Glossary

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Game Staff

Term	Meaning
GO	Game Operator — manages a specific universe (bans, support, rule enforcement)
SGO	Super Game Operator — oversees multiple GOs
GA	Game Administrator — assigns GOs/SGOs, liaises with programmers
GF	GameForge Productions GmbH — the company that operates OGame
CoMa	Community Manager — paid GF staff overseeing the community team

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Playing Styles

Term	Meaning
Fleeter	Focuses on a large fleet and fleet crashes (HoFs); rarely farms small targets
Miner	Builds mines over fleet; usually only keeps cargos + Deathstars for fleetsaving; often trades deuterium
Raider	Small/average fleet; gains resources by farming inactive players or small crashes
Turtle	High mines + heavy defence; avoids PvP fleet combat entirely

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Resources & Economy

Term	Meaning
Met / Metal	Metal
Crys / Crystal	Crystal
Deut	Deuterium
DM	Dark Matter
Res	Resources (Metal + Crystal + Deuterium; sometimes includes DM)
Prod	Production
K	Kilo = 1,000 units
KK / Mil	Million = 1,000,000 units

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Fleet & Ships

Term	Meaning
LF	Light Fighter
HF	Heavy Fighter
Cru / Crus	Cruiser
BS	Battleship
BC	Battlecruiser
BB / B	Bomber
Dest / Dessy	Destroyer
RIP / DS	Deathstar (also: "rest in peace")
SC	Small Cargo
LC	Large Cargo
Cycs / Recs / Recys	Recyclers
Esp / Probe	Espionage Probe
SS / Sat	Solar Satellite
IPM / Nuke	Interplanetary Missile
ABM	Anti-Ballistic Missile
SI	Structural Integrity (metal + crystal value of a ship — used for expedition points)
RF	Rapid Fire
Fodder	Cheap ships/defence used to absorb shots and protect heavier units
Heavies	Stronger, more expensive ships

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Defence

Term	Meaning
RL	Rocket Launcher (also: Real Life — context matters)
LL	Light Laser
HL	Heavy Laser
GC / Gauss	Gauss Cannon
IC / Ion	Ion Cannon
PT / Plasma	Plasma Turret
SSD	Small Shield Dome
LSD	Large Shield Dome
Def	Defence
Bunker	Planet with very heavy defence

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Buildings & Structures

Term	Meaning
Robo	Robotics Factory
Nani	Nanite Factory (halves all build times)
JG	Jump Gate
Lanx	Sensor Phalanx
Silo / MS	Missile Silo
Ally-Depot	Alliance Depot
Met Mine	Metal Mine
Crys Mine	Crystal Mine

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Research

Term	Meaning
Hyper Tech	Hyperspace Technology
Imp Drive	Impulse Drive
IGRN / IRN	Intergalactic Research Network
Grav / Gravi	Graviton Technology
Grav attempt	Building enough solar satellites to research Graviton Technology
Techs	Battle technologies (Weapons, Shields, Armour)

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Combat & Attacks

Term	Meaning
CR	Combat Report
Crash / Hit	Attack with intent to destroy fleet and collect the debris field
Fleetcrash	Deliberately destroying a fleet to create a debris field
Crashed	Having one's fleet destroyed
Counter	Counterattack — hitting a fleet on its return from a mission
Ninja	Covert counter-attack; catching an attacker while they are on the way back
Raid	Attack with intent to steal resources (not destroy fleet)
Farm	Repeatedly raiding the same target
DF	Debris Field — appears above a planet after combat; harvested with Recyclers
TD	Total Damage — metal + crystal lost by both sides in a battle (HoF metric)
HoF	Hall of Fame — a fleet crash achieving 20% moon chance; a prestige achievement
Advanced HoF	HoF with 100M+ Total Damage
Super Advanced HoF	HoF with 1,000M+ Total Damage
Number One	Highest TD HoF in the universe
Top 10	The 10 highest TD HoFs in the universe

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Fleet Mechanics

Term	Meaning
FS	Fleetsave — sending fleet into flight so it cannot be attacked
Jumping	Moving fleet via a Jump Gate
Recall	Bringing a fleet back before it reaches its target
ACS	Alliance Combat System — coordinated multi-player attacks or defends
ACS Def	ACS Defend — holding your fleet at an ally's planet to help defend
Deploy	Permanent fleet transfer to your own planet/moon
Mobile	A temporary colony used to extend your fleet's reach

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Intelligence & Scanning

Term	Meaning
Lanx / Scan	Sensor Phalanx (noun and verb) — scanning an enemy planet to see fleet movements
Blind lanx / Blind phalanx	Manual calculation to time an attack on a fleet whose return is not normally phalanxable
Probe	Espionage Probe (noun) or to spy (verb)

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Galaxy View

Term	Meaning
Coords	Coordinates [Galaxy:System:Slot]
Gal	Galaxy
SS	Solar System
Pos	Position (planet slot)
HW / HP	Homeworld / Homeplanet
Col	Colony
Green name	Player in noob protection (shown in green in Galaxy View)

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Diplomatic & Community

Term	Meaning
NAP	Non-Aggression Pact — mutual agreement not to attack each other
Alliance / Ally	A group of players cooperating in-game
Wing	Daughter alliance (a secondary alliance linked to a main alliance)
Mass alliance	Alliance with 30+ members, often inexperienced players
PPM	Points Per Member (alliance average)
IGN	In-game name
PM	Personal Message
Sitter	A trusted person who legally plays another player's account while they are away
Multi	Having more than one account in a universe — illegal
B7	Banned

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After Combat

Term	Meaning
FR	Fast Rebuild
WFR	Wicked Fast Rebuild
GLOTR	Good Luck on the Rebuild — standard post-HoF courtesy
GLiRL	Good Luck in Real Life — said when a player quits after a big loss
RL	Real Life (also: Rocket Launcher — context matters)
PWN	To decisively defeat someone

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Misc Game Terms

Term	Meaning
BO	Build Order
MS	Moonshot (also: Missile Silo — context matters)
MD	Moon Destruction
Merch	Merchant
Push	Sending resources to a higher-ranked player illegally (against the rules)
Pull	Sending resources to a lower-ranked player (legal)
Bash	Attacking the same player more than the allowed number of times
Vac / VMode	Vacation Mode
Server reset	Daily server restart at 3am server time
Lag	Server or network delay
Script	Illegal automation program
Buguser	Player exploiting a game bug illegally
Cheater	Player using illegal tactics
Direct login	Logging in without going through the portal page