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This page should be linked under languages, since it's jargon.
This page should be linked under languages, since it's jargon.
* Feminic and Masculic: terms for ships that have (respectively) all female or all male crew.
* [[Known Space#Sector Sizes|furlong]]: the delta between theory and practice. "Don't trip on that furlong."
* Hitch: is a tractor beam<ref name="wiw-app">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', appendix</ref>
* MOB: "Man Overboard" (usually as "going mob"). Slang is 'joining the Dutchman."<ref name="tdap-con">''[[To Discover and Preserve (Fiction) | To Discover and Preserve]]'', "Constellations"</ref>
* Moths: any contact not yet assigned an ID<ref name="wiw-ch4">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', chapter 4</ref>
* Old and Proud: humans who are proud of their heritage and origins (and often also disaffected and bitter about their place relative to the [[Pelted]] in [[Fleet]] and the [[Alliance]])<ref name="wiw-ch06">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', chapter 6</ref>
* Pony saddle: not precisely a Fleet term, but the term that the [[Terran Space Navy]] uses for the to-them-strange system of officer commissions in Fleet.<ref name="wiw-ch01">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', chapter 1</ref>
* Scales: nickname for body armor
* "Star-and-pierced:" Someone who has graduated from [[Fleet Academe]] (I presume, anyway)<ref>''[[Second (Fiction) |Second]]'', chapter 3</ref>


I'm also going to stick specific roles (roles, as opposed to ranks) here for lack of a significantly better place to put them; they can become their own page or go on another place or something eventually:


* Feminic and Masculic: terms for ships that have all male or all female crew.
* New Officer Training Coordinator (NOTC): The officer on a ship who is responsible for training and orientation for newly-assigned officers.<ref name="wiw-ch01" />
* Hitch: is a tractor beam
* Liason: As in, "liaison to the aliens." The officer who is responsible for communication and coordination with allied aliens onboard, such as [[Flitzbe]] and [[Platies]].<ref name="wiw-ch01" />
* Scales: nickname for body armor
* Moths: any contact not yet assigned an ID<ref name="wiw-ch4">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', chapter 4</ref>
* Pony saddle: not precisely a Fleet term, but the term that the [[Terran Space Navy]] uses for the to-them-strange system of officer commissions in Fleet.<ref name="wiw-ch01">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', chapter 1</ref>
* Old and Proud: humans who are proud of their heritage and origins (and often also disaffected and bitter about their place relative to the [[Pelted]] in [[Fleet]] and the [[Alliance]])<ref name="wiw-ch06">''[[Who is Willing (Fiction) |Who is Willing]]'', chapter 6</ref>


Names for things used by Fleet personnel.
Names for things used by Fleet personnel.


Stuff like 'moths' for unidentified contacts, and the T&S List (Threats and Suspicious).
The T&S List (Threats and Suspicious).
 
Also organizational and factional slang, like the 'pony saddles.' And 'The Old and Proud.'


Slang like 'gone ground' for someone who's turned native, or fled to a planet.
==Groups==
* The Old and Proud: the human enlisted who are resentful of the Pelted and them trying to be so powerful
* Baton-chasers: after the Napoleon quote about the baton ("Every French soldier carriers a marshal's baton in his knapsack.") Because they're chasing these "fake" ranks in the Pelted Fleet, rather than coming up the hard way in the Navy.


"Star-and-pierced" for graduated from [[Fleet Academe]] (I presume, anyway)<ref>''[[Second (Fiction) |Second]]'', chapter 3</ref>
==Slang==
* 'gone ground' for someone who's turned native, or fled to a planet.
* 'kissed her, dismissed her, and didn't even miss her' (belowdecks ribbing)


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 19:40, 16 June 2024

This page should be linked under languages, since it's jargon.

  • Feminic and Masculic: terms for ships that have (respectively) all female or all male crew.
  • furlong: the delta between theory and practice. "Don't trip on that furlong."
  • Hitch: is a tractor beam[1]
  • MOB: "Man Overboard" (usually as "going mob"). Slang is 'joining the Dutchman."[2]
  • Moths: any contact not yet assigned an ID[3]
  • Old and Proud: humans who are proud of their heritage and origins (and often also disaffected and bitter about their place relative to the Pelted in Fleet and the Alliance)[4]
  • Pony saddle: not precisely a Fleet term, but the term that the Terran Space Navy uses for the to-them-strange system of officer commissions in Fleet.[5]
  • Scales: nickname for body armor
  • "Star-and-pierced:" Someone who has graduated from Fleet Academe (I presume, anyway)[6]

I'm also going to stick specific roles (roles, as opposed to ranks) here for lack of a significantly better place to put them; they can become their own page or go on another place or something eventually:

  • New Officer Training Coordinator (NOTC): The officer on a ship who is responsible for training and orientation for newly-assigned officers.[5]
  • Liason: As in, "liaison to the aliens." The officer who is responsible for communication and coordination with allied aliens onboard, such as Flitzbe and Platies.[5]

Names for things used by Fleet personnel.

The T&S List (Threats and Suspicious).

Groups

  • The Old and Proud: the human enlisted who are resentful of the Pelted and them trying to be so powerful
  • Baton-chasers: after the Napoleon quote about the baton ("Every French soldier carriers a marshal's baton in his knapsack.") Because they're chasing these "fake" ranks in the Pelted Fleet, rather than coming up the hard way in the Navy.

Slang

  • 'gone ground' for someone who's turned native, or fled to a planet.
  • 'kissed her, dismissed her, and didn't even miss her' (belowdecks ribbing)

References

  1. ↑ Who is Willing, appendix
  2. ↑ To Discover and Preserve, "Constellations"
  3. ↑ Who is Willing, chapter 4
  4. ↑ Who is Willing, chapter 6
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Who is Willing, chapter 1
  6. ↑ Second, chapter 3
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