Help:Glossary

This page serves as a glossary for terms and phrases used in the Starship Simulator wiki.

Construction

• Bow: The front of the ship.
• Bulkhead: The doors and walls of a ship.
• Corridor: A long room, usually connecting between rooms or from ring to ring.
• Deck: The floor on a starship. The ceiling is called the overhead deck. Each storey is also referred to as a deck and is designated a letter or number to help navigation.
• Framework: The metalwork and points used to construct the starship.
• Hull: The outer shell and plating of the ship.
• Keel: The bottom of the ship.
• Ring: The circular corridors on the starship decks, usually surrounding the central rooms.
• Stern: The rear of the ship.
• Tack: The small writing used to designate wall panels, often used to locate systems behind panels.

Directions

• Aft: Toward the back side of the vessel, towards the stern.
• Dorsal: Toward the top of the vessel.
• Forward: Toward the front side of the vessel, towards the bow.
• Inboard: Toward the side of the room closer to the vessel's centre.
• Outboard: Toward the side of the room closer to the hull.
• Port: Toward the left part of the ship.
• Starboard: Toward the right part of the ship.
• Ventral: Toward the keel of the ship

Personnel

• Admiral: A high ranking official in the UNSF, serving as a flag officer.
• Ambassador: A political and diplomatic envoy, often representing a political faction.
• Captain: The commanding officer of the starship, often serving as the Commanding Officer. Captains are outranked by Admirals.
• Civilian: A non-enlisted member of crew who is not a member of the United Nations Space Fleet.
• Commander: A senior commissioned of crew, usually the Executive Officer. They report directly to the captain.
• Commissioned Officer: Officers usually trained in fields through the United Nations Space Fleet.
• Enlisted: A crew member who is not a commissioned officer.
• Ensign: A junior commissioned officer and lowest level of the role. They are outranked by Lieutenants and other ranks.
• Lieutenant: The highest level of junior commissioned officers. Though placed in charge of departments, they are outranked by Lieutenant Commanders.
• Lieutenant Commander: A senior commissioned officer, serving as a junior level commander. They are often assigned as department heads and report directly to the executive officer.

Piloting

• Pitch: The vertical rotation of a ship.
• Roll: A rotation around the axis running from the nose to the tail of the vehicle
• Yaw: The horizontal rotation of a ship.