Commonly used acronyms in Star Citizen.
General Acronyms
A
- ADS
- Aim Down Sight
- AP
- Armor-Piercing
- ASOP
- Automated Ship Organization Program
- ATC
- Air Traffic Control
- AU
- Astronomical Unit
B
C
- CC
- Citizen Card
- CI / CIG
- Cloud Imperium Games
- CIWS
- Close-In Weapon System
- CCU
- Cross Chassis Upgrade
- CS
- CrimeStat
- Cross-Section (signature)
- CSET
- Central Standard Earth Time
D
- DPS
- Damage Per Second
- DGS
- Dedicated gaming server
E
- EEP
- Eastern Expansion Program
- EM
- Electromagnetic
- EMP
- Electromagnetic pulse
- EMU
- Extravehicular Mobility Unit
- EPTU
- Experimental Public Test Universe
- EVA
- Extravehicular Activity
F
- FPS
- First-person shooter
- Frames per second
- Feet per second
- FW
- Fleet Week, incorrect naming of Invictus Launch Week
G
- GM
- Geodesic Marker
- Gigameter. A unit of length or distance in the metric system that equals to 1,000,000 kilometers.
H
- HE
- High Explosive
- HOSAS
- Hands on Stick and Stick
- HOTAS
- Hands on Throttle and Stick
- HUD
- Heads-Up Display
I
- INB
- Imperial Naval Base
- INS
- Inertial Navigation System
- IR
- Infrared
- ITTS
- Improved Target Tracking System
J
- JT
- Jumptown
K
L
- LOS
- Line-of-Sight
- LTI
- Lifetime Insurance
- LZ
- Landing Zone
M
- MM
- Megameter. A unit of length or distance in the metric system that equals to 1,000 kilometers.
N
- N/A
- Not Applicable
- NPC
- Non-player character / Non-playable character
O
- OM-1/OM-2/OM-3...
- Orbital Marker
- OCS
- Object Container Streaming. Allows the game to dynamically bind/unbind entities via the streaming system. [1]
P
- PMA
- Personal Manager App
- POI
- Point of Interest
- POV
- Point Of View
- PvA
- Player vs All
- PvE
- Player vs Environment
- PvP
- Player vs Player
- PTT
- Push-to-Talk
Q
- QF
- Quantum Fuel
R
- RIO
- Radar Intercept Officer
- ROF
- Rate of Fire
- RSVP
- Répondez s'il vous plaît (meaning respond, if you please)
- RMQ
- Replication message queue. How the replication layer communicates information between the shards in preparation for handling server meshing.
S
- SC
- Star Citizen
- SCM
- Space Combat Maneuvering
- SED
- Standard Earth Day
- SEH
- Standard Earth Hour
- SHI
- Standard Hull Insurance
- S1/S2/S3
- Size 1/Size 2/Size 3
T
- TDD
- Trade & Development Division
- TVI
- Total Velocity Indicator
U
- UGF
- Underground Facility (e.g. Bunkers)
V
- VDU
- Video Display Unit
- VMA
- Vehicle Manager App
- VTOL
- Vertical Take-Off and Landing
W
X
- XT
- XenoThreat
Y
Z
Places
Abbreviations commonly seen in game chat and forums referring to planets, cities, stations, etc.
- A18
- Area18
- CRU
- Crusader
- GH
- Grim HEX
- JT
- Jumptown
- NB
- New Babbage
- PO
- Port Olisar
Companies and Products
Corporations and vehicles whose official names are acronyms or are commonly abbreviated.
- CO / CNOU
- Consolidated Outland
- R&R
- Rest & Relax
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