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A big bad list of common terminology and slang commonly used by resident Spacemen (players).


The people who run the server. Have a variety of power-abuse buttons to keep the game from being fun.






Additional Access

Under certain circumstances, such as a low server population, admin-toggled, or simply set in the server configuration by the host, jobs may be granted additional access when they join the round.








A kind of random event#Anomalies announced over comms that can cause station damage if not dealt with in time.


Antagonist. The "opponent", "enemy". Every Game Mode (except extended and secret extended) has at least one.


The Area Power Controller, a square box on the wall that provides power to the room and is the purview of Station Engineers.



Basically makes robots follow orders and unable to harm people.




An Abductor, not to be confused with a Xenomorph.


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



Read the guide to evading getting banned for further guidelines.

Beepsky/Officer Beepsky




A big green jelly thing that spreads quickly, causes enormous damage, beats the shit out of people and is weak to fire.




A Cyborg.


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


Refers to a player who has logged off or been disconnected. Examining a braindead character reveals the message; "They have a blank, absent-minded stare and appears completely unresponsive to anything. They may snap out of it soon."








Receiving an Admin PM, named after the sound effect played when an admin PMs you.









The Chief Engineer.







The Chief Medical Officer.




A derogatory name for an incompetent and abusive Captain.


A lawset for the AI, which makes it a ruthless profits-maximizing, efficiency-enforcing machine.








Cuban Pete


When I play my maracas I go

Chick chicky boom, chick chicky boom

A notorious griefer who applied the bomb-making knowledge of a mysterious first scientist mentor who had invented ludicrous sized bombs. The station was turned into nearly dust every round he was on, antagonist or not. Because of him there was a bombcap hardcoded into the game.




A chat channel dead/observing players speak on using the say command. Can only be seen by other dead/observing players. Deadchat is mostly considered to be out-of-character, and here you are allowed to talk about anything happening in the round (unlike in the OOC channel).

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




Infrequently a science or genetics research disk, but most often refers to the Nuclear Authentication Disk, used in Nuclear Mode. If you are the captain, guard it with your life.


Donk/Bangin' Donk



Either a type of alien or a player-controlled repair bot.



The AI 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 name for the Cryptographic Sequencer traitor item, which permanently opens doors and has myriad other uses.




A.K.A. smileys, except smile is not mandatory. Learn them all!


The large area in the south of the station that is used to start and contain a gravitational singularity that provides power to the station.



An inherently controversial subject, people's reactions to ERP ranges from upset and rage to taking off one's clothes and joining to ding dong bannu.










The bloody, torn apart remnants of a former living being. Created by people and monkeys exploding. A cyborg that blows up has its own version of gibs: robot debris.






Refers to the Tesla Engine and specifically its energy balls, named for its coder.


Assistants, named after their signature gray uniform. Not to be confused with ayyliens. AKA grayshits. AKA,


Originated from a bug in the job selection system, causing the majority of the crew to be roundstart Assistants, dressed in gray. This resulted in swarms of Assistants storming the Brig and antagonize security. Now the word refers to any griefy behavior of that bent.




A.K.A. Griefing/Griefer/Griffed/Griff/Griffon/Gruffer/Grover/Shitler/Chucklefuck/(Pulling a) Cuban Pete.

Intentionally ruining the game for others without the metagame pardon of being an antagonist.



The Russian term for the Labor Camp.




Abbreviation for the Hand of God game mode.








The Head of Security.









In Character. Stuff that is happening in the game.


The act of describing anything happening in the game over the OOC channel. The rule of thumb is if a person not involved in the incident or not observing the game can still tell what's going on, it's IC in OOC. Usually comes with a chastising and a thousand mini-mods squawking out "ICKY OCKY!!!" but excessive use results in a ban. (See the OOC page for details)



Internals Box

That box which comes in a spawned player's backpack containing a transparent breath mask, one emergency-sized tank of pure oxygen and an epinehrine medipen.


Job Ban

Similar to a Ban, except in this case you'll be prevented from playing a specific role, such as a team-based antagonist or a head of staff. You may even get banned from playing an entire department if you demonstrate an inability to follow the rules.


Space vines. Can start growing randomly or be planted.

Lag/Space Lag/Spacetime Distortions



Short for the Autolathe, located in Cargo. Could also be Protolathe, located in R&D Lab.




A Changeling.



Mass Driver











Going on a killing spree.






The autonomous super-corporation that built and operates the station, according to the backstory.

Common misspellings include NanoTrasen, Nanotressen, Nanotransen, Nanotracer, and You Know That Fucking Company We Work For. (See CentCom for the difference between Nanotrasen and CentCom)


The eldritch deity whom cultists serve and often wish to summon.


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 revolutionaries having the list of rev members memorized, Syndicate leaders having the nuclear bomb code memorized, or the time of your death. Also refers to the top secret notes admins keep on players, usually if they get banned.












Heavily frowned upon as it ruins MY IMMERSIONNNN!



Short for nuke ops. Generally heard over the radio shortly before the station goes boom.


Short for the Ore Redemption Machine, which is used to turn the materials miners bring into usable sheets, typically used by science. Often found at Cargo or Science for this very reason.


A lawset for the AI, your stereotypical white-knight good-guy role.


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


Short for Personal Digital Assistant, a handheld device that acts as a pager, flashlight and other useful functions, depending on what cartridge is inserted.








If you're the kind of person who likes mnemonic devices, it's useful to remember that PORT has the same number of letters as LEFT.






Normally refers to the headset on your head which can be used with the command 'say ";help that 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. Additional department-specific radios also exsist. To use the equipped department radio's default department frequency use 'say ".h Hello Department!"'. (See Radio for details or how to use the radio when it has multiple department frequencies available)


Rapid Construction Device. A piece of equipment that can quickly make and break floors, regular walls, and airlocks.


The Research Director.





Security Officers, named for their signature red uniforms and tendency to die at the hands of everything.



Report/Centcom Report/Traitor Report


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


Could refer to the game mode Revolution, a member of the Revolution in said game mode, or a Revenant.


One of the leaders of the revolution in Revolution game mode.





(MY IMMERSION) "Role Play". Basically acting within the mental/emotional confines of your in-game character and not yourself. This is encouraged on our MRP server.


A derogatory term for Security Officers who are abusive, incompetent or generally shit. Can usually be heard shouted by the guy who just got arrested.







A term for AI or cyborg players, contrast with "human."




Shadowlings, one of the station's many antagonist types.

Space Wind

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


The act of forcing or throwing someone out an airlock into space, usually for malicious purposes.




Stands for Space Sleep Disorder or Sudden Sleep Disorder. An in-character explanation for someone that has disconnected or has gone AFK.




The Supermatter.




The act of grabbing someone then clicking a table to instantly knock them down on it, usually followed by a toolbox in the skull or being stripped.




The Tesla Engine. An alternative engine that Engineering can build. Also commonly referred to as the "goofball", so named for the programmer who created it.


Trying out new features or significant changes usually means temporarily merging that feature into the server in order to gather bug reports and feedback


Telecommunications, the room holding servers that allows headsets to work. Does not affect Intercoms or Station Bounced Radios.











Adjective: Someone who can be killed per the Rules, usually on grounds of being a loud traitor. Verb: The act of deliberately seeking out and/or killing a valid individual. An inherently controversial subject.

Voice in Your Head

A subtle, in-character message from an admin.




The audio announcement system that the AI will use to curse at send messages to the crew.






Can refer to Aliens, or Xenobiology.


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.


Another area/map which the game consists of. Gameplay-wise, it's just a level.

Z-levels are areas you randomly spawn into when you go over the edge of an area. Part of BYOND's functionality. For example, the station, DJ station, Central Command and the Derelict are all on different Z-levels. Going off the edge of one Z-Level will take you to another.