Elite: Dangerous Slang Dictionary and creator.
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Some of these aren't really natural and it's getting a bit urbandictionary/viz profanisaurus in here, that said:
Sunbather: A lazy fuelscooper sat at 0 throttle, ripe for interdiction.
Lasso: The FSD interdictor/the act of FSD interdicting.
Wrangled: A successful interdiction/being interdicted.
Bronco: A surprisingly difficult to interdict pilot.
"Dropped into Morgor yesterday and scoped a sunbathing delboy, so i tried to lasso him, he was a bit of a bronco but i wrangled him down eventually."
Sunbather: A lazy fuelscooper sat at 0 throttle, ripe for interdiction.
Lasso: The FSD interdictor/the act of FSD interdicting.
Wrangled: A successful interdiction/being interdicted.
Bronco: A surprisingly difficult to interdict pilot.
"Dropped into Morgor yesterday and scoped a sunbathing delboy, so i tried to lasso him, he was a bit of a bronco but i wrangled him down eventually."
Delboy: One who believes that the only legitimate profit is through trade, and the law is irrelevant. Named after the ancient Terran historical figure "Delboy Plonkah" (Delboy being an honorific title) who ran the great trading empire of Pek'Am of Terra millenia ago. Disciples of the Delboy were called "Rodders" and each Rodder worked towards the goal of being a millionaire by next year. The Delboy perished in a trap laid by his great rival The Arfa of Dalee, in which he fell to his death through a hole in a bear (note: this could be a mistranslation)
Delboys honour the memory of the original Delboy by performing a ritual known as "The Crimbo Special" once a standard solar year, and children of Delboys wait for the mythical jolly bearded figure of Uncle Albert to bring them gifts and stock tips.
Delboys honour the memory of the original Delboy by performing a ritual known as "The Crimbo Special" once a standard solar year, and children of Delboys wait for the mythical jolly bearded figure of Uncle Albert to bring them gifts and stock tips.
Train-Trap = A bigger trading ship (like Lakon 7) with nearly no cargo, used as bait to encourage pirates attacking it, so the police can let the trap snap.
feel the cold embrace, to = to have the canopy destroyed
Lighter = a ship solemnly fitted with laser weaponry
Pelleteer = a ship solemnly fitted with Multicannons
Spare Pants = shield cells // "Man that 'conda puts up a heavy barrage..." "Don't worry we got spare pants!"
Hatch Buster = a pirate who refrains to use hatch breaker limpets and shoots the hatch open
Sightseeing = entering U.S.S. after U.S.S. in order to find a mark or loot
feel the cold embrace, to = to have the canopy destroyed
Lighter = a ship solemnly fitted with laser weaponry
Pelleteer = a ship solemnly fitted with Multicannons
Spare Pants = shield cells // "Man that 'conda puts up a heavy barrage..." "Don't worry we got spare pants!"
Hatch Buster = a pirate who refrains to use hatch breaker limpets and shoots the hatch open
Sightseeing = entering U.S.S. after U.S.S. in order to find a mark or loot
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Popping Zits = The act of creating a big disturbance in a given system until lots of Security turn up with the express purpose of wiping out as many if not all Security forces before fleeing the scene.
"I aim to be Popping some Zits across a few systems today."
Lancing the Boil = Gathering a large group of friendly Commanders who can join in when your Zit Popping turns into one big Boil too hot for you to handle on your own
"I was Popping Zits in Aulin when things got a bit hairy, luckily I had a few friendlies in the area and they helped to lance the Boil before I was popped"
"I aim to be Popping some Zits across a few systems today."
Lancing the Boil = Gathering a large group of friendly Commanders who can join in when your Zit Popping turns into one big Boil too hot for you to handle on your own
"I was Popping Zits in Aulin when things got a bit hairy, luckily I had a few friendlies in the area and they helped to lance the Boil before I was popped"
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Cow plug,to: The act of opening a Lakon 9s cargo hatch with a torpedo.
glimpse the other side, to: to have an unpredicted encounter with a black hole
Happy Meal: multiple canisters of abandoned or jettisoned cargo containing illegal cargo or drugs.
Rouser: A pilot who attacks several ships in a row, to gain their attention and acts as a diversion prior to a pirate raid.
Window Cleaner: A pilot that disengages combat by either damaging or destroying a target, via a rocket to the canopy
glimpse the other side, to: to have an unpredicted encounter with a black hole
Happy Meal: multiple canisters of abandoned or jettisoned cargo containing illegal cargo or drugs.
Rouser: A pilot who attacks several ships in a row, to gain their attention and acts as a diversion prior to a pirate raid.
Window Cleaner: A pilot that disengages combat by either damaging or destroying a target, via a rocket to the canopy
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Icarus Run: Being caught in the Sun's gravitational pull while scooping fuel. "I thought I would get a quick Solar Soup scoop before bringing her in to dock but of course I didn't check my trajectory or speed closely enough and it turned into an Icarus Run. All in all it ended up costing me twice as much in hull repair."
Solar Soup: Free solar fuel. (as above)
Solar Soup: Free solar fuel. (as above)
