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 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 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
