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  • Bubble, The Civilized space (refer to the Powerplay view of the galaxy map for a rough illustration)
  • Client The person we are serving fuel
  • Dispatch The rat who is coordinating activity on #FuelRats.  Also known as Spatch or The Hat.
  • Drillsignal is used by drill clients as a replacement for "ratsignal" during a drill. (Not used to find seers)
  • Hat, The Symbolic identifier for the Dispatch. Quite frequently put onto the stuffed rat “Stuffy” after a hectic session of dispatching.
  • Hatsignal is a term used to notify other Rats that a dispatch is needed.  It should only be used after a client is !prep'd (which every rat should and can do).
  • Epic Rescue Any rescue nominated by another rat for its sheer epic awesomeness may reward the rat with Laurels for their roundel!  Any rescue requiring more than 15,000Ly travel to the client is automatically considered epic but still requires a nomination.
  • FL (First Limpet) Sometimes a term used by Dispatch to ask Rats to identify who to award the rescue to. Usually means first Rat to land a limpet on the client and receive a refuelling message on screen.  
  • LRR (Long Range Rescue/Refuel) Any rescue where the client is more than 5000ly from human space
  • Mischief, The Did you know that the collective noun for Rat is “Mischief”?
  • ND - "Needs Drill", A tag seen on newer rats, who think they are ready for a drill.
  • PSRat - A PSRat  A Playstation Rat or case, because the alternative wasn't very nice.
  • Ratsignal Alert!  A client needs fuel, man your ship and call your jumps! Never say this in the rescue channel unless you are stranded without fuel.
  • Roundel How to display all of your ratting accomplishments!  
  • XRat/XBRat- An  An Xbox Rat or Xbox case, because we love our terminology.

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