- Beacon – 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
- 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..
- Ratsignal – Alert!
- 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
- 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
- Under-hand ratting – An act of unfairness towards fellow rats prior, during and after a rescue in, but no limited to, following ways: holding back information, dismissing other rats, ignoring other rats and/or neglecting the right to rat from other rat(s), for personal gain. Considered as a very bad form.
- 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-“