"Zurigan Peterson Golf Oscar Lima"

[The Golden Knight]

This is something all the big station officers say when you are coming in to hail for your docking request...I know it translates to some kind of phonetic alphabet, something like Z.P.G.O.L

But I have no idea what this specific phrase translates to in the context of hailing a new arrival with regards to docking requests. Any help translating this Shorthand to English, please? I mean, I can for the most part translate the Phonetic to Shorthand, just not the Shorthand to English.

 

[Rabidbadger69]

Its the manufacturer of your ship plus the first 3 letters of your name

 

[Zieman]

Its the manufacturer of your ship plus the first 3 letters of your name

Yes.
In this particular case: "Zorgon Petterson G O L"

 

[Sunyavadin]

Hence my "Lakon Sierra, Uniform, November"

 

[VR micmacmoc]

Didnt used to be possible to change how it referred to you as the first letters of your ships name? I loved it when mine was 'whisky whisky whisky'

 

[Zieman]

Didnt used to be possible to change how it referred to you as the first letters of your ships name? I loved it when mine was 'whisky whisky whisky'

IIRC you can choose if the announcer refers to your commander name, ship name or ship id, commander name being the default.

 

[The Golden Knight]

It's the manufacturer of your ship plus the first 3 letters of your name.

COOL! Thanks for answering my question, and so promptly. Yeah, G.O.L makes sense in the context that those are the first 3 letters to Golden-Knight.

 

[Sapyx]

There's somewhere in the options where you can change what the traffic controllers call you by... whether it's the first three letters of your CMDR name, your ship name, or your ID plate. "CMDR name" is the default, because not everybody sets ship names and IDs. They will, however, always call out the brand name of the ship you're flying.

Edit: sorry, Zieman, didn't see your post.

 

[The Golden Knight]

That's in the OPTIONS, you say?! I'll have to dig deep in there, because customizing the station greeting sounds really cool.