M E A T B A G
I shamelessly stole this from another site and the SW Publication; Essential Guide to Warfare for us Pilots and our Suicide Sleds to enhance the flavour text of our posts. Feel free to use it and make suggestions for inclusions - I'll update the list as they come in to ensure it's up to date.
Imperial Fighter/Bomber Designations:
Imperial Fighter/Bomber Designations:
- Eyeball: A basic TIE Fighter.
- Squint: A TIE Interceptor.
- Bright: A TIE/Advanced Fighter or TIE Avenger.
- Dupe: A TIE Bomber.
- Trip: A TIE Defender.
- Peeper: A TIE used for reconnaissance, or a TIE Scout.
- Clutch: A squadron of TIE Fighters or just TIEs in general.
- Pointer: An X-Wing fighter.
- Wishbone: A Y-Wing bomber.
- Edge: An A-Wing fighter.
- Spinner: A B-Wing fighter. Also known as a Cross.
- Skull: A Z-95 Headhunter fighter.
- Ugly: A general designation for any fighter cobbled together from parts once belonging to other starfighters such as the Y-TIE, or the X-ceptor.
- Dragship: An interdictor cruiser.
- Impstar: An Imperial Star Destroyer.
- SD Vic: A Victory-class Star Destroyer.
- None at this time.
- Klick: A kilometer.
- 3-9 Line: A line across a fighters' wings, based on imaginary clock in which 12 is ahead of the fighter and 6 is behind. The goal of dogfighting is to keep bandits in front of one's 3-9 line.
- Big-L: Lightspeed.
- Bingo: Havaing enough fuel for a safe return.
- Blue milk run: An easy hop.
- Dirtside: On a planet's surface.
- Gain angles: Maneuver for a better shot in a dogfight.
- Get lines: Disengage and jump to hyperspace.
- Go black: Head from a planet's atmosphere into space.
- Go blue: Head from space into a planet's atmosphere.
- Goo: A planet's atmosphere.
- Latch: Get into position to destroy an enemy fighter or bomber.
- Roof: A carrier's flight deck
- Zero angle: The position behind the stern of a bandit.
- Bogey: An unidentified fighter or starship, or, more commonly, an enemy fighter or starship.
- ACM: Aerial Combat Maneuvering, aka: dogfighting.
- Bumping: Engaging in ACM.
- Check your six: "Be careful, watch out behind you."
- Furball: A hectic dogfight.
- Goes away: What an enemy fighter does when you hit it.
- Judy: Comm call indicating you are intercepting a bandit.
- Loud handle: The level that triggers a fighter's ejection seat.
- SA: Situational Awareness.
- The Show: ACM; dogfighting.
- Splash: Shoot down or destroy target.
- Scratch: Shoot down or destroy target.
- Shocker: Not to be confused with shock, a "shocker" is an ion cannon.
- Torp: A proton torpedo.
- Trashed: Wasted, usually said in reference to warheads that miss their intended targets.
- Bluelined: Disabled by an ion cannon blast.
- Cold nose: Operating with sensors down.
- Full DSW: Having enough power for drive, shields and weapons.
- Gripe: A mechanical problem. An up gripe is a problem that allows continuing operations; a down gripe does not.
- Painted: Scanned by sensors.
- Shock: To hit a bandit with a blast from an ion cannon.
- Centurion: A pilot with one hundred landings on a carrier or fighter base.
- Clear skies: "Be well," a traditional spacer's farewell.
- Dirt flier: An atmospheric fighter pilot.
- Drift factor: A measure of a pilot's flakiness or inability to follow orders.
- Fangs out: Eager for a dogfight.
- Flat-hatting: Showing off or engaging in dangerous maneuvers.
- Hangar queen: A fighter that's often unable to fly because it needs repairs, and thus is raided for parts.
- KM: "Kriffing Magic," a pilot's all purpose explanation for how technology works.
- Wizard: An exclamation for how cool, awesome or nifty something is.
- LTS: "Likely To Survive," indicating approval of a pilot's skills.
- No decor: "Speak freely," without worrying about rank.
- Senth Herf: An admiring assessment of another pilot's abilities.
- Suicide sled: A starfighter, particularly one with weak shields.
- Vapebait: A poorly skilled fighter pilot.
- Easy chair: Pilot's seat in a fighter or bomber.
- Flying the same vector: Thinking along the same lines.
- Hawk circle: A formation of fighters waiting to land.
- Hop: A mission.
- HUD: Heads-up Display.
