EVE Lexicon: Difference between revisions

== B ==

{{lex|Bait|To expose a seemingly easy target in order to lure an enemy into committing to an engagement (see [[Baiting]])}}

{{lex|BB|[[Blackbird]]}}

{{lex|BC|[[Battlecruiser]]}}

{{lex|EVE|[[EVE Online]]}}

{{lex|EW / EWAR|[[Electronic warfare]]}}

== F ==

{{lex|Flag|An engagement status caused by one or more illegal or semi-illegal activities. (see [[Timers]])}}

{{lex|Flashy|Being flagged as a legitimate target, or used as noun to describe a pilot that has been flagged, either by having a security status of -5.0 or below ("permaflashy"), from committing Suspect or Criminal actions, being a war target, or being flagged in a Limited Engagement. See also: [[Timers#Legality_Timers|Legality Timers]].}}

{{lex|Flip|[[Can Flipping]]}}

{{lex|Flytrap|An armed [[#POS|POS]] that has no force field to appear offline to unsuspecting prey}}

{{lex|Kitchen Sink|A fleet without a clear unifying [[#Doctrine|doctrine]].}}

{{lex|Kite/Kiting|Keeping your distance from shorter-ranged enemies, allowing you to damage them without letting them damage you.}}

== L ==

{{lex|Loot|The contents of a destroyed ship, which are left behind in a container when the ship is destroyed.}}

{{lex|Local|The standard chat channel that shows who are in system while in [[System security#High security|high-sec]], [[System security#Low security|low-sec]] and [[System security#Null security|null-sec]]. Does not show players in system while in [[Wormhole space|wormholes]].}}

{{lex|LP|[[Loyalty Points]]}}

{{lex|LSB|Large Shield Booster (see [[Tanking]])}}

{{lex|Newbie|A term used to refer to a newer or less experienced players. Usually used in a neutral manner. See also: [[#Newbro|Newbro]], [[#Noob|Noob]]}}

{{lex|Newbro|A term used to refer to a newer or less experienced players. Usually used in a positive, endearing manner. See also: [[#Newbie|Newbie]], [[#Noob|Noob]]}}

{{lex|Noob|A term used to refer to a newer or less experienced players. Occasionally used in a derogatory manner. See also: [[#Newbie|Newbie]], [[#Newbro|Newbro]]}}

{{lex|NOmen|[[Omen Navy Issue]]}}

{{lex|Passive Module|A ship [[module]] which does not need to be manually activated. (see [[Modules]])}}

{{lex|PDS|ws=|

# Point Defense System (a module fitted to large [[Upwell structures]])}}

{{lex|Pew Pew|Common term for [[combat]], based on the noises made by the weapons.}}

{{lex|PI|[[Planetary Industry]]}}

{{lex|Picket|A ship placed outside of tactical locations such as gates and stations to watch for enemy activity}}

{{lex|Pipe|A sequence of systems with only one way in and out on either end, which must be traversed to move between two areas of space. Can be vulnerable to [[Pipe Bombing]].}}

{{lex|Piracy|The act of engaging in PvP for profit}}

{{lex|Rage Roll|The act of repeatedly [[#Roll|Roll]]ing a [[#Static|static]] wormhole as fast as possible, to find [[#Content|Content]]}}

{{lex|RCU|Reactor Control Unit (see [[Fitting Guidelines]])}}

{{lex|Red Box|The state of being both targeted and subjected to hostile action by a player or NPC}}

{{lex|Red Loot|Triglavian Survey Databases, looted from the [[Abyssal Deadspace|Abyss]] or [[Invasion|Triglavian NPC ships]]. Can be sold to certain NPC stations for ISK, or can be traded in at DED [[Loyalty Points|LP Stores]]. Nicknamed "Red Loot" because, similar to [[#Blue Loot|Blue Loot]], it's a loot item, whose icon is red.}}

{{lex|Spai|Another common way of spelling spy. Spais typically are those who have infiltrated another corporation. Can be thought of as 'Sneaky Player Acquiring Intel (SPAI)'}}

{{lex|Spider|See Locust}}

{{lex|Spiraling|The act of manually approaching a target via a continuously diagonal vector. See [[Manual Piloting]].}}

{{lex|SPR|Shield Power Relay (see [[Tanking]])}}

{{lex|WCS|Warp Core Stabilizer (see [[Fitting Guidelines]])}}

{{lex|Web|Stasis Webifier (see [[Tackling Guide]])}}

{{lex|WH|[[Wormhole]]}}

{{lex|WHC|[[WHC|Worm Hole Campus]]}}

{{lex|WL|Wait List, a way for the [[Roles_in_Incursions#Waitlist_manager|waitlist manager]] to handle people waiting to get into [[Incursions]] fleets}}

{{lex|Wrecking shot|A 1% chance shot fired by a Turret, which is guaranteed to hit and deals 300% damage. (See [[Turret mechanics#Damage|Turret mechanics]].)}}

{{lex|WSOP|[[Wartime Standard Operating Procedures]], a defunct SOP that dictated Uni operations during wartime}}

{{lex|WT|War Target (see [[War Declaration]])}}

{{lex|www|A message typed in fleet chat, indicating a pilot ships in the fleet should warp to}}

== Y ==

{{lex|Yellow Box|Being targeted by someone, or to target someone, without also being the subject of hostile action.}}

{{lex|Yulai Convention|The Yulai Convention is an [[Roleplay|RP]] term for a number of game mechanics and systems within EVE.}}