Beacon (BC) - The beacon fitted to each ship which can be enabled to enable your wing mates to drop on it.
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
CASE RED / CODE RED (CR)- An alert where the client has lost power to life support and the clock is counting down on their oxygen depletion timer
Debrief (db)-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.
Disconnected (DC)-Abbreviation used in #FuelRats. Got kicked out of the game, either to Main Menu or out of the whole game
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.
Exclusion Zone (EZ)- 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 and requires them to SC Hop away from the star or a Tactical Face Plant.
Friend Request (FR)- The first step of a rescue, the client adds the Rat A response to a FR may be “FR Received” or even more simply “FR+”, or if sufficient time has passed and the request hasn’t been received “FR-“
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.
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.
Jumps (j)- Called by Rats responding to a rescue call in order to determine who is closest to support (e.g. 2j, re-arm + 1j, etc.)
Long Range Refuel (or Rescue) – Any refuel where the client is more than 1000ly from human space
Mischief, The- Did you know that the collective noun for Rat is “Mischief”?
omw- “On my way”.
Paperwork (pw)-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..
Party - Xbox voice communications not associated with the game.
Ratsignal- Alert! A client needs fuel, man your ship and call your jumps!
RTB- Return(ing) 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.
Roger(rgr) - A rat will use this to show he acknowledges the information/request/command
Supercruise Hop (SC Hop) - 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.
Standby-A Rat is ready and available to be assigned to a case or to receive further information
Stand(ing) down-A Rat is discontinuing support of an active case
System (sys)-When a rat has arrived in the client’s system, a report of “sys+” to dispatch is made
Tactical Face Plant (TFP) - The process of manually flying into the Exclusion Zone to instance with a CR client to achieve instancing. Requires practice!
Wing Request (WR or WG) - The second step of a rescue, the client invites the Rat
A response to a WR may be “WR Received” or even more simply “WR+”, or if sufficient time has passed and the request hasn’t been received “WR-“
XRat or XCase - An Xbox Rat or Xbox case, because we love our terminology