Abbreviations often used during rescue operations:
- BC (Beacon) The beacon fitted to each ship all ships which can be enabled to enable your wing mates to drop on it. Alternatively WB (Wing Beacon) is also accepted.
- BC+: The rats now sees the clients beacon and is on their way to dropping into the clients instance for refueling.
- BC-: The rat doesn’t see the client beacon
- Bubble, The Civilized space (refer to the Powerplay view of the galaxy map for a rough illustration
- Client The person we are serving fuel
- CR (CASE RED / CODE REDCase Red / Code Red) An alert where the client has lost power to life support and the clock is counting down on their oxygen depletion timer
- DB (Debrief) When a rat has refueled the client, they do a debriefing with them, that is inform the client how to avoid running out of fuel in the future, when this is completed they use db+ to inform dispatch so.
- Dispatch The rat who is coordinating activity on #FuelRats. Also known as Spatch or The Hat.
- DC (Disconnected) Abbreviation used in #FuelRats. Got kicked out of the game, either to Main Menu or out of the whole gameEpic Rescue Any rescue nominated by another rat for it's sheer epic awesomeness will reward the rat with Laurels for their roundel (https://www.fuelrats.com/rats-honors/) ! Any rescue requiring more than 10,000Ly travel to the client is automatically considered epic but still requires a nomination.
- EZ (Exclusion Zone) The area around a stellar body where your ship is automatically dropped to normal space to avoid crashing into the stellar body. A client in the EZ prevents instancing with them through Navlock navlock and requires them to SC Hop away from the star or a Tactical Face Plant (usually just on CR's).
- FR (Friend Request) The first step of a rescue, the client adds the rat ingame.
- FR+ or "FR received" reported when request from client is received and accepted.
- FR- Can be used to let dispatch know the request didn't get through, or client neglected to send it (after appropriate time has passed)
- FUEL / Refueling Report that tells dispatch that at least the first limpet fired has completed it's fuel transfer (giving you the onscreen confirmation of such) Reported either as "Fuel+" or "Refueling"Hat, The Symbolic identifier for the Dispatch, usually denoted by their incorporating “Dispatch” into their username temporarily in order to, “don the Hat.” Quite frequently tossed into the air after a hectic session of dispatching.
- INST (Instancing) The efforts to establish a Peer-to-Peer connection with a client. If attempts fail, “no instancing,” is specified and workarounds begin to be used in order to resolve the connection issue.
- INST+ Optionally reported on dropping on clients beacon and in instance with client
- INST- Reported if dropped on beacon, but not seeing clients ship
- J (Jumps) Called by Rats responding to a rescue call in order to determine who is closest to support (e.g. 2j, restock + 1j, etc.)
- LRR (Long Range Refuel/Rescue) Any rescue where the client is more than 1000ly from human space
- Mischief, The Did you know that the collective noun for Rat is “Mischief”?
- MM (Main Menu) Often used like "client in mm" during CR rescues.
- OMW On My WayOMW (On My Way)
- PW (Paperwork) When a rat has completed a rescue, they file a record of the rescue, called ‘paperwork’when this is complete they use pw+ to inform dispatch so.. occasionally it's reported done using pw+
- Party Xbox voice communications not associated which is separate with the game itself. Often reported as Party+
- PREP Can be reported to alert dispatch that clients shields are still up after getting in wing.
- PREP- client didn't comply with module-shutdown.
- PREP+ client has now complied with instructions after PREP- was reported.
- POS POS (Position) used on CR cases as "POS+" when reaches a given in-system position, for example 1000ls from a named station, to let dispatch know you are holding there ready for client to log in.
- Ratsignal Alert! A client needs fuel, man your ship and call your jumps!
- Roundel How to display all of your ratting accomplishments! https://www.fuelrats.com/rats-honors/
- RTB (Return to Base), associated either with a Rat standing down from a rescue case or needing to re-arm with limpets before returning to standby status.
- RGR (Roger) A rat will use this to show he acknowledges the information/request/command. Sometimes you may see COPY or ACK - same thing.
- SC HOP (Supercruise Hop) A technique used to resolve instancing the client powers up their thrusters and frameshift drive, enters supercruise for 5-10 seconds away from any stellar bodies while the rat(s) wait in SC to confirm positive instancing - or simply to get client away from EZ of a planet/star.
- STBY (Standby) A Rat is ready and available to be assigned to a case or to receive further information
- STDN (Stand down) A Rat is discontinuing support of an active case
- SYS (System) When a rat has arrived in the client’s system, a report of “sys+” to dispatch is made
- TFP (Tactical Face Plant) The technique of manually flying into the Exclusion Zone to achieve instancing with a client. Requires practice!
- WR / WG (Wing Request) The second step of a rescue, the client invites the Rat
- A response to a wingrequest wing request may be “WR Received” or even more simply “WR+”, or if sufficient time has passed and the request hasn’t been received “WR-“
Other or more general abbreviations & terminology:
- 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.
- Hat, The Symbolic identifier for the Dispatch, usually denoted by their incorporating “Dispatch” into their username temporarily in order to, “don the Hat.” Quite frequently tossed into the air after a hectic session of dispatching.
- Epic Rescue Any rescue nominated by another rat for it's sheer epic awesomeness will reward the rat with Laurels for their roundel (https://www.fuelrats.com/rats-honors/) ! Any rescue requiring more than 10,000Ly travel to the client is automatically considered epic but still requires a nomination.
- LRR (Long Range Rescue/Refuel) Any rescue where the client is more than 1000ly from human space
- Mischief, The Did you know that the collective noun for Rat is “Mischief”?
- Ratsignal Alert! A client needs fuel, man your ship and call your jumps!
- Roundel How to display all of your ratting accomplishments! https://www.fuelrats.com/rats-honors/
- XRat or XCase - An Xbox Rat or Xbox case, because we love our terminology.