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===Aft===

Nautical term. It means the back of a ship, or in our case, south.

===[[AI]]===

The Artificial Intelligence, the station's computer which can access machinery on the station.

===[[Analyzer]]===

Most often refers to [[Health Analyzer]]s, but can also refer to [[Analyzer|Atmospheric Analyzers]], [[Botanist|Botany]]'s Plant Analyzers, or [[Scientist|Research & Development]]'s Destructive Analyzer.

===Antag===

===[[Asimov]]===

===[[Atmos]]===

Either an [[Atmospheric Technician]] (which are also commonly known as Atmos Tech) or the [[Atmospherics]] area itself which deals with the air supply.

===Ban===

===Badmin===

Bad Admin, refers to an admin who abuses their powers.

A [[Securitron]] that starts in Security. Will chase, stun, and handcuff anyone set to be arrested in the [[security records]].

===[[Blob]]===

===Bolt/Bolted===

A feature of [[Airlock]]s. When the bolts are dropped, the door cannot move from its current position, be it open or closed. They can be lifted by the AI or [[hacking]] the airlock.

===[[Borg]]===

A [[Cyborg]].

===[[Borging]]===

Making a Cyborg out of someone. Done in [[Robotics]] usually.

'''NOTE: This person can still come back to the game!''' Who knows, maybe their computer just crashed for a minute.

===[[Bridge]]===

The command center of the ship where the heads start. Found in the center of the station.

===[[Brig]]===

===[[BYOND]]===

The shitty, [[Lagtime|laggy]] platform SS13 was coded on. You need it to be able to play the game, unfortunately.

===[[Cargo]]===

A shortened version of either the cargo bay, or the whole of the supply section, not including mining dock and mining outpost.

===Catatonic===

===[[Cloning|Clone/Cloning]]===

To revive someone back to life through cloning their dead body, usually done in [[Genetics]].

''Chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom''

===[[CE]]===

The Chief Engineer.

Also refers to the area the Emergency [[Escape Shuttle]] goes to when it leaves SS13.

===[[CMO]]===

The Chief Medical Officer.

===[[CO2]]===

Carbon Dioxide, an invisible gas kept in black canisters. Will knock you out and suffocate you.  

A small trace amount of it makes up breathable air.

===Comdom===

A derogatory name for an incompetent and abusive [[Captain]].

Typically what they do is get the station into shape, like setting up the [[Station_Engineer|singularity]] and [[Quartermaster|ordering supplies]]. Oh, and beating the shit out of the other groups of players, of course!

===[[Crit]]===

To be in a critical state. At this point, your character has lost consciousness and will slowly die from lack of oxygen.

===[[Cryo]]===

===[[Cult]]===

Refers to either the [[Cult]] game mode, or the cultists within.

Note that what you learn here is forgotten by your character if they're revived.

===Deadmin===

If you are a traitor with it as your objective, GET DAT FUKKEN DISK.

===Donk/Bangin' Donk===

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckMvj1piK58 wait wait hold on, you know what you wanna do with that right? you wanna put a bangin' donk on it]

===[[Emag]]===

Another name for the [[Syndicate_Items#Cryptographic_Sequencer|Cryptographic Sequencer]] traitor item, which permanently opens doors and has myriad other uses.

===Emagged/Emaged===

Used either as a verb to describe the action of using an [[emag]] on something, or as an adjective to describe an object that someone has used an emag on.

===Electrified/Shocked===

===[[Engine]]===

===ERP===

===[[EVA]]===

A room just southwest of the Security wing where space suits, magboots, jetpacks and the RCD are kept. Stands for Extra-Vehicular Activity.

===Fore===

Nautical term. It means the front of a ship, or in our case, north.

They are used to observe the game after you have died. Cannot be seen directly by living players unless something is very wrong.

To gib something is to turn it into gibs, usually by a [[guide to toxins|bomb]] or the Chef's machine that turns people into meat, the [[Gibber]].

Can be amusing once or twice but doing this regularly runs it into the ground very quickly.

Note that this is subjective and up to the admin's interpretation, not yours. Report this using adminhelp to keep the servers tidy!

===Gulag===

The Russian term for the [[Labor Camp]].

===[[Hacking]]===

===Heads===

The station's [[Chain_of_Command|Heads of Staff]], each in command of a department. They are also the targets of a [[revolution]].

[[clown|hh-ho-ooonn-nk-kkk ww-hhh-yy i-iss-s see-ccu-uur-rrttt-yy bb-eeaa-tt-iinn-gg m-mme-ee hh-hoo-oon-nnk-kk]]

===[[Head of Personnel|HoP]]===

===[[Head of Security|HoS]]===

The [[Head of Security]].

===Hulk===

This has either happened by extreme heat (fire), extreme cold (space) or liquid suckification (changeling sucked their juices/DNA out). Not a nice thing to witness at first, but you get used to it.

===Hypo===

[[High-risk_items#Hypospray|Hypospray]].

===IC===

In Character. Stuff that is happening in the game.

===[[IC in OOC]]===

===[[Internals]]===

Usually an [[oxygen tank]] of some sort and a [[gas mask]]. Basically any worn item that lets you breathe when you otherwise can't.

A great place to keep things you don't access a lot but want to keep on you.

===[[Random_events#Space_Vines|Kudzu]]===

Space vines. Can start growing randomly or be planted.

Concept common to almost all online gaming. Not worth explaining in depth here - basically it's the server (server-side lag) or your own computer (client-side lag) being slow and causing gaps between you doing stuff and it actually happening to grow. Sometimes referred as 'time warp' or something similar when players are in character.

===[[Asimov|Law/Laws]]===

Rules which the [[AI]] and [[Cyborg]]s must follow. Are somewhat open to interpretation by the player, but the majority consensus and badmin rulings are what really count. May be modified or changed at an [[AI Upload|AI Upload Terminal]] using various modules, wiped back to the basic three using the Reset Module, or purged entirely with the Purge Module. Note that core modules cannot be removed by the standard reset module.

===Mini-mod===

Those players without admin or mod powers or responsibilities who chastise other players and list server rule infractions incessantly. They should be ignored.

===Mod===

Could be used to refer to Moderator, the rank, or any admin.

Put a brain into an empty MMI, insert the whole thing into an empty [[cyborg]] and you can bring it back to life!

===Notes===

===[[N2]]===

Nitrogen, an invisible gas kept in red canisters. Mostly useless but makes up a certain percentage of breathable air. Not to be confused with chemical reagent nitrogen from chemistry.

===[[N2O]]===

Nitrous Oxide, also known as laughing gas or anesthetic. White gas kept in red canisters with a white stripe, that will knock you out and suffocate you at high enough concentrations.

===[[Nanotrasen]]===

===[[Nuke]]===

Can refer to either the [[Game Mode#Nuclear Emergency|Nuclear game mode]] (also known as Syndicate), or the Nuclear Fission Explosive used in said mode.

===[[O2]]===

[[Oxygen]]. Invisible gas usually kept in blue and white [[Canister]]s. Vital for reasons that you should already know, but deadly for reasons you [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity may not].

===One-Human(ed)===

Referring to a custom AI law that designates only one member of the crew as a human. Usually accompanied with an order to purge "non-humans."

Might get switched off occasionally if it gets too idiotic. You can toggle the visibility of the ooc channel by using the corresponding command.

Talking ((Like this)) is still OOC in IC.

===Parapen===

The [[Sleepy Pen]] was previously called Parapen, short for Paralysis Pen.

===[[PDA]]===

===[[Perma|Perma/Permabrig]]===

The [[Prison Wing]] in the fore section of security, where prisoners are kept permanently.

Research into uses and properties of plasma is the station's prime reason for existence, according to the [[backstory]].

===Port===

Nautical term. It means the side of a ship on the left when one is facing forward, or in our case, west.

===[[QM]]===

Usually refers to the [[Quartermaster]], but can also mean the [[Cargo Bay]] or the people who [[Cargo Technician|work there]].

===[[Radio]]===

===[[RCD]]===

===[[Research Director|RD]]===

The [[Research Director]].

===Redtext===

An alternate way of describing a loss as an antagonist. Derived from the red text used for 'fail'.

Inaccurate to the point where it's usually false. Do not treat this report as proof of anything.

===[[Rev]]===

===Revhead===

One of the leaders of the revolution in [[Game_Modes#Revolution|Revolution]] game mode.

===[[R&D|RnD/R&D]]===

Refers to [[Guide_to_Research_and_Development|Research and Development]], or the [[R&D|Laboratory]] that carries it out.

The definition of what exactly makes a crewmember robust varies from person to person, but it's almost universally agreed to mean being skilled despite the inherently clunky interface.

===[[Shuttle]]===

===[[Signal]]===

===[[SS13]]===

[[Space Station 13]]. Generally used to refer to the game rather than the actual station.

===Starboard===

Nautical term. It means the side of a ship on the right when one is facing forward, or in our case, east.

===Space Wind===

Shifts in air pressure that can cause players and items they're dragging to be knocked into space.

===[[Syndie|Syndie/Synd]]===

Can refer to the organization known as the [[Syndicate]], a coalition of companies that execs their hate of [[Nanotrasen]], according to the [[backstory]], or to raid groups and operatives of said coalition. [[Traitor|Traitors]], traitor [[Cyborg]]s and traitor [[AI|AIs]] are Syndicate affiliates and [[Game Mode#Nuclear Emergency|Nuclear mode's]] premise revolves around a direct Syndicate attack. Ingame, they have randomized company names that usually look something like "GeoDyne West Operative #2" or "Waffle Co. Czar" and there are usually at least two of them and up to six. They also have access to a lot of special syndicate gear.

===Tabling===

===[[Tele]]===

While usually referring to the [[Hand Teleporter]], it could also be referring to the full-fledged [[Teleporter]] in the [[Teleporter|Teleporter Room]]. Most people have no idea how to use it.

===[[Tcomms|Tcomms/Telecomms]]===

[[Telecommunications]], the room holding servers that allows headsets to work. Does not affect [[Intercom]]s or [[Station Bounced Radio]]s.

===[[Thermals]]===

[[Optical Thermal Scanners]]. Green glasses which let you see people through walls and in the dark. The only thing they can't see through is hiding in closets. Generally not available to the crew.

It is very rarely not filled with fire, hot gas, poisonous vapors, blood, acid, foam of all kinds and dangers, or the aftermath of all this destruction.

===[[Traitor]]===

Used to refer to the [[Game Mode|mode]] or an actual [[Traitor]] (assigned by the game mode or by admins).

===WGW===

===[[Wormhole]]===

A black swirly portal that shows up during the Space-Time Anomaly random event or the verb used when thrown through a wormhole by an aggressor or your own stupidity. Anything coming into contact with a wormhole will be teleported to a random area on or off the station. They can be fairly dangerous or cause temporary blockades. Not to be confused with portals made from the Handheld Teleporter, which are blue or (more rarely) orange.

===[[Xeno]]===

===[[Wizard]]===

Usually refers to the [[Wizard]] game mode, or a Wizard player who has access to a number of spells and will probably wreck your shit on sight or die in the first 12 seconds of a Wizard game.

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