Abbreviations used in Elite Dangerous

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Re: Abbreviations used in Elite Dangerous

Postby smartroad » Tue Aug 01, 2017 1:51 pm

LeDoyen wrote:Why would civilian pilots salute like military..


I think it is just an easy way of waving in text form, rather than being a military salute :D
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Re: Abbreviations used in Elite Dangerous

Postby LeDoyen » Wed Aug 02, 2017 9:49 am

hmmm... hey! 0/

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Re: Abbreviations used in Elite Dangerous

Postby smartroad » Wed Aug 02, 2017 9:54 am

LeDoyen wrote:0/


Or is it a perplexed Cyclops... hehe
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Re: Abbreviations used in Elite Dangerous

Postby TorTorden » Wed Aug 02, 2017 10:00 am

Again I apply my Occam's razor for social interaction.

If someone's behaviour can be explained by stupidity. I don't look further.
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Re: Abbreviations used in Elite Dangerous

Postby damon8r351 » Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:43 am

Because saluting a colleague in respect from the cockpit of your expensive piece of machinery is such a flyboy sort of thing to do. And I'd imagine that these civilian pilots, piloting amongst the fastest and most well-armed pieces of technology currently in the galaxy fancy themselves somewhat like the fighter jocks of old 21st century Earth. And that's why we salute each other everywhere.
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Re: Abbreviations used in Elite Dangerous

Postby LeDoyen » Thu Aug 03, 2017 7:43 am

Technically, we're flying mostly outdated ships older than us ^^ some of the designs are hundreds of years old in 3303, a bit like showing off in the streets, sunglasses on, blasting some music, driving our awesome 3 horses roman cart :p

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Re: Abbreviations used in Elite Dangerous

Postby damon8r351 » Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:18 am

Stop screwing with my metaphor, you know what I meant.
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Re: Abbreviations used in Elite Dangerous

Postby sean_crow » Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:34 am

Since I was just trying to find the abbreviation:

SLF - ship-launched fighter - tiny remotely-piloted combat ships that are launched from a host ship's Fighter Hangar.
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Re: Abbreviations used in Elite Dangerous

Postby TorTorden » Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:03 pm

LeDoyen wrote:Technically, we're flying mostly outdated ships older than us ^^ some of the designs are hundreds of years old in 3303, a bit like showing off in the streets, sunglasses on, blasting some music, driving our awesome 3 horses roman cart :p


Something is only outdated because something better replaces it, not because it's 'old'.
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Re: Abbreviations used in Elite Dangerous

Postby smartroad » Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:56 pm

sean_crow wrote:Since I was just trying to find the abbreviation:

SLF - ship-launched fighter - tiny remotely-piloted combat ships that are launched from a host ship's Fighter Hangar.


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