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* 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>
* 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>
* 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>
* "Star-and-pierced:" Someone who has graduated from [[Fleet Academe]] (I presume, anyway)<ref>''[[Second (Fiction) |Second]]'', chapter 3</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.
Slang like 'gone ground' for someone who's turned native, or fled to a planet.
"Star-and-pierced" for graduated from [[Fleet Academe]] (I presume, anyway)<ref>''[[Second (Fiction) |Second]]'', chapter 3</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 21:25, 2 June 2020

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


  • Feminic and Masculic: terms for ships that have all male or all female crew.
  • Hitch: is a tractor beam
  • Scales: nickname for body armor
  • Moths: any contact not yet assigned an ID[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • 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)[3]
  • "Star-and-pierced:" Someone who has graduated from Fleet Academe (I presume, anyway)[4]

Names for things used by Fleet personnel.

The T&S List (Threats and Suspicious).

Slang like 'gone ground' for someone who's turned native, or fled to a planet.

References

  1. ↑ Who is Willing, chapter 4
  2. ↑ Who is Willing, chapter 1
  3. ↑ Who is Willing, chapter 6
  4. ↑ Second, chapter 3
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