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	;<span id="Particle cannon">Particle cannon</span>: A primary or secondary weapon on some early space vessels, though generally replaced by phaser technology. The weapon accelerated charged or neutral matter (or antimatter) particles to relativistic speeds. Also commonly known as ''phase cannon''.		;<span id="Particle cannon">Particle cannon</span>: A primary or secondary weapon on some early space vessels, though generally replaced by phaser technology. The weapon accelerated charged or neutral matter (or antimatter) particles to relativistic speeds. Also commonly known as ''phase cannon''.

			;<span id="PC">PC</span>: ''see Player Character''

	;<span id="Phase cannon">Phase cannon</span>: ''see Particle cannon''		;<span id="Phase cannon">Phase cannon</span>: ''see Particle cannon''
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	;<span id="Plasma cannon">Plasma cannon</span>: An energy weapon in common use aboard early space vessels. A sublight weapon, the cannon generates, contains, and directs the release of ionized matter. The weapon is often complemented by particle and/or laser weapon systems.		;<span id="Plasma cannon">Plasma cannon</span>: An energy weapon in common use aboard early space vessels. A sublight weapon, the cannon generates, contains, and directs the release of ionized matter. The weapon is often complemented by particle and/or laser weapon systems.

			;<span id="Player Character">Player Character</span>: An SFC character with a career that is tracked, so that as life events occur (retirement, death), assignments for other characters change as a result.

	;<span id="Pulse wave torpedo">Pulse wave torpedo</span>: A type of starship-mounted projectile weapon which has been in use since the [[22nd century]] (by the Vulcans) and still in Star Fleet inventories (as of [[2401]]). Theoretically capable of sealing subspace ruptures.		;<span id="Pulse wave torpedo">Pulse wave torpedo</span>: A type of starship-mounted projectile weapon which has been in use since the [[22nd century]] (by the Vulcans) and still in Star Fleet inventories (as of [[2401]]). Theoretically capable of sealing subspace ruptures.

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	;<span id="Original Cochrane Units">Original Cochrane Units (OCU)</span>: The original warp scale, where the warp factor cubed was the velocity in ''c'', the speed of light.		;<span id="Original Cochrane Units">Original Cochrane Units (OCU)</span>: The original warp scale, where the warp factor cubed was the velocity in ''c'', the speed of light.

	;<span id="Overhaul">Overhaul</span>: Overhauls are considered a comprehensive program to modernize individual ships within a class to new standards for that class and tend to be an extensive process. For example, the [[Guide:Enterprise\|''Enterprise'' explorer]] (UESF) saw a class-wide overhaul where a secondary hull was added, creating the [[Guide:Columbia\|''Columbia'' subclass]] (UFP Star Fleet). More recently, the [[Guide:Constitution\|''Constitution'' class]] saw a [[Guide:Constitution refit\|major upgrade]] that involved a two-year drydock period for the lead vessel (''USS Enterprise''), resulting in significant hull and system changes. Overhauls can take anywhere from two months to two (or more) years. Ships will go “cold core” for the duration of the process.		;<span id="Overhaul">Overhaul</span>: Overhauls are considered a comprehensive program to modernize individual ships within a class to new standards for that class and tend to be an extensive process. For example, the [[Guide:Enterprise\|''Enterprise'' explorer]] (UESF) saw a class-wide overhaul where a secondary hull was added, creating the [[Guide:Columbia\|''Columbia'' subclass]] (UFP Star Fleet). More recently, the [[Guide:Constitution\|''Constitution'' class]] saw a [[Guide:Constitution (refit)\|major upgrade]] that involved a two-year drydock period for the lead vessel (''USS Enterprise''), resulting in significant hull and system changes. Overhauls can take anywhere from two months to two (or more) years. Ships will go “cold core” for the duration of the process.

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	;<span id="Pulse wave torpedo">Pulse wave torpedo</span>: A type of starship-mounted projectile weapon which has been in use since the [[22nd century]] (by the Vulcans) and still in Star Fleet inventories (as of [[2401]]). Theoretically capable of sealing subspace ruptures.		;<span id="Pulse wave torpedo">Pulse wave torpedo</span>: A type of starship-mounted projectile weapon which has been in use since the [[22nd century]] (by the Vulcans) and still in Star Fleet inventories (as of [[2401]]). Theoretically capable of sealing subspace ruptures.

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			;<span id="RCS">RCS</span>: Reaction Control System; a system of small thrusters used to control a vessel’s attitude (roll, pitch, and yaw), position, and precise movements, especially at low velocities or for station keeping.

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	;<span id="Cascade Ion Drive">Cascade Ion Drive (CID)</span>: Any reaction or warp drive utilizing a polaric ion cascade system as the means of extracting power from the antimatter powerplant. The [[UESF]] experimented on this potential competitor for dilithium technology in the early [[22nd century]] (see ''[[Guide: Daedalus\|Daedalus]]'' class) and experiments were carried on by [[UFP Star Fleet]] until the [[2268]] ban on all polaric ion testing. No operational applications ever emerged, although several foreign powers not signatory to the treaty are known to operate power systems of this type. Not to be confused with ion drive, a generic designation for a number of reaction drives.		;<span id="Cascade Ion Drive">Cascade Ion Drive (CID)</span>: Any reaction or warp drive utilizing a polaric ion cascade system as the means of extracting power from the antimatter powerplant. The [[UESF]] experimented on this potential competitor for dilithium technology in the early [[22nd century]] (see ''[[Guide: Daedalus\|Daedalus]]'' class) and experiments were carried on by [[UFP Star Fleet]] until the [[2268]] ban on all polaric ion testing. No operational applications ever emerged, although several foreign powers not signatory to the treaty are known to operate power systems of this type. Not to be confused with ion drive, a generic designation for a number of reaction drives.

			;<span id="Cochrane">Cochrane</span>: A measure of subspace physics, named after the inventor of warp drive, Zefram Cochrane. It indicates the strength of a subspace distortion and, due to the connection between subspace fields and distortions, is also used to indicate the strength of warp fields. Smaller subspace distortions or weaker subspace fields are measured in millicochranes (mCH). 1,000 millicochranes equal one cochrane.

	;<span id="Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence">Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I)</span>: A system of organizational and technical attributes and processes—along with information resources—to solve problems and accomplish mission objectives. C3I sets can be employed at any organizational level, from the individual tactical unit on up to the fleet-wide management systems employed by Star Fleet Command.		;<span id="Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence">Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I)</span>: A system of organizational and technical attributes and processes—along with information resources—to solve problems and accomplish mission objectives. C3I sets can be employed at any organizational level, from the individual tactical unit on up to the fleet-wide management systems employed by Star Fleet Command.

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	;<span id="Shuttlepod">Shuttlepod</span>: Very small auxiliary craft used for ship-to-ship or ground-to-orbit transportation, free-space maintenance and repair work, and detached operations of very limited scale. Generally not equipped with warp drive.		;<span id="Shuttlepod">Shuttlepod</span>: Very small auxiliary craft used for ship-to-ship or ground-to-orbit transportation, free-space maintenance and repair work, and detached operations of very limited scale. Generally not equipped with warp drive.

			;<span id="Squadron">Squadron</span>: '''[aerospace]''' a squadron is an operational unit of aerospace craft of an identical type (fighters, transports, etc), operating in flights of three or four; a squadron is usually comprised of 12 craft for support units or 18 to 24 for combat units. <br>'''[naval]''' a squadron is an administrative unit generally comprised of eight to ten starships of the same category (destroyer, scout, etc.); it can be further divided into divisions of three to five vessels that may operate from a different location than the squadron itself.

	;<span id="Standard Cargo Unit">Standard Cargo Unit (SCU)</span>: A typical unit of measurement of mass (6.75 mt) and cubic volume (1.9 m<sup>3</sup>).		;<span id="Standard Cargo Unit">Standard Cargo Unit (SCU)</span>: A typical unit of measurement of mass (6.75 mt) and cubic volume (1.9 m<sup>3</sup>).

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	;<span id="Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence">Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I)</span>: A system of organizational and technical attributes and processes—along with information resources—to solve problems and accomplish mission objectives. C3I sets can be employed at any organizational level, from the individual tactical unit on up to the fleet-wide management systems employed by Star Fleet Command.		;<span id="Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence">Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I)</span>: A system of organizational and technical attributes and processes—along with information resources—to solve problems and accomplish mission objectives. C3I sets can be employed at any organizational level, from the individual tactical unit on up to the fleet-wide management systems employed by Star Fleet Command.

			;<span id="Corps">Corps</span>: For the [[SFMC]], comprised of about 70,000 troops.<ref name=Surya>[[:File:Surya Coventry class frigate heavy frigate (Four Years War).pdf\|"Surya / Coventry Class Frigate / Heavy Frigate" (The Starship Files)]]</ref>

	;<span id="Cruise speed">Cruise speed</span>: Typically means the top speed that can be sustained for days, weeks, or months and is operationally used for interstellar cruising.		;<span id="Cruise speed">Cruise speed</span>: Typically means the top speed that can be sustained for days, weeks, or months and is operationally used for interstellar cruising.

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	;<span id="Black star">Black star</span>: A gravitational object in the transitional phase between a collapsing star and a black hole. The object rarely exhibits an event horizon due to having already swept up all nearby matter in the initial collapse. Consequently, they are difficult to detect until the flowing pattern of gravitons is first perceived, creating a navigational hazard for unwitting vessels.		;<span id="Black star">Black star</span>: A gravitational object in the transitional phase between a collapsing star and a black hole. The object rarely exhibits an event horizon due to having already swept up all nearby matter in the initial collapse. Consequently, they are difficult to detect until the flowing pattern of gravitons is first perceived, creating a navigational hazard for unwitting vessels.

			;<span id="Brigade">Brigade</span>: For the [[SFMC]], comprised of 7,632 troops.<ref name=Surya>[[:File:Surya Coventry class frigate heavy frigate (Four Years War).pdf\|"Surya / Coventry Class Frigate / Heavy Frigate" (The Starship Files)]]</ref>

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	;<span id="~~Black star~~">Battalion</span>: For the [[SFMC]], comprised of 600 troops.<ref name=Surya>[[:File:Surya Coventry class frigate heavy frigate (Four Years War).pdf\|"Surya / Coventry Class Frigate / Heavy Frigate" (The Starship Files)]]</ref>		;<span id="Battalion">Battalion</span>: For the [[SFMC]], comprised of 600 troops.<ref name=Surya>[[:File:Surya Coventry class frigate heavy frigate (Four Years War).pdf\|"Surya / Coventry Class Frigate / Heavy Frigate" (The Starship Files)]]</ref>

	;<span id="Black star">Black star</span>: A gravitational object in the transitional phase between a collapsing star and a black hole. The object rarely exhibits an event horizon due to having already swept up all nearby matter in the initial collapse. Consequently, they are difficult to detect until the flowing pattern of gravitons is first perceived, creating a navigational hazard for unwitting vessels.		;<span id="Black star">Black star</span>: A gravitational object in the transitional phase between a collapsing star and a black hole. The object rarely exhibits an event horizon due to having already swept up all nearby matter in the initial collapse. Consequently, they are difficult to detect until the flowing pattern of gravitons is first perceived, creating a navigational hazard for unwitting vessels.

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	;<span id="Dilithium">Dilithium</span>: A member of the hypersonic series of elements and exceptionally rare, primarily presenting as a crystalline mineral with a light hue. It is a critical component of warp drives, as it moderates the annihilation of matter and antimatter, which energizes into warp plasma.		;<span id="Dilithium">Dilithium</span>: A member of the hypersonic series of elements and exceptionally rare, primarily presenting as a crystalline mineral with a light hue. It is a critical component of warp drives, as it moderates the annihilation of matter and antimatter, which energizes into warp plasma.

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			;<span id="Expeditionary force">Expeditionary Force</span>: For the [[SFMC]], comprised of 353,280 troops.<ref name=Surya>[[:File:Surya Coventry class frigate heavy frigate (Four Years War).pdf\|"Surya / Coventry Class Frigate / Heavy Frigate" (The Starship Files)]]</ref>

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	;<span id="Work pod">Work pod</span>: General name for manned sub-impulse craft used for construction and service tasks in space. Although most common near space stations, work pods are often carried by all kinds of starships, although the more capable shuttlepods sometimes replace them. A variety of external tools and modules are carried by the work pods to facilitate a multitude of tasks.		;<span id="Work pod">Work pod</span>: General name for manned sub-impulse craft used for construction and service tasks in space. Although most common near space stations, work pods are often carried by all kinds of starships, although the more capable shuttlepods sometimes replace them. A variety of external tools and modules are carried by the work pods to facilitate a multitude of tasks.

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