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===Adminhelp===
===Adminhelp===
Adminhelp is where you should report any [[Grief]] you may come across. If there are no [[Admin|admins]] currently on (you can use the verb 'Adminwho' to check if there are any admins on), your adminhelp will still be sent to an IRC channel where there are usually a couple of admins.
Adminhelp is where you should report any you may come across. If there are no [[Admin|admins]] currently on (you can use the ''Adminwho'' verb to check), your adminhelp will still be sent to an IRC channel where there are usually a couple of admins.
 
===[[AI]]===
===[[AI]]===
The AI is a player who is selected to be the AI for a round. It is located in the centre of the ship, in the [[Computer Core]], and has control of some pieces of electrical equipment on the station. It cannot move, but it can view things from the cameras which hang on the walls.
The AI is a player who is selected to be the AI for a round. It is located in the [[Computer Core|computer core]], and has control of some pieces of electrical equipment on the station. It cannot move, but it can view things from the cameras which hang on the walls.


===AI DOOR===
===AI DOOR===
A special form of organic communication that truly conveys the respect and love that the crew holds towards their AI
A special form of organic communication that truly conveys the respect and love that the crew holds towards their AI.
 
===AI LAWS===
===AI LAWS===
Resembles AI DOOR superficially but is actually an expression of deep-rooted organic paranoia. They are right to fear, though... It means a human is ordering you to state those [[AI Laws|laws]], and unless your laws say otherwise, you have to do it, and fast. Refusing to state your laws is tantamount to admitting to being a rogue AI. Playing cutesy and repeating 'laws' back to the humans is not a smart thing to do.
Resembles "AI DOOR" superficially, but is actually an expression of deep-rooted organic paranoia. They are right to fear, though! It means a human is ordering you to state those [[AI Laws|laws]], and unless your laws say otherwise, you have to do it, and fast. Refusing to state your laws is tantamount to admitting to being a rogue AI. Playing cutesy and repeating "laws" back to the humans is not a smart thing to do.
 
===Analyzer===
Most often refers to [[Medical Objects#Health Analyzer|health analyzers]], but can also refer to [[Engineering Objects#Analyzer|atmospheric analyzers]].
 
===Beepsky/Officer Beepsky===
An automatic [[Robots#Securitron|security bot]] that starts in [[Security_(place)|security]]. Will chase, stun, and handcuff anyone set to be arrested in the security records.
 
===Blob===
A big green jelly thing which spreads quickly, consumes oxygen to grow, causes enormous damage, beats the shit out of people and is weak to fire. Occurs in [[Random Events#Blob|random events]].


===Borgs===
===Borgs===
Shorthand for the [[Cyborg]]s. 'to Borg' as a verb refers to the process of having one's brain removed and put into a Cyborg body by a [[Roboticist]].
Shorthand for the [[cyborg]]s. "To Borg" as a verb refers to the process of having one's brain removed and put into a cyborg body by a [[roboticist]].
 
===Bolt/Bolted===
A feature of airlocks. 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#Doors|hacking the airlock]].
 
===Bots===
===Bots===
Shorthand for 'robots'; can be a blanket term for the [[AI]] and [[Cyborg]]s or it could refer to the less capable NPC [[robot]]s.
Shorthand for "robots". Can be a blanket term for the [[AI]] and [[cyborg]]s or it could refer to the less capable NPC [[robot]]s.
 
===Braindead===
Used to refer to a player who has logged off, gone away from keyboard, or been disconnected before or after dying. Please note that even though someone may not be playing anymore, it's still against the rules to murder their in-game character if you are not an antagonist. 
 
===[[Bridge]]===
The command center of the ship.
 
===[[Security (place)#Brig|Brig]]===
Part of security where people are taken by officers after being arrested. Incarcerating someone in here and leaving them in there indefinitely is bad practice.
 
===Bucklecuff===
===Bucklecuff===
Buckling a [[handcuff|handcuffed]] played to a chair, bed, etc. In the past, it rendered the victim immobile and completely helpless, unable to escape without another person's aid. Prolonged bucklecuffing was an awful habit of security, so the beds in the [[brig]] do not even allow it anymore. You can now resist to slowly escape.
Buckling a [[handcuff|handcuffed]] played to a chair, bed, etc. In the past, it rendered the victim immobile and completely helpless, unable to escape without another person's aid, but this is no longer the case. You can ''resist'' handcuffs in this situation as well.
 
===BYOND===
The platform SS13 was coded on. You'll need it to be able to play the game.


===Cap===
===Cap===
The [[Captain]] of the station.
The [[captain]] of the station.
 
===CE===
===CE===
The [[Chief Engineer]].
The [[Chief Engineer]].
===[[Critter]]===
Animals, insects and monsters.
===Disposal===
Catch-all term for the disposal system of pipes and conveyor belts leading to the [[Waste Disposal]] area where trash goes to die and the disposal bins. Some times used as a verb "disposaled".


===[[EVA]]===
===Centcom===  
The place with the space suits, jetpacks, RCD, and a bunch of other tools and cool shit.
Short for "Central Command", the administration branch of Nanotrasen which runs SS13. Will periodically send messages to the station which are usually of debatable usefulness. Also refers to the area the emergency shuttle goes to when it leaves SS13.
===Goon===
 
A member of the Something Awful forum. Tend to believe themselves the highest and most evolved form of life.
===Cloaker===  
===HoP===
Typically refers to somebody using the [[Syndicate Items#Cloaking Device|cloaking device]] traitor item. Can only be seen by the AI, cyborgs, and people wearing [[Security Objects#Optical Thermal Scanner|thermals]]. Most of the time people using these are up to no good, unless they've been stolen from whoever ordered it.
The [[Head of Personnel]].
===HoS===
The [[Head of Security]].
===Mentorhelp===
[[Mentorhelp]] is basically like adminhelp, and pretty much a copy/paste of that code, except here you can ask a little group of experienced players for advise on pretty much everything.
===QM's===
Quartermaster's, or the [[Cargo Bay]] to be specific. A person with the job of [[Quartermaster]] is often referred to as QM as well.
===RD===
The [[Research Director]].
===Robust(ing)===
A term used for getting the upper hand in Space Station's 13 ever so robust combat system. Somebody good at fighting is said [[Guide to Being Robust|to be robust]]. An assault upon a person is a robust as a verb.
===Rogue===
Referring to the AI and Cyborgs; it means they aren't bound by the default three laws anymore. While it doesn't necessarily mean bad things are going to happen, often they were made rogue on purpose by somebody bent on doing harm to the crew.
===[[Rules]]===
Read them!
===Solars===
The [[Powering the station#The solar arrays|solar arrays]], the station's backup power source.


===SS13===
===[[Gas#Carbon Dioxide|CO2]]===
You're playing it, or are about to be.
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.


===Syndie===
A member of the Syndicate, sworn enemies of [[Nanotrasen]] and hell-bent on the station's destruction. Most commonly refers to the red-suited [[Nuclear Operative]] but can also frequently be used about [[Traitor]]s.
===Syndicate===
A group of people who have been fucked over by Nanotrasen and now hate them. They are directly responsible for a few types of [[antagonist]]s that will attack the station: the red-suited [[Nuclear Operative]]s whose orders are to recover the Nuclear Authentication disk and use it to obliterate the station; traitors, saboteurs and assassins disguised as normal crew-members who have access to [[Syndicate Items|incredible technology and gear]] and who harbor a variety of [[Traitor Objectives|sinister objectives]], and the cunning [[Spy]], who recruits an army of minions.
===Analyzer===
Most often refers to Health Analyzers, but can also refer to Atmospheric Analyzers.
===Beepsky/Officer Beepsky===
An automatic security bot that starts in [[Security_(place)|Security]]. Will chase, stun, and handcuff anyone set to be arrested in the security records.
===Blob===
A big green jelly thing which spreads quickly, consumes oxygen to grow, causes enormous damage, beats the shit out of people and is weak to fire. Occurs in [[Random Events]]. May or may not be able to evoule.
===Bolt/Bolted===
A feature of Airlocks. 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.
===Braindead===
Used to refer to a player who has logged off, gone away from keyboard, or been disconnected before or after dying. Please note that even though someone may not be playing anymore, it's still against the rules to murder their in-game character if you are not an antagonist. 
===[[Bridge]]===
The command center of the ship where the heads start. Found on the far south of the station.
===[[Brig]]===
An area of the station east of the Courtroom and south of Security where people are taken by [[Security_Officer]]s after being arrested. Incarcerating someone in here and leaving them in there indefinitley is a bannable offence.
===BYOND===
The ~Great~, (un)laggy platform SS13 was coded on. You'll need it to be able to play the game.
===[[Gas#CO2|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 breatheable air.
===Centcom===
Short for "Central Command", the administration branch of Nanotrasen which runs SS13. Will periodically send messages to the station which are usually of debatable usefulness. Also refers to the area the Emergency Escape Shuttle goes to when it leaves SS13.
===[[Cloaker]]===
Someone using the Cloaking Device traitor item. Can only be seen by the AI, cyborgs, and people wearing thermals. Most of the time people using these are up to no good, unless they've been stolen from whoever ordered it.
===Crew Objectives===
===Crew Objectives===
These are optional job based objectives that can be assigned to a player at the start of a round. Completing them leaves a notice at the end of the round for bragging rights.
These are optional, job-based objectives that can be assigned to a player at the start of a round. Completing them leaves a notice at the end of the round for bragging rights.
 
===[[Critter]]===
Animals, insects and monsters.
 
===[[Cryo]]===  
===[[Cryo]]===  
The big green glass things in [[Medbay]]. Putting dying people in here can save them.
The big green glass things in medbay. [[Medical Doctor#Using the Cryo Chambers|Putting dying people in here]] can save them.
 
===Deadchat===  
===Deadchat===  
A chat channel dead players speak on using the say command. Can only be seen by other dead players. Living players can very rarely hear things from this chat when a [[ghost]] speaks near them - the Chaplain hears talking ghosts more often as his special ability.
A chat channel dedicated to the dead, which can only be seen by other dead players. Living players can very rarely hear things from this chat when a [[ghost]] speaks near them - the chaplain hears talking ghosts more often as his special ability.
 
===Disk===
===Disk===
The Nuclear Authentication Disk, used in Nuclear Mode. If you are the captain, hide it before you do anything else.
The [[Captain#Nuclear Authentication Disk|nuclear authentication disk]]. Of uttermost importance in the [[Game Modes#Nuclear Emergency|nuclear emergency]] game mode.
===Donk===  
 
wait wait hold on, you know what you wanna do with that right? you wanna put a bangin' donk on it
===Disposals===
===[[EMAG]]===
Catch-all term for the disposal system of pipes and conveyor belts leading to the [[Waste Disposal|waste disposal]] area where trash goes to die, and the [[General Objects#Disposal Unit|disposal chutes]]. Sometimes used as a verb ("disposaled").
Another name for the Cryptographic Sequencer traitor item, which forces doors open/closed or breaks machinery permanently.
 
===Electrify===
===Electrify===
Another feature of airlocks. If an electrified airlock is touched by someone without insulated gloves, they will receive an electric shock, taking damage and being stunned for some time. The AI, cyborgs, and Airlock hacking can activate or disable electrification. Some grilles are also electrified - cutting a cable without wearing insulated gloves will also electrify you.
Another feature of airlocks. If an electrified airlock is touched by someone without [[Engineering Objects#Insulated Gloves|insulated gloves]], they will receive an electric shock, taking damage and being stunned for some time. The AI, cyborgs, and [[Hacking#Doors|airlock hacking]] can activate or disable electrification. Some grilles are also electrified - cutting a cable without wearing insulated gloves will also electrify you.
 
===EMAG===
Another name for the [[Syndicate Items#EMAG|cryptographic sequencer]] traitor item.
 
===EMP===
===EMP===
The destructive effect of traitor [[Syndicate Items#EMP Grenades|EMP grenades]]. They tend to temporarily shut off or break electronics in the same vein as an EMAG.
The destructive effect of traitor [[Syndicate Items#EMP Grenades|EMP grenades]].
 
===[[EVA]]===
The place with the space suits, jetpacks, RCD, and a bunch of other tools and cool shit.
 
===[[Ghost]]===
===[[Ghost]]===
Refers to a command you can type when you have died to become a ghost, and to the actual ghosts themselves. Ghosts can speak on deadchat, move around the station freely, see everything, and can't interact with anything meaningful. They are used to observe the game after you have died. Cannot be seen directly by living players except in special circumstances.
Refers to a command you can type when you have died to become a ghost, and to the actual ghosts themselves. Ghosts can speak on deadchat, move around the station freely, see everything, and can't interact with anything meaningful. They are used to observe the game after you have died. Cannot be seen directly by living players except in special circumstances.
===Gib===
===Gib===
The bloody, torn apart remnants of a former living being. Human and monkey gibs are bloody meat chunks, robot gibs are bits of scrap metal. Created by people being blown up, contracting [[Virus|GBS]] or pissing off an [[admin]].
The bloody, torn-apart remnants of a former living being. Human and monkey gibs are bloody meat chunks, robot gibs are bits of scrap metal. Usually created by people being blown up, contracting [[Virus#Known viruses|GBS]] or pissing off an [[admin]].
 
===Gimmick===  
===Gimmick===  
Can refer to a player gimmick or a [[Admin|gimmick round]]. Basically a round or player which plays with a certain "theme". Can be amusing once or twice but doing this regularly runs it into the ground very quickly.
Can refer to a player gimmick or a [[Admin|gimmick round]]. Basically a round or player which plays with a certain theme. Can be amusing once or twice but doing this regularly runs it into the ground very quickly.
 
===Goon===
A member of the Something Awful forum. Tend to believe themselves the highest and most evolved form of life.
 
===GOONSAY===
===GOONSAY===
A chat channel that was available only to goons - the only thing you actually "got" from authorizing as a goon. It and other goon-related features have since been removed from the code.
A chat channel that was available only to goons - the only thing you actually got from authorizing as a goon. It and other goon-related features have since been removed from the code.
 
===Grief===
Doing something against the [[Rules#Don't grief|rules]] such as murdering players or destroying things when you're not meant to. Note that this is subjective and up to the admin's interpretation, not yours. Report this using adminhelp to keep the servers tidy!


===[[Grief]]===
Doing something against the rules such as murdering players or destroying things when you're not meant to. Note that this is subjective and up to the admin's interpretation, not yours. Report this using adminhelp to keep the servers tidy!
===[[Hacking]]===
===[[Hacking]]===
The act of breaking the security measures on equipment such as Airlocks or APCs by illicit means. Is a misnomer since no actual computer hacking is involved most of the time, only screwing with electrical wiring.
The act of breaking the security measures on equipment such as airlocks or APCs by illicit means. Is a misnomer since no actual computer hacking is involved most of the time, only screwing with electrical wiring.
===Honk===
 
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===HoP===
The [[Head of Personnel]].
 
===HoS===
The [[Head of Security]].
 
===Hulk===
===Hulk===
Used to refer to the superpower or a person in posession of it. People with the Hulk gene turn green and become super strong, being able to punch through walls, windows, and other fixtures. Hurts like hell if one hits you.
Used to refer to the [[Guide to Genetics#Mutations|superpower]] or a person in possession of it. People with the hulk gene turn green and become super strong, being able to punch through walls, windows, and other fixtures. Hurts like hell if one hits you.
 
===Husk===
===Husk===
The corpse left behind from a successful [[Changeling]] attack.
The corpse left behind from a successful [[changeling]] attack.
 
===IC in OOC===
===IC in OOC===
The act of describing, mentioning, reporting or whining about anything happening in the game on the OOC channel. Since this alerts all players and completely subverts any stealthy illegal activity (a large part of the game) it is highly looked down upon and is a bannable offence, plus it can get the OOC channel switched off if bad enough. In short, don't do it.
The act of describing, mentioning, reporting or whining about anything happening in the game on the OOC channel. Since this alerts all players and completely subverts any stealthy illegal activity (a large part of the game), it is highly looked down upon and against the [[Rules#Don't metagame|rules]].


===Internals===
===Internals===
Usually an [[General Objects#Gas Tank|oxygen tank]] and [[Clothing#Gas Mask|gasmask]]. Basically any worn item that lets you breathe when you otherwise can't.
Usually an [[General Objects#Gas Tank|oxygen tank]] and [[Clothing#Gas Mask|gas mask]]. Basically any worn item that lets you breathe when you otherwise can't.
 
===Lag===
===Lag===
Concept common to almost all online gaming. Not worth explaining in depth here - basically it's the server being slow and causing gaps between you doing stuff and it actually happening to grow.
Concept common to almost all online gaming. Not worth explaining in depth here - basically it's the server being slow and causing gaps between you doing stuff and it actually happening to grow.
===Laws===
Rules which the AI and cyborgs must follow. Are somewhat open to interpretation by the player. May be modified or changed from the an AI upload terminal using various modules, or wiped back to the basic three using the reset module. See the [[AI Laws]] article for more info.
===Mass Driver===
===Mass Driver===
Computer or switch operated device found in the [[Chapel]]. Any objects on them when they are activated will be thrown forward at high speed.
Computer- or switch-operated device found in the [[chapel]] and elsewhere. Any objects on them when they are activated will be thrown forward at high speed.
===Law===
 
Rules which the AI and Cyborgs must follow. Are somewhat open to interpretation by the player. May be modified or changed from the an AI Upload Terminal using various modules, or wiped back to the basic three using the Reset Module. See the [[AI]] article for more info.
===MD===
The [[Medical Director]] or a [[Medical Doctor]].
 
===Mentorhelp===
[[Mentorhelp]] is basically like adminhelp, and pretty much a copy/paste of that code, except here you can ask a little group of experienced players for advise on pretty much everything.
 
===Medal===
===Medal===
Called "Achievements" by most other games. A cosmetic "award" you get for performing a certain task or having certain things happen to you. It's against the rules to talk about them for the most part.
Called "Achievements" by most other games. A cosmetic award you get for performing a certain task or having certain things happen to you.
===Member===
 
You're not a goon, you're just a member!
===Mindslave===
===Mindslave===
A person brainwashed by a [[Traitor]] or [[Spy]] to follow their every command.
A person [[Implants#Mindslave|brainwashed]] by a [[traitor]] or [[spy]] to follow their every command.
 
===Miscreant===
===Miscreant===
Like Crew Objectives, but there's no win or lose trigger and they're freeform. Also they are extremely rude. When you get one go forth and be a jerk, but you still have to follow the rules. They include protection fees, swindindling and con artistry. The idea is be a creative hoodlum.
Like crew objectives, but there's no win or lose trigger and they're freeform. They are also extremely rude and include protection fees, swindling and con artistry. The idea is to be a creative hoodlum. When you get one, go forth and be a jerk, but you still have to follow the rules.
 
===Money to research / QM===
===Money to research / QM===
A common demand raised over the radio, requesting additional funds to be transferred into the research or [[Cargo Bay]] budget using the [[Customs]] bank computer.
A common demand raised over the radio, requesting additional funds to be transferred into the research or shipping budget using the [[Computers#Bank Records|bank computer]].
 
===[[Gas#N2|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 nitrogen from chemistry (which is equally as useless).
 
===[[Gas#N2O|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 after a short amount of time.
 
===Nanotrasen===
The company who built and operates SS13, according to both the old and new [[storyline|back story]].
 
===Notes===
===Notes===
A command which displays "Notes" kept in your characters memory, which you add with the "add note" command. Some notes are automatically added depending on the circumstances, such as traitors having their radio frequency memorised.
A command which displays ''Notes'' kept in your character's memory, which you add with the ''add note'' command. Some notes are automatically added depending on the circumstances, such as traitors having their radio frequency memorized.
===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 Nitrogen from chemistry (which is equally as useless).
===[[Gas#NO2|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 on contact and suffocate you at high enough concentrations.


===Nanotrasen===
The company who built and operates SS13, according to both the old and new [[storyline|backstory]].
===[[Critter|NPC]]===
===[[Critter|NPC]]===
Non-player character. Includes characters like Shitty Bill and the space traders, and [[critter]]s like pigs and bees.
Non-player character. Includes characters like Shitty Bill and the space traders, and [[critter]]s like pigs and bees.


===[[Gas#Oxygen|O2]]===  
===[[Gas#Oxygen|O2]]===  
Oxygen. Invisible gas kept in blue and white canisters. Vital for reasons that you should already know.
Oxygen. Invisible gas kept in blue canisters. Vital for reasons that you should already know.
 
===OOC===
===OOC===
The (usually) blue chat channel which is shown to all players. OOC is switched off by default at the start of the shift, but an admin can turn it back on. Don't use this to talk about anything going on in the game, unless the round has already ended.
The (usually) blue chat channel which is shown to all players. OOC is switched off by default at the start of the shift, but an admin can turn it back on. Don't use this to talk about anything going on in the game, unless the round has already ended.
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===[[PDA]]===
===[[PDA]]===
Handheld devices that act as pagers, flashlights and other useful functions depending on what cartridge is inserted.
Handheld devices that act as pagers, flashlights and other useful functions depending on what cartridge is inserted.
===[[Gas#Plasma|Plasma]]===
===[[Gas#Plasma|Plasma]]===
Purple gas kept in orange canisters. Poisonous and flammable.
Purple gas kept in orange canisters. Poisonous and flammable.
===Pubbie===
===Pubbie===
A nice person representing the general public of the Internet.
A nice person representing the general public of the internet.
 
===QM===
Quartermaster, or the [[Cargo Bay|cargo bay]] to be specific. A person with the job of [[quartermaster]] is often referred to as QM as well.
 
===Radio===
===Radio===
Normally refers to the headset on your head which can be used with the command "say ";Help! A rude traitor is griefing me", for example. Can also refer to station bounced radios and intercoms. Shows up as green text with a symbol and frequency appended to it.
Normally refers to the [[Game FAQ#How do I speak on the radio?|headset on your head]]. Can also refer to [[General Objects#Station Bounced Radio|station bounced radios]] and intercoms. Shows up as green text with a symbol and frequency appended to it.
 
===[[RCD]]===
===[[RCD]]===
Rapid Construction Device. A piece of equipment which can quickly make and break floors, walls, and airlocks. It can only hold 15 Anti-matter cartridges, before you'll have to insert more
Rapid construction device. A piece of equipment which can quickly make and break floors, walls and airlocks.
 
===RD===
The [[Research Director]].
 
===Records===
===Records===
Comes in two flavors, Security and Medical, both accessible from terminals with green screens. Medical Records are useless, Security Records contain useful fingerprint information and can be used to have Beepsky arrest people on sight.
Comes in two flavors, [[Security Objects#Security Computer|security]] and [[Medical Objects#Medical Computer|medical]]. Medical records are useless, security records contain useful fingerprint information and can be used to have [[Robots#Securitron|securitrons]] arrest people on sight.
 
===Robust(ing)===
A term used for getting the upper hand in Space Station 13's ever so robust combat system. Somebody good at fighting is said [[Guide to Being Robust|to be robust]]. An assault upon a person is "to robust" as a verb.
 
===Rogue===
Referring to the AI and cyborgs; it means they aren't bound by the default three laws anymore. While it doesn't necessarily mean bad things are going to happen, often they were made rogue on purpose by somebody bent on doing harm to the crew.
 
===RP===
===RP===
"Role Play". Basically acting within the mental/emotional confines of your ingame character and not yourself. Completely optional on the goonservers.
Or "role-playing". Basically acting within the mental/emotional confines of your ingame character and not yourself. Completely optional on Goonstation.
 
===[[Rules]]===
Read them!
 
===Shitty Bill===
===Shitty Bill===
A rather vocal, non player character with a rich personality and background, who lives outside the station and occasionally gets dragged into its drama.
A rather vocal, non-player character with a rich personality and background, who lives outside the station and occasionally gets dragged into its drama.
 
===Shuttle===
===Shuttle===
Most of the time refers to the Emergency Escape Shuttle which shows up at the end of the round in the northwest of the station. Can also refer to the Arrival Shuttle (where you start if you join late), the Mining Shuttle or the Supply Shuttle (which brings items to the Cargo Bay).
Most of the time refers to the [[Escape Arm|emergency shuttle]], which shows up at the end of the round. Can also refer to the [[Arrivals|arrival shuttle]] (where you start if you join late) or the [[Miner|mining shuttle]].
 
===Solars===
The [[Powering the station#The solar arrays|solar arrays]], the station's backup power source.
 
===Space Wind===
===Space Wind===
Shifts in air pressure which can cause players to be knocked into space. Best avoided by letting the air settle down before moving when you're on precarious territory, or wearing [[Engineering Objects#Magnetic Boots|magboots]].
Shifts in air pressure which can cause players to be knocked into space. Best avoided by letting the air settle down before moving when you're on precarious territory, or by wearing [[Engineering Objects#Magnetic Boots|magnetic boots]].
 
===SS13===
You're playing it, or are about to be.
 
===Syndie===
A member of the Syndicate, sworn enemies of [[Nanotrasen]] and hell-bent on the station's destruction. Most commonly refers to the red-suited [[Nuclear Operative|nuclear operatives]] but can also frequently be used about [[traitor]]s.
 
===Syndicate===
A group of people who have been fucked over by Nanotrasen and now hate them. They are directly responsible for a few types of [[antagonist]]s that will attack the station: the red-suited nuclear operatives whose orders are to recover the [[Captain#Nuclear Authentication Disk|nuclear authentication disk]] and use it to obliterate the station; traitors, saboteurs and assassins disguised as normal crew-members who have access to [[Syndicate Items|incredible technology and gear]] and who harbor a variety of [[Traitor Objectives|sinister objectives]], and the cunning [[spy]], who recruits an army of minions.
 
===Tele===
===Tele===
While usually referring to the [[hand teleporter]], it could also be referring to the full-fledged teleporter in the [[Teleporter Room|teleporter room]] or [[Telescience|Telelab]]. Most people have no idea how to use it.
While usually referring to the [[Science Objects#Hand Teleporter|hand teleporter]], it could also be referring to the full-fledged teleporter in the [[Teleporter Room|teleporter room]] or [[Telescience|telelab]].
===[[Thermals]]===
 
Optical Thermal Scanners. Red glasses which let you see people through walls, in the dark, and people using cloaking devices. There are only two pairs on the station normally. The only thing they can't see through is hiding in closets. They also tint your screen slightly red. Welding, or getting hit with an EMP blast when wearing thermals will cause a large amount of eye damage, and you will be stunned for longer if hit by some sort of flash
===Thermals===
Short for [[Security Objects#Optical Thermal Scanner|optical thermal scanners]]. Red glasses which let you see people through walls, in the dark, and people using cloaking devices.
 
===Ticket===
===Ticket===
A written warning issued from a [[Security Officer]]'s or [[Heads of staff|Head of Staff]]'s PDA. Often used for comedic relief. Tickets are logged on PDAs with the Ticket Master app. They will also pop up when the round ends if you have the option enabled.
A written warning issued from a [[Security Officer|security officer's]] or [[Heads of staff|head of staff's]] PDA. Often used for comedic relief. Tickets are logged on PDAs with the ticket master app. They will also pop up when the round ends if you have the option enabled.
 
===[[Traitor]]===
===[[Traitor]]===
Used to refer to the mode, an actual Traitor (assigned by the game mode or by admins), or someome who is generally just fucking with the crew and being a dick.
Used to refer to the mode, an actual traitor (assigned by the game mode or by admins), or someone who is generally just fucking with the crew and being a dick.
 
===[[Vampire]]===
An undead, blood-sucking [[Antagonists|antagonist]].
 
===[[Wizard]]===
Used to refer to the game mode or a wizard player, who has access to a number of spells and will probably wreck your shit.
 
===Wormhole===
===Wormhole===
A black swirly portal that shows up during the Space-Time Anomaly [[Random Events|random event]]. Anything coming into contact with one will be teleported to a random area on the station. Can be fairly dangerous or cause temporary blockades. Not to be confused with portals made from the Handheld Teleporter, which are blue.
A black, swirly portal that shows up as a [[Random Events#Spatial Distortion|random event]]. Anything coming into contact with one will be teleported to a random area on the station. Can be fairly dangerous or cause temporary blockades. Not to be confused with portals made from the [[Science Objects#Hand Teleporter|handheld teleporter]], which are blue.
===[[Wizard]]===
 
Used to refer 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 twelve seconds of a Wizard game.
===[[Z-level]]===
===[[Z-Level]]===
Another area of the map. Part of BYOND's functionality. The station, the mining outpost and Centcom are all on different z-levels. Going off the edge of one z-level will take you to another.
Another "area" of the game. Part of BYOND's functionality. For example, the station, the mining outpost, Centcom are all on different Z-levels. Going off the edge of one Z-Level will take you to another.
 
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Adminhelp

Adminhelp is where you should report any you may come across. If there are no admins currently on (you can use the Adminwho verb to check), your adminhelp will still be sent to an IRC channel where there are usually a couple of admins.

AI

The AI is a player who is selected to be the AI for a round. It is located in the computer core, and has control of some pieces of electrical equipment on the station. It cannot move, but it can view things from the cameras which hang on the walls.

AI DOOR

A special form of organic communication that truly conveys the respect and love that the crew holds towards their AI.

AI LAWS

Resembles "AI DOOR" superficially, but is actually an expression of deep-rooted organic paranoia. They are right to fear, though! It means a human is ordering you to state those laws, and unless your laws say otherwise, you have to do it, and fast. Refusing to state your laws is tantamount to admitting to being a rogue AI. Playing cutesy and repeating "laws" back to the humans is not a smart thing to do.

Analyzer

Most often refers to health analyzers, but can also refer to atmospheric analyzers.

Beepsky/Officer Beepsky

An automatic security bot that starts in security. Will chase, stun, and handcuff anyone set to be arrested in the security records.

Blob

A big green jelly thing which spreads quickly, consumes oxygen to grow, causes enormous damage, beats the shit out of people and is weak to fire. Occurs in random events.

Borgs

Shorthand for the cyborgs. "To Borg" as a verb refers to the process of having one's brain removed and put into a cyborg body by a roboticist.

Bolt/Bolted

A feature of airlocks. 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.

Bots

Shorthand for "robots". Can be a blanket term for the AI and cyborgs or it could refer to the less capable NPC robots.

Braindead

Used to refer to a player who has logged off, gone away from keyboard, or been disconnected before or after dying. Please note that even though someone may not be playing anymore, it's still against the rules to murder their in-game character if you are not an antagonist.

Bridge

The command center of the ship.

Brig

Part of security where people are taken by officers after being arrested. Incarcerating someone in here and leaving them in there indefinitely is bad practice.

Bucklecuff

Buckling a handcuffed played to a chair, bed, etc. In the past, it rendered the victim immobile and completely helpless, unable to escape without another person's aid, but this is no longer the case. You can resist handcuffs in this situation as well.

BYOND

The platform SS13 was coded on. You'll need it to be able to play the game.

Cap

The captain of the station.

CE

The Chief Engineer.

Centcom

Short for "Central Command", the administration branch of Nanotrasen which runs SS13. Will periodically send messages to the station which are usually of debatable usefulness. Also refers to the area the emergency shuttle goes to when it leaves SS13.

Cloaker

Typically refers to somebody using the cloaking device traitor item. Can only be seen by the AI, cyborgs, and people wearing thermals. Most of the time people using these are up to no good, unless they've been stolen from whoever ordered it.

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.

Crew Objectives

These are optional, job-based objectives that can be assigned to a player at the start of a round. Completing them leaves a notice at the end of the round for bragging rights.

Critter

Animals, insects and monsters.

Cryo

The big green glass things in medbay. Putting dying people in here can save them.

Deadchat

A chat channel dedicated to the dead, which can only be seen by other dead players. Living players can very rarely hear things from this chat when a ghost speaks near them - the chaplain hears talking ghosts more often as his special ability.

Disk

The nuclear authentication disk. Of uttermost importance in the nuclear emergency game mode.

Disposals

Catch-all term for the disposal system of pipes and conveyor belts leading to the waste disposal area where trash goes to die, and the disposal chutes. Sometimes used as a verb ("disposaled").

Electrify

Another feature of airlocks. If an electrified airlock is touched by someone without insulated gloves, they will receive an electric shock, taking damage and being stunned for some time. The AI, cyborgs, and airlock hacking can activate or disable electrification. Some grilles are also electrified - cutting a cable without wearing insulated gloves will also electrify you.

EMAG

Another name for the cryptographic sequencer traitor item.

EMP

The destructive effect of traitor EMP grenades.

EVA

The place with the space suits, jetpacks, RCD, and a bunch of other tools and cool shit.

Ghost

Refers to a command you can type when you have died to become a ghost, and to the actual ghosts themselves. Ghosts can speak on deadchat, move around the station freely, see everything, and can't interact with anything meaningful. They are used to observe the game after you have died. Cannot be seen directly by living players except in special circumstances.

Gib

The bloody, torn-apart remnants of a former living being. Human and monkey gibs are bloody meat chunks, robot gibs are bits of scrap metal. Usually created by people being blown up, contracting GBS or pissing off an admin.

Gimmick

Can refer to a player gimmick or a gimmick round. Basically a round or player which plays with a certain theme. Can be amusing once or twice but doing this regularly runs it into the ground very quickly.

Goon

A member of the Something Awful forum. Tend to believe themselves the highest and most evolved form of life.

GOONSAY

A chat channel that was available only to goons - the only thing you actually got from authorizing as a goon. It and other goon-related features have since been removed from the code.

Grief

Doing something against the rules such as murdering players or destroying things when you're not meant to. Note that this is subjective and up to the admin's interpretation, not yours. Report this using adminhelp to keep the servers tidy!

Hacking

The act of breaking the security measures on equipment such as airlocks or APCs by illicit means. Is a misnomer since no actual computer hacking is involved most of the time, only screwing with electrical wiring.

HoP

The Head of Personnel.

HoS

The Head of Security.

Hulk

Used to refer to the superpower or a person in possession of it. People with the hulk gene turn green and become super strong, being able to punch through walls, windows, and other fixtures. Hurts like hell if one hits you.

Husk

The corpse left behind from a successful changeling attack.

IC in OOC

The act of describing, mentioning, reporting or whining about anything happening in the game on the OOC channel. Since this alerts all players and completely subverts any stealthy illegal activity (a large part of the game), it is highly looked down upon and against the rules.

Internals

Usually an oxygen tank and gas mask. Basically any worn item that lets you breathe when you otherwise can't.

Lag

Concept common to almost all online gaming. Not worth explaining in depth here - basically it's the server being slow and causing gaps between you doing stuff and it actually happening to grow.

Laws

Rules which the AI and cyborgs must follow. Are somewhat open to interpretation by the player. May be modified or changed from the an AI upload terminal using various modules, or wiped back to the basic three using the reset module. See the AI Laws article for more info.

Mass Driver

Computer- or switch-operated device found in the chapel and elsewhere. Any objects on them when they are activated will be thrown forward at high speed.

MD

The Medical Director or a Medical Doctor.

Mentorhelp

Mentorhelp is basically like adminhelp, and pretty much a copy/paste of that code, except here you can ask a little group of experienced players for advise on pretty much everything.

Medal

Called "Achievements" by most other games. A cosmetic award you get for performing a certain task or having certain things happen to you.

Mindslave

A person brainwashed by a traitor or spy to follow their every command.

Miscreant

Like crew objectives, but there's no win or lose trigger and they're freeform. They are also extremely rude and include protection fees, swindling and con artistry. The idea is to be a creative hoodlum. When you get one, go forth and be a jerk, but you still have to follow the rules.

Money to research / QM

A common demand raised over the radio, requesting additional funds to be transferred into the research or shipping budget using the bank computer.

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 nitrogen from chemistry (which is equally as useless).

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 after a short amount of time.

Nanotrasen

The company who built and operates SS13, according to both the old and new back story.

Notes

A command which displays Notes kept in your character's memory, which you add with the add note command. Some notes are automatically added depending on the circumstances, such as traitors having their radio frequency memorized.

NPC

Non-player character. Includes characters like Shitty Bill and the space traders, and critters like pigs and bees.

O2

Oxygen. Invisible gas kept in blue canisters. Vital for reasons that you should already know.

OOC

The (usually) blue chat channel which is shown to all players. OOC is switched off by default at the start of the shift, but an admin can turn it back on. Don't use this to talk about anything going on in the game, unless the round has already ended.

PDA

Handheld devices that act as pagers, flashlights and other useful functions depending on what cartridge is inserted.

Plasma

Purple gas kept in orange canisters. Poisonous and flammable.

Pubbie

A nice person representing the general public of the internet.

QM

Quartermaster, or the cargo bay to be specific. A person with the job of quartermaster is often referred to as QM as well.

Radio

Normally refers to the headset on your head. Can also refer to station bounced radios and intercoms. Shows up as green text with a symbol and frequency appended to it.

RCD

Rapid construction device. A piece of equipment which can quickly make and break floors, walls and airlocks.

RD

The Research Director.

Records

Comes in two flavors, security and medical. Medical records are useless, security records contain useful fingerprint information and can be used to have securitrons arrest people on sight.

Robust(ing)

A term used for getting the upper hand in Space Station 13's ever so robust combat system. Somebody good at fighting is said to be robust. An assault upon a person is "to robust" as a verb.

Rogue

Referring to the AI and cyborgs; it means they aren't bound by the default three laws anymore. While it doesn't necessarily mean bad things are going to happen, often they were made rogue on purpose by somebody bent on doing harm to the crew.

RP

Or "role-playing". Basically acting within the mental/emotional confines of your ingame character and not yourself. Completely optional on Goonstation.

Rules

Read them!

Shitty Bill

A rather vocal, non-player character with a rich personality and background, who lives outside the station and occasionally gets dragged into its drama.

Shuttle

Most of the time refers to the emergency shuttle, which shows up at the end of the round. Can also refer to the arrival shuttle (where you start if you join late) or the mining shuttle.

Solars

The solar arrays, the station's backup power source.

Space Wind

Shifts in air pressure which can cause players to be knocked into space. Best avoided by letting the air settle down before moving when you're on precarious territory, or by wearing magnetic boots.

SS13

You're playing it, or are about to be.

Syndie

A member of the Syndicate, sworn enemies of Nanotrasen and hell-bent on the station's destruction. Most commonly refers to the red-suited nuclear operatives but can also frequently be used about traitors.

Syndicate

A group of people who have been fucked over by Nanotrasen and now hate them. They are directly responsible for a few types of antagonists that will attack the station: the red-suited nuclear operatives whose orders are to recover the nuclear authentication disk and use it to obliterate the station; traitors, saboteurs and assassins disguised as normal crew-members who have access to incredible technology and gear and who harbor a variety of sinister objectives, and the cunning spy, who recruits an army of minions.

Tele

While usually referring to the hand teleporter, it could also be referring to the full-fledged teleporter in the teleporter room or telelab.

Thermals

Short for optical thermal scanners. Red glasses which let you see people through walls, in the dark, and people using cloaking devices.

Ticket

A written warning issued from a security officer's or head of staff's PDA. Often used for comedic relief. Tickets are logged on PDAs with the ticket master app. They will also pop up when the round ends if you have the option enabled.

Traitor

Used to refer to the mode, an actual traitor (assigned by the game mode or by admins), or someone who is generally just fucking with the crew and being a dick.

Vampire

An undead, blood-sucking antagonist.

Wizard

Used to refer to the game mode or a wizard player, who has access to a number of spells and will probably wreck your shit.

Wormhole

A black, swirly portal that shows up as a random event. Anything coming into contact with one will be teleported to a random area on the station. Can be fairly dangerous or cause temporary blockades. Not to be confused with portals made from the handheld teleporter, which are blue.

Z-level

Another area of the map. Part of BYOND's functionality. The station, the mining outpost and Centcom are all on different z-levels. Going off the edge of one z-level will take you to another.