FS Abbrevations

General Abbreviations

• CB - Command Briefing.
• CBAnim - Command Briefing animation.
• FRED - FReespace EDitor. The program created by Volition to make the mission and campaigns for both FreeSpace games. Released to the public along with said games.
• SEXP - Symbolic EXPressions. Special function strings within FRED that allow for complex mission objectives and other things to be carried out by a mission bulider.
• FS1 - Descent: FreeSpace, The Great War. Also called Conflict: FreeSpace, The Great War in Europe. The first game of the series.
• FS2 - FreeSpace 2. The second game of the series.
• FS3 - FreeSpace 3. Would be the third game of the series, but it won't happen. There is no FS3.
• FS2_Open - The open source version of FS2.
• FSO - The open source version of FS2. Used interchangably with FS2_Open.
• SCP - Source Code Project. The people responsible for creating, maintaining and debugging FS2_Open.
• V or [V] - Volition Inc., the developer of FreeSpace and FreeSpace 2.
• VBB - Volition Bulletin Board. The boards Volition maintained as a centre for the FS community. Now defunct.
• HLP - Hard Light Productions, the hub of the FreeSpace community.
• VW - Volition Watch, developer fansite covering the FreeSpace, Red Faction and Summoner series. Awaiting demolition.
• F2S - FreeSpace 2 Sector - Smaller FS2 community.
• SG - Sectorgame - Network which hosts F2S. Often used interchangably (though inaccurately) with F2S.
• FS2NetD - FS2 Network Game Monitor - Utility used to monitor FS2 network games being operated on the FS2Net servers.
• FSPort - FreeSpace 1 ported to run on FreeSpace 2.

Designation Prefixes

• GT_ - Galactic Terran
• NT_ - Neo-Terran
• GV_ - Galactic Vasudan
• PV_ - Parliamentary Vasudan
• GTV_ - Galactic Terran-Vasudan
• S_ - Shivan
• A_ - Ancient (non-canon)
• HL_ - Hammer of Light (non-canon, but very commonly used)

Designation Suffixes

• _A - AWACS
• _B - Bomber
• _C - Cruiser
• _Ca - Carrier (non-canon)
• _Cv - Corvette
• _D - Destroyer
• _Dr - Drone
• _Dn - Dreadnaught (non-canon)
• _EP - Escape Pod
• _F - Fighter
• _Fg - Frigate (non-canon)
• _Ff - Frigate (non-canon)
• _Fr or FR - Freighter
• _G - Gas Miner
• _H - Hive (non-canon)
• _I - Installation
• _J - Juggernaut
• _M - Medical Ship
• _NB - Navigation Buoy
• _S - Support Ship
• _SG - Sentry Gun
• _SJ - Super Juggernaut (non-canon)
• _T - Transport
• _W - Weapon (FreeSpace 1)(FreeSpace 2)

Mod Abbreviations

• TAP - The Apocalypse Project
• WCS - Wing Commander Saga
• TBP - The Babylon Project
• PI - The Procyon Insurgency
• MG - Mind Games
• TVWP - Terran-Vasudan War Project
• SA - Scroll of Atankharzim
• INF SCP - Inferno SCP
• INFA - Inferno: Alliance (generic)
• INFA1 - Inferno: Alliance 1
• INFA2 - Inferno: Alliance 2
• INFASA - Inferno: Alliance Standalone
• INFR1 - Inferno Release One
• BSG: BtRL - Battle Star Galatica: Beyond the Red Line
• ItDoH - Into the Depths of Hell
• JAD - Just Another Day
• DEM (Somtimes DXM) - Deux Ex Machina
• 158th - 158th Banshee Squadron
• BWO - Black Water Operations
• SC (Sometimes SWC) - Stars Wars Conversion
• FSH - FreeSpace Halo