"Heavy" appended to my callsign?

[Codger]

At some stations and docks, the ATC appends the word "Heavy" to my callsign.

It's usually Charlie Oscar Delta, the first three letters of my CMDR name.

But sometimes they say Charlie Oscar Delta Heavy.

Anyone know the significance?

 

[Hessfire]

I am going out on a limb here and guessing you are in a T9 or T10, in which case the "Heavy" designation is in reference to the ship you are flying - a Type 9 Heavy.

Hope this helps

 

[Hunter241]

Large ships have the “Heavy” designation

So I could say be in my anaconda and I’ll
Hear “delacy hotel uniform November heavy”
Where if I’m in my asp, it’ll be “Lakon hotel uniform November“

 

[777Driver]

At some stations and docks, the ATC appends the word "Heavy" to my callsign.

It's usually Charlie Oscar Delta, the first three letters of my CMDR name.

But sometimes they say Charlie Oscar Delta Heavy.

Anyone know the significance?

You'll only hear "Heavy" at an engineer base whilst docking in a large ship. None of the other station or port announcers add it to your call sign.

 

[Krieger]

It is a standard term used by air traffic control (IRL). See Heavy (aeronautics).

 

[PanTast]

I always asked myself what the hell the robot at Farseers was saying. I thought it was something like Lakon "Papa Alpha November happy ..."

And once you regard this "Observe docking protocols" as "observe #ing protocols" you can never unhear it. All of these robot flight controller say this

o7

 

[Codger]

Well, the thing is I get the "heavy" appended to my name at SOME stations, but not others. And it doesn't seem to matter what ship I'm in.

That's what has me confused about it.

I'll just chalk it up to more "flavor" text, similar to them asking me to "make way for larger vessels" when I'm the only large vessel in sight. Or the only vessel in sight, period.

Meh.

You'll only hear "Heavy" at an engineer base whilst docking in a large ship. None of the other station or port announcers add it to your call sign.

Not true, I hear it all over the place.

 

[777Driver]

Not true, I hear it all over the place.

Have you got a video? Strange, I only ever hear it from those robotic engineer voices.

 

[Codger]

Have you got a video? Strange, I only ever hear it from those robotic engineer voices.

I haven’t bothered to record it, no. But it does happen at many stations. Schrachners in Fong W-ang said it today when I was there.

 

[MissMeYet]

The term "heavy" in a way goes back to air traffic control letting folks know that wake turbulence could be a factor. (Aircraft are categorized as light, medium, heavy, all based on take-off weight). So if you were in a Cessna 172 (light) and were following a B747 (heavy) you'd need at least 6 miles separation to avoid its wake turbulence.

Including it in this game is cool, but not really practical (Yet. Maybe when we have atmospheric landings it will matter.)

 

[lenna]

Not true, I hear it all over the place.

I have heard it when flying in bigger ships but not consistently enough to be able to determine why, it does not even seem to be consistent at a given station/port.

The ONLY consistent factor is that it only seems to happen when I am flying larger craft (T9/T10/Beluga/Anaconda/Corvette/Cutter) maybe in some slightly smaller (but heavier) craft but can not be 100% certain.

 

[Chorda]

I thought this was specific to the T-9, but I'm sure I've heard it at stations other than engineers.

 

[Stealthie]

Seems random to me.

I was using my 'vette to pick up cargo (pirate bait) last night, and I noticed regular surface outposts using the term maybe 20% of the time.

 

[GG7]

At some stations and docks, the ATC appends the word "Heavy" to my callsign.

It's usually Charlie Oscar Delta, the first three letters of my CMDR name.

But sometimes they say Charlie Oscar Delta Heavy.

Anyone know the significance?

This seems to happen at Engineer Bases in my experience. The term "Heavy" is borrowed from real world air traffic control designations for aircraft class/size, with Heavy denoting larger than average aircraft. (technically the largest class of airliner/air transports in commercial and military service)

The Boeing 747, 777 and Airbus A380 are all examples of HEAVIES.

 

[biohazard15]

My Cutter is always Gutamaya Bravo India Oscar Heavy.

It's not heavy, it's body-positive, you insensitive pricks!

 

[Codger]

Does this Corvette make me look fat?

 

[Suvi Anwar]

I have heard the "Heavy" designation on several occasions while docking at Federation stations, and only when I have been in one of my big 3. Its usually the American Male voice controller when I hear it.

 

[biohazard15]

Its usually the American Male voice controller when I hear it.

Well, they DO know the definition of "Heavy"

 

[GG7]

I have heard the "Heavy" designation on several occasions while docking at Federation stations, and only when I have been in one of my big 3. Its usually the American Male voice controller when I hear it.

Don't know why all of the traffic controllers in the game are not using this term to denote the largest ships? Seems the designation is used correctly across the entire collection of Engineer bases, but rarely by civilian stations. I wonder if the non-Engineer examples of its use are coming from what is considered Military Controlled ports by the game?

 

[Frenotx]

At some stations and docks, the ATC appends the word "Heavy" to my callsign.

It's usually Charlie Oscar Delta, the first three letters of my CMDR name.

But sometimes they say Charlie Oscar Delta Heavy.

Anyone know the significance?

Was winter particularly... Generous, to you?