Neocron Dictionary

This guide is a derivative of Friendly Ghost's "Neocron Dictionary" from way back in the day. I've updated it removing old entries and adding new entries. Authoisation has been gained from Friendly Ghost for the reproduction and updating of this guide.

Below is a list of commonly used lingo in the world of Neocron, at least on the Terra server but this guide may well apply to other servers (None-English Speaking) as well. Obviously the world of Neocron is constantly changing and everybody loves dropping that extra letter or two just to confuse everybody, so by all means this guide will never be completly uptodate. But here goes:

Common IRC & Board Acronyms

AFAIK - As Far As I Know

AFK - Away From Keyboard

BBL - Be Back Later

BRB - Be Right Back

BTW - By The Way

Cya - See You (slang)

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

FUP - Follow Up Post (=Reply)

IMO - In My Opinion

IRC - Internet Relay Chat

LOL - Laughing Out Loudly

Q&A - Questions & Answers

OMW - On My Way

ROFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing

RTFM - Read The Fucking (or Fine) Manual

WTB - Want To Buy

WTF - What The Fuck?

WTS - Want To Sell

Common RPG Acronyms

IC - In Character

IG - InGame

Mob - Mobile Object (=~ NPC)

MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game

MUD - Multi User Dungeon

OOC - Out of Character

OOG - Out of Game

RPG - Role-Playing Game

Inventory - Backpack

BP - Blueprint

DC - Data Cube

HUD - Heads Up Display

Imp - Implant

knc - Kilo (=1000) NeoCredits

LE - Law Enforcer

nc - NeoCredits

NeMa - Neocronicle Magazine

PB3 - Psi Booster 3

QB - Quickbelt

RPOS - Retinal Projected Operating System

RS - Rucksack

Term - Terminal

VotR - Voice of the Resistance

VR - Voice of the Resistance

Inventory – Rareparts

AHP - Additional Hull Part

ATP - Additional Tech Part

CP - Core Part

FP - Frame Part

HP - Hull Part

OP - Component Part

TP - Tech Part

Inventory - Rares

CS - Cursed Soul Cannon

DG - Devil's Grace Laserblade

DP - MC5 Distance Projector CPU

DS - MC5 Dimension Splitter Chip

FL - First Love Rifle

Libi - Liberator Pistol (Slang)

HL - Holy Lightning APU Module

PE - Pain Easer Rifle

RoG - Ray of God Rifle

SA - MC5 Synaptic Accelerator Chip (no longer in game, usually used to refer to MC5 Close Combat CPU)

SF - Special Forces Chip

SH - Silent Hunter Rifle

SS - Special Science Chip

People

ACG - Assistant Chief Gamemaster (GM Rank)

APU - Aggressive Psi User

CA - City Admin

CB - Cop Bot

CEO - Chief Executive Officer

CFO - Chief Financial Officer

CM - City Mercs

ECC - Event & Content Creator (GM Rank)

EGM - Event Game Master (GM Rank)

FA - Fallen Angel

FC - Faction Counsellor (GM Rank)

GM - Game Master

IFW - Ingame Forum Watch (GM Rank)

ISW - Ingame Support Watch (GM Rank)

KK - Reakktor

KOS - Kill on Sight

MJS - Martin Jörg Schwiezer

NAP - Non Aggression Pact

NCPD - Neocron Police Department (correct!)

NCPD - Neocron City Police Department (wrong!)

NExT - Neocron Exploration Technologies

NPC - Non Player Character

PC - Player Character

PK - Player Killer

PPU - Passive Psi User

PvP - Player versus Player

QA - Quality Assurance

TA - Tangent Technologies

TG - TwilightGuardian

TK - Team Killer

TT - Tangent Technologies

Vet - Veteran

WB - War Bot

WBT - War Bot Titan

Places

A&W - Archer & Wesson

ca - Clan Apartment

CRP - Canyon Reloading Point

DC - Desert City

DoY - Dome of York

HQ - Head Quarters

HV - Haus Verbot

IA - IndustrialArea

MB - Military Base

Nc - Neocron

NC - Neocron City

OZ - OutZone

P - Plaza

PLZA - Plaza

PP - PepperPark

TH - TechH(e)aven

TS - TestServer

VR - ViaRosso

WL - WasteLand

Sometimes abbreviations show up; in such a case you may see things like "Jeriko" instead of "Jeriko Fortress", "Krupp" instead of "Krupp Factory", "Regant's" instead of "Regant's Legacy", or "Avenger" instead of "Avenger mines". I'm not going to list them all, because there are too many locations to keep track of if I would do that. Just check the world map and you'll find what they're talking about.

Inside cities, other forms of shortcuts are used to provide information on current whereabouts. For example, inside Neocron City people will simply say they're in "plaza 2", leaving out the "sector" in between. In very extreme cases, or in small places such as Tech Haven, they might directly say "I'm in TH 2", which means he/she is in Tech Haven Sector 2. These too are too much to keep track of, so I'll skip them. You'll learn them with time, and use.

Very extreme forms of shortcut can also be seen in the form of single letters. In such cases, a location like "plaza sector 2" will simply appear as "P2". The Pepper Park sectors will have their own as well ("Pepper Park sector 3" will thus appear as "PP2"). "Via Rosso 3", to mention another example (and exception), will appear as "Via3".

If you're travelling outdoors, you will likely no longer see any of the above terms locations. Instead, the players will reveal their whereabouts by using the map sectors. If a player says he's currently in "E_05", to find him you'll need to open the world map screen and intersect the row and column mentioned.

In the case of this player, he's likely somewhere in the mountain range around Tech Haven. In short, they talk using the coordinate system of the world map.

Skills

Cst - Construction

Res - Research

Rez - Resurrection

SI - Synaptic Impairment

SL - Soul Light

XP - eXperience Points

Time

CET - Central European Time

DST - Daylight Savings Time

GMT - Greenwich Mean Time

PST - Pacific Standard Time

TZ - Time Zone

UTC - Universal Time Coordinated

WET - Western European Time