FL Slang/code words.

Mon Mar 03, 2003 12:32 am by 666heretic

well i was extremely bored and i started to wonder what kinda code or slang would we use besides teh standard internet talk.

like say for instance when i say "Ok now lay the egg" that means deploy a mine......

-I trade for a living, rouges piss me off, come get me, catch me if you can, i will leave you in the dust, or you'll die trying, take your pick.- #Part of the traders protection pact# @Heretic Inc. We trade because we own.@

Mon Mar 03, 2003 12:50 am by Mephisto

I remember that some people you talk to in the demo use 'aced' instead of 'killed', if that helps a bit. I'm not sure about the egg one... did you make that up, or did someone say it?

"What is left when honor is lost?"
- Pubilius Syrus

Mon Mar 03, 2003 12:59 am by Kahar

Heh, Meph, it's actually "iced" which is a semi-standard term in space scifi (those more mature and gritty than SW and ST

)
It's cool to hear all the slang the other pilots use over the intercoms though

<@ElectricBrain> TACH IS DEAD! <@Tachyon> am not <@Tachyon> stfu <@ElectricBrain> no u stfu <@Tachyon> no you
<@ElectricBrain> no u <@Tachyon> no you <@ElectricBrain> no u <@Tachyon> NO YOU I WIN
-- Our very fine IRC ops --

Mon Mar 03, 2003 1:20 am by Mephisto

I'm not sure if by hearing it in the background they say aced/iced, though I've heard that term (iced) a lot, but one of the rumours you can get in the Liberty Bar refers to it as 'aced'... Something to the effect of; "Going there is a sure way to get aced".

"What is left when honor is lost?"
- Pubilius Syrus

Mon Mar 03, 2003 1:47 am by 666heretic

i heard that egg thing from the history channel or something....but they were not reffering to a mine, but since its the only thing you can really "lay" then...

-I trade for a living, rouges piss me off, come get me, catch me if you can, i will leave you in the dust, or you'll die trying, take your pick.- #Part of the traders protection pact# @Heretic Inc. We trade because we own.@

Mon Mar 03, 2003 2:17 am by ZeroGravity

The AI uses alot of real pilot jargon and slang such as "I've got a bogie on my six" meaning I have an enemy right behind me. I think it's pretty neat they use realistic fighter pilot terms.

Mon Mar 03, 2003 2:34 am by 666heretic

yeah, i bet someone there knows someone in teh air force. or whatched top gun 1 and 2 like 1000 times.

-I trade for a living, rouges piss me off, come get me, catch me if you can, i will leave you in the dust, or you'll die trying, take your pick.- #Part of the traders protection pact# @Heretic Inc. We trade because we own.@

Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:49 am by Kahar

Never seen that Meph, but cool

<@ElectricBrain> TACH IS DEAD! <@Tachyon> am not <@Tachyon> stfu <@ElectricBrain> no u stfu <@Tachyon> no you
<@ElectricBrain> no u <@Tachyon> no you <@ElectricBrain> no u <@Tachyon> NO YOU I WIN
-- Our very fine IRC ops --

Mon Mar 03, 2003 5:14 am by Nix413

There's a top gun 2?

Mon Mar 03, 2003 11:23 am by Eraser

Perhaps he meant the vid in the Top Gun games !?

Mon Mar 03, 2003 8:57 pm by 666heretic

no i think theres two top guns, either that or i am thinking of hot shots.

-I trade for a living, rouges piss me off, come get me, catch me if you can, i will leave you in the dust, or you'll die trying, take your pick.- #Part of the traders protection pact# @Heretic Inc. We trade because we own.@

Mon Mar 03, 2003 9:58 pm by Becket Velar

I prefer the term "vaped" to "Aced" or Iced". A couple of terms that are interesting from my old Star Wars days are terms like "Vac head" for someone who is in deep space a lot. Common Pilot jargon works too as in "12 oclock high" or "he is on my six". A nice euphamism for he died is "He sucked vacuum" or "the final jump" as in " Yeah he was outgunned six to one. 5 sucked vacuum before he made the final jump". Bogie, Bandit, and Indian(please guys take no offense this was actually a moniker given to German planes during the Battle of Britain) are terms for opponents ie. "He should have armed himself abit better before heading to Indian Country". Heavy...the term for a big ship but not a man'o war. Cap Ship abreviated capital ship typically in reference to a Man'war. Pig- This comes from many places and Mech Warrior in particular...Any vehicle that is slow and ponderous...most freighters,trains, armored transports. Anybody got any others?

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Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:11 pm by AndrwTrvrs

"Pinnin' the tail" = Firing a missile
"Picked a scab" = Killed an enemy

More to come....

"That's the rock where I see the leprechaun. He tells me to burn things." - Ralph Wiggum

Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:25 pm by Fear Factor

"Fox One!" = launching radar-guided missile
"Fox Two!" = launching IR-guided missile

There are more, but it gets irrelevant since this is a space-age sim. God bless Strike Commander manual!

Aku. Soku. Zan. (Kill. Evil. Instantly.)

Mon Mar 03, 2003 10:28 pm by Kahar

One odd thing about FL. It seems Trent always spells it capitol ship in his log. Read the log sometime during the SP story, it's good

First time I saw the capitol thing, I was like wtf?

<@ElectricBrain> TACH IS DEAD! <@Tachyon> am not <@Tachyon> stfu <@ElectricBrain> no u stfu <@Tachyon> no you
<@ElectricBrain> no u <@Tachyon> no you <@ElectricBrain> no u <@Tachyon> NO YOU I WIN
-- Our very fine IRC ops --

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