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+ | ; Sho-sa : a commissioned army or naval rank within the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]]; equivalent to that of major or commander, respectively. | ||
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+ | ; Sho-so : a commissioned army rank within the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]]; equivalent to that of brigadier general. | ||
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Revision as of 20:14, 30 September 2006
Contents
A
- Admin (or Administrator)
- In BattleTechWiki, an editor (always registered) with higher editing and site authority. In a disagreement between two Editors, an Admin's decision stands (unless challenged by another Admin).
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C
- CBT
- Abbreviation of Classic BattleTech.
- Chancellor
- The chief of state of the Capellan Confederation.
- Cho-sho
- a commissioned army and naval rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of lieutenant.
- Chu-i
- a commissioned naval rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of captain.
- Chu-sa
- a commissioned army rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of lieutenant colonel.
- Classic BattleTech
- The designated name for the 'relaunch' of the traditional tabletop board game of BattleTech. The distinction was made following FASA's demise and the release of the separate-but-related universe of MechWarrior: Dark Age.
- commonality
- large districts which originally consisted of the signatory-states forming the Capellan Confederation.
- Coordinator
- the Draconis Combine's chief of state; also, the head of the Kurita family.
- Creator
- In BattleTechWiki, a form of editor (registered or not) who has created an article or other type of page from scratch.
D
E
- Editor
- In BattleTechWiki, someone (registered or not) who has edited or created at least one page, with the intention of making the site better.
F
- First Prince
- the leader of the Federated Suns and is the commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns.
G
H
- HeavyMetal Aero
- the official CBT software for the design of AeroSpace Fighters, DropShips, JumpShips, WarShips, space stations, monitors & conventional (combat) fighters.
- HeavyMetal Battle Armor
- the official CBT software for the design of Battle Armor.
- HeavyMetal Lite
- the official CBT software for ProtoMech design, as well as printouts for Battle Armor and infantry platoon designs.
- HeavyMetal Plus
- a bundle of three official CBT software programs: HeavyMetal Pro, HeavyMetal Aero and HeavyMetal Vee.
- HeavyMetal Vee
- the official CBT software for designing combat vehicles.
- High Council
- a group of both democratic, hereditary, and other officials chosen by the leadership of the member-worlds of the Federated Suns who officially governed the nation.
- House of Scions
- a gathering of the Capellan nobility.
I
J
K
L
M
- Military Orders
- collections of Cappellan warriors organized on alleigance to a particular set of principles.
N
O
P
- Prefectorate
- officially, the law-making body of the Capellan Confederation; made up of the six leaders of the Capellan member-states, which generally includes the current Chancellor.
- Prefecture
- in the Capellan Confederation, small collections of planets within a commonality, each ruled by an appointed administrator.
- Privy Council
- group of the highest advisors to the First Prince of the Federated Suns that is extremely important in the running of the day-to-day affairs of the state.
Q
R
- Reader
- In BattleTechWiki, a member of the community who comes to the site to retreive information only (registered or not).
- recharge station
- a space station, generally located at a zenith or nadir point within a solar system, where JumpShips and WarShips can recharge their jump drives.
- RPG
- acronym for Role Playing Game.
- Rules Expansion
- a secondary line of rulesets, usually intended to develop upon the primary rulesets for one or more Classic BattleTech games (ex: Combat Operations).
S
- Sho-i
- a commissioned naval rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of ensign.
- Sho-sa
- a commissioned army or naval rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of major or commander, respectively.
- Sho-so
- a commissioned army rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of brigadier general.
T
- Tai-i
- a commissioned army rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of captain.
- Tai-sa
- a commissioned army and naval rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of colonel or captain, respectively.
- Tai-sho
- a commissioned army and naval rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of general or admiral, respectively.
U
V
- Vandal
- In BattleTechWiki, some (registered or not) who makes changes to an article or other page on the site with the intention of negatively altering, destroying, seeking attention or attempting to be funny.