: Battlestar Group (Water)
CAG: Commander Air Group, i.e. the senior pilot
CAP: Combat Air Patrol
CBDR: Constant Bearing, Decreasing Range, i.e. a collision course (Final Cut, Pegasus)
CF: Colonial Fleet (Final Cut)
CFR: Colonial Fleet Reserve (Final Cut)
CIC: Combat Information Center
DRADIS: Direction RAnge and DIStance, a tracking and ID tool analogous to modern day RADAR
CMC: Colonial Marine Corps (Final Cut)
CMCR: Colonial Marine Corps Reserve (Final Cut)
CMO: Chief Medical Officer
CNP: Command Navigation Program. Central computer program used on Colonial Fleet vessels (Miniseries)
CO: Commanding Officer
ECO: Electronic Countermeasures Officer
FTL: Faster Than Light
IFF: Identification Friend Foe (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II)
LSO: Landing Signal Officer
OOD: Officer of the Deck (Scattered)
RFN: Right Frakking Now (Valley of Darkness)
SAR: Search and Rescue (Fragged)
XO: Executive Officer

Actual: the commanding officer. Used in wireless transmissions
conn: literally the navigation controls, but also used to refer to command in general (The Captain's Hand)
five-'graph order: five paragraph operation order. A basic command tool taught to officer candidates (Fragged)
genny: power generator. Tyrol asked Cally to "find the genny" to power up the lights on Ragnar Anchorage (Miniseries)
Heavy: term used to signify a civilian transport vessel over a certain gross weight/mass, ie Colonial Heavy 798
klick: one kilometer
knuckle dragger: mechanic. Usage of the word is not offensive
nugget: a pilot in training (Act of Contrition, Scar)
Mark One Eyeball: the unaided eye (You Can't Go Home Again, Scar)
Old Man: slang for the commanding officer
rook': "rookie" (Miniseries)
sitrep: "situation report"
swallow: decoy drone deployed by Raptors (Miniseries)
snipe: engineer (The Captain's Hand)

bullet-head: slang for a Cylon Centurion (Downloaded)
frak: Colonial version of "fuck"
skin job: derogatory term for humanoid Cylons. Homage to the movie Blade Runner (Downloaded)
toaster: derogatory term for Cylons in general

ambrosia: a type of alcoholic beverage
carom: term used in conjunction with a Dradis Contact read; analogous to the term "mark"
chamalla: hallucinogenic plant used in religious ceremonies and medical treatments
cubit: unit of currency
Dradis: Colonial equivalent of radar
fumarella leaf: tobacco or a type of tobacco (Water)
G-4: a type of explosive similar to modern C-4 (Water)
krypter: Colonial version of "mayday" (Miniseries)
morpha: Colonial equivalent of morphine (Valley of Darkness, Epiphanies)
Red Line: a point in space behind wich an accumulative error creeps into FTL jump calculations (Miniseries, Pegasus)
stims: stimulants or a type of stimulants (33, Final Cut)
Triad: card game similar to Poker
tylium: mineral that can be refined to a powerful fuel
Pyramid: popular Colonial ball game
wireless: radio

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 *five-'graph order: five paragraph operation order. A basic command tool taught to officer candidates ([[Fragged]])
 *genny: power generator. Tyrol asked Cally to "find the genny" to power up the lights on [[Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Miniseries]])
+*Heavy: term used to signify a civilian transport vessel over a certain gross weight/mass, ie ''[[Colonial One|Colonial Heavy 798]]''
 *klick: one kilometer
 *knuckle dragger: mechanic. Usage of the word is not offensive